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Americans call the national economy good. that is down 35%. before vaccines were widely available, 65% say the american is in poor shape. that is a brand-new ap poll. beef and veal up 18%. look at pork and eggs, 12% more. apples, 8% more. chicken, cost up 6%. driving to grandma's house more expensive. gas prices still rising. average price is $3.40, up from 2.12 last year. take an average 12 gallon tank, it is 15 bucks more than it was last year. that is something voters and consumers feel. and it's a frequent real feel indicator of their personal economy. what's interesting here, guys, is cor...

American's lives aren't better, necessarily. when you look on the left here, this shows what happens to real wages. wages after adjustment for inflation. you can see the dotted line is the trend line. real wages after inflation actually jumped up during the pandemic. mostly because prices went down. what's happened since then, this is inflation. this is what the american people are really unhappy about. inflation for the first time in a long time is polling number one, broadly speaking, across the nation as the issue. you can see, in fact, the pink area. it shows you the gap between the trend ...

Of $1.36 a pound. your sides like potatoes and biscuit and vegetables and apples, for your pie, those are all up since last thanksgiving. up 8% for apples. we're not talking shortages here, but you may want to be flexible with the menu. the national grocery association says there's plenty of food in the supply chain, but customers who secure those should sooner rather than later to make sure you have your favorites on the holiday table. grocery store chains say you should do your shopping now. consumers shake off covid weariness and spend again, retail labor shortages, higher shipping costs me...

National average is $3.40 a gallon. $1.28 more than we were all paying a year ago. >> what on earths does the national security division have to do with parents? >> nothing in this memorandum or any memorandum is about parents expressing disagreements with their school boards. >> bill: that was a significant disagreement. that hearing senator tom cotton calling out merrick garland last week over his memo directing the f.b.i. to look into reports of threats against school board members. they asked the a.g. for evidence of said threat. they set a deadline of yesterday. well, what happened on mon...

Turkey. inflation is your uninvited guest for the holidays this year. economists are saying grocery stores are saying they expect a run on turkeys, a run on birds, people gather again this year. take a look at this. we're expecting the price to top a record high of $1.36 per pound this holiday season, that's 22 bucks for a 16-pound turkey. your sides, that's a problem too. all of those prices are rising for potato, biscuits, vegetables and apples. all of these are up since last thanksgiving. potato prices up, biscuits up $4. mixed vegetables up almost $4. the apples, up nearly 8%. and driving ...