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1981 when ronald reagan was president and battling a recession that seemed endless. a guy names paul volcker was hiking interest rates a full percentage point at a team to squash inflation that proved relentless. when indiana jones was the hottest movie in the country and charles and diana, the hottest wedding ticket in the world. back then bacon cost $1.75 a pound. try more like $7 now. coffee was $2.46 a pound. closer to $6 now. a half gallon of ice cream set you back about $2. nearly trip that will today. some perspective on time and prices. lower and slower back then. faster and ...

>> president biden: donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism. maga forces are determined to take this country backward. maga failures. extreme maga ideology. maga republicans have made their choice. maga republicans look at america and see carnage and darkness. they believe for them to succeed everyone else has to fail. >> dana: the president's prime time address ignored multiple crises plaguing the country such as rising inflation, deadly drugs pouring across the border and the violent crime wave in big cities. >> trace: the "new york post" summed it up on its fr...

do you think that the government -- i'm not suggesting federal, state or city, just overall, are you not being well served for the protection of children and your child in particular? >> i can say this, 57,000 people died in 2020 from fentanyl overdoses and i don't know what 21 and 22. we're just eight months in. so no, i don't think the government at any level has done enough. i think that the current administration has got to stand up and take notice. i think the state of iowa has got to take notice. how many more people have to die before somebody takes it serious? this is worse t...

harris. the president wasting no time taking jabs at trump and his supporters early and often. keep in mind 74 million people voted for donald trump in 2020. so the current president taking the opportunity to bash just about half of american voters. >> president biden: maga forces are determined to take this country backward. they promote authoritarian leaders and fan the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights. the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. >> biden laser focused on attacking republicans. but failing to m...

friday. president biden wasting no time bragging about the august jobs report. even as americans still feel the squeeze of inflation. the president's show of optimism about the economy very different tone than he struck last night. i'm john roberts in washington, hello again, sandra. >> sandra: and we have you there, john. good to be here ahead of the long weekend. president biden's speech in primetime, everyone is talking about it, it turned so political at times that critics say it was more like a campaign event. the president attacking supporters of former president trump accusing...