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Know, the president obviously was a featured guest very often, and, you know, a lot of people have really championed governor desantis because of the way he has operated florida and from, you know, past reporting we've bun. the president has taken notice. he's also not very happy that desantis, unlike other republicans, hasn't said whether or not he would run in 2024 against trump. so that's all factoring in here. >> gutless. still pretty interesting to hear that. seems like the former president reserves that for pointed remarks there. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for havin...

He had the expertise, he listened to the science, he was an experienced government hand and knew how to do this. and now we have since seen the vice president, vice president harris has conceded the administration was surprised by the delta variant, and they were surprised by the omicron variant and cases are skyrocketing. the seven-day average of cases of the virus has gone up 100% since last week. so, this is extremely important politically. i mean, put aside the public health matter, but this is extremely important politically because in midterm elections, the job approval rating of the pre...

We are dealing with the energy price increases, and the release of strategic reserves helped in that regard. and fourth, and this is really important, is that one of the key factors is the really big bump in the price of used cars which relates to the semico semiconductors, and a constraint, and bill that passed by 68 votes in the senate, and what get passed by 68 votes? it is the chips act, and it is something that congress needs to get to as quickly as possible according to the president, and something that he said this morning in a statement. >> despite the optimistic statement, the fed is ...

Better prepared? >> no, i would not say that we got it wrong in the following sense that it is really important to get under the hood of the monthly inflation reports. if you are looking at the change from november to december, the inflation is up half a percent which is considerably down from october and november when it was up .8 and .9 respectively, and one reason that the inflation was higher is because the energy fell after growing 6% in october and november, and they actually fell in december. the president has consistently said two key components in the recovery, and here he is in sync ...

President clearly is willing to put a lot of political capital on the line. it is a fight that he and his aides believe is worth fighting and the president yesterday making very clear that he supports gutting the filibuster as it relates specifically to voting rights legislation and making changes there. here is the president yesterday. >> i believe the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. and if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting...