down the economy as he toted the unemployment rate dropping to a new pandemic low. i hear republicans say today that my talking about this strong record shows that i don t understand, i don t understand a lot of people are still suffering they say. well, they are. or that i m not focused on inflation. malaryk. t they voted against the legislation that made it happen. i refuse to let them stand in the way of this recovery and my focus is on keeping this recovery strong and durable, not with standing republican obstruction. the president taking on the gop on the economy as he is facing skeptical conservative justice on his, justices i should say on his covid plan and vaccine mandates for large businesses. that as the republican party seems to locked into a never ending game of how low can you go? is exhibit a. ted cruz. who is now trying to backtrack after getting caught doing something that seems to be a cardinal sin in today s gop, telling the truth. we are approaching
aim at the gop for talking down the economy, as he touted the unemployment rate dropping to a new pandemic low. now, i hear republicans say today that my talking about this strong record shows that i don t understand. i don t understand a lot of people are still suffering, they say. well, they are. or that i am not focused on inflation. malarkey. i want to talk down the recovery because they voted against the legislation that made it happen. i refuse to let them stand in the way of this recovery, and now my focus is on keeping this recovery strong and durable, notwithstanding republican obstructionism. and the president taking on the gop on the economy, as he is facing skeptical conservative justices, i should say, on his covid plan and vaccine mandates for large businesses. that, as the republican party seems to locked into a never-ending game of how low can you go? here is exhibit a. ted cruz who is now trying to backtrack after getting caught doing something that see
accountability in this country. let s get started. america, the land of the free and home of the brave. is it also now the home of a backsliding democracy? a report this week labeled the united states as undergoing a severe and deliberate form of democratic erosion. in joins countries like india and brazil and a quarter of the world s population that fall under the backsliding category. the democracy report says they are seeing an increasing number of democratically elected with tactics. some think the pandemic has made it easier to take this course of restricting civil liberties. and the partisan politics crippling our country. the republican controlled gerrymandering puts them in position to win big in 2022. and president trump is looking like he will be running with a new list the ability to overturn election results. only 35% of democrats say they feel democracy in america is facing a major threat. how can that be possible? maybe they are exhausted from everything we have
the economy? i ll be joined by one of biden s top aids, principal press secretary, who i m sure will agree. it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that hopes supply chain issues won t impact pecan pie on thursday. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, november 23rd. we ll start with the news. we re learning new detailsen about a deadly crash at a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin. nbc correspondent tom llamas has the latest. reporter: in whack shaw, families usually grab a good spot to see the christmas parade. this year was to escape. holiday cheer quickly turned to terror and carnage. it was just after 4:30 on sunday when this red suv plowed through barricades on waukesha s main street barreling into families and marchers. here you see the vehicle just missing a little girl. james touchstone describes the moment he says he saw evil up close. he was shooting video of his daughter s marching band when this vehicle su