let's bring in scott mcgrew on this. no one knows whether inflation is temporary or long term. >> that's right. we have never been in this spot before. fed chairman powell will speak today. if he is wrong that could be a huge problem. if inflation is a long term thing, that is a disaster for our economy and your savings. why not take action? the action is raising interest rates but if this is temporary raising interest rates would be the worst thing to do. you have two choices. both of which are a mess if you choose wrong and wreck the economy. inflation temporary feels right. so people went out and bought used cars after the pandemic. maybe they're uncomfortable with transit. can't get a new car because of the chip shortage. everyone that wants a car will buy one. >> if they can. >> yes. but eventually it should catch up. right? and that's when the prices should come down. like i said if we are wrong we have really messed up the economy. >> yeah. okay. people are hurting right now. >> on that happy note -- >> thank you,

. >>> otherwise, scott mcgrew, a quiet day in washington. >> it gives us a chance to take a look at the social media coming out of the white house this morning. the president's twitter habit doesn't make news very often because it's pretty tame stuff. this tweet is from the white house account. we don't know who authored it. a lot of people, though, rolling their eyes over the holiday weekend at this one. it says the price of your holiday cookout went down $0.16, which is not a lot. and the white house definitely cherry picked a lot of foods it measured in order to get that number. so that was the white house account. biden has his own presidential account as well, and we do monitor it. we fact check it as well. this one sent out on the president's account july 2nd is accurate but misleading. the white house says more jobs were gained under biden than trump in their first five months. factually true but very much apples and oranges. the economy continued to climb as president trump took office. it was on a winning streak and the economy continues its gains. president biden's first five

scott mcgrew, he's got some strong words ahead. >> the president will say what's happening in placeshe'll further direct the department of justice to protect american voting rights. he's going to do it in philadelphia. the birthplace of american democracy. is calendar shows the event were quote, "protecting the sacred constitutional rights to vote." changing the rules or cutting down on the number of polling places. in texas, where republicans have the vote to pass new voting restrictions. democrats you are seeing here, the lawmakers left the state denying the state house's constitutional qurom it needs to pass laws. >> democrat members left austin, left texas. not because we want to. we do it because we are in a fight to save our democracy. >> those lawmakers are mostly in washington and they're subjected to be arrested if they return to texas. >> one can make the argument that the changes to voting in texas is democracy in action. people are voting and the democrats denying colleagues as the right to vote. >>> they never got a judge to agree, 80 different judges rejected it. the ev

let's bring in scott mcgrew on this.ne knows whether inflation is temporary or long term. >> we have never been in this spot before. coming out 0 of a pandemic like this. a flu of 1918. maybe the end of the second world war is comparable. if inflation is a long term thing, that is a disaster for our economy and your savings. higher rates take money from the economy and bring down the prices. look at the '80s that was a real threat, inflation. interest rates up to 20%. >> crazy. >> insane. can you imagine trying house? >> a house? >> it would be what we needed to do to stop inflation if it were a long term thing but if this is all temporary raises rates is the worst thing. you know the movie to cut the green or the red wire? we don't know which wire so we don't do anything and seems to be the best course. >> maybe. >> exactly. maybe. >> thank you. >>> vote before san francisco leaders today may help some people in the city struggling to make it in the bay. this comes as activists push for affordable housing. the push for

specifically companies need to be more competitive for the benefit of consumers like you and me and scott mcgrew. scott, do economists agree? >> they certainly do. the consumers benefit when there is competition driving down prices, hopefully increasing customer service. president biden signing an executive order at the white house calling promoting the american economy and it has a lot in it. dozens and dozens of rule changes and orders including encouraging the ftc to go back and re-examine past mergers and acquisitions that made powerful companies more powerful when they bought their competitors. also forcing airlines to be more honest about up front prices. i think we've all seen the $39 fare e-mail that turns out to be nowhere near $39. and prohibits noncompete clauses that prevent employees from going across the street to work for a competitor. these are already prohibited in california. as for the first one, it aims squarely at facebook. facebook you'll recall bought instagram and internal e-mails show that the ceo mark zuckerberg thought instagram was a potential competitor. these could

. >> scott mcgrew, actual fences are coming down. >> actual fences.used to be able to say literally, but, yeah, febss are coming down. you can get closer to the white house. the temporary fences have come down. this is the first time in a long time the people have been able to get this close to the white house. now security is still the same. the second row of fences have been put up as the secret service installed a fall -- taller fence around the white house. >>> washington pretty much closed down monday. the first family held a barbecue and we showed you pictures of san jose firefighters at the white house earlier in the newscast. and the president pushed for more vaccinations. >> thanks to our heroic vaccine efforts, we've gained the upper hand against this virus and we can live our lives. our kids can go back to school. our economy is roaring back. don't get me wrong, covid-19 has not been vanquished. we all know powerful variants have an merged like the delta variant. the best defense against these variants is to get vaccinated. >> with not much

. >>> want to check in by the scott mcgrew right now.ks and balances always keeping tabs on what's going on in washington. >> good morning to you. what's going on in washington is a fight really between facebook and president biden. president biden, before the weekend, said that facebook was, quote, killing people. take a listen. >> on closing misinformation what's your message to platforms like facebook? >> they're killing people. i mean, really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. they're killing people. >> now this is something the surgeon general had been saying. he pointed out a handful of facebook users were responsible for more than 65% of all the misinformation on facebook. here's murthy on the sunday shows. >> what i've said to them publicly and privately it's not enough. we're seeing a proliferation of misinformation online and we know that health misinformation harms people's health and costs them their lives. >> now facebook says it's being treated like a scapegoat and that privately murthy praised them

. >> scott mcgrew, facebook does continue to allow false claims on its site about the vaccine. >> asple are finding out if you believe false things about vaccines, you don't get one, you can very well die. there was a sad article, marcus and laura, in "the new york times" a couple days back about a hospital in west virginia and the people in there finally realizing covid was real for the first time in the icu. for biden's claim facebook is killing people he seemed to say yesterday he never said that. >> my hope is facebook instead of taking it personally saying facebook is killing people, they would do something about the misinformation the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine. >> somehow they're claiming i said that. he did say that. he was asked about facebook and he said, they're killing people. >> on covid misinformation, what's your message to platforms like facebook? >> they're killing people. i mean, really. look the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. they're killing people. >> now the argument over he said/he said aside, facebook allows false information

scott mcgrew, the air base now in the hands of afghans themselves. >> hundreds of thousands of troopserved at bag gram or pass through during the longest war in the history. the big thing will be helping afghanistans who helped us working at the base and translator, serving alongside u.s. troops, lines and lines of people frantically applying for visas. we're leaving with the hope that afghan government is friendly to us and friendly to these folks and that it will stay in power, but likely not. anyone who has lived through the end of the vietnam war will see this as familiar and so many in the bay area really lived through this. pictures from bagram used as an air base by the soviets when they invaded and by us when we invaded, the pentagon says all american troops are gone from the base itself and it will be officially handed over to the afghan army tomorrow. the president and first lady spent the day in florida on thursday consoling families of victims in the collapse of that huge condo building. the president also said the federal government will pick up the cost of the rescue tha

. >> scott mcgrew, senators are missing something important. >> yeah. bill, nor have they agreed on how to pay for it. these are important details. senate majority leader chuck schumer scheduled a vote for today, just an initial vote, procedural, but senators on both sides asking for more time. this first infrastructure bill is critical because there's another one that's going to follow right behind it. the second one is the really big one in the trillions and much broader with money for child care and elder care. video of president biden meeting with his cabinet yesterday marking his sixth month as president. >>> a pivot in messaging from republican leadership about the vaccine. sean hannity on fox urged viewers to get the shot. congressman steve scalise just got his first dose and urged his constituents to do the same. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell with this message. >> it is not at all unclear that the way to avoid getting back in the hospital is to get vaccinated. i want to encourage everybody to do that and to ignore all these other voices

you can follow me on twitter, i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thanks so much. 6:47 right now.he east oakland stadium alliance will hold another rally ahead of a vote on the future of the a's in the city. the city council is set to take a nonbinding vote on a term sheet for building a waterfront ballpark for the a's. the alliance is pushing for city leaders to vote against it. oakland mayor libby schaaf released a statement saying the city and the a's were working in tandem towards making the howard terminal stadium a reality, but the a's president said in a recent interview he was open to negotiations, but the plan was not working. >>> at the a's current home site a new tenant is one step closer to setting up shop in the arena next door. the oakland-based african-american sports and entertainment group plans to discuss today the unanimous vote by alameda county leaders to bring a wnba team to the site. members of the alameda county joint power authority board voted unanimously friday to approve lease negotiations. the group says its next step is unveiling a final proposal on a

find me on twitter, @scott mcgrew. >> it is 5:47.ck your bank account and make sure you check the mail as well. the irs announced another round of refunds. more than 1 million taxpayers will receive a refund of more than $1600 for a program to adjust unemployment compensation from tax returns. the irs will continue reviewing and adjusting tax returns through the summer. >>> happening today, three bay area buildings are being considered for federal historic designation. so a state commission will meet to debate a total of 9 buildings across california. those include two in san francisco, the hobart building on market street and the building at 555 19th street which was once a candy factory. the flamingo hotel also under consideration in san francisco. >>> a sign of summer, santa clara and sonoma fares kick off today. santa clara fair will only show livestock and competitive exhibits. the fair opens at noon with a dairy cattle show. sonoma county will get all the fair food and carnival rides. both are offering covid vaccinations for th

on twitter, you'll find me @scott mcgrew. >>> count one snow leopard that tests positive with covid-19confirming the status. not clear how he was infected. zoo keepers say he was not vaccinated. months ago, eight gorillas tested positive. >>> the california state park pass signed into law by the governor. offers free passes to fourth grade students and family for a year. starting september 21st. also establishing the library state park pass. >> the women's handball team refused to way bikini bottoms. they were fined. pink will pay their fine. >> they should. those look like biking shorts. >> only on a hot day. >> early in the morning and under the desk. >> you can put those back on later today. it is going to be hot. >> our temperatures heat up for some spots. it is cool and foggy right now. we start out with clouds rolling by. we have a chance we could see some showers developing. watching some moisture. as we've seen here at 9:00. starting to see some rain moving into the valley. we'll have the highest risk that could spark some is new fires. we go early tomorrow morning, we'll be wa

. >> and scott mcgrew says that democracy is under attack. >> lawmakers in states like georgia and texas claim, without evidence, that our elections are subject to widespread fraud. and they say the way to fix it is by restricting how and when people vote. president biden trying to convince americans the opposite, that voting is safe and above board. about 30 minutes from now he'll speak in favor of voting rights in philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. meantime, in texas, texas lawmakers holding a special session where republicans have the majority they need to pass new voting restrictions so the democratic lawmakers left the state denying the statehouse the constitutional quorum it needs to pass laws. if there aren't enough lawmakers in the capitol to make a quorum, nobody can vote, and one could make the argument that the democrats' action itself denies state lawmakers their ability to vote. the democrats say they had no option. they say the new voting restrictions are based on the lie that our elections are fraudulent. >> and we are not going to buckle to the big lie in

. >> scott mcgrew, douglas jensen still in a lot of trouble. >> yes he is absolutely. but a judge granted him bail so he can wait at home under house arrest instead of in jail. and the reason why is interesting. you may recall jensen best as the person who appears to lead the chase of capitol police officer eugene goodman. goodman leads the crowd away from lawmakers. jensen is in the black t-shirt right there. goodman, of course, a hero in all this. this scene led prosecutors to accuse jensen of leading the attack. he's up there at the front. now, that he was in the capitol seems to be clear, and he has admitted as much to police. but the judge in the case expressed some doubt as to whether jensen helped plan the attack on the capitol after new video shows jensen at the time thought he was attacking the white house. >> this is me touching the [ bleep ] white house. this is why we're here. [ bleep ] i am at the white house just so you know. >> you're not, the judge in the case granted bail. jensen still faces charges of course. the judge doubting prosecutors' accusation

. >> scott mcgrew, more than 700 americans died over the weekend? >> yeah. that's certainly the most important number to remember. as far as we know, all of them unvaccinated. but this jump in cases convincing places like los angeles county to go back to those mask mandates. the dow industrials are down better than 900 points. [ applause ] now, to be fair, it's not just covid worrying investors. inflation, too. but we've had inflation numbers for quite some time. market's had a chance to react to those. airlines, cruise lines getting so hard hit this morning definitely indicates new fears of shutdowns. other news, jeff bezos will go into space tomorrow morning along with his brother, a teenager and 82-year-old aviation pioneer as well. weather looks promising. as you watch the launch tomorrow, this is the very first time that new shepherd rocket has carried people ever. bezos will be on it. the media has made a lot of hay out of the race between bezos and virgin's richard branson. branson went into space earlier this month aboard that rocket-powered plane on

scott mcgrew, these are very serious warnings. >> extremely serious. good morning, marcus. what's going on in hong kong is very serious as well. hong kong is supposed to be a special region of china where democracy and western law apply. that was the agreement the chinese made. but now the communist leadership is quickly instituting draconian rules and cracking down on free speech. the american government this morning warning developments over the last year in hong kong present clear operational, financial, legal, and reputational risks for multinational firms. the white house is also increasing pressure on social media this morning to crack down on false claims about covid and vaccines. the u.s. surgeon general says just about 12 facebook users account for 65% of the dangerous claims. but it was something press secretary jen psaki said at that same press conference that really caught the attention of some americans. here she is describing what the white house is doing. >> we've increased disinformation research and tracking within the surgeon general's office. we're flaggi

on twitter find me @scott mcgrew. >> thanks, scott. >>> to our continuing coverage on the recall electovernor newsom. the state is scheduled to release the final list of candidates vying to replace him. several court battles are already in the works over the september 14th election. kevin faulconer expected to seek permission for the right to be called the retired san diego mayor on the ballot. meanwhile, conservative talk radio host larry elder filed a lawsuit arguing that california election officials improperly blocked him from the contest and this afternoon, a court hearing is set as youtube creator and candidate kevin seeks to get his name on the ballot. >>> governor newsom's administration is tapping a former federal prosecutor to help investigate the unemployment benefits fraud controversy at the edd. mcgregor w. scott will serve as special counsel in the investigation. he was the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of california under former presidents george w. bush and donald trump. california has paid $158 billion in unemployment benefits since march of 2020. state offici

find me at scott mcgrew. >> thanks, scott. >>> history made with the first for the scripps national bee murraya,m-u-r-r-a-y. >> that is correct. >> the twirl of the victory. >> trending 14-year-old zaila avant-garde of louisiana is the first black american to ever win the tight and let's say she's got skills. she's also a basketball player with three guinness world records in dribbling and wants to play for the wnba one day. catch zaila live on the "today" show this morning talking about her historic win. that's coming up after "today in the bay." >> good for her. look how proud she is. awesome. >> chest is all out. yes, i did this. >> this is my trophy. >> i love the twirl. >> yeah. seals it all. >> she didn't have to spell wnba. >> look, going with the thing. >> because it's h-o-t out there. and k-a-r-i is going to tell us all about it. >> oh, my goodness. we'll be trying to do whatever we can to stay cool today as we see the temperatures cranking up, but at least we are going to have a refreshing breeze in san francisco, near the coastline. i love this shot. taking a look at the sunr

. >> scott mcgrew, they say plans are being made for all of them. >> yeah, cyber security, afghanistannt biden trying to figure out how to respond to and stop hacking coming out of russia. some of its criminals, a group sheltered by the government. we never know what happens behind the scenes but the u.s. has to respond forcefully. only a few weeks ago biden warned putin about this very thing and if we don't respond forcefully the white house will find it hard to convince putin they are serious about anything in the future. president biden will be briefed on the latest on afghanistan. looks like we are leaving much, much faster than expected. talks between the taliban and u.s. government began back in 2020, in the last administration. but allies in the country are totally unprepared for our exit ahead of schedule. the president will speak about that issue later today. problem three is voting rights. many states move to curtail voting. u.s. congress failed to pass any voting protection. he'll meet with voting rights experts today. then you have covid. the organization for economic devel

. >> scott mcgrew, the question is, what? >> we could slap more sanctions. good morning.could certainly respond in kind with a cyber attack. you have two different hacking issues. one is coming from the criminal gang that's been spreading ransomware and now bloomberg is reporting the republican national committee has been hacked by so-called cozy bear which is the russian government itself. you recall it hacked the democratic committee just before the 2016 election so very serious accusations this morning. a real test for biden who said he told russian president vladimir putin hacking our infrastructure and certainly the political parties is off limits and that was just three weeks ago. complicating this the republican national committee denies the systems were breached. the third party company based in fremont says only that it's aware of an attempt. the pentagon says 90% of american troops withdrawn from afghanistan. the u.s. handed over bagram air force field. president biden wants all troops out by september. >>> the other goal of vaccination falling short of the mark

>> scott mcgrew joins us now. white house said it is unlikely. >> the president said it is under consideration but the prez department there told us repeatedly it doesn't think making people take a shot is the right solution. to be clear it is only federal employees. president biden probably doesn't have the legal authority to make regular people get a vaccine but can make fbi agents and food inspectors get a shot because he's their boss. he says individual departments under him are free to do what they wish and saw that are w the va telling the doctors and nurses to get the vaccine. other news the justice department says when congressman brooks stirred up supporters at the january 6 rally he have not acting in his official role as a congressman and therefore the doj doesn't have to represent him in court in criminal or civil right trials and a hint it would be same for donald trump. if he were taken to court the indications are the government would not step in. the select committee is investigating what happened

. >> scott mcgrew, meetings and plans being made. >> cyber security, afghanistan, voting rights, covid. let's take them in order. president biden met yesterday with cyber security experts and the heads of federal intelligence and law enforcement and trying to figure out how to respond to and stop hacking coming out of russia. now we may never know what happened behind the scenes, but the u.s. has to respond forcefully. it was only a few weeks ago biden warned putin about this thing and if we don't respond and forcefully, it will be hard to convince putin they are serious about anything in the future. and then afghanistan, the president wants troops out by september. looks like we are leaving much, much faster than that. talks between the taliban and u.s. government began back in the 2020. talks of kabul falling after the last american soldier leaves. the president will speak on that issue today. voting rights, many states moving to curtail voting, and he'll deal with that today. four is covid, and the w.h.o. and oacd, the organization for economic development, warning this morning covi

. >>> scott mcgrew, both sides trying to repair the relationship. >> president biden will meet with chancellorouse today. they have met many times before. merkel has been chancellor for four presidents now. she did not have a good relationship with trump. on the day she was named "time's" person of the year, trump tweeted she was ruining germany. there are two bills, one where it needs republican participation in the senate, and that's a traditional infrastructure plan, $579 billion. the one where he doesn't need republican participation, the senate can pass it under reconciliation rules and he will need 60 democratic votes and it's not clear he has that one, and that is worth 3 trillion. one of the reasons, no doubt, the president was in his old stomping grounds to push that bill. he was elected to the senate in 1972 when he was 30 and was re-elected six times. >> it's great to be home, great to be back with all of my colleagues and i think we are going to go get a lot done. >>> on the internet, we're tweeting about the new tax credit that you probably saw in your bank account already. we'll

. >> including san jose mayor sam liccardo, scott mcgrew. >>> they'll be looking for a solution to theeeing crime up. biden will be joined by attorney general merrick garland focusing on crimes that involve guns. among the city leaders attending eric adams may very well be the next mayor of new york city and, as you mentioned, san jose mayor sam liccardo. liccardo spoke with cnn a few minutes ago explaining why san hope say is taking further action on guns. >>> we've been waiting for congress to enact many sensible reforms like, for example, reinstituting assault weapons ban that hasn't existed federally for two decades. i think we're seeing mayors throughout the country step forward saying we're not willing to continue to wait. we need to protect our community. >> san jose imposed a fee on gun owners and now requires gun owners to buy special insurance as well. that new rule has been challenged as unconstitutional. here is a nice moment. the fences are down from around the nation's capitol. the outer perimeter was removed in march. capitol police say threats of violence have faded as

. >> and, scott mcgrew, this is something that dates back to president obama. >> three presidents tryingq, this time president biden saying it in front of the iraqi prime minister. the united states will end combat missions in the war torn country. we have roughly 2,500 there now but they will not be called to battle. meantime a big day on capitol hill, site of the january 6th attack. the house select committee to investigate the attack just started its work, one of the first witnesses we will hear from is police officer daniel hodges. that is him being crushed by attackers in a capitol door. four officers will testify today about the attack by trump supporters. shortly after the then president said let's march to the capitol. i'll be with you. live pictures of those officers. we are showing their testimony and hearing on nbc lx at comcast channel 185, 11-5 over the air. msnbc as well. the chairman of the select house committee bennie thompson said i had hoped such an investigation would be carried out by an independent commission composed of national security experts. like the panel aft

find me there @scott mcgrew. >> happening tomorrow the national rent moratorium is set to expire leavinglions of struggling americans up in the air. democrats in congress are racing to extend the moratorium for a fourth time. however, the house is set to go on a summer recess tonight. california is already extended its state moratorium until the end of september. >>> some people trying to make it in the bay are receiving major buyouts. the chronicle is reporting one renter in pra seedo heights set a record for the largest ever tenant buyout. $475,000. now the renter lived in a rent controlled seven bedroom apartment for over 30 years. >> wow. >> dub nation today will have the first chance to meet their future star. last night the nba draft was held with the seventh pick for the warriors chose 18-year-old jonathan kuminga. they grabbed moses moody with the 14th selection. the team will hold an introductory event outside the chase center. >>> heading outside what is the weather going to be like? >> it's a good one. we're starting out with a beautiful sunrise over the south bay. you're prob

find me on twitter @scott mcgrew. >> history made for the scripps national spelling bee. >> murraya.r-a-y-a m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct. >> it's the spin for me. >> and judge. >> yeah. so happy for her. this is trending 14-year-old zaila avant-garde of louisiana is the first black american to ever win that title. he's got skills. i say that because she's a basketball player with three guinness world records in dribbling. she wants to play for the wnba one day. catch zaila live on the "today" show talking about the win after "today in the bay." >> i love how proud she is. >> i have to admit i did a twitter, she's 14 years old but twitter stalking, checking out things because i wanted to see what they posted about dribbling, tweeted out a video of her dribbling and her twitter profile or what i believe is her twitter profile one of her role models the first woman of color in space, dr. may jemison. she's good in math, likes astronauts, spelling champions and an athlete. >> there's your resume. that's awesome. >> i better do something. >> i know. >> you can do something in a littl

find me on facebook and twitter, on twitter @scott mcgrew. >> 6:48.ts doors the california capital is experiencing an outbreak of seven new covid cases within the same assembly office. according to the sacramento betwo of the employees who tested positive were fully vaccinated and all reportedly wore mask while in the office. >>> the 49ers among three nfl teams hit with fines for violating nfl rules on offseason practices, also known as otas. a source says that the 49ers were hit with $100,000 fines. kyle shanahan was fined $50,000. it's not clear what led up to the fine but in jacksonville it was for excessive contact. with training camp set to start in days, today is the deadline for players to opt out of the upcoming season. >>> a sacramento teacher on earth some real world knowledge in her hands as well for her students. >> you may recall we told you about donna, a teacher one of 28 american educators chosen to be part of nasa's astronomy program. it launched two teachers into the stratosphere using a telescope. she says everyone was filled with a