a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening. well, to say that tomorrow will be a busy day in washington is something of an understatement. steve bannon is expected to surrender to authorities. president biden will sign that bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. both the house and senate are back in session. and the president meets virtually with chinese president xi jinping for the first time since taking office. it all comes as new polling shows the president s policies are more popular than the president himself. 63% of americans supporting the infrastructure bill, 58% supporting the build back better act. while president biden s approval rating hits a new low at just 41%, mostly driven by fears over inflation. director of the economic council addressing those concerns this morning. there s no doubt inflation is high right now. it s affecting americans pocketbooks and affe
carrying 23 americans goes down during drills in australia. u.s. officials say some of the marines killed are from camp pendleton. > score much scorches. new campaign funds from a mug shot. monster surge. i m in scotland. the biggest search in 50 years for the mysterious monster is underway. later, a living legacy. she shaped the civil rights movement in song. why her museum is in jeopardy. tonight the fbi is investigating a deadly attack in jacksonville, florida. it happened saturday. a masked white man was carrying at least one weapon. the victims identified today, from 19 to 52. president biden denounced the attack saying, white supremacy has no place in america. we have the latest on the investigation. reporter: good evening. a vigil is being held near the scene. today we are getting a look at video showing the moments just prior to the shooting. he was lucid. he knew what he was doing. reporter: a mass shooting in a blackj jacksonville neighborhood wa
it is monday, november 20th. this morning, there are positive signs that more hostages held by hamas could soon be freed. we ll get the latest on that and the war with a live report from tel-aviv. plus, how the war is impacting biden politically, as a new poll shows young voters are growing even more disillusioned with the current administration. also, we ll remember the life and legacy of former first lady rosalynn carter. wow, she passed yesterday. i would hear your family talk about rosalynn carter. yeah. the love and the respect that you all had, from the kids to your mom, to your father, who was, by the way, smitten with what you called her subtle southern charm. yeah, she had quiet power. she was incredibly impactful in the white house and beyond, just like her husband, the former president. she was the kindest, most patient woman i think i ve ever met. i heard so many tributes yesterday about mrs. carter. we re going to have jonathan altar on later to
jon meacham, thank you both for joining us over the past several hours and stay tund for continuing coverage of the life and legacy of george h.w. bush. good morning, everyone. it is 7:00 here in the east. 4:00 a.m. out west. america s 41st president, george herbert walker bush has died. over this next hour, his defining moments in the oval office, chaperoning the fall of the berlin wall and soviet union. swift victory in the gulf war and one big promise that he could not keep. to his post presidency a further life of public service through his foundation plus the heroism in his early years.
the pub luck servant, the statesman, the family man, this morning president george h.w. bush remembered. prudence, humility and a lifetime devoted to public service, the country is mourning george h.w. bush. he passed away last night at age 94. his values and ideals now being honored across the political spectrum. the 41st president helped end four decades of cold war. his popularity soured
what does the president want to know? did he ask about ukraine s efforts to battle corruption? of course not. did he ask how the war with russia was going? not a chance. on the phone, his voice loud enough, president trump asked sondland, is he s going to do the investigation? the answer was clear. he ensured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it and that he would do anything you asked him to. if that wasn t telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an american diplomat dining with sondland asked if it was true that president trump didn t give a blank about ukraine, sondland agreed, saying the president cared only about big stuff. the diplomat noted that there
was big stuff in ukraine, like a war with russia. sondland replied that the president cared only about big stuff that benefits him personally. like the biden investigation that mr. giuliani was pushing. in that short conversation, we learned everything we need to know about the 45th presid