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wonderful job of policing themselves as a whole. look at the stats. you can tell me so i will be even more upset. i'm doing my part and i'm still paying $4.60 at the pump. i will go with our investigative journalist on this one. my frustration is off the zone. i did barbecue instead of traveling and i was still out almost 500 bucks when it was all over. that wasn't even like an overkill in terms of buying stuff. do you see any solution other than what is obvious with this administration right now in terms of getting relief for people? >> you know, everybody is asking that question and i wish that i had an answer. every politician i talked to, if i'm talking with somebody just out and about, people in my family, i have five kids and they all drive. they are all filling gas tanks. believe me, i feel the hurt and i am looking for answers myself.
that applause violence. >> me, too. i dig it. >> greg: we should do more of that stuff. >> yeah. >> greg: do you stop buying stuff because it's political or maintain a boycott? >> i don't believe in boycotts. i believe in just i'm not going to buy it. i've done a few things. i've stopped going to some of my favorite movies and stuff because i don't like seeing woke movies where they push agendas. i'm excited, because at the end of the day what it call comes down to to these corporations is the dollar. are they making a profit? when they make the profit, the cfo's and ceo's get the bonus check. that bonus check is more important than any virtue in the world. that's their virtue. sometimes they'll say nice, sweet, cute things and no one ever says, no, i'm not going to buy it because of that, but now because everyone is so focused on this stuff, people are starting to say, you know what? i'm not taking my kids to
they were spending like crazy in the month, buying stuff, and what they're buying is starting to change a little bit, but the airlines say they're expecting to see what could be record travel maybe this year and next year, but we want to complain about this because what we've been through over the past couple of years. i will say there is so much going on and i'm not the first person to say it's like chaos to try to find the thread through some of these economic figures every week because there's just so many cross currents that are so -- in my career i don't remember so many different things happening at once. >> and gas prices have just an outsized effect on people's psyche, you know, i think it's because we see the numbers 2 feet high on every corner in the suburbs. you don't see any price advertised as much as gas prices. i think you're right about gas prices, people in the energy industry say they do not think gas prices are going down anytime soon. embargoes on russian oil could get stricter which means oil coming off the market. drillers here in the united states are not turning the --
countries with higher rates than united states, including russia, all-time champion is turkey for a bunch of reasons, given the united states is biggest economy, how much inflation is it exporting? >> they were also hit by global pandemic that hit the supply chains and made it difficult for goods to be delivered to local shelf. in the united states also had expansionary fiscal and monetary policy. spent a lot of money to households so they could continue buying stuff and buy did they want to continue buying stuff. that's part of the reason why we have had higher inflation here than the elevated rates you mentioned for most of the developed world. i would put places like russia and turkey in a different category. talking about eu or uk or canada, other countries with
and we can learn from them. >> and you're happy to have so many new people in the school? >> yes. it's different. it's a lot busier. people have new friends now. it's very nice. i like it. >> it's just so lovely. despite language barrier, to see students engaging, learning, happy and laughing. and adjusting. a huge success and just totally because of the whole community. >> across ireland, ukrainian refugees have been placed in hotels and emergency accommodation and granted the right to work. despite stretched resources, many local communities are happy to have them. >> it's a lovely thing happen in the shop. it was four or five days ago. ukrainian family, they were buying stuff in the shop. and they were just about to pay the bill when he stepped in and said, no. and he handed me his card and he said i'm getting that. and i mean they were in tears. >> he came here with her two
also in supply terms of human capital and labor, that's a problem on one end. on the other end, this huge demand. there is a view that people are getting on airplanes and doing stuff and there is a little bit of yolo in all of this. everybody is out there buying things and buying stuff. that's good news in some way of the economy but creates a conundrum because what it means is higher prices. >> right. do you think though we hit the peak of inflation or do we have more months of high inflation rates? >> look, i think we are going to see high inflation. is it going to get higher than where we are right now? maybe not. when i told you of 7% or 6%, people would say they're feeling it. they're feeling it in part because wages have gone up, inflation have gone up even
all sorts of things. that's the one thing that the federal reserve has in its power to basically to stop us from buying stuff. >> it is a proverse idea that the government is trying to reduce demand. you had your segment of what's happening the texas in terms of trucks coming through and what it means. that's the flip side of it. stuff like that is increing prices at the same time that some other prices are coming down. >> andrew sorkin, we got to go. i want to thank you for coming back on our sunday show. >> i love spending time with you. >> i will have you back. after the break, planned parenthood, the supreme court
broke out as some passengers raged at restrictions. >> if you're going to punch out a flight attendant, i feel like flight attendants have every right to open the emergency doors and toss you out. >> the pandemic economy was mixed, with soaring gas prices, inflation -- >> i have noticed in the store, i think, sometimes i'm like, this seems like a pretty expensive jar of tomato sauce. >> -- and some shortages spurred by the worst traffic jam, all those ships parked offshore with goods from overseas. >> people are buying stuff. people want stuff. people haven't bought stuff for so long, they want it. they want stuff. and all this pent-up demand is what's creating this supply chain backup. >> but the stock market hit new highs. most of the jobs lost have been recovered. sure, some folks don't want to go back to the office. >> i think people are afraid. they're like, you know what, i'm safer at home than i am going out anywhere. >> i think we're all still on
to normal. on airplanes, absurd fights broke out as some passengers raged at restrictions. >> if you're going to punch out a flight attendant, i feel like they have every right to open the emergency doors and toss you out. >> the pandemic economy was mixed. with soaring gas prices, inflation -- >> i have noticed in the store, think sometimes, i'm like this seems like a pretty expensive jar of tomato sauce. >> reporter: and some shortages spur the by the worst traffic jam, all of the ships parked off shore with goods from overseas. >> people are buying stuff and people want stuff. people haven't bought stuff for so long. they want it. they want stuff. and all of this pent up demand is what is creating this supply chain back-up. >> reporter: but the stock market hit new highs. of the jobs lost had been recovered, sure some folks don't want to go back to the office.
night of bombing, russian troops within maybe 20 miles of the capital kyiv. can you tell us about the preparations that are underway from the ordinary citizens that you are speaking to about what might happen if russian forces enter the city of kyiv? >> some still have their hopes pinned on fleeing. some just wanted to keep their heads low and write it out. and many want to go to recruitment offices to fight. there has been a mass mobilization, i'm sure your wear of, people are eager to take up weapons. how much they have kids. or obligations to the families, in which case they have to think about their safety. people are -- it's kind of how mad described but on a lesser scale. people are buying stuff, walking around the suitcases, taking shelter. in the city there is many bomb shelters. it's still got life to it, but you can tell this is a city that is about to be under