ivanna sakhno, thank you very much for coming on the show and everything you're doing. be well. >> and rev, this weekend tell us what you have on "politics nation". >> well, we're going to have the mother and attorney for the young man that was shot twice, almost killed in kansas city we're going to have also the mayor in california that had the fbi came out with text messages where some of the law enforcement there was saying i'll take you to dinner if you kill this black mayor, and they were calling names like monkey we're going to have the mayor of chicago brandon johnson. it's going to be a very active wee weekend. i'm going to challenge people not only are we standing with this black young man in kansas

city we must be consistent morally around these legal issues. >> absolutely and also on politics nation this weekend, sorry, rev, yeah, you have joe that does it for -- >> i have the star of my mornings, and everybody, i just tee that up because i want everybody to watch his special monday night. >> we have to say our apologies to ana cabrera that does it for us this morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now thank you so much for being here, and happy friday it is 10:00 here on the east coast. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york as we come on air, the 2024 presidential field has never been in sharper focus. three sources now telling nbc news that president biden is expected to announce his white house bid as early as this tuesday. another source familiar with the planning says top advisers have

been sending signals in recent days to, quote, get ready. why now? is the timing more about superstition or strategy and what might it mean for the republican fistfight between donald trump and ron desantis. widely expected to throw his hat in the ring as well. we'll get into all of it ch plus, the most significant legal case on abortion since the fall of roe v. wade. the supreme court set to decide today on the abortion pill, mifepristone and later no rest for the south and midwest today as more storms take aim, while the small town of cole, oklahoma, now faces a long road to recovery after an ef-3 tornado killed three people survivors describing the sheer terror of the scene. >> i couldn't even get off the kitchen floor because i felt like if i stood up i was going to get sucked down i thought we were both going to get sucked town. i said i don't know if we're

going to make it, and we just held on and prayed it's the scariest thing i've ever been in. >> where this dangerous system is heading next and how fast but first, today's big 2024 news, it looks like president biden is ready to make his run for a second term official there's new reporting this morning that the president is about to formally announce his re-election run after months of hints, of course according to three sources familiar, his campaign announcement could come as soon as tuesday, which would be exactly four years after he announced his 2020 run joining us now from washington is nbc's alley raffa, we are also also joined by michael steele, and cristobal alex, former senior adviser to the biden campaign good to have all of you here what more do we know about the president's campaign plans. >> reporter: for months and month the question wasn't if but

when president biden would announce re-election plans it could come as soon as tuesday in the form of possibly a video announcement if this does happen on tuesday, that would track with this pattern that we've seen from president biden. he's very superstitious, very sensitive around the anniversaries of certain dates and tuesday the 25th would mark four years exactly since he launched his successful presidential bid it's also around the time that former president obama announced he would be running for re-election, and we're learning this morning, which sort of completes this puzzle, that he will on tuesday be speaking to a trade union conference here in d.c. of course we know president biden a very passionate supporter of unions. so that would fit with this broader puzzle of this re-election announcement but of course, with anything related to president biden, we have to caution that until he officially says this is a go and green lights this, we are still in a holding pattern for these

re-election announcement plans. >> okay, we know you will keep us posted, of course let me ask you, michael, a tuesday announcement would be exactly four years after biden announced his 2020 run as we mentioned. but it's different this time, right? he is the incumbent president. how is it different campaigning as the incumbent president versus running as a presidential hopeful? >> well, the energy's different first off. he is the incumbent. that means that there are certain things that are going to be readily available to him because he is the president that he didn't necessarily have four years ago when he was in a primary and the party's, you know, trying to be fair to everybody and the landscape was very different now he can begin to consolidate core aspects of ramping up his campaign, the organization on the ground, the identification of bundlers and fund-raising and the efforts where to target, when to target and then also the messaging. he begins to set the tone for

what a second biden term will look like. in the face of, you know, global concerns, economic uncertainty, all these things take on a different patina they sound a little bit different. they message a little bit different because you're not just talking about what i'm doing at the moment, but what i'm going to be doing over the next four years starting in 2025 >> why now for an announcement versus waiting a bit longer and maybe staying out of the dog fight for just a little bit longer >> great to be with you, an, and t that is the exact right question nothing official until president biden announces it i wouldn't be surprised to see him launch on the anniversary. again, that's a very important tate it means a lot to folks who have supported him from many, many years ago, and i like the superstition around it to be perfectly honest and remember, the threat posed to our nation that caused

president biden to run in the first place hasn't been extinguished the white supremacist rally in charlottesville was a major reason he got into the race. trump stunned the world when a peaceful protester was killed and said there was very fine people on both sides that meant something very deeply to president biden and that threat still looms. we've seen book banning, the supreme court taking away a fundamental constitution nail right in dobbs, the country's still on this precipice, and we could lose aull of that with th re-election of donald trump or someone like desantis. if not this tuesday, i would expect it relatively soon because there's yjust so much work to do to build a presidential campaign and to really talk about the historic presidency that we've seen under joe biden. remember, inheriting a country coming out of an insurrection, a global pandemic, and rebuilding the economy creating so many new jobs, uniting the world against

russia and protecting our national security. i mean, those are some very, ha very important things that he can run on we need to tell that story. >> and yet, cristobal, it wasn't that long ago members of the democratic party were questioning whether president biden should run again in fact, it was an "associated press" poll just this past february that found just 37% of democrats said they wanted him to seek a second term. how big of a concern is that for your party >> honestly, i don't see that as a concern at all you know, the polls can be a little bit difficult to understand when you don't have an opponent, right we don't have a clear opponent on the other side yet. the republicans going to beat themselves up. it's going to be a blood bath with desantis and trump and others, and we already see where that's headed. once that solidifies, americans are going to see a clear choice between joe biden who fightsfo american families every single day and donald trump or desantis or whatever right wing maga type you've got on the other side

once they see that, the polling will shift dramatically. remember, when ronald reagan prior to his re-election, his poll numbers were much lower than joe biden's are today then he dominated in his re-election. i'm not worried about those numbers. there's a lot of enthusiasm and excitement for joe biden to get in this race. >> do you think real quick just before i bring michael back in here do you think we're going to see any democratic infighting given there are a couple of other challengers who have thrown their hat in the ring when you talk about marianne williamson and rfk jr. >> i saw that rfk jr. announcement it reminded me of succession when connor wanted to get 1% i think it's going to be like that the party is united behind joe biden. he's had a historic presidency and he can win. >> a new wall street journal poll finds trump is still dominating the republican field among likely gop primary voters. i don't think that's a huge surprise what's interesting is the

dynamics that we're seeing and some of the changes when it comes to what is believed to be his closest challenger, although governor ron desantis hasn't formally announced his bid yet you see now he's leading desantis by 45 points. what do those numbers tell you >> tells me that unless desantis, haley, scott, and anyone else decides that they actually want to take donald trump on, the number they see is the number they're going to get. donald trump is the titular head of the party, has been since 2016 he remains a formidable force within the party because he controls the political apparatus, the rnc he controls the ground operations across the states the base is solidified behind him. we saw that on the indictment when he went up in favorability among republicans. >> so you think that charges are helping him politically? >> absolutely they are absolutely they are. i mean, when you're p.t. barnum,

you can make anything work for you, right and as donald trump knows, every time, you know, no matter the news, if you're talking about me, that's a good day for me, and that's how donald trump marinates the sauce every single day. he has been a constant fixture in our political life, our cultural life, our economic life he's a part of every conversation for the last seven years. no one merchinside the gop has able to break that i don't see any of the faces on this screen breaking that now. they don't have when it takes to go up against a guy who doesn't give a damn, and that's a hard challenge. when you're up against an opponent who will swing regardless, there are no -- there are no lines there are no borders there are no rules that's a different kind of fight, and i don't see desantis and all of his -- look, desantis showed me his thing with mickey.

you can't take down mickey mouse, donald trump's got something for you. so yeah, that's the state of the play right now this race is setting up to be a repeat of 2020 >> we shall see. could it be another biden versus trump, that is the question. gentlemen, great to have you both here. michael steele, cristobal alex, really appreciate you joining me, and happy friday hope you have a great weekend. >> happy friday. >> thank you here we are again, staring down another midnight deadline on the most significant case on abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade the supreme court has now given itself until 11:59 p.m. eastern to decide whether access to the abortion drug mifepristone will be restricted across the country. for now the texas judge's decision on this pill is still on a temporary hold. mifepristone remains available at least five of the nine justices would need to be on board to achieve a more permanent block, which would be a direct contrast to last

summer's 5-4 decision on roe let's bring in nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor yamiche, the supreme court had already extended this stay once. what are you hearing now from both sides of this issue as they await a decision that could come at any moment? >> well, really this is about the moment that we're waiting, and everyone's sort of been quiet on both sides when it comes to the actual people who have had this before the supreme court. that being said, antiabortion rights groups have said that they believe the fda was wrong in approving this abortion pill, mifepristone they've been making the argument that they believe that this is not science-based and that also subsequent ways that made it more broad to access this so that that was added, and that was wrong. we saw the fifth circuit of appeals say that you cannot challenge the approval at this point of the pill itself because it was 20 years ago, but that other things that were happening

more recently including making it available by mail, making it available to patients who are farther along in pregnancy, meaning ten weeks, and also approving the generic version of the pill, that those things could be challenged, and that's what really is the issue before the supreme court. on the other hand you have heard the biden administration say a number of times that they believe that any sort of curtailing of this abortion pill really is the court stepping on the scientific evidence-based decisions of the fda it's very interesting to see them do that i also will say the vice president was out in the last day or so saying really this is about the critical right for women to access reproductive care. >> thank you, yamiche, for that update we will be watching the supreme court action here. when ana cabrera reports in 60 seconds, prosecutors just dropped charges against alec baldwin in the tragic "rust" movie shooting is he out of the legal woods yet? also, we are live at the courthouse for the final stage of a january 6th seditious

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also with us, nbc's meteorologist angie lassman with a look at today's threat first to you, what are you hearing from people there who have just experienced such devastation and heartache? >> yeah, good morning, ana as you can see behind me, the recovery and cleanup effort is well underway here in cole, oklahoma they experienced that ef-3 tornado that ripped through town just leveling businesses and homes, and now this community is sifting through the rubble and trying to put the pieces back together, trying to get the power back on, trying to find permanent housing for those who have lost their homes. we have heard some incredible stories of survival, people that just narrowly got to safety minutes before this tornado touched down, and this community is now in a state of sort of rebuild. they're trying to sort of understand where to go from here we spoke to one young man, his grandmother was one of the three victims lost to this tornado

here's what he had to say. >> my mom tried to call, my uncle came over here it o'come get her, but by the time my uncle got over here, it already happened, and i don't know nobody could get to her honestly i kept calling her i was on the phone with her most of the time, but -- >> do you remember what the last conversation was that you had with her >> yeah, i begged her to get to somewhere safe and told her i loved her. >> reporter: there were other situations, ana we we spoke to a neighbor of that young man who said five members of his family got under the mattress and literally felt their house come off the foundation, turn around several times and when it finally landed and hit the ground, all five of them were in different places under different pieces of the home somehow all five of them were not badly injured and able to get out of that. he said he was looking around at his property yesterday seeing his livelihood and his home

destroyed and just saying all i can feel is thanks that we have each other and that we've all made it out alive. >> that is an ncredible story to be lifted with your home in a tornado and then plopped back down, everybody okay angie, was we gear up for the weekend, what is the severe weather threat looking like? >> we'll have it shift a little bit to the east. the good news is that folks in those hardest hit areas, oklahoma and texas, they're going to get a little bit of a break. you can see the clearing that happened behind this system. it continues marching to the east it takes the heavy rain that has been stretched basically from the ohio river valley all the way into the gulf coast through the better part of the day today. we're going to keep that heavy rain working to the east, places like memphis, alexandria will finally start to see some drier conditions in the meantime, we're going to watch for the potential for some stronger storms to develop it looks like our severe weather potential is going to be a little less than it was yesterday. it will start to ramp up as we get into tomorrow. it will be focused to the east coast, stretching through the mid-atlantic down into parts of the southeast. that's when we'll watch for the

severe thunderstorm risk to be including things like hail, maybe some damaging wind, low tornado threat, but it's not zero, so it will still be something worth watching as we get out and about for our saturday plans along the east coast tomorrow we'll also see the heavy rain working in that will bring flooding potential to parts of the mid-atlantic and stretching to the southeast. here's that severe weather potential for tomorrow 16 million people are included in this, and it goes from basically jacksonville all the way into washington, d.c that's, again, going to be the hail, the wind and potentially an isolated tornado or two here's where we have the biggest chance for the flash flooding. we've seen impressive rainfall rates through the morning hours, and we still have that potential in places like nashville, memphis, jackson as well as new orleans so just watch for that we will when it's all said and done picked up a couple of inches of rain we could see upwards of 1, maybe 2 inches in places like new york, boston, and albany as we get into sunday, we'll start to see things transition as well,

temperature-wise with the warm, near record temperatures in parts of the northeast and mid-atlantic washington, d.c., ends up at 89 degrees today, ana, and then we'll start to see things cooling back down, more seasonable conditions to come as that gets out of the picture by the time the weekend wraps up. >> we are on a roller coaster right now, angie lassman and catie beck, thank you, ladies. up next, it's the final stage of a january 6th trial for five members of the proud boys how much time they could face behind bars if convicted plus, pillow fight, who the founder of my pillow has to pay after losing a $5 million bet oaf the 2020 election. "ana cabrera reports" will be right back ck ya! with e*trade you're ready for anything. marriage. kids. college. kids moving back in after college. ♪ here's to getting financially ready for anything! and here's to being single and ready to mingle. who's ready to cha-cha?! ♪♪ ♪ a bunch of dead guys made up work, way back when. ♪

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it's tough to keep track of all these cases, especially as we know a thousand people have been arrested in connection with january 6th. so remind us of this specifically who these guys are, what they're specifically accused of doing and where this trial stands. >> reporter: yeah, so this trial started off actually in 2022 jury selection actually began in december the actual trial started in january, so it's been going on for three months now, so definitely has been tdragging o a lot longer than anyone necessarily anticipated here the charges are pretty stark in this case we've received a lot of evidence including from the debate in 2020 when donald trump actually referenced the proud boys and said stand back and stand by we've heard a lot about how that actually influenced a lot of their fund-raising and how they were able to make t-shirts and other items off of that and sort of make that a bigger part of their profile. these charges relate to the

attack on the capitol on january 6th. dominick brizzola is that individual who you see in that infamous video using a police shield to break a window to the capital as that first breach of the capitol building took place. and then there's enrique tarrio who's the head of the organization who was actually arrested just before january 6th. he was arrested a few days before on previous charges because he burned a black lives matter sign in d.c. during one of his previous trips in the other months so he actually wasn't at the capitol on january 6th, but prosecutors said he was part of this broader conspiracy to organize this group of men who ended up storming the capitol that day what the defense has argued and we've heard this from two defendants on the stand. there wasn't necessarily any plan to go into the capitol ahead of time is what they're alleging they're basically saying this was sort of a spontaneous, spur of the moment thing, and prosecutors are going to come back and say that doesn't really

matter that conspiracy could have formed instantly in the moment what they had agreed to do is to oppose and stop the peaceful transfer of power, even if there wasn't a specific plan necessarily to go inside the capitol, ana. >> and rebecca, on wednesday this week, one of the defendants, zachary rile, he was president of the philadelphia chapter of the proud boys. he testified that he couldn't even recall whether he used pepper spray against officers on january 6th, and then prosecutors showed pictures that appeared to show him just that how good of a defense is it to say you don't recall, especially when there are pictures? >> it's not a great defense. i mean, perhaps if you were defending against a charge that he used pepper spray he couldn't launch some kind of question about whether that was actually him in the video but claiming that you can't recall something like that is not credible testimony jurors understand that this is not the kind of thing you forget and therefore, that testimony does not seem credible and one of the things that i

think, you know, is important to note is that it could also cast doubt on some of his other testimony, if he lied about that, you know, said he couldn't remember when it's obvious to jurors that you would either remember you did or didn't, one way or another, this can't possibly be true that might lead them to question some of the other things he said on the stand as well. >> and rebecca, we know hundreds have already been arrested, charged, convicted it's already been more than two years. i've talked to a lot of lawyers who say it's not uncommon to saturday at the bottom, to work your way up to people at the top of the food chain to bring the most serious charges do you think the justice department is still working its way up the chain or might this be it. >> it's really hard to know. i think that, you know, there are signs that the special counsel jack smith is pursuing at least some of this information. it's just impossible at this point to know whether it would include charges similar to the ones faced by the defendants in

this case. and, you know, it just is a question of whether he thinks he can prove those charges or not. >> rebecca roiphe and ryan reilly, i appreciate the conversation thank you both for being here, and happy friday. meanwhile, mike lynn zelle, the my pillow guy may have to dig around his mattresses for some cash. an arbitration panel has ordered the trump ally and election conspiracy theorist to pay $5 million to a software developer who was found to have won the so-called prove mike wrong chanllenge the data he claimed was real was actually phony, which trump voter robert zeitman said he did and quickly. >> i never expected to be able to show that it was bogus data because normally data analysis can take weeks or months, and i had three days but the data was so obviously fake that i spent a few hours

before i could show it was fake. >> lynn dell called the ruling a horrible wrong decision and says he hopes to get it overturned in federal court. there are also new developments in the ongoing legal drama surrounding president biden's son hunter, including details about the potential charges federal prosecutors have considered bringing against him, according to sources we're also hearing from the attorney of an irs agent now seeking whistle-blower protections for work on a case one source says is related to the hunter biden investigation nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson talked to that agent's attorney and has more. >> reporter: i'm told the process is moving forward with that career irs agent with some members of congress now in conversations with his attorney about the whistle-blower protections he wants some lawmakers say they want to know what this agent has to say, as we're learning more about the potential charges hunter biden could face >> new reaction this morning to the allegation the president's

son is getting preferential treatment in the criminal investigation against him with an irs special agent sending a letter to congress asking for whistle-blower protection for his work in a high profile case. his attorney won't confirm which one, but a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news it is the hunter biden investigation. >> he's somebody who would really regret if he just stayed silent and did nothing, and so he doesn't want to live his life that way. >> why should people believe th that your client is not motivated by political considerations >> in terms of credibility, he's willing to be cross examined he's willing to be tested. he has documents that support some of the assertions he wants to make. >> reporter: the agent has allegedly seen clear conflicts of interest and preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions nbc news has learned federal prosecutors have considered potential criminal charges against the president's son, three tax crimes and a charge related to a gun purchase

according to two sources familiar with the matter hunter biden has said a review would show he handled his affairs legally and appropriately. no charges have been brought last month the attorney general making this pledge about the hunter biden case overseen by a trump appointed u.s. attorney in delaware. >> it's not restricted in his investigation in any way >> reporter: republicans taking aim at the biden administration. >> we surely are curious to see if this is being slow walked >> no comment from the justice department or the irs, but the white house says the president is keeping an appropriate distance >> he believes in the rule of law. he believes in the infence of the justice department >> reporter: hunter biden raising his public profile recently even in the face of gop-led investigations against him in ireland with his father earlier this month. >> i'm proud of you. >> reporter: hunter biden's attorney telling nbc news it appears this irs agent has committed a crime by sharing private tax information and had denied my client protections

that are his right multiple sources tell nbc news that the bulk of the work on this case was done about a year ago which raises the question of time line, right why now? why is this agent coming forward and looking for this protection now? the agent's attorney tells me he had seen testimony fairly recently from a senior political appointee that contradicted what the agent felt was happening in the case he would not confirm who that senior official is for legal reasons there's a lot they say has to be somewhat cryptic. that testimony from attorney general merrick garland in that story where he said the u.s. attorney is not restricted in any way, that happened about a month ago. back to you. >> hallie jackson, thanks so much. up next, a hollywood twist manslaughter charges dropped against alec baldwin in the tragic movie set shooting. what it means for the case. and tragedy in sudan, the state department confirms a u.s. citizen has now died as violence escalates in that country, the growing concern for thsaounds of

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cannot proceed under the current time constraints and on the facts and evidence turned over by law enforcement in its existing form. this decision, they say, does not absolve mr. baldwin of criminal culpability, and they say charges may be refiled we expect to learn ha little bit more later today during a virtual court hearing that's set to happen later this evening but it's important to point out just how messy this process has been since the beginning the original weapons enhancement charge that was added onto the count against baldwin, that was dropped pretty quickly after these charges were announced that was the heftier and weightier charge that he was facing the initial special prosecutor on this case had to step down because of legal conflicts, the d.a. stepped back from this case so this is a case that has really been messy from the start skpsh and this legal drama that we saw yesterday happened on the same day the production restarted for

this "rust" film it's really a lot of events that were happening all at once the key thing here is that that involuntary manslaughter against baldwin specifically, not necessarily the weapons supervisor on the set against baldwin specifically has been dropped, and it was dropped the same day that the production was restarted in montana >> shaquille brewster, thank you, sir. and now to north carolina where a suspect is in custody this morning after he allegedly shot a man and his 6-year-old daughter on tuesday. a neighbor telling our local charlotte affiliate wcnc that the suspect, robert singletary previously complained about toys and balls being on his property and that she believes this shooting was sparked by a basketball bouncing into his yard police have not confirmed that for us now, singletary turned himself in yesterday in tampa. he faces charges of attempted first degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm. the father is still in serious condition while his 6-year-old daughter, 6 years old, she

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sudan? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that this is a rapidly deteriorating situation. as you mentioned, the u.s. citizens that are in the country are being told to shelter in place, to stay away from windows, and then of course they're told not to go to the u.s. embassy because the u.s. embassy, as you know, is not functioning. people that are there are also sheltered in place we're talking about a situation where we're seeing an increase of violence happening in civilian streets, which is what makes this all the more frightening. as you mentioned the death toll soaring past 400, where we know more than 3,500 people have been injured. here's the challenge there is that the majority of the hospitals in the capital city aren't functioning they're out of electricity people are living without water, water supplies that people do have are running out food supplies are running out. this is an increasingly dire situation that is unfolding. we know that there are multiple attempts at a cease fire over the last several days here, including this morning, one that was supposed to go into effect at 6:00 a.m. and last 72 hours,

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for users to know which accounts are accurate and authentic and which are impersonators or hoaxes some big names like former secretary of state hillary clinton, for example, have already lost that blue check mark distinction i know i'm not exactly a big name, but, yes, it is true, my blue check mark is gone as well. you can still find me, though, at ana cabrera shameless plug there turning now to the economy and a troubling trend affecting more and more americans. you're not alone if you have fallen behind on your car payment and are now having your car taken away one of the hardest hit areas, detroit, repossession companies have seen their cases triple nbc's maggie vespa has more from detroit. >> reporter: in the shadow of motor city, detroit area mom dawn hurley's daily lifeline hangs by a thread. how many days a week do you need this car >> seven and a half. >> reporter: every day and then some >> yes. >> reporter: after months unemployed during the pandemic,

hurley, who drives her kids to school each day, then travels for her new job in pharmacy operations, is a thousand dollars behind on car payments and on the list to have her car repossessed. have you had to choose between car payments and other bills >> absolutely. i had to choose to have my rent late. >> reporter: knowing she could wake up any morning to find her car gone have you lost sleep over this? >> of course. >> reporter: that nightmare, a reality for a surging number of families nationwide, after tumbling at the start of the pandemic, the rate of american borrowers dubbed severely delinquent or 60 days overdue on their car payments is up nearly 18% from a year ago. that same rate for subprime borrowers up 40% in the last two years. repo agencies say the impact is obvious. the number of cars referred to you by the banks to get repossessed has tripled? >> correct it is about inflation. you know, the price of fuel, price of food, and a lot of the customers can't keep up with

their car payment and feed their family. >> reporter: especially given climbing car prices. the average monthly new vehicle payment hitting an all time high of $730. many boosted by rising interest rates. >> most americans need vehicles, they have to get from a to b and not only are there not a lot of affordable options, there are not a lot of affordable loans. >> reporter: advice for those struggling to make payments, reach out to your lender, ask about a grace period or loan restructuring. don't buy cars based on monthly payments. >> buy is based on the price and save as much cash as you can to put down on the car. >> reporter: tips to try and curb a troubling trend that's leaving more families running on fumes. >> that was maggie vespa reporting there. now i want to bring in robin fares, host of npr's "full disclosure." americans are facing high inflation, high interest rates,

surging prices on goods. what do you make of this and what can they do to try to stay on track >> before i get into that quickly, thank you for having me on my mom won't return my calls now that i lost my blue twitter check mark so i'm flattered you still considered me worthy of your new broadc broadcast. >> i got ya. >> this is by design for the fed. you want to snuff out inflation because inflation is really killing all of us. especially those who are paycheck to paycheck and are trying to make ends meet and you're literally scrutinizing peanut butter in the aisle or can i afford chicken this week, can i make cuts? the last thing you want to do is have your family go hungry the car goes before the home goes, and we're getting killed on rent across the board this is a taste of something that this country has not fully experienced in more than 40 years and you're starting to see it in credit quality across the board, in distress across cars, you'll see it in homes, with credit card write-offs, it is really sad. >> if there is good news, the

housing market may have hit a tipping point. we're getting the data from last month, home prices posted their annual biggest annual decline in 11 years so what does this mean for the housing market is now a good time to buy? >> it is incrementally good news if you've been on the sidelines and you've been outbid nauseatingly constantly over the pandemic but this is maybe even -- not even a correction compared with how much housing prices have skyrocketed. you look at markets like miami, where they're stubbornly still increasing, some in the west have been hit really hard. but if something is up, say, 50%, 60%, 70%, a decline is cold comfort. it still doesn't help millennials and the people who need mortgage financing to get their mortgage financing at 6% and 7% is significantly more expensive than it was two years ago. >> so is it time to buy or pump the brakes still >> if you have the money, if you have a chance to buy it, things are still overpriced they ask me the same thing about

the stock market, about cars, do i sign off on a new car if i can find any inventory on a car lot? it is a confusing time for everybody. i would be a multi, multimillionaire if i knew when the perfect time was to buy. but i still think there is a lot of excess in the housing market and it is a dangerous time with the fed still on the margin hiking >> yeah, that's a good point thank you very much for being here have a great weekend that does it for us today and this week. thanks for being with us see you back here monday, same time, same place until then, reporting from new york, i'm ana cabrera. have a wonderful weekend let me toss it over to my friend jose diaz-balart. >> ana, thank you very much. good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific i'm jose diaz-balart as the 2024 race takes shape, president biden is set to make it official, and announce his re-election bid as early as next week what new polling numbers tell us about the race for the white house so far also, title