bk... but i didn't wait. they told their doctors. and found out they had... atrial fibrillation. a condition which makes it about five times more likely to have a stroke. if you have one or more of these symptoms irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your doctor. this is no time to wait. good friday morning, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for my friend craig melvin here in nbc studios in new york city. first any minute we are expected to hear from the president. the january jobs report is out and it beat economic forecasts. 467,000 more people have been

added to the payroll. and unemployment ticked up just a hair to 6% and we are seeing massive revisions and it means employment is doing even better than we thought. good news for americans and the biden administration as well. we'll take you to the white house live once the president starts speaking about that. our eyes are on, of course, eastern europe. we have a look from fort bragg, north carolina, showing u.s. troops deploying to the region. and u.s. intelligence says russia could fabricate a pretext for an invasion of ukraine. more on all of this in members when i talk with congresswoman miki sherrill. you don't want to miss that conversation. and you thought that was all

this hour? we just got news out of brunswick, georgia in the last hour regarding the men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. the hate crimes trial against them is moving full steam ahead. we're going to be covering that as well. we're going to start this hour with those higher-than-expected jobs number. carol, let me start with you on this. 467,000 jobs added, as i mentioned, higher than expected, 300,000 higher than expected. we were expecting about 150,000 jobs added to the economy. this is big news for the american people, big news for the biden administration as well. talk me through it and what we can expect to hear from the president as we are awaiting him to speak. >> reporter: as you said, this was far better than the white house expected. you're likely to hear the president talk a little bit more

positively about this report than anticipated. the white house has been lowering expectations about the jobs report saying they were going to be very low numbers because of the omicron surge and people not being able to go to work. what we're likely to hear now from the president is that this is a lot better than they were expecting, but as we often hear when he talks about the economy because of inflation and because people aren't feeling this necessarily as well as the numbers might look, there's probably a little bit of caution that there's still a ways to go in terms of the economy getting to where he would like it to be. labor secretary marty walsh was on msnbc earlier today and sounded a note that you might hear again, which is that these numbers suggest that americans are learning to live with the coronavirus. take a listen. >> the american economy, the american workers and companies are more resilient right now today in february 2022 than march, may, june or july of

2020. we're learning to be able to adapt and live with the virus in some ways, if that makes sense. >> reporter: you could hear the president make a push for his build back better plan. one thing we've heard from administration officials this morning that in order to get the numbers up even further, it's important to get child care and programs up and running. that's all part of the president's build back better plan. >> let's talk about not only the jobs added to the economy, 467,000, just to repeat that huge number as we await the president to speak from the white house, but also the revisions, which i find so incredibly interesting. you look at the month of december, the initial job numbers, 199,000 revised now to 510,000, looking back all the way to november as well. 249 was the initial number out for that month, now revised to 647,000. talk me through what this means for the overall progression of

the economy and why these numbers were so off. >> well, first of all, you're talking about cumulatively over those two months. 700,000 jobs over what we knew? there has been speculation that the labor department numbers through the pandemic have at times been confusing and maybe suspect, maybe not as good or as bad as numbers had been suggesting. it is not uncommon to revise previous months' numbers as you get a better handle on what the economy is doing. the fed, which has signalled it will be raising traits, most economists say it's baked in, we're talking about a half point rate hike as soon as march, a total of five rate hikes are likely during the year. why? because inflation is running at 7% and wages growing at about 5.5%.

so inflation is outpacing the growth in wages and they've got to slow down this economy because anybody who has gone shopping for a car, in the grocery store, whatever the case may be, knows that everything is more expensive right now, everything. they need to try to tamp down inflation and the best mechanism the fed has is to raise interest rates. so today's report and revisions from november and december, they've got to put the brakes on and raise rates no the just a quarter point but 50 basis points as they say in the lexicon, is about half a percentage point. >> therein lies the obstacle that the president has ahead of him, as we await him to speak from the white house, not only the economic growth and amazing jobs that but to be juxtapose what we're seeing on our store shells shelves and cars, et

cetera. >> i want to shift what's going on in ukraine. a display of unity. in a joint statement, both highlighted a, quote, interference in the internal affairs of other states. it is coming hours after u.s. intelligence revealed russia's alleged plot to stage an attack by the ukrainian military as pretext to invade ukraine. courtney kube is at the pentagon. this is incredibly concerning but it's somewhat modis

operendi. it's compromising information in many situations as they have used against intelligence officers here in the united states. talk me through what we know about this and how they can protect against something like this happening. are we prepared? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. for some time now we've been hearing concern about some sort of a false flag operation that russia may conduct in ukraine as a pretext to invading that country. we've learned specifics from u.s. officials saying there may be some sort of a video they may be planning. it's important to point out we've not seen this video but it would potentially involve some kind of attack on the ukrainian people, in some way that russia could use it to say, well, this is a sign that russia needs to invade ukraine. this is actually the second time we've heard specifics about a potential false flag operation conducted by the russian

military, by the russian people in ukraine. we've heard specifics from both the united states and the british about this in recent weeks. again, neither has been carried out. but i think what we need to do is step back and say why is it the united states and western allies are putting this information out there in the first place? there's really two reasons one is to tell vladimir putin and the russian government, look, we know what you may be planning and we're going to try to expose it in advance so it doesn't work. but the other audience is really the russian people. there is growing concern among u.s. officials that the russian people -- if something like this happens, they may believe it and they may get their support behind vladimir putin and behind a potential military incursion. that's another real audience here that the u.s. is putting this information out for. >> i got to say i find that fascinating, courtney. you just kind of laid out specifically what i was thinking, who is putin's

audience in putting out this fabricated video. if it's the united states, for instance, we would easily be able to decipher through intelligence and people on the ground and eyes on the ground that this event did in fact not take place. so interestingly enough, surprisingly i should say, the russian president actually cares about what russians think when it comes to invading ukraine? >> reporter: it's not even so much about caring. it's hard to say with motivation with putin. if there is going to be an invasion, this could potentially be a long-term event for the russian military, particularly if they're trying to hold ground inside ukraine. that will be hard on the russian people. it could be expensive, there could be loss of life. it something that may not play well domestically in russia, whereas if there's a reason to go in, there may be more

tolerance by the russian people to withstand what was coming. there would likely be punishing sanctions that would have an impact on the average russian person. vladimir putin frequently uses information operation campaigns like this all over the place, all the time. it's not surprising he would do it, but the one thing that has been very surprising to me is that the u.s. has been relatively open about some of their concerns about it. >> that the u.s. would talk about it, would tell people, not only americans but people around the world. >> good to see you, my friend. i want to turn to congresswoman mikie sherrill. congresswoman, thanks for joining us, by the way. we appreciate it. i want to remind folks just last week she was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that met with officials there in ukraine. so really read in, tied in to

what's happening overseas. congresswoman, we appreciate you joining us once again. talk about the u.s. openness to revealing this strategy possibly wanting to be taken by the russian president and creating this fabricated video to make case for invading ukraine. >> sure. thanks for having me. i just returned from brussels where i met with our eu partners and nato where we met with foreign affairs and president. zelensky. the transatlantic relationship has really been invigorated by

this threat. yesterday the congress of the united states was briefed by members of the intelligence community, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state as we discussed what was going on, what we could expect in ukraine, and they had mentioned they would be releasing this information. we had heard, as you said, some of this from the united kingdom, but they would be releasing to the public the information that the intelligence community had gathered on this russian pretext for invasion that they were concerned about. we have seen russia as they amass over 100,000 troops on the border of ukraine, not just russia but into belarus, somehow suggest they were the victims of this. it's not hard to contemplate they would be working on a pretext to invade. >> congresswoman, talk to me about this joint statement released by russian president vladimir putin alongside chinese

president xi. i want to read in part this statement. "the sides reaffirm their strong mutual support for the protection of their core interests, state sovereignty and territorial integrity and oppose interference by external forces in their internal affairs." i found this fascinating. first and foremost because it's not like russia and china are necessarily allies. they can often times be seen as enemies but they do ally in certain regards, right, and one of those is combatting the west, combatting what they see as meddling by the american forces, the american government, in areas in which they feel as if america does not belong. to a certain extent when i read this statement, i hear xi and putin saying don't meddle in our affairs.

when it comes to putin saying ukraine is my issue, former soviet union union, it is not your business. how do you deal with this type of friendship in a situation like this? >> sure. i think sort of as you laid out, they are partners of convenience when it suits their needs. what i found striking about that statement is the discussion of sovereign nations because ukraine is in fact a sovereign nation. when russia went in and took over parts of ukraine in 2014, that was the first time since 2014 -- i'm sorry, since world war ii, that a nation had taken over parts of a european sovereign nation. and that's what i think you see russia trying to move back towards is an old world alignment, really upending the work the united states has done, along with our european allies to create peace and security throughout europe. andyou see this idea coming

through, this idea of spheres of influence, that they were large scale world players that should not only determine what goes on in their own states but have control far beyond their own states and we in fact disagree as the united states. we feel that ukraine, for example, should be a democracy, their people should be able to have the freedoms that they fought for and should be able to determine their own path forward along with their alliances. >> and it seems as if that's as if exactly what ukrainians want as well, which obviously that statement does not refer to either. as always, thank you. good to see you this morning. as we mentioned, we are expecting the president to speak any moment now on those jobs numbers. we're going to bring you back to the white house as soon as he gets started. but first, jury selection for the federal trial of the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery could start as soon as monday.

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. welcome back, everybody. so we're following breaking news out of georgia. federal prosecutors moving forward with a hate crimes trial against the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. just in the last hour travis mcmichael, the man who shot and killed arbery withdrew his guilty plea, his father, gregory mcmichael decided not to plead guilty on thursday as well. thanks for joining us. good to see you.

aubrey's family laid some pretty strong objections. >> jury selection for the federal trial will begin on month. that's expected to last two weeks and then the trial will start. the arbery family has been strongly opposed to any sort of plea deal. they raised the concern on monday and the judge agreed and say she did not agree to the plea deal. here's why the mother of ahmaud arbery was so strongly against this. she said she did not want to see the convicted killers essentially be able to choose where they are incarcerated, essentially saying because of the terms of the deal, they would have been transferred to federal prison and then back to state prison. she said, no, i want them to serve time in a georgia state prison. here's what i asked her attorney

about that. because now that it's going to trial, that means another lengthy trial. that means for wanda cooper jones, more hurtful information she would have to sit through. >> she's no longer interested in hearing what they have to say concerning their motivations. we know their attempt to transfer to federal prison is an attempt to avoid the harsh reality of prison life in georgia. federal prisons are less crowded, better funded and generally more amenable to inmates. >> reporter: so now that jury selection begins on monday, it's going forward with this very interesting factor that two of them had intended to plead guilty and they have withdrawn those pleas and they are going forward with a jury pool that has the knowledge that he did

actually plead guilty. that raises questions in terms of what that might mean in terms of tainting the jury pool. >> i'm sure for arbery's mom, this only prolongs her grief having to deal with the loss of her son over and over again with these trials. thank you. we appreciate it. ice, snow and even tornadoes up next. we'll look at this massive, powerful storm and concerns about the texas power grid. powerful storm and concerns about the texas power grid a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me.

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power grid now in texas. how are things going right now? >> reporter: there's a lot of anticipation and nerves because of the grid. the peak demand was supposed to happen sometimes friday morning because that's when temperatures were expected to drop to their lowest point during this winter event. that looks to last 48 to 72 hours here. as of right now, the grid is holding up. officials say they do have reserve power if needed and that said, there are still thousands of texans without power. it's important to note the outages in this case, at least as of now, are believed to be caused on a local level, a frozen limb on a power line, a

blown transformer, as opposed to the chain reaction we saw last year where one by one that grid started to fail, causing outages for millions of texans for days on end. that's not the case this time. and one of the other key differences is just in the storms themselves. a vast majority of texans were below freezing temperatures during that storm for upwards of a week. this time we're looking at two, three days, a much different story and officials would point to the fact that they inspected and winterized some of these power generators, what they would say much more adequately than what was the condition last time. yasmin. >> morgan, thank you. we appreciate it. >> taking a deep dive into the reconstruction era in the u.s. and how it continues to shape

today. the team got access to a ne exhibit called "make good the progress." tremain, thank you joins us. >> what stood out to me is how similar things are today and also the dream of black freedom. let's take a look at a little more of what i saw. make good the promises takes visitors on a journey from the earliest days of black freedom in this country from reconstruction to today. the exhibit gets its name from a

speech given by douglas. >> he's saying you need to make good these promises. >> reporter: it's rare for tv cameras to capture the history in these halls. >> what it reminds us is that the promises are still yet unfulfilled. as an exhibition, we want to think about how they remain unfulfilled, even in today's world. >> one object is an 56-long petition, signed by more than 3,000 black men demanding equality, inclusion and importantly representation in congress for black people in the new post-civil war united states. >> it's a remarkable effort on their part to show how strongly so many people felt about the changes taking place. >> reporter: from 1866 to 1870, a set of constitutional

amendments known as the reconstruction amendments became law. the 13th, 14th and 15th abolished slavery, gave black people birth right citizenship and gave black men the right to vote but almost immediately a violent backlash from white supremacists. >> the response of the white supremacist group was we want to continue to be control. so what arises was the ku klux klan. >> you still have that fight today about expanding the franchise for black folks or protecting the franchise. >> absolutely. >> in state like south carolina, a new black majority voting block ushered in a wave of petitions. >> it comes from the house of representatives. we selected it because it talks about the representation of

african-americans in congress during this time period. >> reporter: among them, robert smalls, born enslaved in south carolina who became a folk hero after slavery and later became a state legislator and then a u.s. representative. >> robert smalls born a slave. >> reporter: i stored by where he was buried and the house where he was born. >> men like robert smalls after him have pushed to give black people the fullness of american citizenship. i wonder how far away from that goal do you think we are today? >> there still is a manner of exploitation and frankly oppression that has held us back. so i think the fight is online going. >> reporter: smalls served five

terms in congress. back at the museum our tour wraps up, more than 150 years of history and 175 artifacts. they demand that america live up to its promises to black people to the blue dress born by stacey abrams the night she lost the 2018 governors race. the will bent but not broken. >> there have been figures throughout our history who have pressed america to be the better version of itself. >> i think she believes in what our documents talk about and she believes that everybody should have the right to vote, everybody should have the chance to influence the world in which they live. >> one big thing is that the gap between the past and the present is really small and new generation, yasmin is pushing to

make good the promises. >> tremaine lee, thank you. we're expecting the president to speak any moment on those jobs numbers. we're going to bring you back to the white house as soon as that gets started. plus, the biggest moment of his professional life, just after the worst tragedy a parent can experience. a new documentary looks at how congressman jamie raskin led former president trump's impeachment just after the loss of his son. i'll talk to him coming up. hisn i'll talk to him coming up

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so this morning russia's foreign ministry pushed its common talking point. it said nato countries are whipping up hysteria about the crisis in ukraine, but in real world terms, u.s. troops are making their way to eastern

europe right now. cal perry is at fort bragg in north carolina. it's good to see you. i know we got an inside look as to what these troops are doing, what they're saying and how they're feeling as they're deploying to eastern europe. talk to us, cal. what have you been hearing? >> reporter: it's really interesting because on the one hand the u.s. military prides itself in this is normal business, right? the 82nd airborne is ready to go within six hours, your bags are packed, ready to go, personal affairs are in order. they want you to know this is part of normal business. that said, there are 200,000 family members that this base supports and for those folks it's never easy. i want you to hear from the public affairs officers and the girl friend of a u.s. serviceman almost deployed 48 hours ago.

take a listen. >> the soldiers here are ready for this. this is why people come to fort bragg. it's the most ready. >> you just never know what's going to happen to them. you don't know if they're safe because they're trying to make us safe, but we don't know about their safety. so you're always in constant fear if they're okay. >> reporter: the other thing that i did not anticipate when i came down here to talk to troops who were going to theater and family members is the pandemic. it complicates everything. i said to nbc i need a few extra days, i've got a family member that tested positive for covid. if you're a member of the 82nd airborne, you're going. when those u.s. troops push off, it's important to remember the families that stay behind. >> and that is the truest thing from that girl friend there, talking about how difficult it

is to see a family member deployed and having to said bye to someone you love and not knowing when you're going to see them again. that's why we're so thankful, not only the people deployed but the family members that support them. today the full republican national committee will take up a censure resolution. an rnc panel unanimously advanced the resolution thursday. nbc obtained a copy of the measure which accuses both of, quote, behavior which has been destructive to the house and the republican party. in his response, kinzinger said his fellow republicans allowed conspiracies and toxic tribalism. cheney says history will be their judge. another member of the january 6 committee is at the center of an emotional new documentary.

congressman jamie raskin led former president trump's impeachment trial. he took on that crucial role just days after he lost his son. the new film "love and the constitution" document those fraught days and include the congressman and his late son on election night. >> are you staying up or going to sleep? >> i'm going to sleep. >> i don't think so. i'd be willing to put money on it. >> oh, really? >> yeah, i bet you. >> it's a win-win for me. if trump wins, i get money. >> such an incredibly special moment between a father and his son on a very fraught evening for so many americans.

joining me is the director of "love & the constitution." i remember having him on a show i was hosting just days before we found out of his son taking his own life and what he was going through during that moment. it must have been incredibly hard watching the congressman as you were filming this documentary, knowing what he dealt with, not only the impeachment trial of the former president but losing his precious son to suicide. >> yeah, that's why i chose the title "love & the constitution," because the film is about of course jamie's love and lifelong commitment to the constitution. he was a constitutional law professor before he went to congress. but the film is also about jamie's love and his incredible

loss of tommy and that the love he has for constitutional democracy is really i think what's getting him through this awful period in his life. >> what did it mean to be able to capture such intimate moments of this congressman and what he was going through in his life, knowing now what has taken place? >> well, i actually have known jamie since he was 16. we were both in the same class at harvard together. so i think we both felt comfortable with each other and i think that enabled me to get a much deeper and more intimate perspective into jamie's life than your average documentarian.

i also followed him for four years. this is a very long project. by the time these awful events of tommy's death on january 6th came along, i had already been following jamie for three and a half years. >> what was it like, though, to have to watch him to make that decision, to lead the second impeachment trial during a huge time for this country, a very devastating time for this country, but knowing also internally what he was dealing with and the loss of his son, the worst loss any parent could ever face. what he had on his shoulders, the albatross he had on his shoulders, what he was carrying. >> yeah, well, jamie says in the film that nancy pelosi really threw him a lifeline when she asked him to be the lead impeachment manager for trump's

second impeachment trial. at the time he says in the film that he was just dying of grief and sadness and he says in the film that he's -- he wasn't sure that he would ever be able to do anything of any meaning or purpose ever again in his life. and then pelosi came along and asked him to do this and he says in the film that he felt -- he accepted because he felt he was needed and it was incredibly meaningful for him. and i think his -- all his work to this day on the january 6th select committee shows that he has thrown himself into saving constitutional democracy really with tommy in his heart. and you frequently see him touching his heart, and that

is -- that is him remembering that tommy is with him. >> and oddly, having lost someone close to myself as well, a decade ago, my dad, i do know that throwing yourself into work and having purpose can often help with the grieving process when there is so much loss. so interestingly i can very much understand that. madeline carter, thank you so much for this incredibly important documentary and for joining us today. be sure to watch "love & the constitution" sunday at 10 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. we are watching the podium, everybody, at the white house. the president should be speaking on the job report soon. it was slated to happen more than an hour ago. we'll head back there as soon as it starts. we'll be right back. it starts. we'll be right back. protect it with bayer aspirin.

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call today to learn more. welcome back everybody. the president now speaking on the latest jobs numbers. let's listen. >> a strong recovery and opportunity for hard-working men and women across this country. america is back to work. today we learn in january our economy created 467,000 jobs. that's not all. we learned job growth in november and december over last year was revised up by more than 700,000 jobs. on top of that, 400,000 jobs, on

ton of the 400,000 previously reported. this morning caps off my first year as president. and over that period, the economy created 6.6 million jobs. 6.6 million jobs. you can't remember another year where so many people went to urk in this country. there's a reason. it never happened. you can look at the last wlb the way back to president reagan. look how many jobs we've created in an average per month. this has never happened before. and look, history's been made here. but it comes along side the largest job and unemployment rate in a single year on record. the largest reduction in child hood poverty ever recorded in a single year. and the strongest economic growth this country has seen in nearly 40 years. historic economic progress. now, i'm floufd role the

administration played in the economic played and the recovery. the rescue plan democrats pased to get the economy going again, the bipartisan infrastructure law has started to get underway in building bridges, highways, internet. so much more we're doing as well. and my decision, at the outset, to by american. it's always been the law and very seldom followed. now it's a reality, not an empty promise. i made clear that when the federal government spends taxpayer dollars, we buy american products made in america, including all the component parts of that product with very few exceptions. with the support of the american private sector, our business leaders with, entrepreneurs, union leaders, they've come together like never before in my days in washington. i know it hasn't been easy. i know january was a very hard

month for many americans. after almost two years, the emotional and physical weight of the pandemic has been incredibly difficult to bear for so many people. but here's the good news. we have the tools to save lives and keep businesses open, keep schools open. keep workers on the job and sustain this historic economic comeback. vaccination and boosters have proven incredibly effective. this past month we started mailing 10s of millions at-home tests to deliver to your home for free to determine whether or not you have covid. and that's in addition to the 20,000 sites you get a test in person to determine whether or not you have covid. we have more treatments today to keep people out of the hospital. including life-saving antiviral pills, which we purchased millions of them. and now we're seeing a difference.

look at what's happened. in the past three weeks, today's extraordinary job report data was collected. the covid crisis has been cut in half in three weeks. still too many cases. still we have to be on the alert. but to be clear, this is a dramatic decline. now, i want be clear. even with extraordinary news and the historic progress we've made in the past year, we still have a lot of work to do. making sure every american has a great job is a start but not the finish. for many americans wages are up. in january, wage increases were strong across the board and that's good. we need even more high-paying jobs. jobs you can raise a family on and have some breathing room. two weeks ago the ceo of inin --

intel came and it's going to create 7,000 jobs. frust just constructing the facility and 3,000 permanent jobs running the facility. with an average salary of $135,000. the semiconductors are microchips power virtually everything in our every day lives. from our cell phones to automobiles, refrigerators, the electric grid. without semiconductors, these don't function in a modern econnolly. the spin off is going to create thousands of additional jobs as well. helping us build more american products and manufacturing automobiles, appliances and so much more. are it's going to create jobs and it's going to help ease inflation. one of the reasons why

automobiles cost so much money and they're responsible for one-third all of the inflation calculated in the market is because they lack the semiconductors to build the vehicles. intel's announcement helps fix that problem. last week i called a meeting of ceos from ford, general motors and microsoft and other major corporations. general motors, ceo, announced a $7 billion investment in a michigan plant to manufacture electric vehicles. going to create 4,000 new quality jobs with prevailing wage. that's on top of the announcement last year by ford ceo jim farley, who was with us, to create 11,000 new good-paying jobs. look, last friday i went to pittsburgh. where the pacific -- the union

pacific railroad announced the largest purchase of american battery electric loco motives in history. built in eery, pennsylvania. built by american manufacture workers in western pennsylvania. creating more good-paying jobs and the spin off from that. they're not just purchasing american. it's going to be the best product we're going to purchase now. american-made electric vehicles made in eery, pennsylvania. good-paying jobs. look, we all know we're in competition with the world. these announcements are the drum beat a job of a job resurgence. unlike anything we've seen in our history. and it didn't happen by chance. it's a result of the economic plan i put the to action on day one when i said it's going to be by america. i'm delighted to keep it going. and expand what we've done. because we have a great opportunity ahead of us to

further progresses -- make progress beyond what we've already made. the house of representatives ato provide $90 billion, over $90 billion for research and development, manufacturing and all those elements the supply chain needed to produce products right here in america. so, we cekeep delivering more announcements like the one we've had these past few week. another way we're boosting the economy is by promoting competition. look, hamburger is up four fold almost in many places. well, guess what? meat processing? meat processers are shipping, other industries are dominated by a few giant companies that control the market they operate in. and over the years, this domination of the market by a smaller number of companies,

smaller and smaller. about four in the meat-packing area, has reduced competition. squeezed out small businesses and farmers and many cases increased prices and almost all increase prices for consumers. well, i'm a capitalist but capitalism without competition is not capitalism. it's exploitation. so, i'm going to continue to do everything in my power, work with the congress to provide more competition and lower prices for american consumers and they're still going to do well. but that ain't going to be enough. we still need to ease the burden on working families by making every day things more affordable and accessible. look, average people are getting clobbered by the cost. gas prices at the pump are up. we're working to bring them down but they're up. food prices are up.