I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus behind us. I want to quote Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day. I think it was a week or so ago that inflationary risks are also asymmetric. He said, im much more worry about falling short of a complete recovery and losing peoples careers and lives they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about the damage that will do, not just to their lives but to the United States economy, to the productive capacity of the economy. Im more concerned abou
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House Impeachment Managers say that former President Trump will have to testify under oath including crossexamination by democrats before or during his Impeachment Trial next week. If he declines to testify they say we reserve and any and rights to establish at trial that your refusal to testify infers a strong adverse influence about your action or inaction on january 6th, 2021. They want an answer by 5 00 p. M. On friday. Also congresswoman greene took to the house floor and delivered what could be best described as some extraordinary remarks. Things we have never quite heard before. Take a listen. If it werent for the Facebook Post and comments that i liked in 2018, i would not be standing here today and you could not point a finger and accuse me of anything wrong. Later in 2018 when i started finding misinformation, lies, things not true in these qanon posts i stopped believing it. School shootings are absolutely real. I also want to tale you that 9 11 absolutely happened. Things w
opened up in an emotional interview on msnbc this morning about a settlement with the city. the money means absolutely nothing. it doesn t help me get over the fact of what happened. breonna doesn t benefit from that. it does nothing for us. just today the louisville fbi said they made significant process in the investigation and their team is actively investigating all aspects of her death. let s go to my colleague msnbc s antonia hylton. a big welcome to you. sounds like they re getting ready there. what s going on? hi, alex, that s right, it is a somber and also at times angry mood here. people very been streaming in, getting ready to pay respects to breonna taylor s family and honor her memory. her mother, tamika palmer, actually just arrived here a few moments ago. we re hearing from people who plan to speak, recite potentials and ultimately march around. you will hear calls for accountability and transparency. her mother is calling on the attorney general here i
go to aerotrainer.com to get yours now. a very good day to all of you from world headquarters here in new york welcome to weekends with alex witt. here s what s happening for all of you. we re turning to the breaking news out of louisville where that crowd has gathered to commemorate the one year anniversary of breonna taylor s killing. let s go to antonio hilton who s there for us. we heard a lot of cheering and singing there when benjamin crump had taken to the podium, the stage there. what s that right now? it sounds like singing. reporter: there s been some singing here today, alex. but right now the mood is a lot of hurt and anger. benjamin crump is still speaking, he s one of the lead lawyers working on breonna taylor s case from the start. but family members, supporters are on the stage here. you re hearing renewed calls for transparency. there s a major divide between residents in the city and those they counted on to serve them. what you re hearing from black res