detroit. the president appearing at the annual auto show to promote expensive electronic vehicles, electric vehicles as americans struggle to make ends meet on basics such as food and electricity with the inflation concerns. it does follow yesterday s celebration by the president on the south lawn of the white house touting what he called progress against inflation despite the hard evidence to the contrary from his own federal government. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today the average cost of an electric vehicle is nearly double the average american yearly salary. and, yet, the president is focused on health of the planet as a new fox news poll shows most americans are far more concerned with what they can afford to eat for dinner. secret service detail i m driving home. the president says he felt optimistic behind the wheeling of a $63,000 electric vehicle. w
that. and the latest efforts in ukraine s war. trying to take back territory from russia. also, one of the biggest business fears about a potential chinese attack on taiwan is what happens to tsmc? this is the most valuable company in all of asia. it makes many of the chips in many of your high tech devices. i get a rare interview with the company s chairman and ask him about those fears. first, here s my take. is it possible that despite all the partisan noise and disbelief joe biden is actually managing to do something that he promised during his campaign? govern from the center. the evidence is piling up. if the compromise hammered out on wednesday between chuck schumer and joe manchin passes, it will be the largest investment in fighting climate change made by the federal government while also being the largest deficit reduction package in a decade. the deal comes on top of the chips and science act. that followed the first bipartisan gun control legislation passed
ukraine s war trying to take back territory from russia. also, one of the biggest business fears about a potential for tsmc. it makes many of the chips in many of your high tech devices. i get a rather interview with the company s chairman and ask him about those fears. but first, here s my take. is it possible that despite all the partisan noise and exploit disbelief, joe biden is actually managing to do something that he promised during his campaign? govern from the center. the evidence is piling up. if the compromise hammered out on tuesday, it will be the largest investment in fighting climate change made by the federal government while also being the largest deficit reduction package in a decade. it comes on top of the chips and science act which makes research in critical technology. that followed the biggest gun referrals. governing from the center in today s world looks a lot different than it did in the past. when congress came together in the 1980s and 90s to pas
trying to appease other people. they tried to present it as him being, you know, a bold leader on this issue. i think in reality he knows that he s losing and donald trump is setting the tone on this issue, and i don t see that changing any time soon. we ll certainly watch the fallout in the weeks and months ahead. msnbc political analyst brendan buck, thank you as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. right now millions of americans are getting blasted by a heat wave. when you show the weather app it shows the middle finger emoji. so hat in maine the lobsters will be getting in pots just to cool down. [ applause ] it s so hot in new york this week the rats are wearing crop tops. [ laughter ] it is so hot in south dakota, kristi noem s dog good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very going to be a very hot wednesday, june 19th. jooernt. we ll bring in the former communications
investment in fighting climate change made by the federal government while also being the largest deficit reduction package in a decade. the deal comes on top of the chips and science act. that followed the first bipartisan gun control legislation passed in a generation. and that was preceded by a trillion dollar infrastructure bill that had been one of donald trump s signature campaign promises. governing from the center in today s world looks different than it did in the past. when congress came together in 1980s and 90s to pass big bipartisan bills saving social security, reforming taxes, helping americans with disabilities and reducing air pollution, the authors of the bills were lilionized.