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Everything seems to turn to the covid pivot. the economy is bad because of covid. the supply chain is a problem because of covid. everything is a covid problem. is it really? bret: no, not everything is tied to covid. but a lot is when it comes to how we operate as a country. the president says he was elected to fix the covid problem. and it has been a political back and forth about how to deal with it and how they communicate about it and how you implement vaccine mandates and what that means. ...

I want to get to your book. everything seems to turn to the covid pivot. the economy is bad because of covid. the supply chain is a problem because of covid. everything is a covid problem. is it really? bret: no, not everything is tied to covid. but a lot is when it comes to how we operate as a country. the president says he was elected to fix the covid problem. and it has been a political back and forth about how to deal with it and how they communicate about it and how you implement vaccine ma...

I want to get to your book. everything seems to turn to the covid pivot. the economy is bad because of covid. the supply chain is a problem because of covid. everything is a covid problem. is it really? bret: no, not everythg is tied to covid. but a lot is when it comes to how we operate as a country. the president says he was elected to fix the covid problem. and it has been a political back and forth about how to deal with it and how they communicate about it and how you implement vaccine mand...

>> jill biden is, absolutely. and that will do -- play well in those districts that i mentioned. because thats where the key vote is. however, hes having a real problem, because joe biden just underwater on issue after issue. hes underwater on every issue except for covid, where hes barely above water by one percentage point. people elected joe biden for two reasons. one is to get rid of donald trump. he did that. second is to solve the covid problem, which initially seemed to be going well, but...

>> really? i dont even know what restless anal syndrome is. >> greg: you arent even going to do the show until you heard about it. >> i have to tell you, i will ask dr. fauci about it because doesnt dr. fauci have the answer to every single covid problem we have? lets ask him if he has restless anal syndrome, because i think he does. >> greg: doctor, after a certain age doesnt everyone have restless anal syndrome? >> and 68, so i dont want to answer that. but dr. fauci you mentioned, if you have...

The big christmas rush, so you get the big christmas rush, so you get the food in place so you can really focus on those last two or three weeks on getting the food into stores and replenishing stores, but you have to have it in your supply chain to start with and that build—up will start in the next week or so, so unless we get more drivers than we are going to see significant disruption because if we are already struggling now imagine what it is going to be like christmas when we are all out...

And what are you seeing there in massachusetts? >> reporter: well, its a labor problem like so many other industries, retail, restaurants and others are having to find people to work through the pandemic and its also a covid problem and there are bus drivers who tend to be elderly and retirees who retired who found better paying jobs who dont want to deal with masking mandates and vaccine mandates and some who dont want to be around young children who cant be vaccinated. so its a complex problem...

Been silent about the hundreds of thousands of 25-plus year record, almost 200,000 a month crossing the border illegally, high rates of covid positivity, joe bidens cages that are overcrowded and no testing and then dispersing people all over theov country, not a peep about that super-spreader, joe concha, it reeks of utter hypocrisy. >> and the vice president was put in charge of the border you described months ago, sean, and she has only visited once. she stopped in for about 5 minutes. she wa...

Are we the same people who have been silent about the hundreds of thousands of 25-plus year record, almost 200,000 a month crossing the border illegally, high rates of covid positivity, joe bidens cages that are overcrowded and no testing and then dispersing people all over the country, not a peep about that super-spreader, joe concha, it reeks of utter hypocrisy. >> and the vice president was put in charge of the border you described months ago, sean, and she has only visited once. she stopped ...

President bidens leadership is being tested this week. the president facing major challenges on three fronts. the pandemic, afghanistan, and now these storms that have left a trail of destruction. joining us now is presidential historian doris kearns goodwin, author of the book "leadership in turbulent times." doris, good to see you this morning. we are reminded presidents dont always get to choose their challenges. and what a difference as we sit here on the precipice of labor day from the firs...