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Make up the s&p 500, they often have the resources and the flexibility to pass along higher costs to consumers. and so that's why companies are able to protect their bottom line. amara, the big key in 2022 is how the economy and companies deal with covid, because that clearly poses a risk for the stock market going forward. the other big key is that the federal reserve is removing the punch bowl to fight inflation. it plans to raise interest rates, end its stimulus program, and that is going to be another risk for the stock market. amara? >> so much uncertainty ahead. thanks, matt egan. apprec...

Spread. and for people to let their guard down, you and i talked about this before. i blame it on political leaders for, you know, saying the wrong things and not being truthful, and the truth right now should be told to the people. keep your guard up. get your booster. get your vaccination. save those masks because we just went over the crest. most of us do believe we are going to see the end, but we also know we will see some more variants. so communication, trust in government, that's the big key. >> important advice there. and former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says governors want ...

Government, that's the big key. >> important advice there. and former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says governors want clearer guidance on when mitigation efforts should be rolled back in various states to give people some hope. so, what would be a useful set of metrics to use for this, do you think? >> well, some of the things we've always looked at is a number called the percent positivity. and percent positivity is definitely coming down now. but in general, it's probably still on average across the country 15 or 20%. we want that number to start getting below 5%. that means 5% or le...

Without fully being argued and fully being vetted. at least tomorrow we'll get the arguments on that procedural issue you laid out. >> none of this deals with abortion just yet. will the mississippi case being heard on december 1st, are we now going to be discussing or will the supreme court then be examining whether or not the protections afforded by roe v. wade with respect to abortion can stand? >> yes. so that's the big key, right? what's the future of roe v. wade. the way that this texas law was set up is basically assuming that the u.s. supreme court is going to strike down that roe v. w...

Democrats wouldn't vote against their president's own party. sort of a submarine. is there a point that this could completely fall apart? >> nothing is done until it's finally done. the big thing is what happened with senator joe manchin. he's talking about he doesn't feel like he has a place with the democratic party right now to vote for what is joe biden agenda or not. progressives are frustrated coming into line, knowing this is kind of their one shot here but nothing is done until it's done. i think that's the big key here, where senators love having big differences, it's hard to find a w...