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situation is fluid. we'll be listening to what nancy pelosi has to say. and it gets to a larger question, is momentum building for some big wins, a bill that helps us compete with china now heads to the president's desk for signature. and democrats have senator manchin on board for a bill they are calling the inflation reduction act that addresses everything from climate change to health care. couldn't come at a better time with the midterms fast approaching and democrats fighting to hold on to control of congress. and there are policy challenges from the war in ukraine to securing the release of brittney griner. there is iran and russia and china whose leader the president spoke with yesterday amid rising tensions of pelosi's trip to the region and potentially taiwan. let's dig into all of this. wehave mike memoli and also ali

vitali. and we have our mcrib contributors. ali, what more can you tell us about the situation of the bills? >> reporter: at this point it is really fluid. last night there were conversations between the head of the cbc and one of the front liners who is trying to get a vote on certain pieces of legislation that are in this package specifically relating to police funding. that is something that several frontline democrats have said that they want to see a vote on. and why there is a push to try to couple it all together with things like larger democratic priorities, like the assault weapons ban. but conversations that i've been having with progressive aides this morning are that progressives are not on board with this plan and why we're seeing a little bit of a delay in terms of when they are calling the vote. we expected the house to start voting already on this view that would have allowed them to move on to this package of legislation. but they may not have the votes

at this point. and the strategy is important to understand. it is a package of bills that includes the assault weapons ban but also the police funding bills and the view from progressives is that they cannot even though they want to vote for an assault weapons ban vote for this rule becausen as sault weapons ban would not be able to pass the senate. that is the reality here. but the police funding bills pushed by some of the other moderates would have a chance so progressives don't want to be seen as not having the provisions that they want but also allowing them to come up for a vote in the first place. >> so mike, what is the mood inside the white house. is there a sense here that the winds are shifting in their favor and they can close in on some big wins ahead of the midterms? >> that is certainly the hope. i talk often with white house officials and very often those conversations of late in the last few months especially have really been them grousing about the fact that they can't seem to

catch a break as they are trying to move forward with their agenda. there is often a crisis that emerges and if they address that crisis, they can't take credit for dealing with it before another crisis emerges. now there is a sense that they are feeling a bit of the wind at their back, you have the president returning triumphantly after his negative test for covid-19, and then you have as one to borrow of phrase of a white house official spelling the legislative rabbit at of the houseererekindled version of the "build back better." and they are not seeing it as a done deal yet. but now with the president now back able to travel again within a few days, can he get out on the road and really start to build the case that they were hoping to have begun last week before his diagnosis that democrats across the board can run on ahead of the midterm

elections. they are really trying to defy the traditional political weight for an incoming party and defy expectations this fall. >> so we talked midterms. let's talk 2024. you specifically report that white house officials are actually closely tracking the political activity of at least half a dozen democrats who are seen as potential alternatives to biden in the 2024 election. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: as you have had this real political low point for president biden, in the 30s or at best in the 40s, it has coincided with some prominent democrats who have future ambitions to try to seize the national spotlight. you have governor gavin newsom for instance running political ads in other battleground states. you have pritzker the governor of illinois traveling to new hampshire and florida, often moves that attract attention and they have from this white house. but it is notable that the white

house is not just aware of these but they are welcoming the figures in. newsom phone was at the white house -- phone was at the white house for instance said that i'm not planning to run. pritzker gave a heads up on his themed travel. and there is a sense of concern however even if white house officials are insisting to me that they are not preoccupied by a potential primary challenge, they say they don't expect a prominent democrat to challenge joe biden. you only have to look at the president's own words when he was asked about a "new york times" poll that showed for instance that about two-thirds of democrats might want somebody else to lead the ticket, he said that 90% of those same democrats would vote for me if i'm at the top of the ticket. so he is aware of this talk and they are doing everything they can to confront it. >> so phil, that said, democrats and the president have faced a lot of pressure from the activist wing of the party on everything from abortion to guns to climate. what do you make right now of those relationships and how

things are going? >> certainly those relationships have been buoyed in the last 48 hours with the developments on capitol hill that deal between senators joe manchin and chuck schumer provides a record historic amount of funding to fight climate change which has been a top priority for liberals in the democratic party. there was a sense of that sort of falling away earlier this year when the "build back better" negotiations imploded. but with the revival this week of that legislation, you know, it is not as big a deal as they had hoped early on, but the revival of this deal is really hope for liberals to achieve a big part of their agenda heading into the midterm elections. of course the tensions that ali was just talking about over the assault weapons ban and police funding continue to be a sore spot for progressives but there is hope that more can be accomplished than they might have expected when the week

began. >> ali, i'm hearing that you have an update on the assault bans police funding bill. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, what it looks like as i've been texting my sources and sort of multitasking a little bit here is what it looks like is going to happen on the floor is there will be a vote on the assault weapons ban but that the rest of the things that were initially linked with all of that, police funding, there was also a gun maker liability shield law from adam schiff that was part of this, that is going to be split off. but that the assault weapons ban piece of this will get a vote today. we should hear from speaker pelosi in a few minutes there. again, this is the live situation here. you are watching the push and pull between moderates and progressives here in terms of police funding. one of the key issues as front liners as they go home to their more conservative districts and try to message that piece. but progressives have different coalitions that they want to be able to represent and we're kind of seeing that radio play out

here in real time. >> keep that multitasking going. we'll come back to you if anything else develops. eugene, manchin has taken on so much heat during this process. but what is the likelihood for senator sinema not to go along with party lines? >> that is what the white house aides is talking about. and wondering. and what is interesting, this that has been the case for a very long time. people have continuously talked about manchin but kyrsten sinema has had her own issues with the "build back better" agenda, with some of the carried interest loopholes that are a part of the bill that is going to possibly get a vote next week in the senate. and her team has been kind of mum on how she would vote on what we've seen before us. and i think when you talk to manchin aides, there is not frustration by them, i think they understand the process. but they do question sometimes, well, sinema -- manchin is not

the only one who is a part of this process and i think people are hopeful that they will be able to convince her. she is a little bit more liberal than joe manchin, but all eyes are on kyrsten sinema. while there is excitement in the white house right now about what is possible, but there is a concern that it could once again -- they could once again have the rug pulled from under them because it happened over and over. so aides are cautiously optimistic, still trying to figure out what kyrsten sinema would say about the current bill, if she wants any changes made. and so i think we'll have to see how she ends up voting. but this party as mike was just saying does feel like there is a new world a little bit, that they will be able to play in a different sandbox so to speak as they move forward in trying to

get a message that work this is different parts of the country saying that, look, democrats are getting work done. i think that is what we'll start hearing from more democrats as we get closer to the midterms. >> a lot of lawmakers say the process is messy. but in your playbook newsletter this morning, you talk about a republican's answer for some of the issues that americans are feeling and you say maybe it is republicans that are in disarray. >> that's right. i know on twitter we're constantly in trouble for reporters as saying dems in disarray. so the question is, is this a democratic party that is kind of firing on all cylinders. and the meat making is just messy. and that is what you are hearing like you said. but you look at the republican party and the response to that, you know, we have andrew bates, white house deputy press secretary, talked to us last night basically saying why would republicans be for something and then because they are upset about a different bill and that is going through the process in

a legal and real way start talking bills that they said that they were for. and that is something that you will continue to hear from this white house. they will probably continue to hit republicans as they say that, okay, since they are going to do the reconciliation bill, then i'll pull my support for the burn pits bill or possibly as a senator yesterday susan collins said, maybe the gay a marriage and interracial marriage bill could die because of reconciliation. so the question for republicans is if you believe in something, just because you don't like the way it happened, something else happens, how could you possibly pull the rug from under the american people and that is what you will continue to hear from this white house. >> thank you all so much. and climate change was on the agenda last night at the annual congressional baseball game in washington. check it out.

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it is 17 past the hour. and this morning new numbers show consumer spending rose 1.1% in june.

and despite shrinking economic activity, the biden administration maintains the country is not in a recession. >> we've entered a new phase in our recovery focused on achieving steady stable growth. >> and sam brock is here to break down the complicated state of our economy. sam, good luck. >> reporter: thank you, appreciate it. i'll take all the help that i can get. it is nothing if not a complicated muddy economic picture. you have an economy that is contracting, sky high inflation and yes the labor market has remained very strong. now we're seeing the new pce numbers, personal consumption and you understand why economists have their hands for. the american economy is facing

choppy waters as the gdp shrank for the first half of the year. president biden saying that that alone does not signal a recession. >> if you look at our job market, consumer spending, business investment, we see signs of economic progress. >> reporter: ultimately it is up to a panel of nonpartisan experts to decide whether we're officially in a recession looking at a host of factors. from gdp growth, unemploymentk o of course inflation which is at its highest level in 40 years. >> a recession happens when you are feeling the pifrng of the economy around you. we're paying more for gasoline and food and at the same that maybe your incomes are more static. >> reporter: folks like nicole who is spending most of her money on food and fuel. >> to you does it matter whether we're technically in a veegs or not in a recession? >> reporter: no. i don't think it matter. >> no, i don't think it matters. that is just the label that they

want to put on it. we're making the economy stretch as far as we can. >> reporter: spending on goods and services is still up but not as much as recent quarters. credit card companies show people prioritizing necessities over luxury. >> there is more increased spending on food and fuel or maybe even rent, the things that we really need. >> reporter: some comfort for americans coming in the form of unemployment near all-time lows. the u.s. has averaged more than 450,000 jobs a month this year, though this woman says some of the new jobs lack critical support from paid family leave to living wages. >> when we don't see a strong well paid well valued care workforce, then we actually have seeing folk leave the work fork, people not able to operate.

>> reporter: and the job numbers are interesting but there is also a caveat there which is to say that they are backward looking and they get revised several times. economists say the best barometer might be unemployment claims because they come out every week and they have been low but on the rise pretty much since the beginning of april. >> sam brock, thank you so much. let's go back to capitol hill where democrats are hoping to get that bill through congress before lawmakers leave for august recess. they say it will help with inflation. according to the "new york times," a lot of economists agreed that it would likely help reduce price pressures somewhat, although the overall effect is likely to be modest and might not be felt for months or even years. so with us now to discuss is colorado congressman jason crow. and i want to get to that, but the house is expected to vote on the assault weapons ban. what is your understanding of how things will play out? >> good to be with you.

yeah, we are going to vote on the assault weapons ban. this is the right thing to do. i've long said we should reinstitute the ban. we had it for a decade in place and when we had it in place, mass shootings using these weapons went down by over 30%. so we know it actually works. i'm a former army ranger, i grew up a hunter, i'm a gun owner now, i didn't take an assault weapon into the woods to go deer hunting and i certainly didn't take my tear hunting rifle with me to iraq and afghanistan to fight for this country because the weapon matters. they are designed to do very different things and i know that really well. and we don't need these weapons of war on or streets. >> so let's get back to the tax health care and climate change dealing that was negotiated between senators manchin and schumer. you will go back and tell your constituents about this. what will you tell them, how

will it actually help them? >> it will reduce the budget deficit because we do have to get the deficit under control so we have more responsible spending in washington. it will invest in the climate crisis. in colorado we have wildfires, we have drought. many days during the summer you can't see the mountains because there is so much pollution. so we'll invested in crisis and we'll get it under roll. and this is an inflation response bill too. it will help address supply chain issues. there are so many great things in the bill for america and the american people. i'm excited to talk about it. >> and you mentioned your service as a veteran and a lot of veteran groups are angry at senate republicans for helping aville to help after exposure to toxic burn pits. as a veteran yourself, what do you make of what happened here? >> it is very simple what happened here. what happened here is that the

republicans in the senate are upset that we struck a deal on a deficit reduction climate bill. they are upset about that, so they actually are now taking it out on american's veterans. this is a broadly bipartisan bill to address the toxic exposure that my fellow veterans were exposed to, people who are dying, they are sick, they are suffering, their families are trying to care for them, they need help. and they need help now. and that is what this bill is going to do. republicans didn't like the fact that we struck a deal on a completely unrelated bill, so they are actually throwing a fit and do it on the backs of the american veterans. >> and want to talk to you also about january 6 because not only are the secret service texts from january 6 gone, the "washington post" is now reporting that texts from top homeland security officials are missing. what does this suggest to you? >> well, they need to do a better job keeping their texts and their records. obviously where there is smoke sometimes there is fire, so it does raise concerns about what

those texts and communications said or didn't say for that matter. and also just further underscores the need for the select committee to continue to do its work. there are so many things, so many things we've learned about what happened on that terrible day while i and my fellow members were stuck in the house gallery trying to defend the house gallery against an insurrectionist mob. we have to make sure it doesn't happen again and we have to make sure that those who are responsible for i will canning police officers, beating police officers are brought to justice. so this work must go on. >> is this a very quick time line. are you confident that the committee will wrap up what they need to before the midterms so that we have enough of a picture of what truly went on? >> i don't think it should be driven by the midterms or election cycles. this is not a political inquiry, this is a rule of law inquiry and it is designed to get the facts. it shouldn't be driven by political cycles and it never has and never will. we'll get the truth however long that takes.

>> but we do know if it doesn't go the way of the democrats the committee is not likely to continue. >> i think it is true if kevin mccarthy becomes speaker of the house which i don't think he will and certainly the american people have to make that choice, he will get rid of that committee. and that is part of the message here. do you really want to play politics with something like the rule of lawyer and an insurrection against the state capitol. democrats and the republicans on that committee, because it is a bipartisan commit at the, have said no, politics should be brought out of it, but we should not put people into positions of authority who would actually disband an important committee doing important work for the american people. >> congressman, thanks to you for a wide ranging conversation. appreciate it. president biden will host barack obama and michelle obama at the white house for their long overdue official portrait ceremony. so this video is from national tour of the couple's portraits from february of 2018. traditionally sitting presidents host their immediate

predecessors to reveal their official portraits but former donald trump never held the ceremony. the covid pandemic further delayed the event. so president biden and the first lady will unveil the obamas portraits in the east room on september 7 and actual actually be michelle obama's first trip back to the white house since february of 2017. and still to come, the devastating floods across kentucky have already left more than a dozen people dead, more rain is coming. we'll go live there next. ♪ ♪ aleve x. its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible.

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tough for you and your crew to get good cell service let alone what people there are up against. >> reporter: yeah, hard to put words to it. these are buildings. this is not a river but right now it basically is one. and where i'm standing right now is muddied and coveredoff, so clearly the water has receded a little bit where i am. but we're looking at what a current probably 20, 30 yards wide and again, these are buildings, not where water is supposed to be. and there is a gentleman who we'll be speaking with in a couple minutes whose home is over here and we'll go survey the damage with him. that is just one of countless stories here. we know from the governor that unfortunately at least 16 people are dead. the governor is very blint in blunt in saying that he expects the numbers to go up. children have lost their lives and some entire families are likely to have been wiped out. and we won't know the scope for quite some time because as they

continue to go through the rescue efforts with over 100 air lifted from danger remember, we don't have that cell signal so you can imagine people might be trying to make a call to get help, whether to loved one or police or first aid, anyone that they are trying to get through to. and so that gives you the idea of the scope of the damage. and where we are right now, about a quarter mile from where i am is a dam that officials are watching closely because they had a concern about that couple years a ago and that dam officials have said seems to have had something coming out of it, so they are keeping an eye on that and they have asked people to evacuate from the area. so even within the community which is still reeling from the aftermath of the floods and the heavy rain, we're now looking at the potential for flood damage from a dam failing as well. so that is the concern here. here is what governor beshear of kentucky said earlier this morning. >> tough news is 16 confirmed

fatalities now. folks, that will get a lot higher. one in perry county, an 81-year-old female, 11 of them thus far are in knot county including a 63-year-old man, a 65-year-old female, and two children. also a 79-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman in another county and also a 66-year-old woman in clay county. >> reporter: and of course this is a state, a governor, a community familiar with natural disaster tragedy. not even a year ago there was the mayfield, kentucky tornado disaster. obviously that community still reeling from that. so the state of kentucky again hit by devastation and calamity here. >> all right. jesse, thank you so much. following new reports that dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the east by a missile strike. we'll get the latest. and plus the controversial

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39 past the hour. and this morning in ukraine, we're learning new details about a missile strike at a detention center in donetsk. officials in the separatist held territory say the strike killed 53 ukrainian prisoners of war. the video is from the russian defense ministry and ukrainian officials blame russian forces for the attack. and accuse moscow of trying to hide the torture and execution of prisoners. meanwhile right now the u.n. security council is discussing grain exports from ukraine as details are still being finalized for a deal that would lift the blockade of a critical black seaport.

earlier president zelenskyy made an unannounced visit to the port and said that it is important that ukraine remains the guarantor of global food security. and joining us with morgan chesky. what else do we know about the strike? >> reporter: disturbing images coming from this area of eastern ukraine that remains hotly contested. just within the last hour or so, ukrainian secret service says that it has intercepted phone calls that they say proves that russia was in fact responsible for this strike on this prisoner of war camp that left up to 75 wounded. if true that would be a war crime. it is certainly being investigated as such. and in addition the russian military saying that ukraine was using those himars weapons systems that had been provided by the u.s. trying to essentially show their ineffectiveness in war when the ukrainian military has said the exact opposite, pointing to the

fact they made a significant impact on the battlefield and have helped them in this counter offensive that they are launching in certain parts of the eastern part of the country that have been held by russian troops for some time now. that remains under investigation as we continue to learn more. and it of course is absolutely concerning because these were troops that were of course taken into custody expected to be treated with some sort of level of decency that are now killed. >> what more do we know about the potential deal to lift the blockade on this critical port for that grain? >> reporter: highly anticipated move to the south port city of odesa. and this is the place where we know there are up to 16 ships carrying about 500 million tons of grain that should be on their way out, but the big question, lindsey, will russia actually let them have safe passage

through the black sea. about 24 hours after the agreement was signed last friday, russia struck the port city of odesa in a missile strike claiming it was targeting a military target but ukraine said it was a strike on the port. but today president zelenskyy standing alongside u.n. ambassadors there in one of the port cities involved saying that the ships are essentially ready to go and the clock is ticking because the grain could rot on board these ships. the majority of this grain is headed to countries who desperately immediate it, not necessarily the united states, we're talking about places in the middle east, countries in africa that are absolutely food insecure. arrival of these ships could certainly make a dent in some of the famine that they are enduring and countries that are going without food. but as we mentioned, even as they say the ships are ready to go, there is still no exact time table on when they will depart

the ports here in ukraine and make their way to those countries. >> all right. morgan cleschesky reporting the live, thank you so much. this morning protestors gathered outside former president trump's new jersey golf course as the saudi-backed liv golf tournament kicks off today. critics and 9/11 families are outraged that the former president is hosting this controversial golf tournament so close to ground zero. one protestor called out the former president and as well as some of the players. >> how much money does it take to turn your back on your country, on the american people? according to certain individuals such as phil mickelson, brooks koepka, bryson dechambeau, dustin johnson and donald trump, that amount of money is just a few hundred million dollars. >> several other players say that joining the liv tour was a decision based on their personal lives and it is just business. trump is defending his decision to host the tournament by faultily saying that no --

falsely saying that no one has gotten to the bottom of final. gabe guttierez has more. >> reporter: and this morning outrage boiling over around the liv golf tournament backed and funded by saudi arabia and teeing off today at donald trump's new jersey club, the 9/11 families slamming the saudi arabia government and the tournament, trump now defending it. >> nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11 unfortunately, they should have. >> reporter: 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were saudi nationals. and in a 2016 fox news interview, trump blamed the attacks on saudi arabia. terry 16789 tratta lost her husband on 9/11. she's furious at the former president's comments. >> when you heard that, what went through your head? >> well, he sounds like a fool. >> reporter: the former president playing in yesterday's pro am with his son eric and seen next to golf legend greg norman as well as a top banker to saudi crown prince mohammad

bin salman. u.s. intelligence says it was the prince who ordered the torture and killing of journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. the saudi government has long denied it was involved in either 9/11 or khashoggi's murder despite that u.s. intelligence report on bin salman and khashoggi and u.s. government documents showing links between the 9/11 hijackers and saudi associates. earlier this month president biden drew international criticism by traveling to saudi arabia and fist bumping the crown prince. the tracted by much bigger cash purses, a growing list of some of the golf biggest names have chosen to play in the liv series instead of the pga tour. >> this is an opportunity that gives me a chance to have the most balance in my life going forward. >> reporter: liv golf tells nbc news that 9/11 families have our deepest sympathy while some may not agree, we believe golf is a force for good around the world. >> the kingdom is throwing

billions of dollars into a pr stunt. >> our thanks to gabe guttierez for that reporting. coming up, arizonians head to the polls in four days and republicans there will choose who will run against vulnerable democratic senator mark kelly this fall. we'll have a new interview with trump edith in the race, why he says he would have voted against certifying the 2020 election, next. on, next finding the perfect developer isn't easy. but, at upwork, we found her.

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become a household name nationally very soon. blake masters is new to the scene. he is right now in a crowded u.s. senate field here ahead of this arizona gop primary on tuesday. i put the question to him of whether if he was in the u.s. senate he would have voted to certify the presidential election of 2020. of course, he is looking to take down incumbent democratic senator mark kelly. that is why when you are looking at what this potential makeup in the u.s. senate could be in 2023 and 2024 and beyond, that's why i thought it was important to put this question to him. take a listen to his answer. >> i think what hawley and i believe what cruz did was right. i think their constituents had a lot of concerns. i think fair-minded people look at the irregularities and before certifying the election, you got to make sure it was all legit. i think they were asking for some time. that was what they objected to.

i think that was a fine thing to do. >> reporter: we are looking at a remade u.s. senate potentially next year here. blake masters, he wanted to focus on other issues of going head to head with mark kelly. this is very much of a purple state here telling us he wanted to focus on law enforcement, immigration, inflation and going head to head with mark kelly. make no mistake about it, blake masters has aligned with donald trump. he stood up on the stage alongside donald trump and said that he looked forward to seeing what donald trump had in store ahead in the future. of course, this is still a crowded field. jim layman, he is very much in this race. i also talked with him last night at a campaign event. he also would have objected to the 2020 election results. meanwhile, there's one individual in this race who says he would have certified it. that is mick mcguire, retired air force general who oversaw the national guard here before

retiring to run for political office. when you look at the polls, he continues to lag. this is going to be a critical gop primary here. blake masters, with that trump endorsement, also has the financial backing of tech billionaire peter thiel, who put more than $15 million of his own money into a super pac helping blake masters. this is going to be a major race to decide the control of the u.s. senate in november. >> vaughan hillyard, we will know you will stay on top of it. coming up, does the doj have the resources to investigate january 6? new reporting about the logistical nightmare it's creating next. announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it.

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we don't have the manpower. nbc news reports that's one concern from the dozens of sources familiar with the justice department's january 6th investigation. right now, they are unsure whether the resources they have at their disposal are enough. just consider the 850 arrests that have been made and every new case requires new resources from the justice department and fbi as well as any other law enforcement entity assisting with arrests and starts the clock on defendants' speedy trial rights. i want to bring in ryan reilly behind this. you write, this is a logistical nightmare. bureaucratic issues. what's going on? >> yeah. it's just the sheer volume of

cases is one of the biggest issues. when they first started out, there was this idea that 800 people went inside the capitol. that was not true. it turned out, more than 2,500 people went inside. on top of that, 350 people wanted by the fbi still who have not yet been arrested, most are accused of assaulting officers outside the capitol building. it's a tremendous volume. it's something the justice department isn't used to. these cases grind out every day. in fact, just today there's a defendant named elliott bishide who our nbc news camera caught outside the courtroom who is in the process of being sentenced. the judge is handing down the sentence. these cases are continuing to come through the court system every day. it's just a lot of volume for the justice department to handle. some of the sources i spoke with really think that it's important that these new resources come into this investigation as soon as possible. some of those sources -- some of

those resources, rather, are set to come in soon after labor day. there's going to be temporary u.s. attorneys who are appointed. but this is a massive investigation, and you have to juggle all of those ongoing prosecutions with all of this -- the new cases that -- of the hundreds of individuals who have not yet been arrested who will eventually be arrested when the fbi and the doj can put them through the pipeline here. >> ryan reilly, thank you for bringing us that reporting. before we go, the you have a better chance of being eaten by a shark, getting struck by lightning or being killed by an asteroid than winning tonight's lottery drawing. but for millions, it's not stopping them from buying tickets. that prize is now more than $1 billion. this is the fourth highest lottery jackpot ever. if you want it all at once, that lump sum is a cool $600 million. the drawing is tonight at 11:00

eastern, 8:00 pacific. andrea mitchell picks up more news right now. ♪♪ good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. president biden is pushing back forcefully against recession fears, despite historic inflation and supply chain backups that are frustrating businesses and consumers. >> we have a record job market, record unemployment of 3.6%. we created 9 million new jobs so far. businesses are investing in america at record rates. the chip bill will put another $72 billion for incentives and tax credits. that doesn't sound like a recession to me. >> nancy pelosi leaves topt for asia, leading a delegation of lawmakers for a chip that includes stops in japan, south korea, malaysia and singapore with a con