for electric vehicles. that s any minute now. we ll bring it to you live. the president also putting gas prices front and center today, announcing new plans to try to tackle high prices at the pump. how he s responding to criticism that the move is purely political, with election day now less than three weeks away. and we re on subpoena watch. the january 6th select committee set to formally issue one to former president trump soon, but how soon? we ll talk to a member of the economy, congresswoman zoe lofgren who joins us later in the hour. good morning, i m garrett haake back from paternity leave and we speak with the new york times times political analyst and vaughn hillyard is in tucson arizona, dasha burns is with us, and national political reporter natalie allison rounds out the opening crew here. peter, we just heard from the president about this new plan that tries to tackle high prices at the pump, and he s answering direct questions on whether or not the move
and allocate les money for each policy item. that s the conversation happening on capitol hill. president biden has tried to refocus americans on the policy elements in the plan rather than the price tag, and he frequently points to how his policies have high approval ratings, and he s used that to try to get buy-in from moderate democrats. i want you to take a listen to what congresswoman maxine waters had to say earlier today. it is absolutely not to be understood that these two members of the senate can talk about this being too much. too much for whom? for people who have been ddenie, discriminated against, and excluded in every sector of our society, and simply to say this is too much money and reject particularly housing and child care and climate change, and all of this, is baffling to me. i don t get it.
policy items might expire, that they ll be forced to extend them. this has been a real holdup among democrats. there s a lot of disagreement between moderates and progressives, and it s been a real head yat for the white house. take a listen to what some senators have had to say about this. my number has been 1.5. i ve been very clear. i don t believe we should turn our society into an entitlement society. senator manchin really believes that seniors are not entitled to digest their food and they re not entitled to see and hear properly. is that really too much to ask in the richest country on earth? the president has been frustrated with the amount of focus and attention that has been given to the price tag of this bill rather than the policy elements in it. he s been trying to refocus the public s attention to the specific items he s proposing, and we expect to hear more of that messages in the coming
which is kind of a stock thing they can go back to on any of these policy issues but they are not going tit for tat with house democrats on policy elements of this bill in part because they haven t had to. that s not even the focus on the democratic argument on a broad national scale. they have largely been on the sidelines of this particular debate. we are lucky on days like today to draw on all of our friends and reporters, claire mccaskill, garrett haake thank you for starting us off. all of you wave your arms if you get anything on your phone. when the president comes out, pleases come back, garrett. when the president comes out of his meeting we will head back to capitol hill. in the meantime, adding to what the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection
power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me now, power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me now, i power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me now, i can power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me now, i can hear- power shortages. i hope i can - you can hear me now, i can hear you . power shortages. i hope i can - you i can hear me now, i can hear you very well. it has really been a combination of factors a very strong economic activity and sort of the result of a very cold winter and a very hot summer and that has led to a depletion in coal stocks. there are also policy elements here that have been inspections with coal mines limiting supplies and of course a trade spat with australia that has reduced imports but also the government has sold a number of provinces that it need to deliver their energy use to meet environmental targets of some of the rationing is policy induced. another is supply demand issues. what