right now president biden, speaking of which, is in allentown, pennsylvania, a live shot of a coffee and out of businesses there, small businesses, talking to owners and touting his policies. bidenomics. and just out today, the "wall street journal" is sounding the alarm on what tax plans may be coming down the pike. the paper argues 6 trillion in taxes are at stake in this year's elections. bring in larry kudlow, chomping at the bit to get in here. >> larry: can i go back to john kerry for a moment, one of my favorite people. i don't know what the individuals are in the state department, he's probably right about that. what i want to know is the "washington post," you guys have been -- you spent basically two hours talking about how cold it is in iowa. >> sandra: it's cold in iowa. >> larry: and no denying it. and also very cold throughout the midwest. a story in the "washington post," 60° below normal, parts of montana, where we were married, -40°. this is the "washington post". so i just want to know of mr. kerry, whatever happened to global warming. every time you get a little he

take allentown pennsylvania once home to the iron and steel manufacturing the administration invested hundreds of millions in rebuilding roads into renovating and renovatingairports in the ae strategic development dollars and new private investments in manufacturing. today the area is experiencing an investment employment and small business boom. a second, there are special incentives to unlock private investment and communities that are suffering from disinvestment. for instance, inflation reduction act set aside 4 billion in additional incentives e for the clean enery investments and energy communities, places at risk of displacement due to the energy transition as well as low income communities. and that seems to be producing results. they announced clean energy investments are growing the fastest and traditional energy communities. providing special incentives to encourage private investment in part of the community is an individual policy choice. research suggests the public investments yield the greater return for each dollar spent, and that is especially true for improving empl

president biden emerging in allentown pennsylvania today after taking it easy with no public appearances since monday. according toce a report by nbc part of the white house planc, make joe look more useful and ramp up more informal remarks unannounced stops at diners and appearances and ansocial media posts and podcasts budget that backfired today. the president looking totally lost as he shuffled around various businesses. the white house is also rolling out a doctor. jill biden is trying to convince americans that joe is the energizer bunny. >> i think what people don't see is how hard it joe't works every single day. he gets up thinking what he can do for the american people and he does thatop. his job doesn't and we have dinner together at seven. i see strength and resilience and steadinessli every single day. i say his age as an asset. >> he is wise? >> he has wisdom.he has experience he knows every leader on the world stage. history and he knows history.as >> and nancy pelosi is also trying to puff up the 81-year-old president. >> the president has the weight of the world on the s

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the president is in allentown, pennsylvania, today.of this making sense to the american people? >> greg: when i see dr. jill, i don't see it first lady, i see a visiting angel. i was thinking about this topic and it reminded me of why the trump town hall on fox a few days ago was so helpful because it's a reminder, at least he's present. that's not a lot to ask for but in this day he is. he's in his suit, ready to go, like dana said. he goes interviews, town halls, and court all in the same day. he shows up, he's the last to leave, not the first to go. compare this to be invalid in chief, trump completes a work day and we are just happy when joe complete the sentence. you don't have to like him to vote for him. this is not "the golden bachelor." he's a typical hard-charging executive. you rely on them for what he does, or even how he is. some of the best people i work for, they weren't congenial, they weren't polite, they weren't impatient, they were arrogant buses, but i knew at the end of the day the stuff got done. i had a lot of ni

january 12 he will travel to allentown, pennsylvania. to discuss how communities across america are coming back thanks to bidenomics, which have ushered in a small business boom, creating jobs, rising wages, strengthening economies and lowering costs for families. it is working. with that, my colleague admiral john kirby is here to discuss the international response to information on russia's use of north korean munitions. and with that, admiral? >> good afternoon, everybody. yesterday russia launched an aerial attack against ukraine. civilians were killed, dozens were injured and these strikes are inhumane and another reminder of the brutality of vladimir putin's war. due to our sanctions russia has been forced to look to like-minded states. one state is north korea and the democratic people's republic of korea provided ballistic missile launchers and several dozen missiles. russia deployed these against ukraine. we talked about a strike using almost 10 more on the second of january targeting elsewhere. on january 6, since then, russian

communities and build more resilient productive communities and revitalize places like milwaukee or allentown, pennsylvania. the economic agenda targeted investments with economic and community development policies start reaching communities previously left behind. i will go through to the selected that policy first induces a multiplier for private investment. committees need a helping hand or domicile declining local revenues and that's why bipartisan infrastructure loss connects every business to high-speed internet building resilience and fixing roads, bridges and airports that are connective tissue all across our country. the administration invested hundreds of millions revisiting rose in areas alongside economic development dollars in private investments in manufacturing. today is experiencing investment employment and small businesses. second, there are special incentives for private investment communities suffering from disinvestment. inflation reduction act tax credit set aside for billing and incentive for clean energy manufacturing and energy communities. that approach seems to produce results an

you saw him in allentown, pennsylvania, going from small business to small business, trying to speak with the owners about what he calls a small business boom and just last week, he was in battleground state, north carolina, and he actually dropped by an individual's home for what the campaign called a kitchen table talk about his efforts to reduce student debt and what biden's campaign advisers say is that they're using this time, ten months before the election day, to really try and figure out new ways of putting biden among the people. trying to interact with people because they do say this is sort of his secret weapon. it highlights his best attributes. his ability to connect at a person to person level with voters in a way sometimes his speeches haven't been able to do. and you did mention this disconnect. there is all kinds of signs the economy doing well. whether it's consumer sentiment, inflation easing. there's the stock market reaching record highs, but president biden hasn't necessarily been able to improve his own approval ratings so the real question going forward is whe

i was with him in allentown, pennsylvania. i was with him. have seen his interactions with uaw workers. he is very focused on americans and where they are, their economic reality. he sat with small business owners, juan and lauren vargas in allentown, and they talked about how important all of his policies are for giving them the wherewithal to start a small business and how that small business was lifting the entire community they lived in, revitalizing main street. yes we saw the same thing with uaw workers seeing record wage increases, much greater retirement security. so americans are seeing a broad-based recovery, and that's because the president thinks about americans from the perspective of sitting around kitchen table, paying their bills, and looking at their prospects. >> we'll continue to see how americans feel, how they talk about the economy throughout this now heading into 2024. lael brainard, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> sara? >>> gaza hospitals are in crisis amid the israel-hamas war. the red cross saying concrete

trump's grip on the republican party so we sat down with three of his staunchest supportners in allentown, pennsylvaniahis week to see what drives them. there is no changing their minds. >> they are the definition of dry hard trump supporters. >> the way they described trump supporters kind of makes me expect to see animals with customer gets and maga hats. we just saw normal republicans who appreciated trump's policies. martha, whose idea of a republican's chris christie was still stunned. they couldn't be de programmed. she admits she was just there to diagnose them. >> here's this guy coming down the escalator. a rich guy. married three times. pretty foul mouth. what was it and what is it about him? >> has he made mistakes. oh, my goodness, yes, but i do believe that his heart is in the right place for me. how many presidents, how many politicians, have come out on the stage and hugged the american flag? that really means something to me. >> you said something that interested me which is donald trump cares about me. >> yes. >> what do you mean by that? >> the common man, i really think he has a hear

in the presence trip trip is known though he's heading to allentown pennsylvania tomorrow along with new data and she'll be talking about that today they came out on inflation and the small business boom under presidt harris. for three years in a row of record-breaking small business applications.■] >> good afternoon. tomorrow the president will travel to the allentown area where he will meet with small business owners and as he did in milwaukee of the@y communities that have been left behind are making a comeback. allentown poorly served by trickle-down economics. was a bn but before the pandemic employment and small business opportunities were liking in allentown thanks to the resilience and the grit of the community and president biden's policies element town is making a comeback as are many oer and e country. since the president took office ,000 jobs have been created in allentown and the unemployment rate has dropped this -- from 6.43.9%. that's the lowest rate in 30 years. 17,000 more allentown residents have access to high-speed internet and we are seeing investment in infrast

he's visiting allentown, pennsylvania today, expected to tout bidenomics and the state's, quote, economic comeback. white house correspondent peter doocy grilled the administration on why biden has been kept from public view in the last few days, even as the presidential campaign season is heating up. watch. >> tuesday, wednesday, thursday, none of his constituents have seen him doing anything. who decided that the american people are best served by seeing less of the president? had. >> the president is active. the president is doing what he needs to do to deliver for the american people and he'll continue to do that. maria: the washington post is reporting that biden is holding private meetings at the white house to reassure supporters. they write this, biden has held roughly a half a dozen meetings in groups ranging from four to eight people since he launched his campaign back in april. the many of them occurred just before the holidays. the conversations have covered a range of topics including how to take on former president donald trump, the israel, gaza conflict and abortion rights.

. >> so the president says it's a messaging issues there, now, president biden spoke in allentown, pennsylvaniath of his hometown of scranton. biden visited this critical battle ground state more than any other outside of delaware of course since becoming president. while the rate of inflation increase slowed inflation during the biden administration is still felt across the country. overall inflation is up nearly 18%, food up more than 30%. shelter, rents up nearly 19%, energy is up nearly 33% and electricity is up 27% and speaking of energy costs, neil, these battles against the houthis and yemen increased oil prices by 3%. 10% of the world's oil flows through the red sea and more fuel is needed from the tankers sailing around africa to avoid the red sea and missile attacks from the houthis. neil: thank you for that. a lot of people look as lucas pointed out, the economic numbers. when the president tells them they're not so bad. some might have choice words and adjectives to describe the economy. not those so much of faith and religious trying to spare people of that language, but that's con

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. >> president biden visited allentown, pennsylvania, this afternoon as american bridge, notes i democraticcampaign to remind women and working class voters why they voted against trump in 2020. they plan to use voter testimonials to focus on trump's role in the overturning roe v. wade plus the protests. and into the founder of american bridge, it has been greater than all the republican lunacy we have seen. joining me now is malcolm kenyatta, pennsylvania state wrap and chair of president biden's advisory committee on education opportunity for black americans. >> i don't want to get in trouble. it's nancy pelosi. she's the boss. >> we upgraded you for the intro to the segment. you're very important to the biden administration. how are we with that? pennsylvania. malcolm kanata, i spent a lot of time in pennsylvania in the 2020 election. it sounds like anyone who's a national reporter is gonna spend more time here this time around as well. can we talk about how, there are some interesting dynamics. is white working class voters and urban black voters. and president biden is making concerted

. ♪ see me ♪ >> john: cure all the billy joel music, president biden and a coffee shop in allentown, pennsylvaniacouple of people said unkind things, need a thick skin to be president. >> sandra: that's all for us. >> john: the story with martha in iowa starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. via martha maccallum maccallum and this is "the story" live in freezing, snowy des moines, iowa, the center of the political world for the next few days during the iowa caucuses which happened on monday. today my camping trail interviews with nikki haley and ron desantis coming up on "the story." but first, this. the pentagon says that the united states does expect iran-back to houthis will retaliate. that after the united states and allies carried out massive strikes last evening against the group in yemen. take a listen now to this new threat as articulated a short time ago, watch. >> this rally is the first to condemn this aggression against the republic of yemen last night. it is also a message to britain and the united states of america in particular that they will pay a heavy price for

the biden nomics train trying to salvage his economic by visiting, you know, stores in allentown, pennsylvania and pretending the economy's really great. but as usual, biden seemedgreati completely out of it. what a shock. take a look. >> this is truly, i guess, too. a lot of good, dangerous, very dangerous. joe biden. well, i'm surprised that we actually start selling food to the customers this morning custorningd to the factory and set it aside. you know, we need to have strategy, right? annity: absolutely. >> absolutely. all right. wello as his wife jill, says, y he has so much vigor and some of his staffers say, they haveth a hard time keeping up with him. but you, the american people,ie american business is you're not buying joe's lies about the economey. mist after a very expensive mistake. well, hertz rentalakz cars,,00e they're not going to sell the 20,000 electric vehicles fromle fror fleet. their fleet.n and they are. yes, reinvesting in gag s powered cars. the very same company that biden praised for prg the transition to electric. and according to a new poll from poll, axios, some

so we sat down with three of his staunchest supporters in allentown, pennsylvania this week to see what drives their devotion to the former president. this is not a fact check on their beliefs. there's no changing their minds, but more than 72 million americans voted for donald trump in 2020, and it is important to understand why. it's part of our coverage of "your voice, your vote." tell me about yourself and how you came to like donald trump. they are the definition of diehard trump supporters. george rivera, jim vinup and angelic schneider. three voters in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. angelic born and raised in the lehigh valley, a public school teacher for now 25 years. >> i've seen education change drastically over the last 25 years, but not as much as i've seen it in the last four years under president biden, and i've seen a division in our country that i don't think he's going to be able to unify. i don't like the fact that because i say that i'm a conservative and because i say i'm a republican, i'm treated with disdain. president biden has stood up and talke

so we sat down with three of his staunchest supporters in allentown, pennsylvania, this week to see what drives their devotion to the formerallt president. this is not a fact check on their beliefs. there's no changing their minds. >> they are the definition of diehardminds. trump supporte. >> the way raddatz described trump supporters kind of makestn me expect to see a bunch of animal skin draped militia members with muskets and maga hats. >> we just saw normalublica republicans who appreciated wh. blicans who appreciated >> martha raddatz whose idea of a republican'sa chris christie on sunday was reput christie on sunday was be deprogrammed. she admits she was just thereld >> hadmits she was just thereld >> here's this guy coming down the escalator, a rich guyrich married three times, pretty foul mouthed. at was what was it and what is it about him? oh, my has he made mistakes? oh, my goodness. yes. but i do believes, yes that hise heart's in the right place for me. how many righ how many presidents, how many politicians have come out on stage and hugged the american flag? that really

in fact, as he hit a campaign of edge of allentown, pennsylvania, he heard we will remember in november and no vote for jet aside. joe, this is something that's going to play the us president on the campaign trail as he tries to win re election in november. committee, thanks pretty much. obviously we're going to be coming back to check in with you is that process that goes on there in washington dc, but for now, why that is corresponding kimberly, i'll get. thank you very much. the the, let's go into some of the news notes i. one has a new president elect slicing to of the democratic perfect progressive policy, or the d, p. p, as one friday is race is barking, favors a more independent taiwan. but china, which considers the island as a breakaway province, says that the unification of taiwan is inevitable. despite the vote to return reports from taipei, the photos and taiwan, costing the ballots in crucial legislative and presidential elections. relations with china, very much on their minds, but also domestic issues and how the isolated island deals with the future. not the past, please

even pennsylvania democrat line. >> you mentioned allentown in your segment. >> will need this program here you can finish watching on c-span.org. now coverage here on c-span. can you hear me? think we have r me. >> regular. let me start with the current political situation. president■= trump has four criminal indictments, 91 criminal counts against him. january 6 happened as you look at this right now, the national.average ahead and ahead of president biden, what you think is going on in the country right now. me. i've been around a long time.■f i never thought i would see the country where it is today. the american people. discussion today, a lot of to do with laws to be passed rid of things. these things are wek 1930s but we have generally all about. a political problem, this is the problem in the country articulating to a strong system and the best way forward. why else would you put in place something corporations? and that is rigging the system. now we got public individual freedoms. what is your advice to him abo what to do now? >> i am extremities. it. if you are and in a way t

host: next step is lynn and allentown, pennsylvania on the republican line. think everyone needs to go with trump. we may not like his tweets but we were all better off three years ago. host: how were you better off three years ago? caller: inflation, the price in grocery stores. i understand that hunter biden is a recovering addict but i did not go and do tax fraud and get money from foreign nationals and my father is in politics. i did not think i was above the law. i am a recovering addict and alcoholic. i give kudos to him in recovery and i hope he continues but that does not mean he is not responsible for what he chose to do. just like i would be responsible for what i do. just as a person, period. host: congratulations on your recovery. the top democrat jamie raskin had statements during the hearing about the various times hunter biden tried to cooperate with the committee. [video clip] >> for the last 11 months the chairman has refused offers from hunter biden who is determined to meet with the chairman and members of this committee. february 9, one da

host: next step is lynn and allentown, pennsylvania on the republican line.needs to go with trump. we may not like his tweets but we were all better off three years ago. host: how were you better off three years ago? caller: inflation, the price in grocery stores. i understand that hunter biden is a recovering addict but i did not go and do tax fraud and get money from foreign nationals and my father is in politics. i did not think i was above the law. i am a recovering addict and alcoholic. i give kudos to him in recovery and i hope he continues but that does not mean he is not responsible for what he chose to do. just like i would be responsible for what i do. just as a person, period. host: congratulations on your recovery. the top democrat jamie raskin had statements during the hearing about the various times hunter biden tried to cooperate with the committee. [video clip] >> for the last 11 months the chairman has refused offers from hunter biden who is determined to meet with the chairman and members of this committee. february 9, one day after the chai

even pennsylvania democrat line. >> you mentioned allentown in your segment. >> will need this programere you can finish watching on c-span.org. now coverage here on c-span.

john is in pennsylvania democrat line. >> you mentioned allentown and inyour segment ewart name is very was wondering ifou could explain to the public especially the working union members ronald reagan was a guy who destroyed the unions. i wasn't the democrats it was ronald reagan.estroyed the union. it was a republican president. i have two questions for you. biden have a chance in the lehigh valley and does bob casey have a chance making it as a senator in the lehigh valley. >> house homeland security committee has been meeting to mark up articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary mayorkas be the markup started this morng at

and peter, on your way to allentown, please swing by pennsylvania i give my best to the lehigh university engineers. >> peter baker, barbara mcquade, -- , we have to turn now to the military strikes carried out by the u.s. and its allies in iran back rebels in yemen. president biden this evening issued a statement this evening said the strikes were in a response to a attacks in the red sea. this as the war between israel and hamas has fears of a wider conflict in the middle east. i want to bring in four star u.s. generally, mccaffrey, a combat veteran in vietnam, and a general in the persian golf. thank you for being here. what do we know? >> i think the biden administration made a major effort to try to avoid any escalation of those conflicts. they've been very careful in the use of force. the u.s. navy finally, i think their hand was forced. a couple of thousand of ships have been diverted. as we all know, a substantial part, 12% of all world trade goes through the suez canal. so the u.s. navy, the fair ports, and the bridge went after a dozen targets, tomahawk missiles being fired off

joining us now, edward lawrence in pennsylvania outside allentown talking to hopings about what they american economy. edward. >> reporter: right now the president is behind me inside a coffee shop there. he actually alluded to the fact that coffee was $6, alluding to that might be a little bit expensive. now, he is visiting a number of local shops here, i'll show you the situation right now. you see police have cleared the lawyer on this street here. the secret service making sure that people are not around for protection of the president, but i have not seen this level of control of a staged environment since the presidential election. now, the white house official telling me this is an official event because it's one of the most important things the president does, engage with the american people. the president's walking into a very divided area. we have seen it here, about half of the people here supporting president trump, about half of the people here supporting president biden. >> things are getting better, and it's going to only get better because they put a trillion dollars

pennsylvania friday. he made several stops in allentown. the one time steel and manufacturing hub was hit hard by the industrialization in the late 20th century but has seen a revival in recent years. biden met with small business owner resps and visited a firefr training center. a survey finds biden leading donald trump by 3% in a general election match-up. >>> the judge in donald trump's georgia election case is planning a hearing in early february after allegations were made against the prosecution. there are reports of an inappropriate relationship between fulton county d.a. fani willis and the lead prosecutor nathan wade. a co-defendant alleges that the two were romantic partners and willis improperly hired wade and the money she paid him was allegedly used to fund lavish vacations for them together. a legal analyst says willis should bow out. >> i'd tell her to get out of the case. i really think that this type of case with these allegations, this case is bigger than any one prosecutor. and i think probably to preserve the case and to

pennsylvania. a lawrence is there. what can we expect from the president today? >> the president will be in the allentownlater this afternoon. the official word from the white house is this is an official visit by the president is going to be walking to that block down there and go into the shop owners, talk to the small business owners about what they need. there will be no speech on the economy, feel like a campaign event, the biden administration saying allentown is in tampa with bidenomics working, because business applications in allentown are up 30% from pre-pandemic levels across the country. 16 million business applications have been filed. they brush over the fact that overall inflation is up 17. 6% for the month, president biden took office, all food is up 33. 7%, shelter costs up 19% from the month president biden took office, all energy is up, electricity itself needed for the green push up 27%. people feel it. >> the economy is not that good at this point. i feel especially for people who have small business, they need to have a word and to have some type of hope? >> reporter: the president

he was in allentown and they were heckling him saying go home joe, they are mad about the war in israel but also angry about this. when you think about pennsylvaniaoints. that says everything, people, kitchen table issues, they are voting on this stuff and they know how they feel. he can say bidenomics is working, people don't feel great and that's the problem. brian: thank you so much. coming up, a blizzard slows campaigning for presidential candidates, we are tracking the winter storm. after endorsing ron desantis, one prominent republican is supporting another candidate. he joins us to explain why he is now backing vivek ramaswamy. ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ mucinex nightshift fights your worst night-time symptoms, so you can get to sleep and wake up ready to go. how could you? ( ♪ ) wake up to a new you. with mucinex nightshift, it's not cold & flu season, it's always comeback season. ultomiris is for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody positive. it is lasting control over your gmg symptoms. and, ultomiris is the only long-acting gmg treatment with 8 weeks of fre

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