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Chris. i think the more you -- kyrsten sinema. the more you dig into bill back better, the worse it is in terms of spending. there's something called build back better going on around the world and this is a about social spending, providing social safety nets and paying people. one of the reasons that inflation is going to get significantly worse is because of the greater spending we have through build back better and through other covid-19 relief programs, spending we've done in the past. taxes will go up. that will affect inflation. i believe until republicans are in the majority in 2022 and...

Relief programs, we now know at least a trillion plus for infrastructure, don't yet know on the social bill. all of these are very, very liquid events, in other words, pouring money into the system gets into the hands of consumers and they start to buy goods and services. here is where it gets complicated. the goods they want are stuck on a ship outside of a port of los angeles, sometimes may whine up to six weeks. that problem had not been solved yet. companies make things like cars, used to rely on parts that were inexpensive in the asian markets can't get them anymore. that goes into the pr...

Around the world thursday morning. hong kong closed for a holiday. european shares opened higher. on wall street, stock index futures at this hour are moving higher as well. stocks closed mixed after a key inflation report showed prices for consumers are still rising. the dow fell slightly, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq closed higher. we also saw minutes from the fed reserve's last meeting showing it will likely start cutting back on bond purchases later this year. more earnings rolling in this morning. bank of america and citigroup, morgan stanley will report results. foreclosures are resuming a...

John? >> well, qatar and the scene of a lot of those refugees arriving are critical negotiations. thank you very much. all u.s. senators will receive an unclassified virtual briefing on afghanistan this afternoon from top cabinet officials. and cnn has learned that some republicans are already angling to capitalize politically on the crisis. viewing afghanistan as their new benghazi. lauren fox is with us now. look, they see political opportunity in this. this has been bungled by the biden administration. we're still very much in the throes of it as well, though. >> exactly. i think that the...

On top of those state benefits, another 110,000 people filed for special pandemic relief programs, that brings the total to 529,000 people filing for benefits in just one week. economists note that the delta variant could threaten the recovery in the labor market if businesses are forced to limit operations and force to layoff workers once again. but a research firm says that while the delta variant will likely slow the pace of economic growth for a while, the national picture probably won't suffer much. delta variant is taking aim at countries everywhere, in some places there is a growing e...