itching for vacations, airlines are adding hundreds of new direct routes to summer destinations stephanie ruhle has more >> reporter: for millions of millions, like this family -- >> tomorrow marks six weeks before >> vacation. >> that's right. >> reporter: a vacation can't come soon enough. >> we could just not wait. >> reporter: booked on a flight from baltimore to ft. walton beach, a route that never existed before on southwest. u.s. airlines are adding 250 brand new routes by memorial day, offering direct links to vacation destinations across the country like milwaukee to myrtle beach, pittsburgh to pensacola, and columbus to charleston. >> we are providing customers access to nonstop routes. >> reporter: ankit gupta is the vice president of domestic scheduling for united airlines and says united is seeing its highest ticket sales since the start of the pandemic. is this in response to people being excited about summer leisure travel domestically? >> that is absolutely right. the combination of the pent-up demand plus the leisure vacations opening up in the u.s. that are creating this incre

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in texas are contributing to delays in both production and transportation lester >> all right, stephanie ruhle, thanks >>> in our climate challenge series tonight, the west severe wildfires it's a danger not only to our environment but also to our health here's steve patterson with that. >> reporter: every day firefighters charge head first into danger but often their greatest fear has little to do with the flames right in front of them. toxic fumes fueling an invisible threat >> there's a cancer sniper >> reporter: as california wildfires burn larger and increasingly race into neighborhoods, those on the front lines worry their constant exposure puts them at an even greater health risk >> the fires these days are so toxic as opposed to 50 years ago because of all the plastics and petroleum products in them >> reporter: 43-year-old matt alba lived through searing headaches after battling the historic camp fire in 2018. >> it didn't feel right. >> reporter: then brain cancer doctors but i have my suspicions >> reporter: we were granted rare access inside stanford's allergy and asthma lab, where

. >>> well, maybe you've noticed lately grocery prices are soaring stephanie ruhle now with some ways to save >> reporter: you can't miss it. >> cheese and stuff like we try to stay away because the prices have gone up. >> reporter: sticker shock in the supermarket aisle. john camerage says his grocery bill has nearly doubled are you buying less fresh food, less produce, less meat because of the prices? >> it's more produce than meat to us because meat is very expensive. >> reporter: compared to a year ago, many staples will cost more a dozen eggs and a pound of ground chuck both up 7% a loaf of bread up 11%. >> i would expect we're going to see prices continue to rise over the next 6 to 18 months. >> reporter: experts say that's because of the supply coupled with the increased cost of getting products onto shelves. factors include rising gas prices, driver shortages, fewer workers in meatpacking plants and bakeries, and bad winter weather that damaged crops even with prices going up, there are ways to save >> managing what's in your home and what you're bringing in in terms of storin

going on a massive hiring spree stephanie ruhle with how the company may be changing the face of work permanently >> reporter: inside this amazon warehouse thousands of robots move millions of items in an elaborate dance. >> we pick out the items that are ready to be shipped out for the customers that have ordered >> reporter: alongside more than 2,500 workers who sort, pack and ship hundreds of thousands of items every day. carlos linares started last summer after he was laid off from his job at a hotel. >> i don't think i'm going to go back into hospitality and feel more appreciated out here >> reporter: a year after she lost her restaurant job emily is now a robotics tech if your old job called you today and said come back, would you go back? >> i wouldn't, no. >> reporter: amazon and companies like it employ millions of people in facilities like this across the country and they're hiring more every day. last year alone jobs at warehouse centers like this grew by 10%. compare that to restaurant jobs down 20%. and a record 12,000 plus retail stores shuttered. in fact, amazon is now

here's stephanie ruhle. >> hold on to it >> reporter: at the height of the pandemic and with her childrenschool latasha kendrick had to make a difficult decision stay home with her three kids or keep her job. >> i'm going to quit i have to. >> reporter: eight months later the single mom is still without a job. >> i want to go back to work and i just need childcare if i can have that, then i'll be okay. >> reporter: is it a vicious cycle? no childcare no job, no job no childcare? >> yes it really is >> reporter: it's not just parents struggling childcare centers are being hit hard too last year many parents pulled kids out because of fears over the virus. facilities also had to limit the number of children to account for social distancing. all of that led to layoffs and shutdowns. now 1 in 6 childcare workers are out of a job. is your business making a lot less money than it was a year ago >> oh, yes absolutely 60% less >> reporter: cecilia montero has been running a childcare center for nearly 40 years. >> we suffered a lot >> reporter: do you think it will come back >> i don't know. >> r

smart shopping that could mean more savings stephanie ruhle, nbc news >>> up next for us here tonight, a powerful tribute to a fallen hero >>> finally tonight, the moving tribute at the u.s. capitol today. president biden among those honoring a fallen police officer. somber silence as the body of officer william evans laid in a place of honor at the capitol, a building he protected faithfully for 18 years the u.s. capitol police officer was killed in the line of duty during an attack on april 2nd, leaving behind his grieving mother. >> he was defined by his dignity, his decency, his loyalty and his courage. >> reporter: and two young children 9-year-old logan, wearing his father's service hat, got a personal gift from the president of the united states, a challenge coin his daughter abigail, only 7 years old, wiping tears from her mother's face. but also creating a moment of levity when someone special rescued one of her toys from the ground >> a greater compliment does no one have than the president of the united states looking after your toys. >> reporter: remembered as a familiar s

senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle reports. >> reporter: 30-year-old ali ocala has it all an apartment in new york city, a thriving career in hr at j.p. morgan chase, and more than $70,000 a year in income what she doesn't have is a college degree. >> did you assume that investment banks were only for college grads, even ivy league school grads >> i had no notion that you would be able to even get a foot in the door without a degree >> reporter: the global bank is actively recruiting people without college degrees through programs that pay them to train in careers like operations and consumer banking. >> i didn't have a degree my future was extremely uncertain. and the program kind of provided a way, a clear way, where i would be able to pursue a career path or journey. >> i only went to college because my parents made me go to college. >> reporter: marc benioff is the founder and ceo of salesforce. >> everybody thinks that if you don't have a college degree you can't be successful in the united states and it's not true. >> reporter: the average cost of a four-year degree

stephanie ruhle now on how long this seller's market may last. >> reporter: when daniel maholic checks real estate listings, he almost can't believe it. >> i can swipe down on my phone and see the listing happen literally in real time on one day listed at 7:00 in the morning. off the market at 11:00, and then three days later, it's officially marked as sold. >> reporter: the value of his california condo is at an all-time high. but so are the prices of the homes he's interested in buying. >> frustrating, depressing. >> reporter: nationwide, prices rose 12% in february with the biggest increases in phoenix, san diego, and seattle. have you ever seen anything like it >> i have never seen anything like it it definitely is a seller's market. buyers are offering sight unseen, and buyers are paying way above the list price. >> reporter: the biggest reason for the spike in prices, the supply of homes for sale is down 28% at a time when interest rates are at historic lows and the cost of building new houses is up for buyers, experts recommend apps like realtor.com or zillow to narrow your sear

stephanie ruhle, nbc news >>> up next for us tonight -- how to get the home you want in this red hot real estate market >>> all right. we're back now with the price you pay and how to navigate the most heated real estate market in years. vicky nguyen has what you need to know >> reporter: finding a home sweet home is turning into a bitter pill for buyers. >> we put an offer several times, and we've been either outbid or it wasn't even looked at because the number wasn't high enough >> we actually had the highest offer multiple times and we just haven't been accepted because we're young and we don't have a big pile of cash >> reporter: in march the median home listing price reached an all-time high of $370,000, up 15% compared to last year. with more competition from buyers who want more rooms for working from home and for their multigenerational families >> i've been in real estate since 2001, and this is a market unlike i have ever seen >> what's the advice you're giving to buyers >> don't wait. make sure that if you are interested in buying a house that you're the first one to see

our stephanie ruhle has more >> reporter: for millions of americans like the palcek family. >> tomorrow weeks before vacation. >> reporter: a vacation can't come soon nough. >> we just could not wait. >> reporter: they're booked on a fight from baltimore to fort walton beach in florida, a route that never existed before on southwest. as demand surges, u.s. airlines are adding more than 250 brand-new routes by memorial day, offering direct links to vacation destinations across the country, like milwaukee to myrtle beach, pittsburg to pensacola, and columbus to charleston >> we're providing customers access to nonstop routes that we haven't ever done before. >> reporter: the vice president of domestic scheduling for airlines says united is seeing its highest ticket sales since the start of the pandemic. is this in response to people being excited about summer leisure travel domestically? that is absolutely right the combination of the pent-up demand plus the leash destinations opening up that is creating this increased demand. >> reporter: while passenger volume was way down at major airp

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle.s monday, april 5th. this morning the trial of derek chauvin will resume for day six of testimony. all eyes on one single witness. in a rare move, the minneapolis police chief expected to take the stand for the prosecution, who will be the third member of the department to testify against one of his own. this comes after the longest-serving officer in the department, richard zimmerman, said on friday that chauvin's actions were, quote, totally unnecessary. another witness we are watching out for as the trial heads into week two, hen amin county medical examiner dr. andrew baker, who performed floyd's autopsy, is expected to testify in the next few days >>> i want to bring in this morning nbc's shaquille brewster. he's in minneapolis. he's been covering this trial day in and day out. shaq, what are you watching for as the police chief takes the stand? >> i'm really watching for, stephanie, what he says about derek chauvin's use of force. just to set it up a little bit, this is the polic

i'm stephanie ruhle live in washington, d.c., our nation's capital.pril 28th, let's get smarter. president biden will address congress and a speech that will be historic in both substance and setting. it comes on his 99th day in office and will lay out a sweeping agenda for the next four years. that includes both the american jobs plan and the american families plan which will be unveiled tonight. it commits nearly $2 trillion to everything from universal preschool to free community college. joining me now to break it down, abc's shannon pettypiece near the white house, and vaughn hilliard just outside. shannon, let's start with president biden. what are we going to hear tonight? >> a big focus this address will be laying out what the white house is calling the american families plan. this is a very ambitious, $1.8 trillion plan that would include things like universal pre-k for everyone regardless of income, free community college tuition. so access to community college for everyone. it would also include some level of paid leave for parents. now all

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stephanie ruhle is coming. thank you for your patience. have a good weekend. >> see you monday. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's friday, april 16th and this morning we are waking up to news of another mass shooting. this one in indianapolis, where a gunman opened fire at a federal express facility overnight, killing eight people and injuring multiple others before he killed himself. this morning as some families are waiting to hear whether their own loved ones are safe, an investigation is under way. police trying to determine if the shooter worked at the facility. they will be holding a press conference in the next hour. nbc's antonia hylton is in indianapolis with the latest. antonia, what do we know at this point? >> good morning, stephanie. the community here in indianapolis is grappling with all of this this morning, yet another horrific mass shooting. what we know is late last night a gunman entered the fedex building right behind me here at the airport, shot and killed eight workers there and ultimately, according to police,

senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle explains why people aren't applying. >> the u.s.w more job postings online across the u.s. than there were before the pandemic. >> but that doesn't mean people are applying 42% of small business owners say they couldn't fill positions last month matt thinks he knows why. >> unemployment. benefits >> reporter: he's ready to open his pennsylvania bar and restaurant seven days a week but only has staff for four. >> we are getting super desperate. i'm already paying 10, 20 hours' overtime to the employees that i have because i can't get anybody to work. >> reporter: with extended pandemic unemployment benefits millions of americans are receiving around $600 a week, or about $15 an hour. if you increased if you increased wages again, do you think that would bring them back >> we can only go to a certain point. and -- and, you know, without raising prices >> reporter: those unemployment benefits meant to provide a safety net during the pandemic have shifted the job market >> it is a very unusual situation. this has really put job seekers

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 1 and this morning we are following several breaking stories. for the third week in a row we're waking up this morning to news of another mass shooting, after four people, including a child, were killed at an office complex in orange county, california another person still in critical condition. as police search for any sort of motive, we'll take you to the scene live. >>> on the covid front this morning, johnson & johnson confirming a mix-up at one of its factories could delay up to 15 million doses of its single-shot vaccine. still, the biden administration says there should be enough vaccine supply for all adults across the country by the end of the month of may >>> and in washington president biden has his first full cabinet meeting later today. it comes on the heels of a trip to pittsburgh where he unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan in just a few minutes we will be speaking to one of those cabinet members who helped craft that bill, transportation sec

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is monday, april 26th. there's a lot going on this week. so let's get smarter. >>> this morning the johnson & johnson vaccine is officially back in play after a ten-day pause. at least 29 states are offering the single shot again after the fda gave it the green light again. but there are growing signs the nation's vaccination program is losing some steam. nationwide the average rate of vaccinations is down roughly 20% to less than 2.8 million yesterday. some states are starting to turn down shipments of the vaccine because they have more supply than demand. some mass vaccination locations are actually shutting down due to lack of customers. all of this comes amid new reports that more than 5 million americans or about % who got the first shot of either pfizer or moderna vaccine missed getting the second shot. the biden administration said the headline sounds a lot worse than it is, insisting 92% of those who got the first dose also got the second dose, and th

i'm stephanie ruhle.g a big hit yesterday when we heard president biden was considering doubling the tax on capital gains to pay for the second phase of his infrastructure plan, known as the american families plan. cnbc's dom chu is back with us. dom, president biden campaigned on this. why is the market spooked? >> the market is spooked but to a certain degree, stephanie. as you pointed out, we had some of the worse performance of the stock market this week so far, with the s&p following about 1% and nasdaq, which is more geared towards technology and communication services-type companies, down over 1 1/2%. those have been some of the biggest gainers in the market so far. the reason why this tax increase is, yes, scaring some investors because if you do pay more in taxes, it takes some of the allure away. but here's the interesting thing about it, we're talking about a market that has performed ridiculously well in the last decade. if it comes down to taxes being doubled in capital gains for a certain se

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stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ ♪ >>> hi there.tephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is wednesday, april 14th and there is a ton of news to get to this morning. in just a few hours from now a cdc advisory committee meets to plan a path forward after recommending states stop giving out the johnson & johnson vaccine because of worries about potential blood clots. the risk is teeny tiny. it is less than one in a million cases, but the fallout from the cdc's decision could be massive. plus this afternoon, president biden will announce official plans to end america's longest war 20 years after it began. the process of bringing u.s. troops home from afghanistan could start within weeks from now. in minneapolis, minnesota the trial of derek chauvin resumes later this hour and the defense picks up its case as it tries to plant some seeds of doubt about the death of george floyd, this, as tensions grow following the police shooting of another black man just a few miles away. we have our team of nbc reporters

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle, live at msnbcdquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, april 20th. right now the nation is awaiting a verdict in the murder trial of ex-police officer derek chauvin, after spending their first night sequestered in a nearby hotel. now members of the 12-person jury are set to resume deliberations at any moment, as protesters marched in the streets outside, jurors met four hours monday night before calling it quits around 8:00 local time. all of that after closing arguments from both sides and two very different versions of what happened to george floyd. >> he had no pulse. he was not breathing. he was not responsive and the defendant had to have known what was right beneath him. >> this wasn't policing. this was murder. >> this was an authorized use of force. as unattractive as it may be, and this is reasonable doubt. >> let's bring in the experts. i want to start with nbc's shaquille brewster outside the courthouse in minneapolis, where he had been since the start of this trial. david henderso

let's go to senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle. let's dig into what we heard from the president. that jobs report, what does it reveal about what has happened to our economy over the course of the last year during this pandemic? >> listen, craig, we are coming back. as vaccinations are rolling out, as regulations are coming off, we're seeing jobs come back. when you look at the 916,000 jobs, they are largely in travel, leisure, hospitality, education, all things directly impacted to the comeback. however, just going back to normal isn't going to solve it. we need a new normal. if you really listen to president biden there, that's what he is stressing. this jobs report is very good news, but don't get complacent. he is talking politics. republicans are going to look at this big number, 916,000, and they are going to say, we just spent $2 trillion on the american rescue plan, yes, we needed to spend that money on vaccinations. but we didn't need to spend this much. the economy was recovering on its own. they're their argument. their

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is monday, april 19th, and we start with breaking news out of minneapolis, minnesota. we are just one hour away from the start of closing arguments in the murder trial of former police officer derek chauvin. one of the most closely watched trials in decades. the prosecution looking for a conviction on charges of manslaughter and murder in the death of george floyd. the defense trying to convince jurors that there are just enough question marks about floyd's death to let derek chauvin off the hook. it is possible the jury can get this case before the end of today. and if you had any question about how the twin cities are feeling right now, take a look at the front pages, people there are nervous, anxious, and bracing for the verdict just like the rest of the country. i want to start with nbc's shaquille brewster, who's been in minneapolis since this trial began. also with us former prosecutor gwen kirschner. shaq, how are things supposed to start out? >> there are

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle.s morning we have breaking news out of london, where prince philip died at age 99. queen elizabeth announced the death environment her husband saying he passed away peacefully at windsor castle. let's go live to nbc's kelly cobiella on the ground. what do we know so far? >> this is a country still in lockdown because of the pandemic so large crowd gatherings are not really permitted but people are gathering here, lying flowers at the gates of buckingham palace and remembering this man who's been part of this country's life really over seven decades. the announcement came from buckingham palace noon today local time, 7:00 a.m. eastern time, and it came in a tweet from buckingham palace. we're showing that to you i believe now, along with a picture of prince philip in his younger years addressed in his military uniform. the statement saying it is with deep sorrow her imagine industry the queen announced the death of her beloved husband, duke of edinburgh, prince philip, has passed away p

joining me now is my colleague stephanie ruhle. steph, you know this, i know this. forces others to make impossible or very difficult decisions. tell me what this plan would do. >> long before the pandemic, you know this country was a child care desert. but if there's one thing that president biden clearly spoke about last night, it was jobs. and you and i can debate whether or not child care is considered infrastructure. but it is foundational. if you want to get parents back to work, you have to create child care solutions affordable, child care. no child care, no job. so, i actually sat down with some child care providers and families who are in the middle of this difficult situation. take a look. >> at the height of the pandemic and with her children out of school, la tashia kendrick had to make a difficult decision. stay home with her three kids or keep her job. >> i was going to quit if i had to. >> reporter: eight months later, the single mom is still without a job. >> i'm go back to work if i can have child care. >> reporter: is it a vicious cycle, no child

>>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, april 7th and this morning we've got a lot to cover starting with the latest in the fight against the coronavirus. the president setting a new deadline to make every adult eligible for the vaccine in less than two weeks, but it comes as multiple states are trying to control new surges. u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy will be here moments from now to discuss the race between vaccines and the variants. out in the state of george a more fallout over the controversial voting law. the state expected to lose up to $100 million after the major league baseball moved its all-star game out of georgia. overnight, the mayor there softening the blow of voting restrictions. keisha lance bottoms will be here to discuss her latest move and the trial of derek chauvin will resume with day 8 of time with sergeant jody steiger returning to the witness stand. it comes after a day that focused entirely on law enforcement witnesses. three officers from the minneapolis police department tes

stephanie ruhle, we will have two or three more like it over the next two or three months as we reopen more states reopen and we see what's coming here. is this a recovery we will see last longer than that without this infrastructure bill? >> well, let's put the infrastructure bill second. this jobs report is regood for the economy. it also helps republicans in arguing against wanting to support the infrastructure bill. that's going to make it hard for president biden to thread this needle. remember, they argued against the american rescue plan being as wide ranging as it was. when you think about why are we having jobs come back, it's basically because the economy is reopening, widespread vaccinations. where are the 900,000 jobs? in leisure, hospitality, restaurant, bars, education. republicans are going to make the argument, we could have done the american rescue plan but we didn't need to be given the american people this much support because you will see -- i know it's unpopular to talk about it. we are hearing about it. a lot of small businesses, lower wage industries, are having

i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city.ednesday, april 21st, a new day for millions of americans who are waking up to a new america, a new situation since the verdict of derek chauvin. many saying justice has been served, nearly a year after the death of george floyd, a jury found derek chauvin guilty of floyd's murder, with that, a country at risk of slipping into a new cycle of rage and protest, instead erupted in joy. on committing a felony find the defendant guilty. >> yes! yes! yes! [ cheering ] >> it gives you the chills. you can see it, you can feel it. hugs, tears, a lot of pent-up emotion finally being released and what's extraordinary, the headlines the same all over the country. derek chauvin guilty on all charges and it's not just a national story. it is a massive deal all over the world. the verdict made the front page in canada, the uk and spain. chauvin faces decades in prison when his sentencing takes place eight weeks from now. it only took ten and a half hours for the jury to reach that verdict and the rea

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle, where else? live in washington, d.c. it is thursday, april 29th. president biden's 100th day in office. in the next hour, president biden heads to suburban atlanta for a rally as the administration starts the job of trying to put their very ambitious words we heard last night into action. last night the president laid out a massive jobs and family plan that he says is aimed squarely at helping the american middle class. >> the american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. and it recognizes something i've always said in this chamber and the other, good guys and women on wall street, but wall street didn't build this country. the middle class built the country. >> the big-ticket items include the largest jobs plan since world war ii, as well as plans to add two years of free preschool and two years of free community college. in all, get ready for this, his proposals amount to $6 trillion in new spending and he made absolutely no bones about the fact he wants to

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 8th. here's what's happening. in the next hour, medical experts are expected to take the stand when the trial of derek chauvin resumes for day nine of testimony. george floyd's drug use and what ultimately caused his death now taking center stage in the case. yesterday the jury heard from multiple agents called to investigate floyd's death, including a forensic scientist and chemist. they testified about the drugs they recovered from the scene, including drugs with floyd's dna found in the back of the police squad car. but the most intense, and without a doubt the most significant moment of the day, came when the two sides debated exactly what george floyd said in one specific body camera video. this was the defense asking special agent james ryerson about it in court. >> did you hear that? >> yes, i did. >> did you hear that mr. floyd apparently said, i ate too many drugs? >> yes, i did. >> and the prosecution played a longer clip for that same witness and got a

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> what's the plan? >> a bucket of chicken wings -- ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is tuesday, april 27th. let's get smarter. this morning we're keeping a close eye on elizabeth city, north carolina. body cam footage of the law enforcement shooting that killed andrew broken expected to be released at any time. his family has seen just 20 seconds of it and they describe it as an execution. the city now under a state of emergency anticipating civil unrest once the footage is out there. in washington, d.c. with the end of his first 100 days in sight, president biden putting the finishing touches on his big speech to congress tomorrow night. police reform is expected to be part of it. it is no surprise since biden's justice department just announced its second investigation into a local police department in less than a week. first it was minneapolis. now it's louisville. >>> finally, nearly 400 days after the cdc said to start wearing masks, it's f

here's stephanie ruhle. >> reporter: phillip, it's the hottest housing market we've seen in years. or sell a home, here's what you need to know when daniel mihali krf checks listings, here's what he sees. >> i can swipe down and see it listed at 7:00 in the morning, off the market at 11:00 and three days later it's officially marked sold. >> reporter: the values are all time high. >> frustrating, depressing >> reporter: nationwide, prices rose 12% in february with the biggest increases in phoenix, san diego, seattle. >> reporter: have you ever seen anything like it >> i have never seen anything like it. it definitely is a seller's market buyers are offering sight unseen and buyers are paying way above the list price. >> reporter: the biggest reason for the spike in prices, the supply of homes for sale is down 28% at a time when interest rates are at historic lows and the cost of building new houses is up. for buyers, experts recommend apps like realtor.com or zillow to narrow your search and for alerts when houses go on the market know your budget so you can make an offer fast and

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. states reopening and vaccines continuing to roll out at a faster rate than predicted, causing people to return to some of the their normal behavior and spending habits. that combined with the nearly $2 trillion stimulus boost to the economy has landed us where we are this morning. the president expected to address this when he speaks later this morning, but it is also crucial to remember today that 9 million people are still out of work, including more than 2 million women who had to drop out of the workforce for a number of reasons. the top one, to care for their children. while this is very good news, there's still a long way to go. we don't need to just get back to normal. it is time for a new normal. i want to begin with chief

. >> let's go to stephanie ruhle because as we've been talking about a big issue has to do with jobs omy. stephanie, as mentioned, the biden administration has proposed $6 trillion in new spending. about $2 trillion has passed and a relief act that of course, the republicans said tonight had very little to do with covid relief and a lot to do with democratic priorities and that was deficit spending and the other two proposals he plans to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for it. do the numbers work? >> well, do the numbers work? the question is going to be will the wealthy actually have to pay for it? he was talking about companies that don't pay taxes at all. we had 55 major corporations in the last year pay no taxes. so whether you're going from 21 to 25% is somewhat irrelevant. are you going to close the loopholes? and this idea that we're going to tax the wealthiest americans it's a great idea, but time and again, we don't see that happen. so joe biden has put forth a huge agenda that there are many, many items that a lot of people would like to have happen, but are we going to pa

now it might be best to turn it over to stephanie ruhle, who picks unthe coverage right now.6th. here's what's happening this morning. in the next hour the trial of derek chauvin is set to resume for day seven of testimony. in 30 minutes, the

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle, where else?biden heads to suburban atlanta for a rally as the administration starts the job of trying to put their very ambitious words we heard last night into action. last night the president laid out a massive jobs and family plan that he says is aimed squarely at helping the american middle class. >> the american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. and it recognizes something i've

controversy since "the new york times" first broke the sorry, and my good pretend and partner stephanie ruhle with us, host of the 9:00 a.m. eastern hour of msnbc. welcome to all three. katie, let's start with you and the news that matt gaetz may have been sniffing around for a pardon. do you have some sense of what the time line was? was he aware the justice department was looking into his affairs at that point when he asked for the pardon? do you know if they're connected? >> what's so interesting at the time line is we saw bill war last february saying, anything that -- we will take a pause on those and not revisit them, not take any obvious investigative steps until after the election. remember, the election was not officially called for biden until after november. you do not see the fbi taking steps like interviewing witnesses on any of these investigations until after that time, and that is right around the team that matt gaetz starts talking about pardons, these blanket pardons. we don't know how much he knew, and we don't know if the white house was informed but we know he felt like t

. >>> good morning, i'm kasie hunt filling in for stephanie ruhle. it's tuesday, april 13 and and we're going to start with breaking news in the fight against the coronavirus. this morning we're learning the fda and cdc are relding health agencies pause administering the johnson & johnson vaccine while they investigate concerns about blood clots among a handful of people who got the shots. i want to bring in nbc's tom costello right away to help us sort through all of this. tom, this is, of course, news for millions of americans who have already taken the j&j vaccine, it's likely very alarming. there are likely people who have appointments today. how is this going to affect the vaccination effort overall and what do we know about how we got here? >> let's make it very clear, we're only talking about the j&j vaccine. we're not talking about moderna or pfizer. those two actually are far more likely to be the vaccine you get. but in the case of the j&j vaccine, the fda is now recommending a pause, as you recommended, as you suggested, on administering t

an important programming note secretary buttigieg will be cross-examined tomorrow morning by stephanie ruhle right here on msnbc at 9:00 a.m. eastern i will be watching you should, too. >>> and coming up, if you like having pete buttigieg as secretary of transportation and joe biden as president of the united states, you can thank our next guest, whose endorsement took joe biden from loser to winner literally overnight and while he was at it, congressman jim clyburn got joe biden to promise to appoint a black woman to the united states supreme court. the honorable james clyburn joins us next with his reaction to joe biden's new nominations for federal judges, his reaction to witness testimony about the murder of george floyd, and new lawsuits by capitol police officers who are suing donald trump for injuries they suffered in the attack on the capitol that's next. thank you! hey, hey, no, no limu, no limu! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ alright, i brought in ensure max protein... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't (gruntin

i am stephanie ruhl. thank you for watching.t is minnesota front and center as we come on the air. we are live in minneapolis with the derek chauvin murder trial about to pick back up. you see it on the left side of your screen, what could be the final day for the defence to make its case. >>> just a few miles away, you have protesters packing brooklyn center for the fourth night. the former officer that shot and killed daunte wright, making her first court appearance later today, out on bail after second degree manslaughter. sorrow and anger on full display as people gather to remember the

i saw you talking, earlier, on msnbc, with stephanie ruhle. about like some of the ideas people have had about what we can change about what it is police are doing with their time. do we need to go to a model where we are using police for investigative work for, you know, post-crime, and leaving this sort of pre -- pre-crime, you know, function to someone else? >> absolutely, joy. so, think about the driving-while-black stops that we learned about this week, that resulted in tragedies. lieutenant nazario, daunte wright. classic stops by police, which aren't really about law enforcement. they're about tickets. we don't need people with guns giving tickets because, too often, that leads to tragic results. >> well, here is the problem, though, marq. in a country that is soaked with guns and has more guns than people. if you are giving -- if you are having non-law enforcement, unarmed people giving out tickets, they could get shot, right? because everybody has guns. and if you have non-law enforce mts people knocking on doors to do wellness checks

>>> i'm stephanie ruhle live from washington, d.c. it is friday, april 30th. let's get smarter. this morning, rudy giuliani, former personal attorney of donald trump and two-term mayor of new york city, is lashing out at the fbi, the justice department and biden family as he faces a federal investigation that appears to be taking a significant step forward. a day after federal agents raided his manhattan office and apartment, giuliani, no surprise, went on fox news and claimed the whole thing was a setup. >> the reality is that that warrant is completely illegal. the only way you can get a search warrant is if you can show there's some evidence that the person is going to destroy the evidence, or is going to run away with the evidence. but could have destroyed the evidence -- i couldn't destroy the evidence, because the evidence is exculpatory, it proves the president and i are innocent. it's like projections, they're committing the crimes. >> projection. rudy giuliani said the search warrant were based on suspicions he illegally lobbied for an ukraine international, something h

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stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters of minneapolis, minnesota. we are just one hour away from the start of closing arguments in the murder trial

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. single witness. in a rare move, the minneapolis police chief expected to take the stand for the prosecution, who will be the third member of the department to testify against one of his own. this comes after the longest-serving officer in the department, richard zimmerman, said on friday that chauvin's actions were, quote, totally unnecessary. another witness we are watching out for as the trial