that inflation was above 6%. for months the white house claimed inflation was transitory and would go away. republican senator ron johnson says democrats need to take responsibility now. this is a democrat s tax on the middle class. this is how they inflate their way through deficit spending. people need to understand that. this is very dangerous. i m concerned we re in an inflationary cycle. people s wages have gone up their wage gains are being wiped out by this inflation and this didn t just happen. this is caused by democrat policies. harris: so it s not just the prices, it is whether you can actually find what you need. look at the picture. seem familiar? #bare shelves biden trending on social media. as americans are fed up over the supply chain crisis that could get even worse thanks to a nationwide labor shortage. fox digital interviewing shoppers to find out what they think. what they are experiencing. no juices, no orange juice. it s like a soviet store durin
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, january 12th. good to have you all with us. we have the host of msnbc s poitics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. he s the author of the new book, righteous troublemakers. that s a great one right there, willie geist. it is. that s a great one. i travel with my copy. me, too. if you have the electronic books, you can carry it in your ipod. you can do that. good advertising if they have the book. talking about traveling with it. you want me to hold this up or that up? oh, my. okay, the book is out now. you can get a copy. also with us, nbc news national affairs analyst and executive editor of the recount and the host of the hell and high water podcast, john heilemann. also with us, msnbc contributor, best-selling author of the confidence code series, katty kay. we need confidence today. we re going to be dealing with double tired joe and triple tired
and misinformation. on capitol hill senate democrats, they are in intense talks with both kyrsten sinema and show manchin to try to get them to agree to a filibuster carve out on voting rights. chuck schumer threatening a floor vote even today with no hopes of passage. nato and all its allies facing off against russia today. just a few moments ago i spoke exclusively with the head negotiator for the u.s., deputy secretary of state wendy sherman. vladimir putin s spokesman mr. peskov has threatened a walk out if they don t get what they want regarding nato, and you said that s a nonstarter. do you think there s a real chance they would not resume negotiations and just go ahead with military aggression? i think it s quite possible that president putin will make a choice not to engage in diplomacy, but i also heard the spokesman say there would be rounds of discussion. so i m not sure that choice has been made yet, and again, i would say it s a stark choice for russia. they
and it is the top of the hour, thank you so much for joining us. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. it s good to be with you. president biden is visiting ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. the president just paid tribute at king s burial site which is near the church in atlanta. speaking of reverend dr. martin luther king. the city is the backdrop to what s being called the president s most urgent plea yet for voting rights. soon he will push for two federal laws that would standardize elections. it s an effort to combat a slew of new laws put into place by republican state legislatures to restrict voting in response to the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. this is one of those defining moments, it really is. people are going to be judged. where were they before, where were they after the vote. history is going to judge you. it s that consequential. 19 states have already passed 34 laws that limit voting hours, remove ballot drop boxes or take power away f
he will head to georgia to talk about that. i m bill hemmer. we re on different floors. we ll take turns, right? this is officially a podcast. dana: it is a brand-new podcast. my home during the five this week as well. it is small which fits me just perfectly. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the white house sees georgia as ground zero in its push for election reform. president biden and vice president harris will speak there this afternoon as the white house pressures democrats to get on board even if it means breaking the filibuster. republicans calling all of it an attempt to distract from a failing agenda. hysterical claim that our democracy is in crisis rings hollow. it would destroy a key feature of american government forever. this is nothing more than an election power grab by the democrats. they want to federalize the election. not about improving access to the ballot, the ballot changing the political dynamic in this country to crow ate an