hill, wrong track, disaster, hard times on both sides of the aisles. ashley: that is how americans feel but alexandria hoff with a brand-new tweet from the president who is getting a lot of reaction this morning, hi, alex. the message from the white house is don t worry about those hard times in uncertainty about the bank account because a person is feeling positive. i don t make my word as biden i ve never been more optimistic about america s future than today. the president takes the online because those were not biden s 71% of plain old americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. according to nbc news poll. 60% said their income is falling behind the cost of living. omar president and ceo bill simon. we have to get this inflation under control. another year of high single digit, low double-digit inflation and we are going to be in a world of hurt because inflation hurts 100% of the population. a recession might hurt 2%, 3% that have lost their job
all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this is early start. we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnn s scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can t, does that mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
second time around? i really want to defer to what makes biden comfortable on his team. i have known kamala a long time, i like kamala, we go way back, but they have to be a team, and my sense is there, i don t mean that by suggesting i think there may be problems, i think they are. greg: no problems at all that i just bring up. warren walked back that comment but kamala has not been able to laugh it off. the senator has reportedly been trying to get hold of the vp to bury the hatchet. [laughs] but over a month later, harris is refusing to budge. but don t worry, kamala, you will always have the view to tout your accomplishments. i think there is some concern about just the lack of policy accomplishments that she has made as vice president. i am surprised there is concern. i think it has a lot to do what she has a black woman. black women get everything done. we have saved this country, democracy, for centuries. but what specifically? while code well, where
i endorsed ron, and ron, instead of dropping out of the race went to ahead of the race by a lot. i think up to 71 or something like that. in one night. i got him elected. pure and simple. now i hear he might want to run against me so we ll handle that the way i handle things. oh, here we go. we ll handle that the way i handle things. which sounds like a mob threat. actually, when you look how he handles things. lately just losing. it s losing. former president trump with what sounded like a threat in talking about a potential 2024 matchup against florida governor ron desantis. and for running against him. and conservative unusual group helped him win the white house back in 2016. who could have saw this coming? already attacked the pro lifer, now evangelicals? and real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate dealmaking to become speaker. reminds me of an expression we heard in the south pacific during the war. by the way, we came back aft
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany which hosted the meeting is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous esculation. escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard tanks, to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a fract