biden was not president s son, would he invite someone who reached a plea agreement federal prosecutor? that is the son, family member. into the question? appreciate the question, i believe my colleague at the white house counsel. he has answered this question already. just answer the question. yes or no? i answered. stephen ? stephen, i answered the question. it is not up to you how i answer the question. i just answer the question. you just asked me, does my statement change? i told you nothing has changed. white house briefing turns testing 1 green jean-pierre scandals around biden family. they will get another chance a short time from now to question the administration on bombshell, whistleblower claims. briefing underway, expected to happen at any moment. we will be monitoring that briefing for reaction to the first family s business dealings along with any news who happened to come from it. hello, i am sandra smith in new york. trace, good to have yo
noon pacific, good to be with you. i m jose diaz-balart in for katy tur. today, the department of justice released a long awaited report on the police response to the mass shooting at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. it was almost two years ago in may of 2022 when a mass murderer took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, and despite officers arriving on the scene just three minutes after the shooter gained entry to the school, it took 77 minutes for law enforcement to confront the lone gunman. the report is scathing. calling the response to the shooting a failure. noting that despite evidence that wounded children were in the classroom, the officers did not engage with the shooter. they didn t treat the perpetrator as an active threat, and those decisions among others may have cost lives. families were briefed before the report was made public. i spoke to kimberly whose daughter lexi died that day and asked her what she wants to see come from this report. account is
accuser also apparently has receipts. we ll have the latest on that development. plus, president biden and key members of his cabinet hit the road to play defense on the economy with election day now just 12 days away. we ll have more on their message and the new polling that shows things may be swinging back in democrats favor. it s tight, though. and donald trump is set to hit the road ahead of election day, including a stop in florida. one key republican hasn t been invited to that event. the governor, we ll have reaction from allies of ron desantis who are not happy. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, october 27th. joe is off, but along with willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and willie, as we get closer to election day, things are getting a lot tighter and it seems like democrats might be working to diversify their mess
with plans to lower healthcare and drug costs. president supporting democrat candidates including tina huizenga type governor s race. shoppers are hesitant revised retail sales number for september are flat. crime wave and major cities has many people living in fear the country. dan springer is live from the president s campaign stop in portland, oregon. was spoken to a lot of voters this weekend, their top concerns are high gas prices, runaway inflation and especially here homelessness but president joe biden spent almost all of his speech today talking about inflation reduction act lowering prescription drug prices in the future. he also took shots at republicans in congress. when it comes time to do something about inflation around the kitchen table, republicans in congress said no. they take control, their first aim is to get rid of the inflation reduction act and inflation will go up, not down. the democratic candidate for governor in oregon, she s trailing by slim
in south carolina, and billions in new climate spending. bret: president biden will hit the road to promote the legislation but yet to see if vulnerable democrats appear alongside him. his poll numbers are around 40%. gillian: peter doocy is with us to kick things off from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. what part of this bill are officials hoping to highlight this afternoon? peter: it s not inflation reduction so far, gillian, even though it is called the inflation reduction act. instead the president is teasing this bill signing by highlighting the green impact. he tweeted the inflation reduction act will position america to meet my climate goals, saving families hundreds a year in energy costs and take advantage of clean energy and electric vehicle tax credits, more than twice the savings. the package was more than twice this size but even the slimmed-down version, the democrats in congress negotiated so it could pass, has republican colleagues nervous about what comes nex