white house from a trip to sell his spending plan the president took questions for the first time this week on the tarmac just a short while ago. he expressed confidence despite building pressure, very tough economic conditions. trending on twitter friday, hashtag bare shelves biden just one day after empty shelves joe was the top political hashtag. social media users lashing out as experts say this threatening the economy will likely keep shortages and price hikes a reality through the holidays. pounding economic woes for biden administration new numbers from the labor department showing import prices rose last month after falling in august. in the 12 months through september, prices shot up 9.2 % up from 8.9% in august. the increase, a little under what forecasters predicted but high cost of food and rent pushed up inflation, as did the cost of energy. price of crude above $80 a barrel. the threat of run away inflation prompting former treasury secretary larry to warn the f
a akuhn. griff: i m griff jenkins. they re hoping to keep legislation that would transform government as we know it. let s go to mark meredith at the white house. griff, as you mentioned, it s it s been a whoo wild few days on capitol hill yet, the president is sure his agenda is going to get through congress. at issue, one the bipartisan infrastructure agreement that republicans for the most part are going to support and a much larger social safety net bill with moderate democrats saying they do not want to spend the massive amount that progressives want to spend and what they ll be willing to spend to get the goals achieved and we asked what comes next. he said this is messy and it s part of the way that washington works. i m a realist. i think that, i was in the senate a long timement i know how legislation gets done. there is no reason why both these bills couldn t pass independently, except that, they re not supposed to do it that way. got to have the votes. and na
some reportedly booing the president as he stepped on the field. also the state of florida suing the biden administration over its catch and release policy at the southern border. the sunshine state calls it illegal border policy. games that it s causing florida harm. youtube cracking down on what it s calling vaccine misinformation. who decides how it s defined? what you need to know about the new policy and how it could affect you. we begin with president biden s agenda hanging by a thread as democrats cannot seem to get on the same page. white house correspondent kevin corke following that story for us. good evening. good evening. house democrats have taken the biden domestic policy priorities and they have dropped them into one massive and i mean massive 2,465 page bill the backers claim would expand the nation s social safety net and combat climate change. but as you pointed out, that agenda is facing stiff opposition from within biden s own party. from main street t
decades. bernie sanders trying to pass this massive spending plan, but moderates are saying let s pump the brakes. close quotes white house press secretary jen saki is doing her best to save her thing is fine. secretary psaki: our objective is to work towards an agreement. that s in progress. we are not there, but we are working on it. i think there s a fair number of people who might consider themselves quite progressive in this administration. the role the president s plane is working to get 50 votes in the senate. looks like they are happy to have that role and play. we will see. the day is young and. i ll keep saying that. jesse: democrats are either terrible at math or the american people are too stupid, by repeating the claim that spending $3.5 trillion will cost nothing. president biden: it is $0 price tag on the debt. we are going to pay for everything we spend. this is a $0 bill. of the investments proposed, including tax cuts and the pay including makin
absolutely. reporter: but manchin cast doubt when asked by cnn on sunday about the problems of a thursday deal. that s a heavy lift. a lot to do. a lot to talk about. there s a lot in that bill, the $3.5 billion reconciliation bill. tax code, social reforms. there s a lot. and people need to know what s in it. it s going to take awhile. reporter: the larger safety social net plan. an expansion of medicare, measures to deal with climate change, extension of the child tax credit and tax hikes on corporations and high earners to pay for it. this hour pelosi convening a closed door meeting where she ll try to get them in line and make the case her party must stay united or risk seeing everything collapse. failure is not an option. d for democrats is deliver. and we re all going to have to come together. reporter: all this as a potential economic catastrophe also awaits. senate republicans plan to block a bill this hour to keep the government open past thursday becau