Hey [ Crowd Chanting ] well, you might have seen a few people showed up in philadelphia the other night. Then 10,000 plus walked into a field in western wisconsin. And then, on wednesday, the largest crowd of the campaign showed up in detroit, michigan. But arizona just couldnt leave it alone, could ya . [ applause ] wow. You know, its not as if anybody cares about Crowd Sizes or anything. Whew, okay. Vice president ial nominee Tim Walz poking the bear just a little bit during his rally with Vice President Kamala Harris on friday. Weve seen thousands of supporters show up for the new democratic ticket since their debut Last Tuesday in philadelphia. Wow, what a difference a week or so makes. Look at those numbers. Mika, i mean i cant. Look at the numbers. The philadelphia event, when it first came out, seems like two weeks ago, doesnt it . Yeah. So huge. Wisconsin seemed to be even bigger. Detroit was mammoth. Then glendale, reports of 15,000 people there, more than Barack Obama had in
since the first covid case was confirmed in wuhan, china. also today, the president will continue his infrastructure tour heading to detroit, michigan, as his party zeros in on the social spending bill with only a few days left before the break before the holidays. and with both spending and prices up across the country, we re going to take a look at how it s shaping up to be the tale of two economies. hear from a family who is feeling the effects firsthand. we ve got to start this morning s broadcast with a verdict to watch. in just moments, the jury in the kyle rittenhouse trial set to resume deliberations for a second straight day in wisconsin but not before a dramatic scene in the courtroom that some are calling legal theater. the judge directing rittenhouse himself, rittenhouse to blindly draw the very jurors who are now deciding whether he is criminally responsible for killing two men during the protests in kenosha last year. that jury now made up of zen seven women
allies. the committee investigating the january 6th attack says it is officially moving forward with contempt charges against steve bannon after he failed to comply with a subpoena. everything you need to know about the fight playing out in washington. meanwhile, across the country massive labor strikes are under way. more than 10,000 auto workers standing up to agricultural mega giant john deere, while thousands of hollywood workers could take to the picket line any day now. and it is the end of a very big week in the fight against covid. right now an fda advisory panel is meeting to review the johnson & johnson booster shot, after giving a unanimous go-ahead to the moderna shot yesterday. we ve got to start with breaking news. former president bill clinton is recovering in a california hospital this morning. we are just learning that he went in on tuesday for an infection, but doctors are hoping to send him home soon. nbc s steve patterson joins us with the latest. it sound
show americans are spending 6.9% more last month than a year ago. making ends meet has rarely been harder. a new poll finds 45% of americans are dipping into their savings to pay for everyday goods like food and housing. not to mention those gas prices. bill: edward lawrence has the story from the white house on why this might be a flashing red light on the economy. what s the news? good morning there. you guys hit on the critical point for the economy. if consumers stop spending the economy slows down because it s 70% of the gross of the economy. we could hit the recession. retail sales numbers came out 30 minutes ago and showing .5% month over month. just a little lower than expected. when you take out autos, hotter than expected at 1.1%. people are still spending. the president leaving about 90 minutes for north carolina where he will speak at a technical college about training the next generation of workers to bring the supply chain home issues home to america. one of
i think it is a very dangerous thing to talk about. okay. because we have a tremendous ly passionate group of voters. much more passion than they had in 2020, more than 2016. i think it would be very dangerous. yeah, there s been no deterrence put in place. well, that s not entirely accurate. there have been some deterrents put in place. look, what you just said, donald trump s last words about it is dangerous to go down this route. yeah, it could happen again because you have a group of individuals, like you have an audience for him and for what happened on january 6th. so, yeah, i believe it can happen again. that s capitol police officer harry dunn who defended the capitol during the january 6th insurrection reacting to donald trump s veiled threat about another january 6th style attack. the former president spent yesterday rage posting on social media amid new reporting on how his legal troubles are draining resources from his 2024 presidential campaign. we re g