plus inflation surged to a new four-decade high last month as rising prices continue to squeeze household budgets for every day americans. we re going to get a live report from the white house on the administration s reaction and what they plan to do. and outrage in uvalde, as families condemn the release of surveillance video from robb elementary school where their children were massacred. we ll get the latest from texas. willie. a busy hour ahead. but we begin with the latest on the january 6 investigation. and the revelation from the committee that former president trump tried to make contact with a witness. a source telling nbc news that the person is a member of the white house support staff. liz cheney said trump called the witness sometime after the bombshell june 28th testimony of former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. cheney said the person declined the call and then reported it to his or her attorney. the lawyer then alerted committee which in turn alerted th
is why i want you to get you to weigh in, how concerned are you that the environment looks promise this fall for you and potentially in 2024 but donald trump could come up in and mess all that up? yeah, i think i would be extremely concerned. because unlike in previous cycles, we don t see the correlation between economic indicators and a change of party. we know what inflation has done over the last six months. and certainly gas prices until recently. but during that time period, democrats have done better than republicans in terms of their position toward november. so this is going to be, i think, a impact, i think of the combination of january 6 and the roll back of roe v. wade has a potential to expand the electorate in very significant ways that republicans may have a difficult time overcoming,