the fed has been talking about a 2% goal of inflation and willing to overshoot. we re way beyond slight here in this most recent number. i think there s very neil: let me ask you this then, senator. you know, a few months joe biden has to decide whether to reappoint jerome powell as chairman of the fed. a number of republicans like you are concerned about what is happening, even elizabeth warren or the other runs. and even if pushed by the president isn t a sure thing, do you support him for another four years? i think that chairman powell understands the markets. he did he encountered an incredibly challenging time in 2020. he kept a study hand and moved through that. what we re seeing right now though i think sun precedented territory. what i hope chairman powell will
in the coming hours, we have learned that the new zealand naval defense force which has a frigate off the shore here will make an attempt to recover the bodies on white island right now. they believe there are at least eight bodies. they only know the location of six. and this isn t a sure thing. it s not guaranteed this is going to happen. it depends on the weather conditions and the geothermal activity on the island itself. even from here on the ground we saw a huge smoke plume. at times it resembled the eruption on monday even though as far as we know there as not been another eruption. the risk level continues to be high. these people who are going to be going on the island whether they go by boat, whether they try to land a helicopter, they are putting themselves in danger. but there are families here who are demanding closure, who are begging for closure. it s been so many days they worry about their loved ones just sitting there. they wonder what is happening to their remains. s
and nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isn t a sure thing. with this shutdown approaching its sixth week, the strains are coming out in the open. they read mitch mcconnell the rite act saying the shutdown needs to end soon. this was rare. please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennett. the democrats are fond of using the phrase, hostage taking. they are quite literally holding the men and women of the coast guard hostage because they want to win a political victory against the president. their objective here is to have the president back down and have not a single mile of a border
uniforms was probably in the civil war. as they say, the whole world is watching. our coast guard can t get new unit forms. their families are going to food banks. what are people to think? i was talking to people this week and was bewilderment. it is one thing if you re in a horrible depression and you can t pay workers for two weeks or four weeks. this is entirely a self-inflicted wound and people might expect that donald trump isn t thinking too much. i come back to the senators and i think these reports, it is just the tip of the iceberg, the am of unhappiness. they ve walked down a road that goes nowhere. mitch mcconnell led them down that road. maybe he felt towed get to this vote today where they would underperform the democrats and that would be the moment he could turn to trump and say, we have to end this. we re going to reopen the government and if you veto it,
you need the wall. is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement it depends what the agreement is. if they come to an agreement, i would support it. even if it has no wall money? look, i have other alternatives if i have to. while people scramble to figure out when a pro-rated down payment is, tonight our nbc news colleagues on the hill report that senator schumer has ruled out any pro-rating for the wall. and nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isn t a sure thing. with this shutdown approaching its sixth week, the strains are coming out in the open. they read mitch mcconnell the rite act saying the shutdown needs to end soon. this was rare. please note this exchange