numbers after gaining it early and quite major endorsements of the nation s most powerful unions, including the american federation of teachers and the american federation of state, county, and municipal employees. 13 million new jobs since i became president. that s more jobs and a little over two years than any president has created in a four-year term. the unemployment term i ve seen record lows for black employments and hispanic unemployment as well. we have created 800,000 manufacturing jobs. president biden also touted his actions on climate, on health care, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. it was a pitch to the american people for why he should be elected again. president biden did not do is give a single ounce of attention to his recently indicted predecessor. this nbc s mike reports, the president and his administration will maintain that, focusing solely on the issues. the president is saying it s not him that s accomplished all of this, and un
the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting plays
inspector general s investigation have even been released. and right now, arguments are set to begin in louisiana where the fate of a widely used abortion pill rests in the hands of three judges our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what s happening today? starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and
With 53% of support. florida s governor ron desantis lags behind with 23%. no one else hits two digits. this weekend, desantis is in nevada courting voters, telling them the republican party has developed a quote culture of losing. and d.c. news learned this week that desantis has created a boot camp for canvassers through his never back down super pac. more than 200 people have competed the camp so far. kicking off this saturday, the executive director of the georgetown and embassy - it is good to see you both. i have to tell you, i the beginning of a campaign feels like september for schoolkids, words like that is actually how you mark a calendar year. as someone who is a veteran of presidential campaigns, with president biden on the stump, what is his task in these early days? well, i think a couple of
Think i failed you i m sorry, but if you think i failed, i think you re wrong. pam all right, manu raju, you are busy this week. thanks so much, appreciate it. just in moments we are going to speak with a republican who is against the bill so be sure to stand by for that. but first, florida governor ron desantis kicking off his bid for the presidency in earnest tonight saying republicans need to and what he calls a quote culture of losing. it s time we imposed our will on washington d. c.. . and you can do it is if you don t win. despite the glitchy twitter event it looks like erwin a republican campaign usually does. his first step, a church outside of des moines, iowa. he s going to follow that with a three-day sweep through key early states including new hampshire and south carolina. a pro desantis super pac is spending big money in iowa but the latest cnn national numbers still have him pulling at about half of what donald trump is. join me here at the table cnn s eva mcken