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great to have you here. was it in your opinion the economy ultimately or did boris johnson just lie himself out of office? your thoughts. >> partly policy. he was elected as a conservative but governed as a liberal. the state increased taxes went up. the net zero agenda was putting out the price of energy. we werent self-sufficient. and theres policy considerations here. ultimately in the united kingdom tell untruths. you cannot tell lies and get away with it. it started over the parti...

Number, he was like, look, if were headed for recession, the american consumer doesnt know it. they say they feel lousy about the economy, but they keep spending and theyre spending on experiences, getting raises, job hopping. so theres what we feel about the economy and what the numbers are actually showing. theres -- over at the chamber of commerce they call it secondhand pessimism. the economy is stronger than the headlines reveal. what do you say about that? >> i think that absolutely makes ...

Back, that is a problem because we are in the beginning throes of this recession. it could get deeper and it will get deeper if people pull back on spending, these confidence numbers end up showing up in the spending, that is what we are waiting on and that is the concern. pete: the fed could raise interest rates? >> mortgage rates are up, lending rates are up, people say i need to borrow and cant do that, it is getting more expensive, they are getting hit with these fronts where life is becomin...

Poll after poll that even though the economic numbers look really good, stock market at a record high. were starting to see the recovery pick up again with these jobs coming back in many fields, you still have this kind of unease about the economy right now, some of that is because of higher inflation, and some of that is because people were looking at congress and sort of thinking why cant they do anything. so youre right, i do think that this -- we are already starting to see some confidence n...

50% for the first time in his presidency, just 49% approve, which is down from 53% in april. now, some of that is afghanistan related in those heartbreaking images weve been seeing, but the president is also losing ground on some other areas. his approval of how hes handled coronavirus. now down to 53%. a huge drop of 16 percentage points just since april. and hes also slipping on the economy. just 47% give president biden the thumbs up on how hes handling the economic matters when just four mon...

Shopping season, seen in the confidence numbers, seen in the consumer spending, seen in corporate profits, really been phenomenal. >> see, thats what brings the economy forward, and thats what brought the stock market back, was the very strong numbers on the christmas season. the problem is washington is a different place now. its not, no longer republican -- the first time in eight years we dont have the house. the members that are there, the republican members are going to find out theyre seco...

Lady will host for the second consecutive year the military families here at a picnic and later celebrate americas independence. our 242nd year of our nations independence on the south lawn. the fireworks display for all to see and were very excited because its a great celebration of our nations independence. this president has done a great deal to advance the cause of democracy and freedom. everything from economic freedom to national security freedom and our ability to be free and prosperous. ...

Been a softening for mueller. those who support with mueller as their golden boy, a war hero, iraq ripped conservative. he was seen as a perfect choice by none else, gingrich, people of that ilk. they were saying this guy is great. now, not so much. how does that affect the probe if the confidence numbers and public polling goes down, laura? >> if it was only a court of public opinion, i think he would be concerned with the ebb and flow. and whether he has the backing of members of congress who ...