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Good morning. >> that fire closed a link that leaves the port. with the supply chain there is a lot of finger pointing. the truckers and the warehouses and the biden administration. did it make sense to pay people not to work through unemployment benefits when you had 500,000 job openings in the transportation sector. this is where we are. 58 ships off the coast of california right now on the ports of long beach and l.a. waiting to off load one million containers. the president's solution extend the port hours. instead of 5 days a week, 3 shifts 7 days a week doubling capacity and asking fed-e...

All three major shipping services have announced the cut-off date to make sure that packages arrive before Christmas.

To acquire at christmas. >> no reason to panic on camera there. off camera, a senior white house official told reuters: there will be things that people can't get. at the same time, a lot of these things can be substituted by other things. no real reason to be panicked. there is a need for patience to get through a short period of time. the white house is looking for a quick fix for empty shelves. the port of los angeles which was not a 24/7 operation will be after a deal with the international long shore union. wal-mart will move their cargo on their own. president biden will host a future me...

Spending his time doing. he did a little conference in nevada and a virtual ceremony from capitol hill. i don't see anything about the ports of which he is in charge, or the airlines or the trucking industry of which he is in charge. right now if you have the power to look like you are doing something, now would be the time. >> bill: it's right up his alley. but he's been largely awol. going back to fed-ex and ups who are trying to give you at home an idea of when you need to order christmas gifts. there are all kinds ever rules. bottom line. early december is probably the smart way to do it i...

It's very important that we get the infrastructure plan passed. we've seen the cost of inaction in the pandemic, in the delays. the congestion that affect every american. >> greg: it's up to you now to step up. the federal government that's in charge of the postal service saying earlier that they aren't actually the postal service. >> can this administration guarantee that holiday packages will arrive on time. >> we are not the postal service or ups or fed-ex. we cannot guaranty. what we can do is use every lever at the federal government disposal to reduce delays to ensure that we are address...