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That he thinks are necessary for investing in infrastructure and developing a broader approach to jobs in order to get the economy back working again. you heard the president talk about ideas like expanding education, including community college at no cost to those attending. and also talking about raising the federal minimum wage to $15 and strengthening unions. those are classic joe biden principles, and they're big in the democratic party. that's part of what he outlined today. and what the white house considers a major speech on the economy coming at a time when there are signs of this reb...

January 6th riot. the effort got a push today from the mother of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick who spent today in the halls of congress urging republican senators to support it. >> usually i'm staying in the backgrounds, and i just couldn't stay quiet anymore. >> we have a very busy news hour to get to starting things off for us, jake sherman, founder of punchbowl news and an msnbc political contributor, and nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell traveling with the president in cleveland, ohio. kelly, i'll begin with you. the president as we noted at the top of the p...

Intelligence community are currently split between whether it started through contact with animals or by some laboratory accident. nbc news' janis mackey frayer toured the lab. >> reporter: there are evolving questions questions where they study some of the most dangerous pathogens on the planet. at first the lab leak or accident theory dismissed as fringe with most scientists saying that the virus wasn't engineered and most believe that this was naturally occurring, not a spillover from animals to humans. there's no evidence yet on how, where or when that happened. so now 16 months after we f...

Poor to have a shot at the middle class, and the middle class able to breathe more easily. that's what this is about. but this time bringing everybody along, everybody. thank you, and god bless you, and may god protect our troops. thank you. [ applause ] thanks. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm here in new york. that was president biden just wrapping up his speech in cleveland, ohio, talking about the impact of his administration's efforts to get the economy back on track after the pandemic. he also took the moment to call out republicans who touted the benefits of his rescue plan for their ho...

The majority think perhaps it is the animal to human, but another segment of the intelligence community says it is possible that it's a laboratory accident. but with either of those scenarios, they don't feel there's sufficient evidence yet. now that the worst of deaths and illnesses has receded, the president is giving more focus to this. there's been political pressure to do so. and some of the theories related to the lab leak were written off months earlier as some kind of conspiracy that was a part of something that was not based in -- based in fact. now the administration saying there is ...