chain crisis might pose a new threat to festive celebration as pressure mounts for president biden to take more action. david spunt is live from the white house with more. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, mike. on my way to the white house this morning, i was listening to the ride owe, and i heard -- radio, and i heard several ads for trucking companies trying to recruit drivers. there is a serious driver shortage in the country playing into all of these other problems with the supply chain. and this is in addition to some of those cargo problems that we're seeing off the coast of california. it's just the perfect storm for this supply chain crisis. dozens of these cargo ships are packed to the brim stuck this what's really just a parking lot off the california coast. on land, as i mentioned, these truck drivers are scarce. millions of goods, mike, in limbo cannot get onto trucks. the consumer price index climbed 5.4% in september, that's compared to the prior year matching the highest rate since 2008. food rose up 4.6%, electricity