Good morning, it is saturday, march 9th. Im jose diazbalart in this morning. Welcome to msnbcs Special Coverage Of Decision 2024. Super tuesday was four days ago and The General Election is in full swing. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, joe biden and donald trump will face off again in november. Both are making a second bid for the term in the white house. President biden was endorsed this morning boy the three largest Political Action committees representing asian americans, black and latino communities. Trump is also trying to consolidate his support within his party. This week, he received endorsements from key republican holdouts including Mitch Mcconnell who threw his support behind the former president just moments after nikki haley dropped out on wednesday. President biden made pointed remarks about trump during his state of the Union Address on thursday night and he continued his criticism in a Campaign Stop in pennsylvania last night. Folks, our freedoms really are on th
Is a wonderful man. Hed oftentimes have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene . Excuse me, im about to have a friend for dinner, as the poor doctor walked by. Hannibal lector, congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter. Yeah. Donald trump in new jersey, of all places, praising a fictional Serial Killer. That was good. This is exactly, mika, this is why the Biden Campaign desperately wants to see more bizarre moments like this during trumps rallies. I promise you, theyre more upset donald trump is in trial right now than donald trump, because they know when he goes out on the road, people see, the guy is just not there. He is celebrating a fictional character there who one of the most grotesque, horrifying people of movie history. Yeah. By the way, if youre going to a rally like that, why are you cheering that on . What can you be thinking at that rally other than, this doesnt make sense . That is my point. This is why i disagree with the concern he is in court rather than
Good saturday morning and welcome to cnn this morning today is april 6, 2024. Im Victor Blackwell and im amro walker. Heres what were watching for you. This morning. Rattled buildings and nerves, a series of Aftershocks Jolt millions across the northeast after the strongest earthquake in nearly 250 years this hits new jersey, a Ripple Effects felt up and down the east coast. The us is bracing for what senior officials called a quote, significant and inevitable attack by iran in the coming days with live with the overnight developments israel says its approved reopening acute crossing to allow humanitarian aid to flow into gaza for the First Time Since the israelhamas war started six months ago, we are live there with the latest and the eclipse frenzy sweeping across the country, leading to a Population Boom in one tiny town in texas ill take you there later this morning at least 18 aftershocks have rattled the northeast after a 4. 8 magnitude earthquake struck the region yesterday, the
Talking about another shortterm deal. Train to House Minority leader nancy pelosi not mixing words on this one now she feels about the version of the tax bill. This is armageddon. This is a very big deal because there is really a very hard way to come back from this. They take us further, more deeply into debt. What can you do but raise taxes. Certainly ramping up the rhetoric that the only reason the tax bill listen at the end of the world. Adam shapiro has the latest from washington. Good morning, two issues to everyone, the senate has to do that in the next day or two. We could begin the Conference Committee by the end of this week. Then well get a vote on tax reform sometimes the week of december 18th. Thats the key issue. Money runs out on friday. Nancy pelosi, Chuck Schumer will meet with President Trump. Paul ryan, Mitch Mcconnell thursday will negotiate a compromise to keep the government running for two weeks. Heres a quote from pelosi and schumer as negotiations about republi
At 20, were on the very low side. Well be very competitive. China 15 , other countries are 18 , some are 23, 24 . The average is actually of the primary competitors is actually 23 . So well be pretty much below the average and well be able to compete. And despite all of that, and despite before we even get this massive injection, we have a stock market that has hit record highs. 81 times since our election victory. 81 times. Its at a new high right now. Unemployment is at a 17year low, very shortly at a 19year low. We think the numbers are going to continue to go down and were also getting into the pool of the 100 Million People that are not working. That pool is now coming back as you know, thats not considered in the low employment numbers, which means we have a lot of people that want to get to work and that will be working. Consumer confidence is at a 17year high. Weve created nearly 2 million jobs. Think of that. 2 million jobs since election day. Thats based on Consumer Confidenc