hello, everyone, thanks so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in atlanta. in wisconsin a deadly shooting left a former judge dead and sources tell cnn the gunman was planning to target several other high-ranking government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home friday. police say the shooter then shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. we have details now. what more are investigators sharing. reporter: sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets, a long list of targets. officials say this was somehow related to the justice system. was it one case, several cases? that is simply not clear. what i can tell you this began friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer s home, called 911 and told police someone had broken inside and shot two rounds inside that home. when police tried to negotiate with the s
power, with incremental steps to get on top of the crises, rather than to look like he s throwing his hands up in the air. at the same time doesn t he run the risk of overusing executive power? always, and presidents have to be cautious and that is a critique but on issues like inflation, when he will not make progress at this point on capitol hill because of republican obstruction and as ron said the manchin/sinema problem, that s the one tool he has at his disposal and easing economic concerns right now is probably more important for his presidency than any risk of, you know, overusing executive orders at this point. and on the issue about inflation this was the president yesterday. there s no denying that high prices particularly around gasoline and food are real problems for people. but there s every reason for the american people to feel confident that we ll meet these
of the week, uncertain if they can do that. kaitlan, it sounds like president biden has a sinema problem. what is he doing and what more can he do? well, i think it was really telling what speaky said, not to raising corporate taxs. they know it s very unpopular to raise taxes on high earners and corporations. one of the things that the president was talking about last night when he was in scranton, pennsylvania. yesterday the white house left open the open that senator sinema could be pressured into changing that if every other democrat is on board. now it sounds like they are thinking alternatives and different tax structures to use to pay for this bill to make sure it s fully paid for and that s a big question facing the president over how that actually shakes out because it s obviously critical to getting the framework that the white house wants to have by tonight when the president is here at
democratic party digging in, moderates like senators manchin and cinema on one end and the house progressives like congresswoman ocasio-cortez on the other. is it possible for biden to bring the party together? i don t know if i should be qualifying manchin and sinema as moderate. from my perch and i think many people, i don t think you can compare the power or the leverage of alexandria ocasio-cortez to that of manchin and sinema. i don t think it s fair to equate her, simply because she doesn t have that same type of juice that manchin and sinema have. i think the democratic party has a manchin and sinema problem. i was articulating a few months ago that part of the hiccup that we have in the democratic party is manchin and sinema. whether or not you re talking about the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package and them standing in the way of childcare, et cetera, et cetera, or whether or not you re talking about a prescription drug plan
is it possible for biden to bring the party? i don t know if i should be qualifying manchin and sinema as moderate. let me just say, you know, from my perch and i think many people, i don t think you can compare the power or the leverage of alexandria ocasio-cortez to that of manchin and sinema. i don t think it s fair to equate her simply because she doesn t have that same type of juice that manchin and sinema have. i think the democratic party has a manchin and sinema problem. a couple of months ago i was articulating that the hiccup that we have in the democratic party is manchin and sinema. whether or not you re talking about the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package and them standing in the way of child care, et cetera, et cetera, or whether or not you re talking about a prescription drug plan to actually lower the cost of prescription drug prices in this country, which we know does well across party lines, i mean it seems as if kyrsten sinema and