Sandra all right and hello to harris as well as short time from now the white house will hold a briefing after President Biden challenged his top 2024 arrival to not one, but two debates and former President Donald Trump has accepted the challenge. Hello and welcome, everyone i am sandra smith as we now know live from washington today great to be with you. Good have you here. A small suggestion but you should put down roots here. I love being here. Except the rain. I could leave the rain. Tomorrow will be nice. The rest of the week. John this is john roberts any time, anywhere, any place, for months now trump has been during biden to debate him and now it appears biden is trying to own that with a long list of conditions. Those debates now scheduled for june 27th and september 10th. With stricter rules in place still questions as to whether the candidates will play nice this time around. Avenue answer that question . The question is for the is shut up, man im not here to call out his lies everyone knows he is a liar. The last senior class in the first senior class. The fact is this man does not know what he is talking about. Dont ever use the word smart with me. Dont use the word smart. You know what question mike theres nothing smart about you. I beat bernie sanders. Not by much. Hard to get anywhere with this clown. Our suburbs would be gone and you would see he wouldnt know a suburb unless he took a wrong turn. I know suburbs. If that doesnt build anticipation i dont know what does. We will get reaction from our panel and robert wolf in moments. Peter doocys live at the white house as we await the briefing coming up in about half an hours time. Is 2024 is anything like 2020 it will be quite a show. Yes but what about rfk jr. . Well, a key advantage for the trump and biden teams if they go around the way candidates have doing for decades on president ial debates is they dont have to have all qualifiers, they can go oneonone. Donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then he hadnt shown up for a debate and now he acts like he wants to debate me again. Make my day, pal. I will even do it twice. Pick the dates, donald. I hear youre free on wedn wednesdays. They picked two dates. Cut out now saying our 20 of 24 sites all locations of Higher Learning are prepared to hosted debates on dates chosen to accommodate early voters. We will continue to be ready to execute this plan and there is more fine print. The biden team wants microphones only turned on when it is a candidates turn to speak. And the two teams on opposite sides of audiences. Trump is saying i would strongly recommend more than two debates and for excitement purposes a very large venue. Although biden is supposedly afraid of crowds, that is only because he does not get them. Just tell me one, i will be there, lets get ready to rumble. The biden team is countering on the crowds with this. We want to do this sooner rather than later we should do it in june after criminal trial is likely to have concluded and after the g7 summit it should be in studio with no audience so the candidates can fairly articulate. Cnn and abc who say they have debates with both candidates who have accepted invitations say there will not be an audience and it does not seem like at least today or for the morning there was a ton of negotiation. Biden may have been trying to call trumps bluff laying out terms that are favorable to the biden team, but trump said yes and yes. Here we are. John . John september 10th, that would make it like the very first with no audience between jfk and Richard Nixon so we will see if it goes ahead like that peter, thank you. Sandra time for our panel. Former cbo director and robert wolf his former Economic Advisor to obama, welcome to both of you. Robert, what was inflation when Biden Took Office . Alm i think around 10 . John [laughs] [laughter] no, no come on. Come on, robert. Its 3 now. Be do i set you up i apologize i put you on the spot there. It was 1. 4 and that is fact. So deacon these are the claims the president was making that the Washington Post is giving forgo pinocchios kind of sounds like what robert just said, listen to stomach. We have dramatically reduce inflation from 9 down to close to 3 . We are in a situation where we are in a better situated than when we took office. It was 9 when i came to office. 9 . But look, people have a right to be concerned. I think inflation has slightly gone up because it was 9 when i came in and now its down to about 3 . Sandra apparently we are having a hard time with roberts it was 1. 4 . I did put him on the spot there. But these are the claims, douglas, that the current president is making that are just patently false. So what happens on a debate stage if he stands by those numbers that just never happened . Well, first lets go to an Alternative Universe where he is allowed to finish a sentence and he allows mr. Trump to finish a sentence. In economics i think for a general audience i think mr. Trump has a big advantage on that. Because he talks business and people think thats the same as economics. I think it gives him an edge. And reality will they finish each others sentences . Yell at each other . Step all over each other . Thats what it was like last time. I dont think we learned very much in those debates. Sandra robert hur the Washington Post factcheck with claims that inflation was 9 the correction was at the month of his inauguration it was 1. 4 . So the Washington Post gave him forgo pinocchios and said bidens false claim that english was 9 when he took office is not correct. Lets deal with what we have seen in this presidency and i will ask you how this plays out in a debate stage with donald trump who can look back at his record on the economy. Under Biden Inflation has gone up 19. 3 . Okay . We have had our green room factcheck this. Under biden up 19 opened her trumpet was up 5. 1 . So is this a clear sign that donald trump can beat joe biden on the debate stage and rest on his record . Sandra, i apologize, i missed the beginning. We had some Connection Problems what douglas said. Im sure they were smart he is a sharp guy. I cant wait for this debate to happen and lets recall President Trump had four years in office not three. If you look at four years of facts, gdp was better, deficits were lower, jobs are higher, unemployment is lower, wages are up, manufacturing is up, infrastructure was passed, we actually are going to put a manufacturing in wisconsin with microsoft, we are going to put a chip factory in arizona no one. No Question Inflation has been hurtful to americans and i think President Biden said that today. That although it is down 60 we have to do more. So i think its a real debate. I would rather be on the side of biden and i am sure douglas would rather be on the side of trumpet that is a debate worth having. Okay let me dig into this further. We can look at the polling and where people feel this economy is for them and their financial situation or their family in this moment. Real clear politics average on bidens job Approval Rating on the economy is at a Disapproval Rate of nearly 60 . Disapproval rate on the inflation is at 64 , douglas. This is tough to hide from. On fox news poll and being better off financially than you were four years ago, those who believe they are worse off, 52 . So how do you think this plays out, douglas . This has to be very troubling for the biden cant because its about this time people make up their mind about what they think of the economic environment. All the data shows about six months out they make up their minds and they dont change. We are in the period where Voters Decide which one they want on the economy and i say the record is to stomach decidedly stacked against the president. Has a bad record on inflation and allowed disapproval on his handling of it periods are published ones that he likes to tout all amounts to Convincing Congress to spend money. Thats not the biggest lift in history. I think he has a tough road ahead on the economic debate. To your point, robert, if they looked at just wages on its own, the president could tout wages are up but if you account for inflation we know that real wage growth is nonexistent and real wages have actually dropped. And inflation he likes to tout that inflation has come down but it came down from the highs under his presidency. That is worth pointing out. It seems this administration has sort of been running from the use of the word speed 19 stomach to Mike Bidenomics lately so how would you instruct that . I want to reply quickly to douglas and the poles you have because when President Trump left office, twothirds of the country thought the economy was in bad shape. 70 with disapproved of his handling as a president. So even worse then where biden is today. So we know polls go all over the place and its based on timing. Listen, i would absolutely talk about why they need to get inflation down and the things they are doing to get that to happen. That is why it is down by twothirds. I would talk about certainly wages and wages have outperformed inflation if i can just finish for 14 straight months. Sandra quick, don. Asked this genuinely and not to pick a fight but like what exactly has the white house, the president , that staff, done to bring down inflation . Sandra thats a good question. Im sorry, say that again . Speed to be asked what the president has done. Timeout, doug. You know what happened in the postcode world with Supply Chains and the cervix sector going up and wages and things like hospitality and leisure of 25 carried you know when the Service Sector and economy like we had versus when we had durable goods inflation during covid. That actually gets passed onto the consumer and you know geopolitically sandra wait i have to leave it there. He was at war in the middle east lets have that debate. Sandra he was simply asking what has the administration done to bring down prices. Great debate. Appreciated, telemann, thank you very much. We will make sure you get that connection better next time. This is the beginning of what will be a huge conversation, john, over how these trico candidates will handle this economic discussion on the debate stage. We know this matters big time to voters. John i thought it was curious that his earpiece went out when he took it on the spot. But it was 1. 4 . It wasnt until December Of 2022 that it went to 9 . Sandra thats right. John i dont know if theres confusion the president s mind or if its under the principle of if you say it enough it becomes true, but the big factcheck in washington. Sandra but most economists say it was the additional spending that took place after it really wasnt needed anymore that ran the prices up under this administration. He might be asked why didnt you tackle this sooner . Why was inflation ignored as long as it was . The one a lot of debate going on on the debate stage and on september the 7th. And antisemitism continues on College Campuses and jewish students are ready to have their voices heard on capitol hill. We will sit down with a student who is testifying in front of house lawmakers today plus this. Michael cohen has no credibility, but no integrity trial is a joke its a farce. Where is the Crime Question works because the American People have already acquitted donald trump. 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Say the word palestine read are you you hear Student Protesters calling on nyus president to do more and support of his ongoing protests and this comes as many try to bring achievement today but as the Student Protesters a small group of nyu faculty say todays commencement is a distraction and this group took to social media to urge people to tag nyu and say nyus Graduation Ceremonies are a distraction. You cannot ignore palestine activism when so many of been killed this is a tight screening today, no one was allowed in with large bags, flags, banners, or science but Student Protesters have used new tactics over at Columbia University students protested at a Graduation Ceremony on sunday. One student were a Zip Tie Handcuffs as she crossed the stage and then she turned to the audience ripping her diploma into pieces. At the University Of Michigan security was tightened ahead of a saturday a ceremony to strain and remove any banners of flags and somehow students dont make dozens of Student Protesters manage to get flights inside and unfurled them as they marched and chanted through the aisles. Back out here live, sandra, again at Yankee Stadium these nyu students are protesting, demanding nyu listen and comply with their demands as you see some have red paint on their hands. Representing what they say is an ongoing genocide and the palestinian region. Back to you. Very interesting, Cb Cotton Outside of Yankee Stadium for us. Thank you. John . John nationwide jewish students are ready to make their voices heard. Harvard and you penned students will be testifying before house lawmakers in about 40 minutes as they pledge to fight antisemitism. Lets bring an eye Harvard University grad student who will be testifying shortly, we will get you for raburn very quickly i know you been waiting patiently. 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