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President biden wants to pass trillions of dollars that are critical for his economic agenda. cnns phil mattingly will have more coming up on "inside politics" which is straight ahead on cnn eastern. and i cant believe were talking about this, but it is, christie, just 61 days until christmas. you probably have the countdown clock there ready to go. if you havent done any shopping yet, you may want to start. >> i have done shopping. i cant believe its only 61 days! youve heard the words "suppl...

Supply chain. logjams and shortages that worsiened this summer have now carried over into the fall and could make for some empty christmas stockings this winter. cnns vanessa yurkovich reports. >> reporter: in this small new jersey office, a herculean attempt sunday way. its the unofficial logistics center for carreira ravel working desperately to get the toys to the u.s. in time for this holiday season. >> okay. just giving you an update on the container situation at the moment. >> reporter: pr...

This impact is massive and it has a ripple effect, vanessa. >> absolutely. were not just talking about shipping delays anymore. were talking about cargo not even arriving in time for this hom day shopping season. so we visited with one toy maker who says that kids should not expect to get everything off their wish list this holiday season. >> reporter: in this small new jersey office, a herculean attempt is under way. its the unofficial logistics center to work desperately to get toys to the u.s...

A herculean attempt is under way. it is the unofficial logistics center working desperately to get toys into the u.s. in time for this holiday season. >> okay. just giving you an update on the container situation at the moment. >> reporter: president frank thiessen is manning the operation. had you ever worked in logistics before? >> only peripherally, not directly. >> reporter: why did you have to get directly involved into log logistics? >> the global supply chains were facing. >> reporter: ca...