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ABC, NBC, and CBS all gushed over the “history” making Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson on their respective Saturday morning programs. Of the three, only CBS put in minimal effort to show substantive criticisms of Jackson existed.

As housing supply dwindles, prices continue to skyrocket

Woman to serve on the supreme court. shes are going to take the bench later this year. we expect to hear from president biden, vice president harris and judge ketanji brown jackson herself on what this means for our nation. and joining me is senior correspondent, kelly odonnell, pete williams and nbc washington correspondent and moderator of "washington week" on pbs and politico white house reporter and co author of the political playbook, eugene daniels. and joyce vance. senior critic at large,...

It may be a new year, but if youve made a trip to the negotiate recently, youre probably seeing a lot of the same jaw dropping prices you hoped to leave behind in 2021. lets not forget inflation is up 6.8% between november 2020 and november 2021. that was the largest increase since 1982. the index for meats, poultry, fish, eggs, increased nearly 13%. beef was up nearly 21%. nbcs kelly odonnell joins me now from a snowy 1600 pennsylvania avenue as the biden administration gets set to unveil a new...

Half a loaf, two slices of bread for the electoral college reform act. joined now by kelly odonnell, nbc senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. kelly, let me begin with you and sort of the white house perspective on this. do they have an end game other than creating more pressure on manchin and sinema? >> well, they lack the levers of actual power. they cant change these rules? they cant change the senate. the president who is an institutionalist supported in many iterations over the y...

>> im not sure this isnt a bluff to see what he can squeeze out of manchin and sinema between now and whenever he holds these votes. embarrassing them on the floor and putting them on the side of republicans and on the side with george wallace or jefferson davis does not do anything to help move democrats towards any of their other policy goals this year. >> garrett haake, marianne levine and kelly odonnell. thank you. senator tim kaine, good afternoon. its good to have you back on the show. >...

Was a long time ago, gang. our financial expert has more on what this whole thing means for your money. well also take you behind the scenes of that npr interview with former president trump. were talking about being pushed about his election fraud lies. im hallie jackson. good to be with you here this afternoon. kelly odonnell, garrett haake and maryanne levine. kelly, talk us through as we wait for the white house briefing to begin, maybe a little delayed. next steps the president is tryin...

There. kelly, thank you. congress back today. stakes could not be higher to pass president bidens agenda ahead of this years midterms. we expect to see senate democrats try and push ahead with some version of build back better. and voting rights as well in the coming weeks. just this morning, senator chuck schumer released a letter outlining the path forward on voting rights specifically. in the letter he ties it to january 6th. and the deadly insurrection. he calls for a rule change to pass l...

Not been loyal enough to the former president to be the leader if they do regain the majority? >> is this the same lindsey graham who wasnt loyal enough when he slammed the president for what he did on january 6th? look, you cant take anything that comes out of lindseys mouth seriously, because its going to change depending on the mood and the wind. you know, the fact of the matter is mitch mcconnell of all the republican leaders has been the one, has been the most unmovable by donald trump. and...

It could get a scaled back form. i do think a covid relief bill, government funding has to be, they have to move forward on government funding by february 18th, something has to happen. you could package a covid relief bill with disaster aid and government funding package and that could all come together. maybe not by the 18th but late february, early march. you know, kelly said it. the president, they need something when he goes and talks to the nation, you know, that some victory. if its not h...