Martha is next with the story. Martha nice bag pipes there. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is the story. Were waiting response this hour from d. A. Fani willis. We could hear from here any moment after judge mcafee left it up to her if she wants to continue with the trump Election Interference case. He says she will have to do it without her former boyfriend and colleague, nathan wade, who you see to the right of her in that picture. The judge said although she showed a tremendous lapse in judgment in hiring wade, he could not conclude that that had had a Material Conflict in the trump case. In the decision, he did go after her for her unprofessional manner when she stormed in to the atlanta courtroom in february after wade testified. This combative testimony. Watch. As you know, mr. Wade is a southern gentleman. Me not so much. Your honor no, no, no. This is the truth. I object to you getting records. Youve been intrusive in to peoples personal lives. You
group of smart people and break down the big stories in our own way. today, we re asking, with ron desantis and nikki haley both making a lot of news is, either of them now a serious threat to donald trump? plus, hunter biden s strategy shift, getting aggressive with house republicans, did he outsmart the gop. and the aarp, our panel, yea or nay, from rocking on nur 80s. everyone is here and ready, so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, crunch time in the republican presidential race. the iowa caucuses are now just six weeks away, which means the clock is ticking, for top challengers to donald trump, to start gaining ground, and find some way to cut into his big league. and two of those candidates are making some noise. the next president of the united states, nikki haley! first, nikki haley, the super pack, americans for prosperity action, announced it is backing her, bringing massive resources to her campaign. they like my economic plans and my pla
averted u.p.s. strike that could have been catastrophic for the economy. those are the types of things we heard president biden talk about yesterday in maine, really revved up language. one point thing and why we could see president biden going there more and more as we head to 2024, it s one state out of two in the u.s. that don t give all electoral vote to the popular vote winner. so the reason why we can see president biden going there pretty frequently. now, on top of all of those things i talked about, in addition to a recently signed executive order prioritizing manufacturing, we also heard him take a swipe at republicans who are really starting to gain traction. we re talking more about the impeachment inquiry against president biden on capitol hill. take a listen. earlier this week the washington post suggested republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming
until we get the final answers. reporter: the omicron variant driving a roller coaster four days in the stock market with federal reserve chairman jerome powell raising alarm. the recent rise in covid-19 cases and the emergence of the omicron variant pose down side risks to the employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation. reporter: it s a perfect storm of uncertainty both economic and in public health. at a critical moment for biden on capitol hill. as a crush of deadlines face lawmakers with no clear pathways forward just yet. we need to come together and keep the government open. reporter: lawmakers scrambling to fund the government before a december 3rd deadline as a potential default looms if the debt ceiling isn t raised by december 15th. with biden and senate democrats targeting a christmas deadline to pass biden s sweeping $1.75 trillion economic and climate package. now it s time to build on our success and cut costs further for families
reporter: leaving the white house at the center of a high stakes moment on capitol hill and in the battle with the pandemic. planning to tighten travel restrictions in the event of a worst case scenario with the new variant. we may not need a variant specific boost. we re preparing for the possibility that we need a variant specific boost. reporter: jake, for a white house that s been on defense for months, as it relates to inflation, the signs of some easing of those supply chain pressures coincided with a shift in message from the president himself. a sharper tone trying to really attack republicans to some degree as just standing in the way of things. it s been something democrats on capitol hill have been quietly asking the white house to shift towards for several weeks. now the president clearly trying to parlay that message of progress into political messaging as well, jake. phil mattingly, thank you so much. let s discuss this with democratic senator tim kaine