biden's first 13 months in office, dwarf's donald trump who came in during different economic conditions but produced far fewer jobs. then the polling, 51% of americans believe we're in a recession, the white house tackling a disconnect that has people down on everything, including the president but not because they disagree with him or policies, that's the white house perspective and a poll after the state of the union that shows bump when people ah saw the president talk directly. the state of the union is the night where people trying to watch other programs are forced to watch a president and you see an 8 point bump. i am joined now by someone who force fed himself politics and presidential speeches for the better part of a last half century, james carville, coined the phrase, is the economy stupid, told us once, is the pandemic stupid. a lot going on but boy is it nice to see you sir. >> good to see you, ari, early