this comes after a blistering report by the washington riposte where a former staffer shows how bad it can be, it s clear you are not working with someone who is willing to do the press and the work. so with kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. you re constantly propping up a bully and it s not really clear why. these kind of accusation seemed to go against the president biden after taking office, this is what he said. i m not joking when i say this, if you are ever working with me and i hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, i promise you i will fire you on the spot. on the spot. no if s, anne s, or but s everybody, everybody should be treated with decency and dignity. dana: don t worry this week and a single staffer said i work with vice president harris, on behalf of the american people and deputy of operations, i absolutely love my job. just thought some of
garrett, i saw you about i don t know how many hours ago, morning joe was on saying maybe. but we have been through this. tell me, is this it? is this the real thing? it is hard to say. the day started with a ton of optimism from house democratic leadership. the plan was they could vote to send the build back better to the senate and send the bipartisan senate-passed infrastructure bill to the president s desk. but they ran into half a dozen house moderates who objected to not having a final congressional budget office score not seeing all the math for how it would be paid for and agreed to what the final costs would be held to. leadership came up with a second plan, what if we do a procedural vote to advance that bill and vote to send the bipartisan bill to the president s desk. moderates said they would rather sit back and wait until the cbo score is done. who doesn t like that answer? the president himself. he wants a vote today to get things moving. we have been exp
for us. what do we know about the documents in this second batch? reporter: we don t know much other than biden s attorneys uncovered a second batch. the first batch was found in early november in an office that his attorneys were clearing out. that included ten classified documents, including information about iran, the uk and ukraine and even included top-secret information. we re told it was that discovery that spurred the searches in additional locations looking for other documents. we don t know where the second batch was found, what it includes. one of the biggest questions, is this it? the white house has been very careful not to say that the first batch or second batch is all they know is out there. that s a really big question to have hanging over the white house. how is the gop responding to this on capitol hill? i m sure they re pouncing. reporter: of course they re pouncing. house oversight wants briefings. you showed the clip of kevin mccarthy asking why it
good thursday morning. top of the hour. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. major economic news this morning and good news. inflation showing signs of easing in the month of december consumer prices post the biggest monthly decline in months, also easing in the annual growth rate. the impact this could on the fed s decision to race interest rates. how much, how long, we ll break down the numbers just ahead. president biden s legal team has discovered a second batch of classified documents. the white house has declined to comment on the matter. republicans certainly have much to say. we ll discuss the legal political ramifications facing the administration, also the differences with trump s handling of such documents. the airline industry this morning recovering from that massive damage done by a single corrupted file yesterday. what is the faa saying as they investigate the cause for these thousands of delays and cancellations yesterday. we ll bring you up to speed. firs