christopher rotty, writer, tracker with a substack who walks through the country talking to average americans and also the author of the book "dignity," seeking respect in back roads america. i speak to you all from insider and outsider points of view. magdi, let me start with where you started this week where you argued biden's policies are more popular than he is. that's a mismatch we don't really normally see. you say for the first time in the modern era the link between the president and agenda is broken. why is it broken? >> well, i don't think that we have direct evidence of why it's broken but there are a number of hypotheses out there. i think it's multiply determined, there are probably multiple things going on. people are impressed about the pandemic. inflation is a real problem. i also think, as i argue in my