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We are chatting with our guest. okay. why dont i handed off to our guests. tell us what you are here to chat about today. >> well, hi, anita. merry christmas. anita: sorry about that. >> the reality is that everyone has been out holiday shopping and every american has felt the pain from the supply chain. the labor shortages that are out there. all of which has caused prices to rise. what we have done with our economy as we have stimulated demand like crazy at a time when goods and services are u...

Place, the kitchen table issue, what are people telling you youre sitting in the kitchen, what does the family talk about? >> gas prices are top of mind for islands right now and price of goods and services. you look how much money it cost to go grocery shopping right now, inflation is very real. no cross markle meet cost more and harmful policies, energy policies out of the ministration it gets pretty cold here in iowa in middle february, 22 below zero and we talk about energy prosecuting our h...

The dollars a gallon. i guess thats better than in california, what is the granholm plan to increase oil production in america? [laughter] that is hilarious. would i have the magic wand on this as you know, of course, oil is a global market. it is controlled by a cartel. that cartel is called opec. and they made a decision yesterday that they were not going to increase beyond what they were already planning. >> rachel: she was laughing like a villain because the democrats evil plan is working. m...

Vote. i can tell you guys there is still frustration among a lot of the more liberal members of this caucus. i just caught up with one from arizona who told me its, quote, offensive that joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have as much power as they do. guys? >> well, they dont have big majorities. its a fact, right? just a fact. manu raju, thanks very much. joining us now, cnn political director david chalian and margaret talbot, managing editor of axios. good to see you. as manu laid out for us, ...

Want, but start moving the process to later on expand it. four weeks of paid leave is less than 12 weeks of paid leave, but its more than zero weeks of paid leave. thats the way they are approaching this right now. >> i guess the idea is that, you know, when you start to give -- you make inroads on these important protections for people. its hard to roll them back. once theyre on the board, its hard to roll them back. >> isaac, we also have election day coming up in less than two weeks now. i wo...

>> i think republicans are finally waking up to the problem. i dont know that they are fully aware of everything that they have to do. this is not just a section 230 fight. this is a data privacy fight. this is a market power fight. im hoping they can use their time, especially in the house and minority to develop a really positive solution. they can get control of what i think is one of the biggest threats to speech and the american way of life that we have seen in maybe ever. >> ben: rachel, i...

Your account $300 a month to help you with your children. if you are 0-6, you get up to $300, and 6-12 it is $500, and it is back to school shopping, and you have heard millions of kids in poverty out of poverty. >> set aside the poverty, and talk about the politics, because the senate is divided 50/50 and the democrats are going to fight for more senate seats by emphasiing these programs, and this is a kitchen table issue. >> and a rose by any other name, and others would call it universal basi...

Some experience with this with the 94 crime bill. how is that playing into how he addresses the current situation. >> there is a fight going on behind the scenes among democrats. you do have one faction that says this is a kitchen table issue. we need to get out in front of it. we cant get republicans polarize these issues for reform or police. most democrats believe they lose that. you have a faction that aoc is expressing that this is not a real problem. this is something being gin up by the m...

Violence. in my own hometown of youngstown, ohio, this past weekend, while i was there, there was a mass shooting. we are suffering from an epidemic in this country of violence. and we know the solution. and we know that overwhelmingly, americans support comprehensive and reasonable gun reform. and yet, year after year, congressional cycle after congressional cycle, it is republican leaders or pretend to be leaders, who continue to stop the legislation to be passed to try and bring an end to thi...

People are paying now are at the gas pump and grocery stores to get the renovations done on their home. all of these things are like a tax on middle class workers. it reduces the real value of the paycheck. i got to tell you, when i go to the grocery store now or the gas pump, people are angry about how much theyre paying. >> sandra: jason, the point is, even if people have more money in their pockets, if the price of everything at the same time continues to go up, is it really benefitting the a...