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the president yet again hyping up his own economic policy. here he is yesterday during a labor day celebration in philadelphia. president biden: as i said 1,000 times there is no quit in america. none. all i hear from my friends on the other side what they say is wrong with america. keep telling us america is failing. they re wrong. i ve got news for them. america has the strongest economy in the world right now today. lowest inflation rate among any major economy. america isn t failing, america is winning. julie: take a look. overall inflation is up nearly 16% from january 2021 when biden took office to last month. grocery prices also up nearly 20%. and his very own commerce secretary admitted this over the weekend. i think the reality is that inflation still exists and it is something that people see on a daily basis when they go to the grocery store or pay their rent or pay their mortgage. and we have to know that. that is still a challenge for folks. julie: ....
strike threat. alex? the labor department says they re keeping close watch on the talks. there s nine days left for the uaw and detroit s big three to agree to a new four-year deal. if they don t, the 146,000 members have voted to strike. the union s demands are bold. members are seeking a 46% pay raise, 40 hours of pay for 32 hour work weeks and for traditional pensions to be restored and cost of living increases. workers say the companies have raked in billions on their backs. a g.m. executive said the demands have significant costs attached that would threaten manufacturing momentum. it s clear the two sides are still wide aparty. while in philadelphia yesterday forks labor day, president biden said he s not so concerned. mr. president, are you worried about an auto strike? [inaudible] he said he doesn t think it s going to happen. uaw s president says he was shocked by this reaction. they said maybe he knows something we don t know. this all comes at a time wh ....
relatable or will this be an albatross around the president s neck. joining us now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, nbc investigative correspondent, tom winter, nbc news senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett, and nbc legal analyst, and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. i can t think of a better group of people to talk to about this. laura, back to the basics, for everybody just joining us now. explain these charges. this all relates to something that happened in october of 2018 when hunter tried to buy a gun, according to the u.s. government, and got that gun while he was under the influence or at least at a time in his life where he was addicted as he would say to crack county. you are not allowed to be under the influence of crack county and buy a firearm. he fell out of form, lied, said he was not using drugs at that time. he only has the gun in his possession for roughly eleven days, according to our ....
indicted president biden s sole surviving son, hunter biden, on three criminal counts. quote, two counts are tied to biden allegedly filing a form claiming he was not using illegal drugs at the time he purchased a revolver. the third count alleges he purchased a firearm while using a narcotic. it s a legal saga filled with twists and turns. it s one that comes with deep personal anguish for the president and his entire family. the charges were brought by special counsel david weiss who was granted special counsel status by attorney general merrick garland. that was after a plea deal for hunter biden collapsed in court. according to the terms of that deal, hunter biden would have pled guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and entered a diversion agreement which would have led to the gun charge being dropped. the tax charges were not brought against hunter biden today. regarding the gun charges, new york times reports that it is, quote, only sporadically brought against ....
hello i m alicia acuna along with joey jones, nicole saphier and joe concha. the big story is a fox news alert. a third wave of hostages released by hamas among the 17 is 4-year-old abigail and american israeli girl whose parents were killed in front of her by hamas terrorist on october 7. we have team fox coverage tonight, lu lucas tomlinson is a nantucket massachusetts with bit under biden s reaction but first alex hogan. is the third day of the cease-fire comes to an and 14 israeli hostages have been freed this brings the total to 40 is really hostages, 14 thai hostages and one filipino. among them the very first american dual citizen. abigail was found covered in her parents blood on october 7 when they were killed and she was taken hostage. doctors say as much is there celebrating the 4-year-old who has now been released there is one woman in dire condition, the eldest released today an 84-year-old woman airlifted at the hospital, take a listen. she s in the ....