Going. It s very complex, and to track thing they re trying to do, never done before. I have to check with norm. Am i getting ahead of this, there is just really going as well as i think? a wise thing to do. I often use norm for the same things. I look forward to the show, have yourself a good evening. Thank you, ali. 24 hours after the senate s big bipartisan vote in favor of biden infrastructure bill, the enormity of the victory for president biden, appears to be even more solid than it did with last night 67 votes in favor of the bill. You judge the strength of pending legislation not with the words of its most ardent supporters, but by the words of people who could kill the legislation if they really tried. That s what makes the words mitch mcconnell said today, all the more important. Mitch mcconnell entered the senate at the age of 20, two as an intern, with kentucky s republican senator john sherman cooper. Mitch mcconnell return to the senate as a staffer 1960 after law school.
welcome back to the weekend, everyone. time is running out on capitol hill for congress to prevent the first wave of a government shutdown that will be coming this friday march 1st if the house does not pass bills. to be clear, the house won t even till wednesday. two sources tell nbc news that mike johnson told republicans on a conference call that the house would vote for separate appropriation bills in the coming days. they may need a stopgap funding bill to allow lawmakers more time to actually pass the funding. no republican announcement could come as soon as tonight. joining us to unpack it all, axios politics reporter, eugene scott. welcome, eugene. at one point, mike johnson and republican leadership of the house had said that they might not bring members back, just have them on call until they have a deal. hearing that, lots of consternation a rose. now we know members are coming back. will they be able to pass appropriation bills? this is been a struggle to pass
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
please. absolutely not, absolutely not. john: ah, absolutely not but the numbers tell a different story. have a look here. the president has held 23 news conferences since he took office and this time in his presidency, president trump had held 41, and obama had held 53. so, what gives with 23? sandra: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour on this monday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and great to have you back. john: maybe channelling michael jordan with 23. joe concha has a theory. why hold a news conference when tiktok influencers can do the work for you. we ll talk to him how in the world the white house is spinning the press access as a good thing and the army of influencers pushing the president s lies. but first sandra: chaos on chicago streets after hundreds of rowdy teens flooded the downtown area over the weekend. police responding to reports of gunshots and scenes of juveniles smashing cars, blocking traffic and fighting i
frankly the headline number, matt, is a big one here. also it shows healthy growth in several sectors of the economy. yeah, jim. this is blockbuster growth. and it is pretty remarkable. this number is going to go a long way towards shutting down this idea that the u.s. economy is already in recession. to be adding more than half a million jobs, in a month, at this stage of the recovery, is pretty impressive. let me give you some context around this 528,000 job figure. this is twice as much as the consensus from economists. not only that, but it is 200,000 more than even the most optimistic forecaster had pencilled in. two big milestones that came out of this report, the labor market has now fully recovered all of the jobs lost during covid. total nonfarm payroll is back to february 2020 levels. the unemployment rate is now down to 3.5%. that matches the half century low set before covid. again, none of this suggests an imminent or ongoing recession. but here is the problem,