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75 basis points. the fed is under so much pressure now to get this right, to achieve this so-called soft landing, to cool economic activity, without it leading to the big r word, recession. >> and it is interesting, right, because what would a recession look like with the unemployment rate so low, with job demand so strong, it is really puzzling a lot of people. >> it really is. you look at 3.6% unemployment rate but some are saying maybe we could be in a recession now. you could be in some weird place and i was talking to some economists about this, this morning, you have an economy which shr...

Reserves down, a lot of people are really on the edge and we need to trade our way out of our difficulties. and so the news today is great news that our borders are open and people can start to travel again. previously, only fully vaccinated people were able to visit. we still have pretty high rates of covid infection. isn't it still a risk that without these restrictions, inbound travellers are at significant risk? the government has been very careful about balancing health and travel. we have had travel restrictions in place for a very long time. you can see from the data that is released th...

Way president trump led the country on that grim tragic day? >> i mean, he could -- calling it leading is probably a mistake. the president, of course, as you said, first claimed if they had been better armed or had better security at the temple no one would have been killed. there were three police officers at the temple and are in the hospital. now that the names have been released, you see the victims were in their 70s and 80s. these are not people who would have been armed in any event. and then to move on to a rally in light of this being the worst attack against the jewish faith in the u...

An armed guard should have been in the building at the time of the attack and then continued with a rally -- he continued with a rally on the same day those 11 people were shot to death. mr. trump justified his action saying you can't give the killer an edge, then he wrongly suggested the new york stock exchange reopened a day after 9/11. what was your reaction to the way president trump led the country on that grim tragic day? >> i mean, he could -- calling it leading is probably a mistake. the president, of course, as you said first claimed that if they had been better armed or had been bett...

And the twisted minds of this extreme fundment list regime. the middle east is is in turmoil the moderate states are teetering and what we're seeing, we're seeing the saudis bombing yemen, the egyptians trying to confront terror and hezbollah and the islamic jihad but we're not seeing any action on the art of the united states. the stwat has perfected what -- the phrase the president has coined of leading from behind. i think it is very far behind, but wroz it leading. >> well, it's a very sobering portrait that you paint there, mr. ambassador. we thank you so much for joining us as we wait fo...