they are reporting that the white house aides are closely looking out for biden, with some staffers pointing out his verbal and physical stumbles that have become an uncomfortable issue. the times writing this: he often shuffles when he walks, and aids where he will trip on a wire. he he stumbles over words at events and they hold their breath to see if he makes it to the end without a gaffe. i think america holds a breath, too. his speeches can be flat and listless and he sometimes loses his train of thought, has trouble submitting names or appears momentarily confused. more than once he has promoted vice president kamala harris, calling her president harris. god help us. adding insult to injury, more than 60% of democrats do not want biden as a nominee in 2024. what is so troubling to me, brian, if you be the start of this piece, the questions about his age and acuity are actually affecting his official plans as president. he starts by saying, when he goes to the midd
law enforcement response an abject failure. the sending you details, as we get the first chilling images from inside the school that day. the surveillance photo you re looking at shows cops with rifles and ballistic shields in the hallway, but they waited another hour to storm the classroom. this photo was taken at the same time, but now you see it is a different angle and it also highlights that officers were ready to go in, but didn t. at the end of those 77 minutes, 19 students, including the daughter of one of the officers stationed there in the hallway, and two teachers, where dead or dying. others sustained serious physical injuries. the emotional and psychological harm will be lifelong for survivors and their families. it was the deadliest school shooting in texas history. jimmy, in stark contrast to those officers that waited over 90 minutes until he was actually shot, when s.w.a.t. came, there was 4 minutes between him arriving and being shot dead. jimmy: there a
pence s life in danger during the capitol riot when he refused to go along. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. i ll talk to one of the committee members, democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. plus, the economy. prices everywhere going up. everyone had it up to here really. interest rates too. we re strongly committed to bringing inflation back down. leading to a sinking stock market. this week was brutal. today was brutal. over fears of a coming recession. my guests this morning, former treasury secretary larry summers, who says a recession is likely. also, thanks to the troubled economy and president biden s aides, democrats are worried about the president s 2024 chances and whether he should even run again. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander. maria teresa kumar president of voter latino. republican strategist brendan buck an
advisers about what that means for him next. this morning many americans are on edge over the economy, coping with the rising cost of food and other goods including high gas prices. the average price for regular gas sits at $4.98. aggravation over traveling extended to the airport this weekend. folks facing a nightmare, to us of flights canceled. on sunday alone, yesterday, nearly 1,000 flights were canceled as airlines struggle with increased demand, bad weather and staffing shortages. the white house trying to tackle concerns about the economy and inflation as americans begin to feel the fallout from the federal reserve raising interest rates. janet yellen touting optimism, echoing president biden by saying a recession is not inevitable and even suggesting that a federal gas tax holiday is worth considering. joining us now nbc news white house correspondent and nbc news correspondent at newark liberty airport, the dean of the clinton school of public service at the unive
bill barr. during his deposition, the former attorney general told the committee that he repeatedly told trump that there was no credible evidence of election fraud. i made it clear that i did not agree with the idea of saying that the election was stolen. i told the president this was dumb. i did not want to be a part of it. this is what led me to decide to leave when i did. even though a number of his own top administration officials debunked election fraud conspiracies, trump hospice persisted. weeks following the election, he lashed onto the idea that pence would be able to overturn the results of the election by choosing to certify the votes of certain states. this was an illegal plan that was spearheaded by john eastman, who also played a role in the pressure campaign to get the vice president to delay the certification of the 2020 presidential election. this pressure campaign and intense focus on what the vice president would do on january 6th, resulted in the viol