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Hedge fund manager dave mccormick still up 31.3% of the vote for him. hes roughly 22 vote,200 votes of mehmet oz. kathy barnette is at 24.5% of the vote. there is still about 15% of the vote to be counted. a nail biter, really. i want to show you two interesting house democratic primaries going on. in pennsylvania in the 12th congressional district, the pittsburgh area, summer lee, the progressive candidate is up with 41.7% of the vote, about 534 votes ahead of the more establishment and thats a...

Red going back decades, going back generations. thats the history that biden and democrats and the white house are up against heading into this years midterm election. lets zoom back in on more kreent history. lets put bidens numbers heading into this midterm year in perspective. you look at his average approval rating right now, he clocks in at 41.7%, average all the polls together, thats the average approval rating for biden one year in his presidency. how does that measure up against his rece...

And we spent a lot of money on american families. that doesnt mean economies without its problems. its just the sort of menu of options that you had a year ago, two years ago. this is far beyond anything that i thought was even remotely on the table. >> yeah, and i mean weve reentered universe in which we are thinking about trade-offs between unemployment and inflation, right? tightly remark its. higher inflation. lower inflation and higher unemployment. thats an old trade-off that used to be ve...

Divided. its 50 for democrat, 50 for republicans. of course, kamala harris as the vice president who right now breaks those ties in favor of the democrats. but, again, republicans just given history were talking about bullish on chances of getting majority back in the senate. could be a little more complicated on that front, though. one of the things well dig into here in the next hour. so lets look at joe biden, his political standing, as he steps before congress to deliver the state of the uni...

Congressional ballot voters chose republicans 44.1% over democrats 41.7%. what do you make of the dems disarray ahead of 2022. >> i wouldnt say it was disarray. we are resetting the party and preparing for the elections. in 2017 there was 38 republican sitting house members who decided not to run for office and/or step down from their elected office seats. so what well see next year is many of these democrats either defending their terms or moving on to run for higher seats. so the party will re...

Morning consult poll blame both parties. republicans want to force democrats to raise the debt limit on their own in a political calculation with an eye on the midterm elections. still 402 days away. currently the 538.com average of congressional polls has democrats leading republicans by more than three points, 45 to 41.7%. and a very good day to all of you. from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to "alex witt reports." we begin with breaking news of a big oil spill off the c...

Increase in each of the previous three months. year-over-year, those prices up a staggering 41.7%. housing prices showing no signs of cooling either. the cpi reported that shelter prices up to .8% last year but crisis for housing in major cities spike 18.6%. that according to a biggest increase since 1987. in as i send it back to you, we will get updated inflation numbers next tuesday but i dont have to tell you that the prices are only expected to go higher. >> edward: might have to stock up on...

Inflation report is "good news for america." >> today i am pleased to share more good news of the american people. the latest report on consumer price shows -- prices show -- that we have expanded -- excuse me, the expected easing we thought was going to come has increased, that we -- that we have seen a good monthly report. >> laura: okay. well, reality, inflation isnt just up 5.4% annually. the specific sectors hurt americans. since last year, the gas prices are up 41.8%, used cars up 41.7%, f...

Inflation report is "good news for america." >> today i am pleased to share more good news of the american people. the latest report on consumer price shows -- prices show -- that we have expanded -- excuse me, the expected easing we thought was going to come has increased, that we -- that we have seen a good monthly report. >> laura: okay. well, reality, inflation isnt just up 5.4% annually. the specific sectors hurt americans. since last year, the gas prices are up 41.8%, used cars up 41.7%, f...

Increases energy up 23.8 percent, gasoline 41.8 percent, used cars and trucks 41.7 percent transportation services 6.4 percent and robert, there is a lot of real-world stuff that translates for people for food, for energy, for their daily life its a tough place for the white house to be right now. >> shannon, ive been saying for over a month or to now that i dont think inflation is transitory. i would probably disagree with the fact, i think its time to taper and i think they have to watch their...