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Stop the ridesharing or at least reimagine it so all your drivers are employees and not independent contractors. has since spread to all avenues of freelance. 70,000 independent truckers have just been impacted in a way that we are not quite sure what this is going to mean for the supply chain, but it will not mean anything good on a macro level. on a micro level you guys like tom odom who i read a profile on, extraordinary story about a guy whos netting six figures a year driving independently....

The numbers are telling the, federal reserve found around 10,000 businesses were forced to close between march 2020 in february 2021. the hospitality and leisure industry, the hardest hit. in the quarter of its 2020 alone, over 40% of hospitality establishments were shut down. but there is good news on the horizon. the labor department estimates the leisure and hospitality industry is going to add 1.9 million jobs over the next nine years. hold that shape up? my next guest is calling on his indu...

And they all reference your brother as well, that theres no conversation that ends without bringing up his name and their fight to bring him home. im curious to get your reaction to that, and whether you find that comforting. >> i do. we noticed it ourselves. from almost the very start i would say, that every time we heard anybody talking from brittney griners supporters, her advocates while she was in wrongful detention, they were always very gracious about bringing paul into those discussions,...

Joining us now to look at axios a.m., reporter for axios. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is the axios "1 big thing" today? >> looking at georgia runoffs, senator raphael warnock prevailed in his re-election bid and there are two sort of i think tidbits that illustrate how significant that is. one on microlevel one on the macro. micro, republicans won every contest this cycle with the exception of the u.s. senate race. shows what a weak candidate herschel walker was. on the macro level, t...

Minorities, by migrants, by whoever might be, and then in the culture war, you are allowed to defend, yourself and youre allowed to act with violence towards the actors trying to take it from you that is the gasoline on the powder keg the donald trump entered into the republican party, and todays republican party has embraced and used for their own political success. >> and of course, we talk about culture wars, boaters keep saying, its the economy thats the biggest issue for us. victoria, its h...

To ask more questions potentially of other witnesses and other people. >> jeff, we heard from just two republican senators today, pretty clearly breaking with trump on the whole, i can be classified by just thinking about it explanation. >> but what about the rest of the gop? it was clear what trump is saying is absolute nonsense. >> yeah. what about the rest of the gop? thats a question that has been asked for years, really, based on the multiple types of assertions that president trump has mad...

The impact of rising prices and this includes direct fiscal support to people and businesses and individuals who have been hardest hit, particularly lowest income households. lots of small businesses have had no support at all over the last year. have had no support at all over the last ear. , ., , ., last year. yes, and so, in terms of auoin last year. yes, and so, in terms of going forward. _ last year. yes, and so, in terms of going forward. we _ last year. yes, and so, in terms of going forw...

>> carley: way or the staff shortages happening? >> well, i believe on a macro level a lot of it is post-pandemic. there are so many workers in the u.s. that sort of disappeared from the entire labor force. from pilots, there is a pilot shortage. it is difficult to recruit and retain the best pilots. so, we are kind of fighting that as well. >> carley: all right, so, you know, in the summer months and kids are getting off school. a lot of family vacations that people are looking forward to. what...

Examples i use are only the tip of the iceberg here. you can get many more and go on probably for the next hour going examples of the hypocrisy. >> the focus should be on -- accountability should begin and end with the person pulling the trigger. we should mourn the victims. but some of the business completely skip that part and rush to judgment before anyone knew anything about the shooter or his motives. here are the facts, sean. the shooter in this case specifically attacked this network and ...

What the examples i use areof only the tip of the iceberg here, joe . you can give many more and go on probably for the next hour giving examples of the hypocrisy. yeah. and in the end the focus shouldl be on from those in this mediaun accountability should begin and end with the person pulling and we should mourn the victims. but some of this business completely skipped that partny and rush to judgment beforeon anyone really knew anything about the shooter or his motives. here are f the facts, ...