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See even more costs coming at the american people in the form of higher taxes. you also have higher taxes for small and family-owned businesses as well as fees and higher mandate fees for energy companies in this build back better plan, dana. the costs are going higher and it is hardly transitory in 2022. >> dana: i want to put the number you reference, the inflation numbers versus wage increase. inflation 6.8%. wages up 4.8%. most people can do the math in their heads. if you are somebody conce...

I think is doing more to deepen than dissolve their doubts. that above all is the challenge the republicans face in the midterm. >> ayesha, besides the honesty factor, theres also the issue with south korea where the president suggested if trade issues dont go well, he would consider pulling u.s. troops from the peninsula. it is something he campaigned on. but the timing now when he is about to meet perhaps in the next couple months with kim jong-un of north korea, it really i think has a differ...

Popularity, is losing the honesty factor and they need to do something to save themselves. >> adrian, let me ask you because we have about 45 seconds left. sarah huckabee sanders said if hillary clinton had won she would have fired james comey. youre on the campaign. im old enough -- youre not, but im old enough to remember bill clinton hated his fbi director, lieuest freeh. he would have fired him if he could. >> he would have but he didnt. >> what do you think? >> its hard to get into hypothet...

Isnt going to be acceptable. they will only do that if they start to feel like in their districts donald trump is losing popularity, is losing the honesty factor and they need to do something to save themselves. >> adrian, let me ask you because we have about 45 seconds left. sarah hu sarah huckabee sanders said if hillary clinton had won she would have fired james comey. youre on the campaign. im old enough -- bill clinton hated his fbi director, louis free a freeh. he would have fired him if h...

Her honesty and trustworthiness numbers fall and they have to turn to somebody who do they turn to? >> in that absolute worst case scenario for democrats someone like joe biden does step up. he is interested. it is a job that he wants. someone floated the idea that maybe he would only run for one term. he would swoop in and bring washington back together and then not run for a second term because of his age. right now hillary is not in that dire straits. her honesty factor is dropping. the clint...

>> bill: what about the honesty factor when the president is maybe good bureaucrats but simply not honest. im not just signaling out mr. clinton there are plenty of presidents who werent honest. >> yeah. i think people who are across the board dishonest, obviously are a problem. i do tend to think that people lie when they get caught cheating on their lives. when it becomes pathological, however, then i think you have to get concerned. and in the situation with anthony weiner, i think it has vee...

Problems. obama beats him by 45 points on the question of likable and easy going. this is more important. caring about average people, obama beats romney by 12 points, more than double digits. on being honest, straightforward, obama is ahead of romney by 11 points. i dont think the the performance by ryan last night helped the honesty factor either at all. well be getting to that later to show. howard, youre shaking your head. the honesty thing. i didnt think that would show up that high. >> i d...