time off of work, not only will you not get paid, you actually could get fired. and that is precisely what is happening today in the rail industry. bernie sanders laying out the major issue that could have rail workers own strike by midnight tonight. we ll have the very latest on the negotiations and the massive impact that a strike could have on the economy. plus, the january 6 committee is sifting through thousands of pieces of new evidence. the where it came from and what members are saying about its significance. also ahead, federal welfare money, a college volleyball stadium, and brett favre. we ll explain how they re a connected and why it doesn t look good for the nfl hall of famer. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the 11th hour negotiations to avoid a railroad strike that is threatening the u.s. economy. workers could walk off the job as early as tomorrow if rail carriers and unions fail to reach a deal. amtrak has already suspended long d
dixon, all signs point to primary wins. that could be a good sign for democrats who believe far right candidates actually help them in the general election. plus we ll be watching trump s strength being tested in michigan and washington where he s trying to sink three of the house republicans who voted to impeach him after the capitol riot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, voters will be heard on that issue and we ll get our first real clue as to whether abortion rights will be the rallying cry democrats hope it is. the focus is kansas, where voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the state legislature to ban abortion outright. so far early in-person voting is up more than 200% from four years ago, but polling shows the vote itself. michael steele is with me. he s former chair of the republican national committee. at the big board, national split political correspondent steve kornacki. good to see everyb
class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that
supply, energy. as you mentioned, the association that is representing the railroads is saying that this could cost the economy $2 billion a day. we would also be seeing, you know, tens of thousands 115,000 probably railroad workers on strike at railroads around the country on picket lines protesting these class one railroad carriers. what is happening today? are talks continuing? and what role is the administration playing? yeah. so the stakes are very, very high for the biden administration to ensure that trains keep working and that economy keeps working as the mid terms approach. but also biden does not want to sort of alienate unions or the workers that he is sort of
costs on every single type of goods that we, everyday people depend on everyday, then vote democrat. the hard-working people of our country are sidelined. and i m very upset about this. so i think it is more important than ever before to have a voice. now, there is one more important note. the president has consistently argued. he s the only one with a real economic plan at all. but the wall street journal reports that republicans are starting to fill in details of their own economic proposals, offering americans something else to consider as the mid terms approach. we ve got a fantastic group to talk this over. nbc s tom costello joins me from d.c. ben white is politico s chief economic correspondent. tim miller, an msnbc political analyst and writer at large for the bull work. and tarabi, a financial expert with nerd wallet.com. good to have all of you. tom, the fed is expected to raise rates by three quarters of