peter doocy live outside the white house. peter. >> pete: economic indicators change, the white house messaging is changing. officials here and we are seeing the president and will talk about this later. >> harris: the national cemetery, arlington national cemetery, the president of the united states getting ready to lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier on this veterans day, let's watch today. >> the president moves to the tomb of the unknown soldier to place the wreath. >> harris: we are waiting, a very quiet moment for the president to arrive and lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the motorcade has just pulled up. i'll put back peter doocy into focus here. talking about the challenges for the president today, this is one moment that unites the nation, something that is not happen nothing droves either outside of his party or in right now. we'll focus today on veterans day and you were able to know the president had left, you are there at the white house. give us a layout of his day today. >> pet

a big step for the white house. we'll likely hear from the president this afternoon. >> democrats have not had a lot of good news this week or days before. jessica, a quick question. i hate to put you on the spot for time line questions because this is capitol hill tea leave reading, but do we know the time line for this getting through the senate, perhaps back to the house? or is that just, you know, we have to wait and see? >> reporter: right. it's everyone's best guess at this point. the old adage is take the over when it comes to these things. at this point, schumer aiming for by christmas, manchin at first was kind of opposed to that. he was, you know, hesitant to commit to that. now we talked to him more recently. he said he was open to that if they could get to where they wanted to be. so the question now is will they get there. and, again, they're out all next week for thanksgiving. that puts us into the first week of december where they'll come right up against the debt limit, you know, deadline and also go

meanwhile, the white house, the current white house, president biden's white house said today that mark meadows does not have a legitimate claim to privilege and he should go ahead. so look, i think if you see bannon charged i think you will probably see meadows charged. i wouldn't assume that silence from the doj means nothing is happening. but i think again, until that happens you're going to see people doing things like this. >> jeff, what do you make of the silence from the department of justice on bannon? >> i find it baffling and it looks like dithering to me, frankly. this is a reasonable legally complicated question about whether this should be a criminal contempt case. but it's been almost a month now. it's been more than a month that it's been clear that this issue was coming down the line. they have a lot of smart lawyers at the justice department. the idea that it takes them this long is really pretty shocking to me and it is having a real material impact, as maggie points out. all of these witnesses are yanking the chain of the judiciary -- of the january 6th committee beca

the white house did later issue a written statement. while the verdict will leave many americans feeling angry and confused, myself included, we have to acknowledge the jury has spoken. >> in the written statement particularly you see how carefully the white house is trying to appeal to everyone in this debate. you're trying to first of all and what you saw with his immediate reaction, he's acknowledging, look, we have a jury system in this country. we have to respect the outcome of the jury. he's tapping and sympathizing with the many people who are outraged by the verdict saying he is angry and concerned. do you see how careful he was trying to be with his rhetoric here because this white house, this president knows how much rhetoric matters. president trump inflamed so much of this through his tone and rhetoric. >> what are you hearing on the hill, heather? there were efforts that had a lot of momentum from democrats. that seems to have completely all but faded essentially. is this something that's breathing new life into that or wha

house, the white house, both bp's office leaving over the course of the last week or so there is something going on and i think it is because the policies they've pushed forward are not working, we the american people realize that end of january, the white house and the vp's office is waking up to this fact in the results of the elections in november help them realize it. >> think about reflect on everything griff jenkins talked about from a policy standpoint, inflation is up, gas prices are up, crime is up, borders wide open, people are unhappy, biden's fall numbers down, the only good news for president biden is kamala harris's poll numbers are worse and a cnn article. the lid off their relationship saying that harris people are frustrated because they feel she's underutilized, the biden people feel harris is a political liability and everybody that voted for president biden thought things were going to, quote, go back to normal and if you remember the days of donald trump when there were borders, less crime, people were economically satisfied, would you take a couple two have that, some

who is running the white house, kevin? >> the president is fully running the white house. >> harris: give us proof. we need receipts. >> he spoke to this directly in answering questions over the weekend in the press conference. >> harris: why didn't he get it right the first time. he called it garbage and tried to put words in peter doocy's mouth saying every migrant coming across the border and peter doocy said no, those separated by the last administration. well of course those people shouldn't be getting this money and suddenly the flip-flopped. when he fixed it he said it again without the part about the separation. does he not understand, is he forgetful? it is a fair question to ask. >> i don't think he misunderstood. he wanted to clarify. >> harris: is he manipulating the situation? >> i don't believe so at all. this is a critical issue stemming from the trump administration's zero tolerance policy that took children away if parents. 500 children i think that are still missing with regards to being connected to thei

you see in the white house do that this week a little bit. you see them talk about the immediacy and the urgency for their agenda getting past. if it passes, and 2022 you'll see childcare costs come down by eczema and prescription drug prices coming down for seniors by x amount. at least that starts to bring the conversation to the kitchen table that doug was just talking about. that's what this president does very well and he needs to get back to doing after couple of months where washington was just talking about a big pile of money. chris: i'm not sure that i agree because it seems whether the spending a huge amount of money or immigration or crime or what goes on in schools that there is an increase in perception out there and we certainly saw it play out in virginia and new jersey that democrats and president biden have moved to the left. first of all do you think that's legitimate and they feel that and secondly, do you take that advice and take them back to the center. >> i think this is a huge link space ahead of joe biden, questions

the city the white house is in over mask mandates. washington, d.c., the district, the mayor mural bowser has lifted her indoor mask mandate with a few exceptions. but the white house says it follows the cdc's guidance which still recommends masking in areas of high transmission. meanwhile, voters -- a recent poll found just 47% approve of the job he is doing on that. 49% say they disapprove. that's a massive change from 63% who approved back in june. the virus had been one of the only bright spots in the polls for the president. and i used the wrong word. it is not soaring, it's souring. >> you pointed out the correct part of it. that's what they saw as their best political asset was the handling of covi they were anti-vaccine when it was a vaccine that came from the previous administration and never knowledge that portion of it. they thought their strength was in the control and the crackdown. what they didn't count on was the common sense of american people who are able to look at the science, make their own decisions based on thei

we expect a vote in the house this week. nancy pelosi speaking right now before the white house. she is expected to bring that larger bill to the floor this week assuming the congressional budget office comes back with an estimate that shows this bill is essentially fully paid for, which is what the moderates like sinema and manchin have called for and the house moderates have called for. expect that bill if it comes this week to pass narrowly, if the numbers come back, and then the focus will be on those moderates like sinema and manchin. sinema is expected according to her democratic colleagues to vote for the package. where will someone like joe manchin come down. he did not answer when i asked if this should be delayed until next year, only saying they should continue to discuss this amid his concerns about inflation, so while they're getting this big victory here, still big questions about the timing, the substance, and ultimately how that larger bill will come out. more negotiations to come, and joe biden's party fall in line, that's the big question going forward. >> we he

todd: friday november 5th, mixed messaging, the white house rushing to clarify president biden's comments, the plaintiff dish out massive payments to some illegal immigrants, the president's press team says he is fine with the justice department cutting those checks. >> they will end up without a job after the holiday thanks to the president's new private-sector vaccine mandates. how states are mobilizing to fight back. >> josh halley with an indictment and his investigation into the origins of a trump russia probe, this time it is the primary source of the steel dossier. carley: you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: we begin with another presidential flip-flop, biden's comments on paying migrant families at odds with his own white house. >> you live as the administration attempts to clear up the mixed messages. >> reporter: not sure it is clear up or cleanup on aisle 5 situation, the white house is correcting president biden's cash payments to illegal migrants. >> your administration is planning to pay illegal immigrants were separated from their families at the border up to 45

he was pressed on the letter and the white house response worth another look. let's take a look at a flash back. >> the national school board is not part of the national government. >> i speak on behalf of this government. >> i didn't adopt every concern in their letter. only the concern about violence and that hasn't changed. i signed the memo and i worked on the memo. >> julie: griff jenkins has more. >> they were led to believe there was no cordination and the attorney general acted independently. this tells a different story and shows them meeting with the white house in early september weeks before sending that letter to the president comparing parents to domestic terrorists. which occurred before the doj took action in early october. in this new memo dated october 12th the board's president said they were engaged with the white house and the department of education and surgeon general on pandemic related issues. when garland was pressed under oath about relying on the nsba, he deny this. >> this doesn't change the association's concern about violence. it

if i read that correctly, is the white house advocating for law breaking? >> reporter: well, they're certainly encouraging it, i think. todd and carley, it's game on after numerous lawsuits that prompted the federal appeals court to issue the stay on the administration's requirement for workers at companies with at least 100 employees to get the shot or face weekly testing. but the doj is fighting back in a filing, saying, quote, the occupational safety and health administration a's detailed analysis of the impact shows that a stay would likely cost dozens or hundreds of lives per day but by contrast it's speculative and remote and don't outweigh the interest of protecting employees from a dangerous virus, this as the white house is encouraging businesses to ignore the stay. >> we think people should not wait. the administration clearly has the authority to protect workers and actions announced by the president are designed to save lives and stop the spread of covid-19. >> reporter: but one restaurant group ceo warns this could put people out of business. >

house and the white house promptly called you and said sick the fbi on parents at school board hearings. >> i did not speak with anyone from the white house while i worked on this memorandum. this memorandum reflects my views that we need to protect public officials violence and threats of violence while at the same time protecting parents' ability to object to. >> i get that i have heard your testimony. >> i decided on this memorandum on my own. >> bret: as more time goes on, kimberley, we are getting more and more bits of information that not only the school board association but the white house and the doj, some interaction there in email exchanges and other things. >> yeah. well, it sounds as though, too the white house is acknowledging that it did give a heads up to the doj even though it didn't tell them what to do. i mean, you can take that for what you will. usually when you get a call from the white house people's ears perk up and they feel they need to move. there is a lot more to come out from this, but it certainly looks bad as though there was a lot of coordination and that

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the white house. arlette saenz, a big victory for the president, not to the finish line but he can see it now. >> after months of cajoling and negotiating this is a major breakthrough for president biden's economic agenda. president biden spoke by phone with house speaker nancy pelosi today to offer her congratulations, and they also released a statement, the white house released a statement from the president celebrating this win. that statement says today the united states house of representatives passed the build back better act to take another giant step forward in carrying out my economic plan to create jobs, reduce costs, make our country more competitive and give working people and the middle class a fight chance. the white house hopeful that this bill will make good on some of the campaign promises that biden made back in 2020, but they are also keenly aware of the steep climb that this bill will face in the senate as there are expected to be major changes made to the bill in order to win supp

and a democrat will be in the white house. so, it's not so much about the policies you put forward, it's the virtue of fighting standing up for what we believe in. that is what the republican party has lacked previous to donald trump becoming the president. they got to get that spirit and they have got to stop these investigations. they have got to stop this politicized department of justice in the biden administration that is sending out indictments for people who don't show up to congress to testify about a commission that is unhistoric, uncongressional, unamerican, and should end. they have got to stand up to the abuses coming from the biden administration. that is what will spur them to an even more seats next year. >> 15 seconds before we have it go. a lot of democratic retirements. are there any possibilities that republicans flip some of those seats? >> absolutely. one of the reasons -- some of them are in very blue districts. and they are quitting because they know they are going to lose their gavels and power. this is

so i think that's what the white house knows. that even though this vote is going to happen today, they know that there is still a very long road ahead to actually getting this part, this second part of the president's economic agenda passed. >> what you're seeing on your screen there is the ranking member of the house ways and means committee kevin brady. you saw richey neal from massachusetts, they're the ones dealing with procedural matters now on this vote. we do expect to see house speaker nancy pelosi deliver what will be the final speech in support of the build back better agenda and who knows what else she might say in regards to kevin mccarthy and what else we saw last night. stand by for that. in the meantime, also some news on the president getting his annual physical shortly, just a day before his birthday. >> reporter: yes, this is pretty routine for the president, of course, to get a physical, but he will be going to walter reed today, the white house has been talking about this for months saying he would get this d

white house. phil? >> reporter: you noted you were watching this extremely closely. so is everybody here. the president and his top a advisers as well as vice president kamala harris have been watching and making calls over the course of the last several hours. it's been a lengthy day trying to figure out some kind of path forward and lay things out in terms of where the white house was on this. jess gave you the play-by-play on where the hill has been. you track back to 8:30 a.m. this morning, and the white house got the kind of news that you would think could turn this into a monumental day. jobs numbers that were better than expected. 531,000 jobs added. unemployment rate going from 4.8% to 4.6%. with the very clear goal to have both of the president's two-piece, $3 trillion domestic agenda through the u.s. house by tonight. of course, as the hours moved on, that started to fall apart. six moderates in particular making clear to nancy pelosi, to white house officials that were physically in the

the white house weary to jump into all of this. but is simply does not have a good look and we're seeing the effects in the country. >> it is having an impact. thank you very much. just ahead, democrats clearly clashing over president biden's spending bill as nancy pelosi urge entsly pushed for a vote. we'll get the latest on the state of play from the top house progressive, congresswoman pramila jayapal is standing by live. we'll discuss when we come back. everything you've seen me do was made possible by what you don't see. cause when you're not looking, i go to work. ♪ strength isn't a given. it's grown. it's earned and tested. ♪ we all have the strength to see what's possible. it's up to us to unlock it. tonal. be your strongest. step up. prep up. to help keep you free from the risk of hiv. descovy for prep. a once-daily prescription medicine... ...that helps lower the chances of getting hiv through sex. it's not for everyone. descovy for prep has not been studied in people assigned female at birth. talk to your doctor to f

voters think about what impacts them and the white house and the white house's emotion. number two, when the president, to your point, says things about afghanistan will not be xyz way or the economy will get better, or on july 4th, this is our independence day from the virus. voters can tell when it doesn't go that way. it's that simple. >> part of it is can you fix it? the silver lining is there are a lot of economists who think the economy is about to kick in. they've said that a lot, though, but there is the opportunity that republicans have a roaring economy next year. it is possible that covid starts to go down. but if you look at the numbers now of how midterm elections work, on this day in 2009, barack obama was 53%. at 53% he still lost virginia and he still lost new jersey. earlier in the year he was at 42% and he lost the house of representatives. he is where obama was on midterm election day in 2009. he needs to turn that around or the democrats are looking at a trap door. >> something he has never been is toxic. there is not very many he wants to campaign wi

she's in the white house. and i can tell you, she is doing a fan -- phenomenal job as vice president. >> ron klain, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thanks, anderson. >>> more ahead including the top house republican after days of silence weighing in on the animated video congressman paul gosar put out depicting him murdering a colleague, threatening the president. we will have congressman kevin mccarthy finally came up with and what it says about the party he leads, next. new vicks convenience pack. dayquil severe for you... and daily vicks super c for me. vicks super c is a daily supplement with vitamin c and b vitamins to help energize and replenish. dayquil severe is a max strength daytime, coughing, power through your day, medicine. new from vicks. bipolar depression. it made me feel like i was trapped in a fog. this is art inspired by real stories of people living with bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place... ...and be ha

i was talking to a white house official last night. the phrase they kept using is we're not going to get caught flat footed. that's why you see fauci to say, this is probably going to get here. what's left unsaid is what some white house officials will privately concede and what democrats around the country will tell you was they did get caught flat footed in july by delta. they had an independence party on the lawn of the white house. what you are seeing now is you have to apply that lens to everything they're doing now. >> that 4th of july speech was seen as this success speech where we were. the other day for the macy's day parade, the president called in talking about how there's nothing the united states can't overcome. obviously, this is something that looms over that. how does he square the messaging with waiting to find out details but trying to prepare people for this? >> this is an area where the administration always projects a lot of confidence. many americans voted for president biden because they liked how seriously he ha

. ♪ ♪ breaking tonight, the white house because backtracking after being pressed by fox news. the biden administration now admitting to shut down in canada, michigan gas and oil pipeline amidst the global energy crisis. many of americans are already looking at higher energy bills for this winter and pain at the pump. plus more dismal polling for president biden as his ratings hit a new low. and vice president even worse. the president vaccine mandates with more than 100 employees losing its first legal battle. the u.s. appeals were temporarily blocked the mandate and begin legal challenges. you will hear far the plaintiff or his first legal win in the fight against the mandate. we began tonight with another pipeline potentially on the administration's chopping block as the prices at the pump continue to soar across the u.s. white house correspondent kevin corke checking the back end for us tonight, the press briefing today, kevin. >> i've been in a few of those but this one was interesting to watch. after denial, shannon as you point out did finally admit it was come in fact s

and i'm told that they have told the white house about that. the optics are not on the side of kamala harris to stand in a stance of strength. >> i also feel like they hide her quite a bit. >> they do. >> why isn't she out doing interviews. she's just not -- for as much as kirsten said the spotlight's on her quite a bit. >> i don't think she is. she should be crisscrossing america right now helping the president educate people on the infrastructure bill. but what doesn't help is the president himself when he was talking about the passage of the infrastructure bill at the time that he was getting ready to sign, he says, this lady right here, she is the vice president of the united states, she's not just the lady. she is the second in command. when al gore used to say when he was vice president, she is your co-worker. so it's time for her to step up because the time is winding down. >> well, i think -- look, i hope that the white house is watching and that they're listening to what april is saying because it's something that they need to be conce

carley: we begin at the white house. the president is set to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law today. todd: it comes amid plummeting approval numbers and the spending bill remains in peril over fears it will drive more inflation. lauren plan collared joins us. >> reporter: the signing ceremony is framed as the next steps in the efforts to loosen up the supply chain crunch. the long beach port director was leer to talk about some of the issues he is facing. >> not enough capacity at the warehouse, not enough workers. we have backlog up and down the supply chain. so it's really difficult to get that container moving from segment to segment. >> reporter: and a new abc washington post poll, the president's ratings facing difficulty too. it shows only 39% of voters say they view the president's handling of the economy in a positive way. 55% say they have a negative view. and asked whether or not they approve of biden's job as president, only 41% approve. and if elections were held today, 51% of the registere

is the white house correct? >> the american people are understanding something the white house desperately wishes they didn't, looking at this fairly and objectively we come out from an unprecedented shutdown, pandemic, there was $4 trillion pumped into the economy just before biden took office. there is going to be a transitory of inflationary events in the immediate aftermath of this that is to be expected. what the american people understand the policies are exacerbated. for example raising energy cost the keystone pipeline. again renewing on foreign energy. openly encouraging energy prices to increase. is not just gas, plastic takes energy to produce anything prices are going up consumer and businesses understand that and further bidding and exacerbating this. for the borrowing with the build back better or the 2 trillion-dollar march of this year by the democrats. yet more money chasing the same amount of goods. where is this money going to come from is the fed going to. it, either way interest rates and co

from both sides of the white house. she's not being used, right? that seems to be what the folks in her corner are saying. and then the folks from the west wing in your story seem to be saying her people aren't focused. there's no follow through. what do you think? about what their gripes are here. >> a lot of times when you see the vice president, you see her acting as a dutiful number two. it is something that sources told us from the beginning of her administration. even the transition that she was modeling her vice presidency after then vice president biden's relationship with obama. being the number two. we saw her often at the side of the president at these meetings and at these speeches really standing behind after introducing him. that playbook has changed. we have seen her shrink from the public eye. and i think that is one of the problems that a lot of folks in her camp are having. she is not being visible after having a couple different stumbles. she is not being supported by the would you say. on the other side, we have the west wing. >

phil mattingly at the white house, thanks so much. biden's headache is a downright migraine for millions of americans especially in the heartland where heating bills could double this year. cnn's in des moines, iowa. what are iowans telling you about how the rising prices have impacted their daily lives? >> reporter: the number one issue we are hearing from iowans is this rising energy crisis they are facing to heat their homes. one gentleman told us instead of turning the furnace on these last couple nights as it has been chillier here he's actually decided to just light the fireplace, put more blankets on and more clothes during the day. and rising food costs. we ran into a gentleman at the supermarket who said he was there to just simply peruse the aisles but when he realized the cost of bacon was up 20% in the last year he grabbed it in bulk and is putting it in the freezer to save it couple and save a couple cents on the dollar. here is how he described the rising costs across the board. >> we're all hard working, middle class fo

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the white house. they were getting their clocks cleaned. it's another $1.2 trillion in spending. it's on top of the trillions in spending we've already seen. as you noted, that is already driving inflation across the economy. the price of food is going up, the price of milk is going up, the price of gasoline is going up, the price of rent and homes and lumbers, everything is going up, and the biden administration is causing it. if unfortunately we saw a handful of house republicans decided to rescue nancy pelosi from the bill crashing on its own. i think that did two things that were really problematic. number one, it did with the biden white house wanted to do, which is change the subject from the shellacking they took in virginia. virginia was a terrific victory, i was there on election night with glenn youngkin. it was a tremendous example of the parents of virginia saying hell note to this radical left-wing approach that said that parents have no role in their kids education. but the house infrast

>> well, jake, it's certainly unfortunate timing for the white house. that's precisely the argument the president is trying to make here today. he was apologizing for steps that president trump took at the time he was in office when it came to withdrawing the u.s. from the paris climate accords and he was trying to make the argument the sus back at the table. they are going to lead when it comes to climate change. now they've gotten this statement from senator manchin saying, he's not ready yet to fully support president biden's agenda here. and the white house responded pretty quickly with jen psaki putting out a statement saying that senator manchin says he's prepared to support a plan that combats inflation, is fiscally responsible and will create jobs. 17 nobel prize-winning economists say this plan will reduce inflation and, jake, they say as a result we remain confident the plan will gain senator manchin's support. of course, the key phrase there is will gain. that means the white house realizes senator manchin has not yet expressed his support be

guys. >> manu, thank you, let's go down to the white house. phil, what's the reaction from the white house to the demand for the cbr score vote. >> they have been similar to democratic leaders in the sense they have been scrambling throughout really the course of the last 24 hours, trying to address what those moderates, that group of five moderates is asking for here, in fact, guys, the white house economic team put together their own preliminary budget that they circulated to all house democrats last night. obviously it isn't a cbo score, but it was modeled in a way to make it as close to a cbo like score as possible, hoping that would be enough to perhaps check the box that the moderates have made clear they need checked in order to move forward. the president's top negotiators, on capitol hill throughout the morning meeting with these members, meeting with the speaker's team, trying to figure out a path forward, and i think it underscores the urgency after so many blown deadlines that today was supposed to be the day. today could have been

in addition to that signing ceremony at the white house on monday where the white house says it will be both republicans and democrats who helped craft this bill and voted for it, that will be invited to that where the president signs it into law, but, of course, next is the hard part which is implementing the plan, a billion dollars of the bipartisan infrastructure plan they have to put in place which is going to take quite some time and the president is predicting might be about two to three months before people start to see the effects of that, but selling this bill is going to be just as important as implementing it when it comes to the political aspect for this white house. because this is something they will hope bump up the president's poll numbers. you've seen those erode as there were these negotiations back and forth between democrats on capitol hill and in addition to some other factors, so they are counting on this. what you'll see after that signing ceremony happens on monday is the white house says they are going to be going out into the country and selling this bill, t

we begin with the white house. the t president is set to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law today. carley: it comes amid plummeting approval numbers and the spending bill remains in peril over fears it will drive inflation higher. lauren blanchard joins us from washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, todd and carley. president biden will surround himself with democrats, republicans, governors and mayors today for a signing ceremony at the white house. the hope is to prove they can move the economy forward with the bipartisan infrastructure bill. a new poll shows the people may feel differently. asked whether or not they a approve of biden's job as president, 41% you approve, 53 disapprove. when it comes to the economy, only 39% say they view his handling of the economy in a positive way, 55 say they have a negative view. what could be extremely troubling for the president's party, which currently holds a slim majority in the house, 51% of the registered voters asked said they would v

resignations in any white house are a thing, they are most definitely a thing in the trump white house which went through multiple communications directors. it would be a great trivia question. the mooch lasted about as long as this segment. anthony scaramucci. what do you have to do? he barely speaks to the press, doesn't do one on one interviews, for months we haven't seen a president take real questions at a solo press conference. so that's what we're dealing with at this point. so why resign when basically your job is to tell the president to run away from reporters as quickly as possible because he doesn't really want to talk to them nor do they want him to talk to the press at this point because there's a lot of things he can't simply defend on his own without a teleprompter. carley: unless they were pushed out because the administration is blaming them. you never know. there is speculation that pete buttigieg could maybe replace vice president kamala harris because her poll numbers are so low. he was asked about that very thing yesterday. take a listen to his reaction. watch thi

>> has most people noted, it's not usual for white house staff, or senior white house staff for vice presidential senior staff to leave within the first year taking office so it is unusual. dry read anything major into that? i don't know, the communications department was the person messaging for the white house here so i would be reluctant to read anything more into that until we learn more why she decided to go to the labor department or was pushed to go but it is unusual so i'm sure we will get more reporting on what exactly happened. jon: the president can take heart about the fact that his ratings are not particularly strong, they are stronger than the vice president. >> that's for sure. jon: the host of the jamie weinstein show, podcast thank you. president joe biden's meeting with president of mexico at the white house failing to keep immigrants from having to the border. associated press confirmed another massive migrant caravan set off from southern mexico and is headed north. if it makes it here, migrants will face off against an already overwhelmed border patrol. bill melu

lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you. eric. eric: attorney general eric garland directing fbi to look at threats of violence contentious school board phoenix. the national school boards association preparing for thoughts to some parents to domestic terrorism. officials confirming the fox news they did peak with an fda and justice department before the letter was sent to the president. live in washington with mark on this circular route. alexandria. reporter: does a lot of timing issues here people are looking closely at. right now the white house is trying to distance itself from the attorney general's office telling fox news contacts was made with the justice department, d.o.j. took enforcement action on its own. it was outlined in the memo released by merrick garland, federal law enforcement, school boards. national school work association documents obtained by fox news shows they met with white house as early as september 14 and the association was actively engaged in the department of justice as well. the association also t

what can the white house do to fight inflation? cnn's chief business correspondent christine romans. >> you come to me with a diss of adele? >> no, all her songs are about splits. >>> presidential approval numbers are falling and prices for just about everything else rising the white house is now on inflation watch. >> inflation is high right now and it is affecting consumers in their pocketbook and also in their outlook for the economy but those concerns underscore why it's so important that we move forward on the build back better legislation, this legislation that the house is going to consider this week. this will go at the cost americans face. >> the idea there investments in working families would lower their housing, child care and health care bills insulating americans from inflation. the fed is the official inflation fighter but the white house does have a few other tools, too. they could cut tariffs on chinese imports imposed by the trump administration, they could cut more steel and aluminum tariffs and tap the strategic

it was a joke in the white house. and you know, the president used to say to us, you know who's in charge of the hatch act? it's me. go ahead, say whatever you want to say. i want to also say that i think this makes the 2022 elections more vital than ever because i have a feeling, knowing them like i do, he's going to tell everyone to stall and that if the house takes over with his rubber stamp candidates that he want to get in, the special committee will then go away. that's kind of what i foresee happening. but that's not to take away from what is, you know, what the select committee has done. i'm very, very glad that they've done that, and i'm glad the doj decided to do what they did with bannon. >> and stephanie, let's remind people again what steve bannon said just one day before the january 6th insurrection. let's talk about that. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it's not going to happen like you think it's going to happen, okay. it's

they argued against a longer hold on this case and white house press secretary -- deputy white house press secretary pierre said to reporters during a briefing yesterday, take a listen. >> we think people should not wait. we say do not wait to take actions that will keep your workplace safe. it is important and critical to do, and waiting to get more people vaccinated will lead to more outbreaks and sickness. the department of labor has a responsibility to keep workers safe, and the legal authority to do so. >> reporter: so the point here that jean pierre and the d.o.j. overall is making they know it takes multiple weeks depending which shot you get, pfizer, moderna or johnson & johnson, two to four weeks to be considered fully vaccinated. they are arguing for the court to lift this hold, allowing this expedited legal process to play out. they say which would play out well before employees have to get their shots to make that january 4 deadline. the d.o.j. said the claims lacked merit as most of the asserted claims, they said, hadn't even taken place because, again, that deadline is

the white house says vaccine requirements are working. helping bring the number of those unvaccinated who are eligible in the u.s. down to about 60 million. following covid's spread and giving the economy a boost. >> vaccinated workers are going back to work. vaccinated shoppers are going back to stores. >> and they believe they are on firm legal footing. >> we're pretty confident. the administration clearly has the authority to protect workers and actions announced by the president are designed to save lives. and stop spread of covid. >> when it comes to enforcing this rule for a large private business, an official telling cnn the agency making sure businesses comply will have planned inspections of some workplaces and will also rely on complaints from workers to enforce the rule. >> athena jones, thank you. >>> coming up next, the cnn exclusive. why was there so much confusion among capitol police on january 6th. what cnn is learning happened to the intelligence unit just before the insurrection. stay with us. new patients, get started

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adding dummy female interns around the white house. why would you want to commemorate it? laura: did you have to say gummy female interns, do you really right that line? a horrible image. that, i can see the little 725 a gallon if you look closely where they want gas prices to go. >> can't depict that in gingerbread. it has to be digital to keep rolling upward as you get to the west wing, the president met with ceos to show he is on top of the supply chain crisis only someone else ran the meeting and you would swear biden had never been to the white house. >> brian is going to moderate when you i intervene with questions on your commission. isn't this a pretty place? >> isn't this pretty? like he has never been there before in his life. this is why it is moments like this that explain the slipping poll numbers and the federal trade commission after he met with the ceos or didn't, the federal trade commission demanded all these large retailers handover their files to try to explain their study looking into why the shelves are empty. the

even in her white house portrait. melania was absolutely ripped apart for wearing her 10 year engagement ring in the photo which people essentially just criticized and said shouldn't have been there no matter what she did she couldn't do it right. here doing it again the attempts by the trump administration to honor those and to have a if he has been wonderful observant merry christmas was unfortunately laid at the feet of the grinch media. >> yeah the treatment of first lady melania trump was awful. she was amazing first lady. the best we had he told harris last hour. look at the christmas tree difference this year. east wing entry i'm not a huge fan of the gifts to the left the biden images to the left trump era images. >> harris: they are not experiencing a supply chain crisis. >> they are if you look at blue bubbles. maybe they're. >> that's all they could get? that's your point? >> i agree with you, i love christmas. and anything that you do that means that you got together and put something up, i think, is just

look, you were in the bush white house, i covered the reagan white house, i do not know that cabinet meetings mean that much. so often, this is pretty important cabinet and you see people like buttigieg taking a forward position, jennifer grandam, i don't know if cabinet meetings are that important, not much gets covered by the cabinet, it is president and staff dealing with individual cabinet members or people in particular domestic or international sector. >> bill: based on the list on the wall, chris, this cabinet meeting could go for days. one more thing i want to add, late last night, the tax policy center, they put out a number on whether or not you would get a tax cut on the build back better plan. "taking into account all major tax provisions roughly 20 to 30% of middle income households would pay more in taxes come year 2022," that is part of this discussion. see you on sunday. >> chris: are you going to tell who is on the show? >> bill: dr. vivek murthy and texas ag ken paxton. >> chris: see you then, guy. >> dana: biden administration is looking to give terry mcauliffe a n

what are you hearing about that from the white house today? >> reporter: well, kate, no response from the white house tho to those comments from the chinese ministry of foreign affairs but senior officials saying they believe there was a healthy debate based on this long-standing relationship that president biden and xi jinping have had over more than a decade going back to president biden's time as vice president under president obama. we know that they discussed issues of disagreement such as trade issues, for example, human rights concerns that president biden raised as it relates to issues in hong kong and more. we also know that they discussed areas of potential cooperation like on the climate crisis, for example, facing the world, talking about the importance of collaboration on that front. but one thing that president biden made very clear, and this was during the beginning portion of this 3 1/2-hour meeting when reporters were allowed into the room here at the white house, president biden talking about the importance of making sure tha

he was working directly at the white house at the time of the insurrection. he seemingly is defying this subpoena from the house select committee. >> he should know, of all people, to comply. he was on the oversight committee. he has asked for subpoenas before there's no reason he should be claiming executive privilege to talk about the events of january 6th. there's nothing about national security there, and it certainly doesn't cover anything that would be illegal. >>> let me move on to another sensitive issue we are learning about. cnn, as you may know, has learned that you and other progressive democrats are working to try to de-escalate tension within your own party. how important is that, if you're going to have success much broader spending bill that's still out there on the table? >> wolf, it's very important. we have to come together as a party to deliver for the american people. the republicans talk about family values, the democrats actually value families. we'll have university preschool, child care, to do that we have to be a united democratic pa