capitol since the war of 1812. meanwhile, the committee is debating whether or not to rerve the former president trump to the justice department for criminal prosecution. last hour we spoke with a member of the committee, congressman adam kinzinger who seemed open to that idea. i can t do the doj s job. as a nonlawyer, there is all kinds of threshold questions. but my belief is this. we never want to get to a position in a country where we prosecute last administrations because that is what failed republicans, failed democracies do. but if a failed coup and an obvious coup attempt and a president that didn t just choose not to act, but willfully watched to see where the mob would go for three hours on january 6, if he is not held accountable through law, i actually fear that that is a far worse president far worse precedent, to make the determination, if they can and should indictment. if we just wash this under the rug and say for the sake of the country, let s put thi
we re seeing resilience and a slowing. that is not onlyos expected but necessary as we operate through this transition. so that is where our focus is in terms of diagnosis of the economy. but equally important is prescribing. we need to do more to lower prices for people right now and energy, prescription drugs, other areas, we could make a lot of progress right now. the more progress we make, the more likely that we could make that transition as i said without giving up the economic gains we ve made. th director of the white hous national economic council. brian deese, thank you very much. coming up here onno mornin joe, electric vehicle sales are on the rise but many consumers are still r worried about findi ae charging station on long ro trips. now a new announcement from one of the biggest automakers in the world could change that. the president of general motors will join us next. pluswi andrew ross sorkin givess the inside scoop on the biggest business story of the way. el