Prices that keep spiking. We begin with peter. Charles, good afternoon. President biden says he wants to spend a few trillion more because the trillions hes spent on Pandemic Relief have been panning out. We needed to act quickly and boldly to save jobs, save lives. We had a more than 600,000 jobs a month since ive taken office. 3 Million jobs all told. Its the fastest growth at this point in any administration on record. That kind of Fast Growth and fast spending means inflation. Inflation has increased notably and will remain elevated before moderating. Thats as some republicans are against letting the government intervene the way the president wants. This bill has been looked at from people on the right and left. It does not add to inflation. The democrats are doing with the 3. 5 Trillion bill would add to inflation. Have a look at this video from this afternoon. Know masks, no social distancing. Lots of touching, which is normal for a biden exit. But its notable because he endorsed
lovely to be with you. i m stephanie ruhle, house republican leader kevin mccarthy is in survival mode again tonight, trying to remain a viable candidate for speaker of the house, while facing the wrath of some of trump s most fiercest supporters in his own party. the minority leader was face to face with republicans this morning for the first time since the release of those revealing audiotapes. the meeting with said to be heated at times, on the recordings, mccarthy is heard saying trump bears responsibility for january 6th, and expressing fear that lawmakers in his own caucus could incite violence following the riot. and this is nbc news reports mccarthy did not shy away from the audio in today s closed-door meeting, but instead told members that the party, quote, needs to move forward and lead on issues that americans care about, including border security and inflation. some lawmakers had mccarthy actually got a standing ovation, and said that he is still on track to beco
heated at times, on the recordings, mccarthy is heard saying trump bears responsibility for january 6th, and expressing fear that lawmakers in his own caucus could incite violence following the riot. and this is nbc news reports mccarthy did not shy away from the audio in today s closed-door meeting, but instead told members that the party, quote, needs to move forward and lead on issues that americans care about, including border security and inflation. some lawmakers said mccarthy actually got a standing ovation, and said that he is still on track to become speaker if republicans take control of the house. but, and there s always a but, that is not where it ended. florida congressman matt gaetz now attacking both mccarthy and his deputy steve scalise about leaked audio concerning gates can criticism of liz cheney. here s where the party leaders were saying. okay, what did gaetz say? you high, yeah gaetz, said the gaetz brought up liz specifically, i just saw that on twi
donald trump. the breaking news this hour we are following a defiant former president of the united states on the way to his new jersey golf club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election in the united states. trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the special counsel of leading a political persecution. wolf, of course, this is trump s third indictment in the past four months. it is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. as he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, conspiracy to t defraud the u.s., conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. i want to go our senior justice correspondent evan perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. evan, walk us
the new york times, quote, response to mr. trump s emergency application asking the justices to halt the d.c. circuit court ruling. it was only 24 hours ago the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex president filed his appeal. that filing was brazen and cringey. from the opening salvo that quotes yogi berra, a legal have your cake and eat it too. earlier today the supreme court gave jack smith a deadline to reply to trump. next tuesday at 4:00 p.m., one week from right now. given that every day counts in terms of getting the federal election interference case back on track to go to trial before the election, it s widely expected that special counsel jack smith and his team will act and they will act fast. as the new york times notes, quote, nothing prevents mr. smith from filing sooner, and he probably will. what about the deadline itself? a whole week. the new york times points out, quote, that timeline is not speed. the court often asks for quicker respon