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There. >> reporter: he did. you called ate victory lap. i think that's the way to describe this. in stark contrast to the portrait republicans paint of this jobs report calling it the worst of biden's presidency but the president had political argument today to make, too, talking about how republicans in his view don't want to acknowledge the economic progress biden said the country is making because so many voted against the very pieces of legislation that the president said are responsible for the progress he says we're making so you see him sort of trying to reframe the debate. hifr lightin...

Rights. we'll have to see whether president biden will use this as an opportunity to say he's not done be build back better. a piece of legislation he's consistently argued would help the economy continue to bring costs down. whether or not the white house is ready to renew their push on that today. >> stephanie, you had marty walsh on your show. he called the report, quote, a solid number. but he also said this. >> clearly we know we have more work to do. we saw good gains this month in manufacturing and other areas, and we saw some adjustments in the months of november and october that rose ...

Latest from the high court in a few minutes. let's start with the new jobs numbers. nbc's josh letterman standing by at the white house. stephanie ruhle is with me as well. josh, i'll start with you. it's another day where the president is going to have to explain why this month's jobs report is a bit lower than what economists had predicted. what are you hearing from the white house about what we can expect to hear from the president? >> well, i think you're going to hear president biden put a focus on how even if the last couple months have fallen short of what economists hoped for. that the...

President. you've heard me say it a million times. having health care is also about peace of mind. for example, we're going to make it so nobody will pay more than $35 a month for insulin. imagine you're a parent and with one of the 200,000 children with type one diabetes. insulin can cost on average, averaging $650 a month. but cannot cost as much as $1,000 a month. even though a vile of that insulin costs about $10 to manufacture. we can do all this. we do it without increasing inflation, without increasing the deficit. nobody making more than $400,000 a year -- less than $400,000 a year wil...

So that we can get parts and goods to factory floors quicker and cheaper. three, bring more of that production back here to the united states. to make our supply chain more secure. let's make america. let's makelet's make what we sell in america made in america. and then in doing so get more americans working and jobs with rising wages. i want to be clear. i'm confident the federal reserve will act to achieve their dual goals of full employment and stable prices and make sure the price increases do not become entrenched with the independence that they need. but the best way that i as president...