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said for the year. >> absolutely, and a lot of the story since the market opened this morning, the dow jones currently down 800 points, about 2.7%. if it stays at that level, through the market close, in about an hour, that would be the lowest level that we've seen the dow in 2022, and what has already been a brutal year for markets. and the big reason for all of this, have to rewind back to wednesday when the federal reserve, the nation's economic steward raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive time this year. that's to try to raise borrowing costs, to take some steam out of...

>> appreciate it. let me bring in now white house communications director kate beddingfield who is back on the show with us this afternoon from the white house north lawn. kate, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> big midterms here. we are talking about the ideological battle lines drawn and republicans are making it clear they are going to run as you know partly on the inflation and the economy, as we have this split screen now, today, for example, with the markets falling, down something like 800 points on the higher interest rates. how do you square that with the optimism that th...

Democrats in a new nbc news poll. more than 70% of americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction. that is a key indicator. with inflation on the rise and the markets falling, the economy and not covid is the number one issue that voters are feeling about. nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki joins us with the big board to break down the numbers. that are these findings telling you? >> we were talking about a couple of days ago some of the other numbers looking at joe biden's approval rating, suggesting trouble for his party in the midterm elections. here's other num...

Mean for the economy, for airline industry, and so forth. if we look at asia, asia-pacific region, we have seen steep losses there, too. so really, a fear of contagion from asia, which is wrapping up its day to europe and as we just saw there, potentially to the united states. well, despite markets falling, it is a big day for the u.s. economy. many stores across the country are now open for the biggest shopping day of the year. that is black friday. with the supply chain shortage due to pandemic and fears of inflation, shoppers might find higher costs and some empty shelves. vanessa has mor...