nia-malika henderson, leigh ann caldwell of "the washington post." rahal laid out the economics.ake inflation issue number one. the president wants to make the case that, yes, i know it's tough out there, but it's getting better. this is the president's statement on today's report. overall, prices have been essentially flat in our country the last two months. that is welcome news for american families with more work still to do. that's correct, essentially flat. the president hoped he could say they're starting to go down. >> it was kind of a wrench into his plans to turn this liability of the economy into a positive. they've been touting gas prices going down for so long. obviously so many other prices are going up, electricity, food, et cetera. i'm very interested to see how this plays out this afternoon when he talks on the south lawn about the inflation reduction act. you know reporters are going to be asking about this, and he doesn't want the focus to be on that. he would rather be talking about so many other things. >> his approval rating still historically low but trickli

>> joining us now are the author of early 202 and "washington post" live anchor leigh ann caldwell and cnn contributor and staff writer at the new yorker" evan avnos. evan, starting with you, how would you describe what we're expecting to hear in the theme of this speech tonight? >> this is not a speech about rallying people against the threat against covid, the threat from covid or the threat posed by russia against ukraine. this is about something very close to home and very fundamental about the president and the people around him call an extremist threat to democracy. it is something, an idea germinating over the summer at the white house, beginning with the fact that you have now candidates who have gotten through the primaries in half a dozen battleground states. people who say they reject not only the 2020 election, but if they are put into jobs like secretary state of, like governor, that they will sec to try to shape the election process. this worries not only democrats, but people concerned about democracy, more recently you have calls to defund the fbi, and, of course, you h

with the context — long—time capitol hill correspondent, and now washington post live anchor leigh ann caldwellm peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. initial results for its self—styled referendums, in four areas it occupies in ukraine, show people have voted overwhelmingly in favour ofjoining the russian federation. the process has been denounced as a sham by ukraine and its allies, who view the referendums as a stage—managed forerunner to russian annexation which the ministry of defence here in the uk says president putin is likely to do within days. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia, were asked to attend polling stations — there's been allegations of intimidation, as election officials went house—to—house accompanied by armed guards. the votes serve a deadly serious purpose as they will be used by the kremlin to legitimise its invasion aims, and to portray any attempt by ukraine to retake these areas as an attack on its sovereign territory. antony blinken, the

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stephanie cutter, republican strategist al kardenas, and leigh ann caldwell of "the washington post."come to sum, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. a spate of news from anger over the overturning of roe vkz wade to gas prices has pushed his policy numbers to the highest point in almost a year. it's thanks -- all registered voters, the new poll is silting at 65%, the big jump wasup younger democrats, perhaps student locals as well, but those are hardly robust numbers and they're a jump from the 42/55 split last month. 46% for democrats, 46% for republicans in the race for the congress. the on issue after issue, his approve ratings are actually consistent below 45. on, the economy even lower, border, lower than that, 36. the cost of living even lower, at a paltry 30%. so what is happening? one is, of course the decision,