the 50th with joe. we had a group and sat down over the summer and negotiate through every provision and we created a new name and new lead sponsor amy klobuchar and she has done a fabulous job and then a bill that will work, but we can t get to that bill unless we also fix the rule. and get rid of the minority veto. it has been long and torturous and i just, my frustration level is through the roof. my fellow senators frustration is through the roof and it s not at all clear, will we do a carve out? will we do a talking filibuster? will we do neither and that s the drama unfolding in this next week. excellent. senator, i have to live it there. my midwestern relatives would be glad you said roof and not roof. senator merkley, thanks coming on. nbc news caught up with secretary pete buttigieg at the port of l.a. as inflation soars
country starting next month in protest against joe biden s vaccine mandate. that rally will begin in southern california on march 5th and then it will progressed eastward by truck to washington, d.c., what they assume is still the capital of their country. how does the supposedly prounion white house feel about this? they are completely panicked. working class people exposing their opinions? that s not allowed. so joe biden, taking a page from justin trudeau, his friend to the north, has already set the department of homeland security to work to shut them down. we will be covering that in some detail. there is some drama ahead. in the meantime, we want to take you live to detroit where a reporter has been covering what s happening there. charlie duff is a pulitzer prize winning journalist, host of the no b.s. newshour, joins us now. what is the situation at the bridge? nothing is moving, no trade. i guess it s important to tell the country this: where member those pictures of the por
ukraine, 30% of the world s food or china in the middle of the pandemics and we are running out of protective equipment, you re not going to get any. it s good to have cheap prices and globalization did it but they went way overboard and it leaves the country entirely dependent on a supply chain or just in time supplies and go look at the port of l.a. tell us if that s one of the wonders of globalism. so we need to protect our national interests by reemphasizing, producing the really elemental stuff that keeps us going, food, shelter, fuel, security, secure borders. laura: and, victor, will there be a place in the future for the old establishment g.o.p. who you know are just itching to have us enter something like t tip, that european trade deal, or a new version of the transpacific partnership?
the holiday season is in full swing. a few months ago we showed you logjams at ports warning you, you might not get your gifts in time to put them under the christmas tree. millions of americans finished their holiday shopping, not me, i wish i had and looks like things are getting better with the port of los angeles set to have record imports this year despite those supply chain issues. i want to dig deeper and bring in gene seropa, executive director of the port of l.a. we were doom and gloom about the holidays a few months ago. tell us what the real state of affairs is. good morning, steph. i was one of those back in the summertime, but these savvy american importers started to advance inventories. we as consumers began shopping in september.
season is here, but this year businesses both big and small are feeling the squeeze. in an nbc news exclusive, jo ling kent spoke to the u.s. labor secretary about when we will see relief and the economic threat from the new omicron variant. reporter: for the first time labor secretary marty walsh visiting the clogged port of los angeles, filled with idling container ships. i would say the port may not be operating 24/7, but at they re certainly operating as a higher capacity reporter: when do you think the supply chain will be back to normal i don t think there s ever a normal in the supply chain. i think it s always been ups and downs reporter: the port of l.a. says the number of containers waiting to be unloaded has dropped 37% since late october, but fed chie jerome powell today laying out fears brought on by the omicron variant. greater concerns about the virus could reduce people willingness to work in person which would slow progress in the labor market and intensif