so i they need to do a better sales job. it's often a cop out when people blame communications, but this is what they should be doing. focusing on wisconsin, focusing on the swing states because that's where the election will be decided. it's basic. >> swing voters, swing states and maybe a little dash of policy. it's good to see you. thank you so much. we are getting breaking news out of pittsburgh. police say they are engaged in an active shooter situation. they call it an extremely active situation where there are shots fire d, being fired between police and a suspect that they weren't were apparently trying to evict. let's get more details. brynn gingras has been following this. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: my colleagues are following this as we go. we're just learning that essentially they were serving an
a lot of that was in the inflation reduction act, but it's called the inflation reduction act. so it's probably not a surprise look at pollingre, 71% of people say they don't uch about what's in the inflation reduction act. so that's why the president is trying to do the sales job. >> he has a heavy lift right now. looked at his approval ratings. and there is a lack of enthusiasm. they do need him to be able to sell himself. i do think going back to our beginning conversation, abortion is something that's clearly rallying democrats and young voters. i don't know what, if possible, he can do to kind of turn this part of his record around to make that his selling point. >> stand by. we're going to bring you new details on the special koubl investigation into the former president.
multiple impeachments. so the thinking goes that they might as well just go after their top target which is biden. but nonetheless, not all republicans are still sold on it. there are still moderates who are deeply concerned about how it could backfire in the midterms. in fact i'm told that issue was raised in a private leadership meeting between mccarthy and some of his team on tuesday evening. so if and when republicans decide to go down the route, it will be a complicated sales job. melanie zanona, cnn, washington. china's foreign minister has been mysteriously missing for a month now and now he's out of a job as well. beijing has announced that he has been sacked from his high profile position. this is a significant fall from grace for a man who was recently one of xi jinping's top aides. mark stewart has been tracking his mysterious disappearance and
infrastructure, which is generally popular in a bipartisan fashion. all of these things are things that the white house is going to point to to say, hey, not only are we getting results or did get results in the first two years of our administration, but we're getting results on things that people can actually see and feel a difference to. also, that they support in polling. >> you know, ali, it was interesting to me in the clip that we saw as marjorie taylor greene was going through this agenda that she apparently finds offensive, there wasn't much of a reaction we could hear from the conservative, young audience. i don't know if she got a better reaction later on than she did to the clip we saw. you know, here's the dilemma for the white house, though. they clearly need to do a better sales job, especially in talking about things like the strong job market, the fact that inflation eased. we had good inflation numbers the end of last week. but a sales job only goes so far when you're talking about the economy. because that's something americans live with every day of their lives in their own families. it's hard to convince people
it's awesome in 2024 if they wish to exploit it. but, it's not about drag queen, story hours or trans radicalism in the schools as important as those issues are. and they are important. but it's about securing the border. but, mostly, about the economy. because that's biden's biggest achilles heel. >> here's the dilemma. for the white house though. they clearly need to do a better sales job. especially in talking about things like the strong job market be. the fact that inflation. >> what the house can do is hope the things get better. you got to explain, explain, explain. basically educate. >> oh, we need to educate. people can't look at their own bank statements, richard? okay. well, at least biden has an msnbc, you know, panel to augment his comms team. that's good. but what about the republicans? well, kevin mccarthy, he is surprising a lot of people who doubted him as a speaker.
one you'll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal. after the hugely consequential 11th hour agreement between president biden and speaker mccarthy, now, the hugely consequential sales job to convince their rank and file to back it. that effort cracked into a handful of days left before a vote later this week and as of right now, a lot of the loudest voices, particularly on the right, are unconvinced. the deal was called insanity. andy biggs called it a disaster that will accelerate the country's economic demise. rand paul said conservatives have been sold out. and ken buck said bluntly, the deal has to be rejected. but after seeing the text, florida republican brian mast summed it up this way.