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An electrifying revival of the 2003 musical, featuring a titanic performance by Sharon D Clarke, follows the money to the source of American inequality.

>> but we would say to the american people that what we're trying to do is lower your costs whether it's childcare, whether it's the cost of meat or whether it's insuring this is not an issue in years to come. >> reporter: but republicans insist it's the administration that's hurting, not helping, things get better. they continue to stand firm against their efforts to pass this economic agenda that the president now has been pushing for several months. but democrats have also made it clear they are concerned about what this could mean for inflation and other prices on a ton of different items....

Where are they at? [laughter] pete wore it best! by a long shot. 60%. will: i'm right here. i'm standing right here. pete: it was a great morning. let's do it again tomorrow. have a great saturday. ♪ ♪ neil: let's take a little trip back in time. that's our alert, because we are going back in time to the days of parties at studio 54 and long gas lines is and now high gas prices and problems at the stores, double-digit increases in everything from milk to bacon. does the presidency of jimmy carter remind you of what is happening under the presidency of one joe biden? we connect it, you deci...

You had to be chosen to get in. >> we can't let in everybody who wants to come in. i wish we could. ♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> the great chic, go to studio 54 to get in. and they don't. so they write a song. ♪ have you heard about the knew dance craze ♪ ♪ listen to us i'm sure you'll be amazed ♪ >> it was a diss to studio 54 for rejecting them. the part where they say "freak out" actually began as something else. ♪ freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ >> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on dow...

What was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ [ applause ] >> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that's in with the disco crowd. >> i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the '70s. ♪ >> it's where you come when you want to escape. it's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would walk by to watch the people not get in. because tha...