spending package helping the economy. talking with the president live in delaware. the reduction act as a wall of the lamb. democrats are not talking much about inflation at all. they have a lot of other stuff they would rather talk about that they have been doing as they try to hold the house in november. justin the past few weeks, lowering prescription drug costs . the republicans try to stop. of course gun safety legislation potential trouble lies ahead in a pole. 26% of those surveyed believe the inflation reduction act will make angst better for them. only in joe biden s america, the solution to an inflation induced spending induced inflation crisis more spending. the way to fix inflation is to lower taxes to repair our supply chain to produce lower energy to floridians. biden officials were selling the meat of the bill. it does not have anything to do with inflation, but rather climate change. we want to accelerate this push to clean electricity. the reason
from msnbc world headquarters to new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour. the fallout grows on the fbi search in mar-a-lago. as we wait to see if donald trump s legal team filed a motion for a special master to review the evidence seized the department of justice is nearing a major deadline to propose redactions for the affidavit season that search. earlier today, house intelligence committee chair adam schiff spoke on winning the balance of the public s right to know versus the government s concerns. i think the question is, at one point in time does the public get to see that affidavit? i think the justice department makes a powerful case that at the early stage of the investigation, when it could jeopardize the pursuit of justice, this is not the time to be giving essentially the trump lawyers a roadmap into how to intimidate witnesses or how to derail illegitimate investigation. this all comes as a new nbc news poll out today shows americ
stages. meanwhile, they are busy redacting parts of the affidavit used to search mar-a-lago. the judge saying that there should be at least some portions of the affidavit that can be unsealed. the government must hand over a productive urgent by thursday. trump says, he wants the halting out in the open, at least that is what he is saying publicly. in court, his lawyers did not take a stand one way or the other in the uncertain process. well, trump says this is all about transparency. you have to ask yourself, what does he have to gain? the washington post reports, quote, people who have conferred with trump in recent days said the former president believes that any information made public about the investigation into his handling of classified material will rile his supporters, ultimately benefiting him politically. there you have it. trump once again leading into division, anti government sentiment among his base to secure their support, no matter what happens next. joining
according to the washington post, but when it s time for the general election is the trump stamp of approval a maga scarlet letter. apparently some republicans think so. and now even the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning republicans may not retake the senate. let s discuss this with former republican congresswoman barbara comstock and former adviser for president, david gergen. congressman, what do you think about this? i know you used to serve in a sort of a swing district there in the northern virginia suburbs, kind of near where i grew up there in fairfax county. what do you think? it seems like a lot of these candidates are treating donald trump like beetlejuice try not to say his name too many times. what do you think? how should they handle this? well, certainly in the districts that make the majority, the swing and the purple districts, donald trump is an albatross, so you already have the situation in these purple states where, you know, as mitch m
through a $433 billion climate and social spending bill after getting the green light from joe manchin. promising the bill will not raise taxes or make record inflation even worse. last year you said the american rescue plan, the covid relief bill would not cause inflation. so why should americans believe you now and you say this new bill will not exacerbate inflation? i made sure that i don t make that mistake again, that s the bottom line. it does not raise taxes and i have said this before all we did was cause loopholes. this is a red, white, and blue bill, honest to god. jesse: a new study says that it will raise taxes on those not making $400,000 a year, but the white house says it will get by. that is incorrect. so the joint taxation which you guys heralded as an effective value when you are the infrastructure package is not to be trusted here? i said it is not correct because it will be incomplete. jesse: republicans slamming the spending plan even sayi