Ended with the insurrection of the capitol on January 6th. And the coauthors join us now, investigative reporter from the Washington Post, Carol Lenning, and senior Washington Correspondent for the Washington Post and political analyst for msnbc and nbc news, Phillip Rucker joins us. And you both actually travelled, at Donald Trumps invitation, to maralago to speak with the former president. Amid the many questions you asked concerned the events at the capitol on January 6th and you write in part this, i would venture to say i think it was the largest crowd i had ever spoken to before, trump said. It was a loving crowd, too, by the way. There was a lot of love. In all fairness, the Capitol Police were ushering people in, trump said. The Capitol Police were very friendly. They were hugging and kissing. You dont see that. Theres plenty of tape on that. Okay. I dont know where to begin but why dont we back up and carol, if you could fill us in on why you think he invited you to maralago a
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this comes as the covid pandemic surge is putting enormous pressure on the u.s. economy. also tonight a scathing rhetorical attack on president biden from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who said he didn t even recognize his old friend yesterday. what was yesterday? president biden s fiery speech in atlanta about voting rights and the filibuster. at one point in this speech, the president said whoever opposes that legislation, no matter the reason, can be compared to racists and segregationists of the past. chad pergram has that standing by but we start with today s economic news. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. people waiting for prices to go down are going to have to wait a while because white house officials are saying that prices are going to moderate over the course of 2022. the year that just started. and around here they are conceding that projections about the economy,