eight days until finally friendly forces retook the position. yours is a remarkable story. you ll also never forget the stories of the leaders that we lost here recently. who shaped our nation in way that s are hard to measure. i lost, like many of you, three good friends in the last month. general colin powell, a child of immigrants who grew up to be the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he was a friend but earned the respect of americans and people for his leadership in uniform and out. and a guy that we became good friends with, many times, when i was in and out of iraq as vice president and senator. we met multiple times in iraq and who did so much to help get us where we are today. and who always put the troops and it s veterans first. it was an honor that my son served under his command at the time. and my friend and colleague who i mentioned already, the united states senator max cleveland who is a triple amputee and knows the cost of war as well as anyone. and we
the threat of a mistrial continues to hang over the trial. welcome to meet the press daily i m chuck todd in los angeles. meet the press film festival later today. we re excited. happy veterans day to all our veterans out there as leaders in washington and beyond honor our heroes in uniform. we ll show you some of those ceremonies coming up. but we re going to begin with a major challenge facing this white house and democrats beyond the already sour political environment facing this president. he s facing the prospect of souring economic environment or at least a perceived one for many, everyday workers and voters. yesterday s inflation report which showed that consumer prices are rising at rates not seen in three decades is reverberating through the head looinls and for good reason because it erased most of the wage gains workers made over the last year. essentially wiping out wiped out by rising costs for basic goods. you can t help but wonder is this an upward cycli