and good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington continuing right now on msnbc, reports, a powerful reminder of our nation s painful history as americans across the nation celebrate juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in america. we ll take a look at the history of this holiday and how president biden is making a new push to engage black voters this year. a critical part of his base with a campaign co-chair south carolina congressman james clyburn. plus, a primary nail biter in virginia today, can the chair of the house freedom caucus hold onto his seat or will his trump-backed republican opponent emerge victorious? right now the results are too close to call. and we re on a severe watch across the eastern part and midwest of the country, the first tropical storm headed for texas as more than 7 million people from michigan to maine are sweltering under extreme temperatures. we ve got the latest on the forecast. we begin with the biden campaign s push to engage
there. to me it will be a less generous system that greets them when it s time for them to collect but i don t think it s necessarily going to be a big shock. jenna: do you think we are in for several generations of under employed americans. i don t think see. the baby boomers are retiring, obviously that is the biggest generation out there. we should have a demand for workers coming through. i think as the economic cycle gets prolonged hopefully we should have more uptake there. obviously it s going to be the people with the right skills and education. jenna: it will be interesting to know what that righted indication and skill is. it s hard when you re 223. thank you very much. jon: 700,000 hondas recalled worldwide, jenna the concern with thousands of fit compact cars in the u.s. medicare, medicare a big debt in
by the way. longer lives and added benefits over the years a lot of people headed for retirement makes the entitlements a lot more expensive than originally thought. jenna: we talk about entitlements and how much they ve grown. it seems like a scary monster waiting to take over our finances here in this country. how much have entitlements really grown over the years? reporter: well, they ve steadily expanded. social security was founded in 35. in 1939 survivors pen fits were added for spouses and children. in 1956 disability benefits were added. medicare and medicare have been growing at astronomical rates. the costs trickle down through the entire system. listen to this. the joke among entitlement analysts is that the government will turn into a pension plan with an army. meaning we ll give so much money for social security, medicare and medicaid with a little bit
debt. jenna: carl, thanks. jon: fox news alert, and the obama administration is urging restraint after a violent crackdown on protesters in bahrain as the white house and state department try to keep a close eye on up rise inks that are flaring all across the middle east. deadly clashes today in libya. protesters taking to the streets in four major city tph-s that country demanding the over throw of longtime dictator moammar kadafi. they are threatening punishment after tens of thousands turned out for an opposition rally against the government in tehran. growing violence in yemen. several thousand marching through the capitol there. protests are rerupting almost daily in yemen. in bahrain army patrols and tanks lockdown the capitol after riot police attack demonstrators in a predawn assault. at least four people are killed.
that s what tipped off everybody that she was missing. they found her honda civic in an apartment building not far away from her home but police say they have no reason to believe that she knew anyone at that apartment complex. they say they are processing that car and not at this point going to give out to the public exactly what they found in the car, whether or not there is any evidence to lead them to any information about where this person of interest is, if there is a connection between him and the body that they found. so the autopsy results we are awaiting as soon as we know that we ll know if in fact it is tiffany brown, back to you guys. jon: harris faulkner, thanks. jenna: this is a freshway to look at the budget issues that are facing our country, the interest payments. we don t talk a lot about that. it s not just our spending that could rush us as a nation when it comes to our finance, it s the interest that we owe on our debt, that and the reality as mark zandy says, a f