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Pushing for more data sharingment a lot of things have to go right but the announcement these ports would go 24/7 thats a big part of it >> bret: the announcement came this week, jen psaki from the white house briefing room said it had been worked on for months but you could see this coming down the road for a while, couldnt you, mr. secretary? >> well, yeah. i mean, lets work backward from this weeks announcement. la announced that it was going 24/7 but a few weeks earlier, long beach had annou...

Everything from the ports roads internet highways and more >> bret: so new parents and any parent going to get the toys they want to get for christmas? >> i know ill be very excited to shop for the first christmas for my new kids, and, look, one of the things that really impressed me when we brought together business leaders and we had a convening earlier this week with the leaders of wal-mart, target, the home depot as well as fed-ex, ups, was how committed they are to taking steps over and abo...

New levels of urgency around the supply chain. now, obviously these issues didnt emerge overnight which is why not only do we have knees near term steps we have he a been taking and coordinating with the private sector on but the need for a comprehensive infrastructure bill, the presidents infrastructure vision which includes $17 billion for our ports >> bret: im glad you mentioned that because as transportation secretary, youre concerned about ports and bridges and all kinds of avenues of trans...

Stakeholders, bret, want to go there but 80 days is 2-3 months not days or weeks. back to you >> bret: william lodge necessary at the port. thanks. >> the s and b 500 finished up 33, the nasdaq jumped 74. for the week the dow surged more than 1.5 percentage points, s&p up closer to two, the nasdaq up two and a fifth. supply change and other topics with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me on >> bret: heres the president this week t...

The direct result, the inability to get labor of unemployment lasting for too long, of this administration not acting differently to inspire those workers to get back on the job. how do you respond to that? >> its a very interesting idea that in many ways is freshly disproven because a lot of those benefits ran out and we did not see the kind of effects of people rushing to return to work that you had a lot of those commentators constantly predicting. just a few weeks or months ago. so i think w...

These things fit together. and by the way, since were talking about inflation, i remember for example when rudys analytics analyzed the effects that these pieces of legislation could have on easing inflationary precious. talking about the entire package. part of whats going on in our economy, part of whats creating a lot of pressure right now is issue of labor supply. those get better if, of course, we beat the pandemic and if we make it easier to get by in this country and make work pay. >> bre...

Vision of making sure that this is a country where its affordable to raise a family and making sure that were supporting americans with healthcare and making sure that we deliver on these infrastructure needs, all of these things fit together >> bret: juan i went at it about three different times, they dont need republicans for these things. they can put it on, put the bird in hand, take the win, take the w and the secretary of transportation can have better bridges and ports and airports. >> tr...

Know, ons tense ably in charge of some things is doing a bad job with supply chains or other issues leading to empty shelves, sky rocketing prices and they dont seem to be taking it seriously. and the less they take it seriously, and its not just biden but all of these cabinet officials, the less they take it seriously, the more anxiety it gives average americans but they realize its not taking it seriously >> bret: we have to drop winners and losers because a few moments ago president biden was...

Administration needs to get themselves out of the bubble and realize its not, you know, the commentators on other news channels whether they get reelected or whether theyre doing a good job. they answer to the american people, the american people are hearth, having a hard time filling up their gas tank. theyre worried about inflation. theyre worried about the price of groceries and they know that there is a border situation that this administration really has no honest intention of solving anyti...