El paso, texas outside another American Crime scene, another sight of a massacre by guns. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Any minute now, we will hear from President Trump. This as the nation mourns 29 People Killed in two states just 13 hours apart. What will the president say . What will he do . What will he push for . What will he deliver . So far he has floated the idea of tying universal Background Checks to something hes desired for a long time, Immigration Reform, which normally means money as well for a wall on the border. He also took a moment to blame the media for the attacks and the violence. Left unsaid anything about White Supremacy. In fact, since these shootings, particularly the one here in el paso where the shooter referenced white supremacist views, the president has not used those words. Look at the comments of his fbi director, Christopher Wray emphasizing the danger in this country right now. The country is mourning the lives of so m
about presiding over justice breyer s hearing. and the question whof he is going to pick. the short list, it can grow, and, of course, all eyes will be looking to see not just the confirmation process and how quickly it happens, as manu was talking about, but first and foremost, who the pick is going to be. who the pick is going to be. that s the president s challenge. abby phillip, as we close the conversation, i m in a tug of war with myself. we re on inside politics. you anchor inside politics sunday. you can focus on this and the dramatic impact it could have on the politics in midterm election year. in some ways that feels like save that one for tomorrow. what about the history here? it s long over due in his opinion to put a black woman. steve black went through the numbers. to put a black woman on the supreme court is a huge historic deal. politics aside. and yet you can t ignore the politics. yeah, look. we dont know what the impact is going to be on the midterms, but a
bridge collapse in pittsburgh this morning. and he s also going to talk about the steps that the administration is trying to take both with the build back better plan and with the work on supply chains to bring costs down to temper inflation. it s mostly the job of the fed but it comes back to joe biden like any incumbent president. he s got to try to help talk the american people out of it and hope that improving conditions later this year, including reduced inflation help make voters feel better about his record. critical point there at the end. we re having this conversation in late january. the president hoping people feel better as the year stretches on. midterm election year. john harwood from pittsburgh. with us now, gina of the new york times, phil mattingly, laura barron-lopez. gina, you ve been covering this issue for some time and wrote a piece with one of your colleagues. growth is surging in biden s economy. why don t voters feel better? that s the president s challe
talking about the fact she s a harvard law graduate, a federal appeals court judge. and also talking about her values as a mother, as someone who has understood the criminal justice system for long time. it s going to be a very interesting part of the speech to watch and the white house is hoping possibly to change hearts and minds when it comes to trying to get her through the senate with a bipartisan conformation. we re so glad you re part of the team. we re told ketanji brown jackson will not be in the chamber tonight and as you know as we do, the president s challenge is to talk about domestic agenda. we re told he is going to speak about the build back better agenda but not under that umbrella. the parts, including trying to lower prescription drug costs, all of which we ll be watching. we ll be watching to see how he balances foreign policy and domestic policy and inflation on everyone s minds. that does it for this very busy hour.
how long will that be? that is the big question politically. also why we see as ashley and courtney said, afghanistan looming so large. we did see president biden s poll numbers tank. he defends and continues to defend. what i hear when i talk to white house officials is the real feeling president biden is sharing as much intelligence as possible. they re warning people internationally about what russia is doing. the thing you hear president biden saying is americans need to be prepared for if this comes to our shores and it comes to our shores in the effect of higher gas prices and we are already seeing an eight-year high and inflation at 40-year highs. if we have to get involved here, the cost of freedom may be in your wallets at the gas tank. peggy, i think this is the president s challenge. i think i m impressed by the lack of partisanship in how he s