the fox news host taking a shot at new dad buttigieg over his paternity leave. >> pete buttigieg hason leave from his job since august after adopting a child, paternity leave, they call it, trying to figure out how to breast feed, no word on how that went >> reporter: buttigieg who welcomed twins with his husband in august quickly fired back on msnbc. >> in his case, i guess he doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding, let alone the concept of paternity leave. >> reporter: the cabinet secretary took four weeks of paid leave just as the shipping and supply chain crisis hit a peak the biden administration defending him. white house press secretary jen psaki tweeting, buttigieg is among role models on the importance of paid leave for new parents. >> it's hard to imagine having that kind of paid paternity leave. >> reporter: it's a model adam wishes he could follow his wife victoria gave birth to florence 6 weeks ago while she's been on leave, bonding with florence, he hasn't had the luxury >> kind of feel jealous, absolutely, yeah i mean, i know it's a lot of work it's literally

here is carlson's comments and buttigieg's response moments ago. >>> pete buttigieg has been on leave from his job since august after adopting a child. paternity leave they call it. trying to figure out how to breastfeed. no word how that went. but now, he is back in office as the transportation secretary and he is deeply amused he says to see that dozens of container ships can't get into this country. >> i guess he just doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding, let alone the concept of paternity leave. but what's really strange is that, you know, this is from a side of the aisle that used to claim the mantle of being pro-family. what we have right now is an administration that's actually pro-family. and i'm blessed to be able to experience that, you know, as an employee. >> outfront now, hillary rosen, democratic strategist, mother of two. scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush, father of four. i am a mother of three. so, there we go. we've -- we've all experienced the -- the sleepless nights and all sorts of feedings. all right. so, hillary, wha

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the white house now getting intense criticism for the crisis but transportation secretary pete buttigieg is defending the administration's handling of it. >> as soon as the president came in, he issued an executive order to i think in february to look at the supply chain from all angles. when you think about the scale and complexity of the ports, obviously it's not something you can do overnight. look, we're constantly going to re-evaluate all of our options. but the steps we're taking right now we're going to make a difference. arthel: let's go to david spunt now live at the white house this morning. >> reporter: this supply chain crisis, backup, log jam, may be making headlines over the past few days and in the days to come but the core problems, the root of this issue began several months ago as secretary buttigieg was talking about and the consequences of this crisis may of last well into the new year. we have just you few months left of 2021. you see these dozens of cargo ships packed to the brim stuck off the california coast. on land, truck drivers are scarce, millions of goods ar

let me tell you, i support secretary buttigieg, this wasn't personal. that being said, he said a keyword, that this system is not regulated. it's deregulated. this is twice in a week on national television the government is washing their hands. first it was the facebook and twitter. a week ago, and instagram. now we got shipping that's unregulated. that's a part of the problem. the ports is a convolution of private, american-owned, foreign-owned, container controlled, union-controlled, railroad, trucking, all these intermodal operations operate independently because they're not regulated and synchronized and supervised by the federal government. secretary pete didn't create this, he's right. we went from a commercial venture that went from cheaper, better, quicker, we liked that. then we went to just in time delivery. most industries used to have six months to eight months' stock on hand. they figured out they didn't have to have as many warehouses so we went to just in time. how do you run a car company, getting your parts in from overseas, just in tim

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buttigieg this last week.e weirdly warned that quote, challenges will possibly continue for years. why is every a answer out you have washington will last for years and years but pitched the stalled infrastructure plan as a cure-all? what is your reaction to that? >> exactly. they only -- i feel like they create some of these problems. they try to support their agenda. and create more government intervention. the reality is, is that 75% of the truck, of goods across america are being transported by trucks. we do need more truck drivers but you have aoc and the green new deal wanting to ban trucks. they don't want natural gas trucks. the cost of fuel is increasing rapidly. all because of their doing. so instead of having a vision of how we're going to come out of this pandemic and, by the way then was really just for government to get out of the way instead of more mandates, more restrictions, more government intrusions, more taxes, more government control instead of getting out of the way and helping where the

secretary buttigieg, thanks for joining us.e seeing supply chain disruption causing everything from higher prices to longer waits for products. moody's warns these supply chain disruptions, quote, will get worse before they get better, unquote. do americans need to prepare ourselves for this to get worse before it gets better? >> certainly, a lot of the challenges that we have been experiencing this year will continue into next year. but there are both short-term and long-term steps that we can take to do something about it. part of what's happening isn't just the supply side, it's the demand side. demand is off the charts. retail sales are through the roof. if you think about those images of ships, for example, waiting at anchor on the west coast, every one of those ships is full of record amounts of goods that americans are buying, because demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession. now the issue is, even though our ports are handli

transportation secretary pete buttigieg has been on paternity leave since august. it comes as the u.s. is facing a spiraling supply chain crisis. secretary buttigieg says it's not just a failure to get items on shelves. >> well, certainly a lot of the challenges that we've been experiencing this year will continue into next year. look, part of what's happening isn't just the supply side, it's the demand side many demand is off the charts. >> reporter: the port of los angeles is working around the clock to get cargo ships in and products off boats. the executive director of the port of long beach says the way sees it there will be a backlog of shipping until mid next year. >> in order to remain competitive and make sure we address this issue not only on a global level but here, at a local level, we have to up our game in terms of not only how we move containers, but in terms of the hours that we operate. 24/7. >> reporter: lawmakers have been you aattempting to slow down increasing inflation. republicans say the leading cause of prices you see at the store is federa

and let's get this thing done. >> joining me is the secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. secretary buttigieg, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me back. >> i want to start, obviously, with the issue of the supply chain. you're secretary of transportation, the ports, all of this is under your purview here. the big news you made was trying to establish a 24/7 operation now at as many of our nation's ports as possible. let me ask you, this supply chain issue has been a problem for months. why wait until this week to try that? why weren't we at a 24/7 operation nine months ago, ten months ago, a year ago. >> i can't speak to a year ago before this administration was in office. i can tell you as soon as the president came in, he issued an executive order i think in february to look at the supply chain from all angles. one of the things we started looking into earlier this year was these expanded operations. if you think about the scale and the complexity of these ports, obviously it's not something that you can do overnight. but after bringing together the

on the border, and we know that, and then there is a pete buttigieg making light of the supply chainow it could impact christmas. the list goes on. this is such an interesting cast of characters, steve. i just gets worse day by day. there is, and pete, there is antony blinken who bungled afghanistan, can this group get anything right? >> steve: interesting, that's one way of putting it, and i agree with you. but it's staggering to see the level of confidence but it all stems from one place. the reality about these people, and one of the things that i've said about them all along. the real flaw that underlies all the other flaws in the foundation is that they are just political people and machine politicians. they have done nothing in their eyes. at biden has never done a real job in his life, all he's done is try to climb the political ladder going this way and that way, wherever the wind blows politically. he doesn't stand for anything, it doesn't have any principles or beliefs or values it is just really evident that when there's a problem you don't know where to go because you hav

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secretary buttigieg will be on "special report" this evening to react to some of the criticism. one solution presented by the administration has been to ramp up operations at a major u.s. port. we're talking about the port of los angeles. officials tell fox that effort could take up to three months as the holiday season looms. senator tom cotton is standing by. first, let's bring in the national correspondent, william la jeunesse with more. >> trace, the cranes behind me are silent as they have been every day that week at 5:00 a.m. when we arrive despite the president's promise hoff getting another shift up at 3:00 to 7:00 a.m. right now there's six containers arriving here for every one that leaves. that reflects this trade gap growing with china going up 11% in august alone. the u.s. trade deficit is up 34% over last year. you can see that right now out in the harbor or the bay. there's 77 ships waiting offshore to dock here. most from china to off load and also they're expecting 25 more ships in the next three days. port officials want to go to 24/7 as the president said, but

transportation secretary pete buttigieg is he defending his paternity leave as supply chain issues get worse under his watch. ahead of the busy holiday season. plus - >>> this is my final signoff, after 22 years of serving the citizens of the state of washington, being asked to leave because i am dirty. todd: that was something else, right. a state trooper using his final signoff to slam leaders in washington state who are refusing to back down on today's vaccine mandate deadline and even in liberal california americans are rising up with mass walkouts planned for today. carley: the bidens are caught breaking their rules, ditching their masks on a date night in washington, d.c. for continues right now. todd: i know the focus is on the mass hypocrisy, i'm just shocked that people have date nights. i would kill for one of those. carley: you haven't been on a date night in a while? not in a while. todd: you're watching "fox & friends first," i'm todd piro. carley: i'm carley shimkus. todd: an evacuation flight about to fly out of kabul. carley: trey yingst is on the ground at the airport

he recently mocked buttigieg to take time off to care for his newborn twins.on secretary had this response. >> as you might imagine, we're bottle feeding and doing it at all hours of the day and night. i'm not going to apologize to tucker carlson or anyone else for taking care of my premature newborn infant twins. >> buttigieg says having time to care for his twins is something all parents should have. >>> the race for governor in virginia is heating up now. terry mcauliffe is going big. he's counting on the party's big names to fire crowds and boost turnout particularly among black voters. we have all of this. >> reporter: with an eye towards the mid terms, the message of what happens in virginia has implications for the whole country. that's why they tapped on stacey abrams to get virginia democrats excited in this off year election. >> i'm here from georgia. we tonight have an election this year for the governor but i know what happens here across the country. when you decide who is going to lead you, people decide whether they're going to follow it. here i

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let's get more on this now from transportation secretary pete buttigieg. secretary buttigieg, thanks for joining us this morning. let's pick up where cecilia just left off. we know that speaker pelosi is hoping for a vote on tuesday. are you confident you have the votes? >> we're very optimistic. the president put forward this framework because he believes that it will pass the house and the senate, and can get to his desk, and as soon as it does, it's going to make such a difference in the lives of americans. you know, one of the reasons we have such a sense of urgency about this is that the american people are impatient to see the pro-family policies that are in that build back better plan, to make sure we make child care more affordable in this country, to expand 3 and 4-year-old access to preschool, to get millions of americans needed tax cuts in the expansion of the child tax credit, and i was just telling you about the family parts of the bill. obviously huge and urgently needed action on climate change, and of course, that work on transportation inf

joining me now is transportation secretary pete buttigieg.ning. >> a lot of measures there. you have the truck driver shortage. you have an unprecedented number, one number, of cargo ships over the california coast. i flew over it yesterday. i took this photo of the bag log there. you say you expect this shortage or bottleneck to last well into 2022. if steps like keeping ports open 24/7 isn't making the difference, what is the administration doing to shorten that timeline? >> well, look, there are going to be disruptions and shocks to the system as long as the pandemic continues. we know some of the steps we're taking are going to make a difference. remember, there are three factors here. it's about supply. it's about demand and it's about the pandemic. those three factors are interacting. demand is off the charts. remember, it's not that we're moving fewer goods through the system right now. we're actually moving more goods than ever. it's that can't keep up with demand being even higher than that. as you correctly point out, there's a lot

joining me now is transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we'll get to those supply problems in a minute, but first, president biden really raised the stakes this week when he went to capitol hill, he urged congress to pass his agenda. he explicitly said the fate of his presidency hangs in the balance, and yet democrats couldn't deliver. so why wasn't he able to close the deal with his own party? >> well, look, we are the closest that we've ever been, and the president is confident that this framework that we're putting forward can pass the house and senate and get to his desk for signature. the reason you hear this sense of urgency on his part is not just politics. it's that the country needs this. world leaders are gathering in glasgow right now looking at this chance that we have, and it's barely within our grasp now to be able to beat the worst effects of climate change, that means immediate action, and that's part of what's in this package. but also families are ready for the support that has been lacking for a long time in this country

transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me next. >>> plus, lock them up? the house january 6 investigation has a choice to make as key trump allies say they will not cooperate. >> i hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. >> are claharges coming? i will ask one of two republicans on that committee, adam kinzinger. >>> he is back. six years after leaving "the daily show" jon stewart has a new show and a lot to say. >> i still believe this is an experiment worth having. feel good! >> our interview and why he still has hope for america ahead. ♪ >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is watching president biden's problems mount. the president is out fine tuning his sales pitch for an economic agenda. his party still cannot agree on. democrats are scrambling for alternatives after joe manchin appeared to kill the cornerstone climate policy in the party's social safety net package. democrats try to sell their spending plans. the biden administration neetds to calm fears over inflation and a supply chain

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where in the world is secretary of transportation pete buttigieg?g on. >> this is related to covid-19 crisis that we've had for a year and a of, suffice on say white house appointed a port envoy. to address this constituent -- to address the situation, if we could think out of the box to create more efficiency and address the am -- i will tell you challenges are difficult. the short-term, but in long-term, this is a wake up wake-up call for members of supply chain to think out of the box. and address the issues. trey: when you say short-term and long-term. at my age, i don't think long-term term. i don't think if i have one. short-term like between now and christmas. are these supply chain issues going to manifest themselves in delays, cars, ablinds children's toys. >> the answer is yes, consumer could expect delays, we're doing for short-term cure is a work of extended hours. i have a -- good thing, terminal operators here in greater los angeles, long beach area. we are looking to -- the 8 hours this takes a cooperation. trey: is there any one cate

i want to ask you about our energy issues but first -- a chance to respond to secretary pete buttigiegke of that. >> first, great to be back with you. secretary buttigieg is trying to promote the massive tax and spend package, it is the biden administration that created so many supply chain problems, starting with the lack of affordable american energies, one reason that people pay 40% more for gasoline at the pump, and that prices at grocery store are higher. and because of the policies where they said, they are not gains all energy, but american energy. you want you pointed out president biden comes in kills keystone pipeline and all those jobs, puts a moratorium on drilling in america but begs opec and russia to drill more, if it were about saving the planet, we do it better than anywhere else. we can't get the goods we need. if you want to buy a microwave often, you will pay 30% more and wait 6 months because president biden flipped this upside down creating they problem. trey: it has been a tough 18 months for the nation with the pandemic and economy. i don't know that we could ha

supply change and other topics with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr.retary thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me on >> bret: here's the president this week talking about addressing this issue and some reaction to what he said. take a listen. >> by staying open seven days a week through the night and on the weekends, the port of los angeles will open over 60 extra hours a week. today's announcement has potential to be a game changer. >> with all due respect to president biden, what he just ordered is too little too late. whether the ports are open 24 hours a day or 48 hours a day, you cannot get labor. if you cannot get labor, you cannot get trucks, you cannot get those merchandise out. and even if you get them out, it's going to be too late for christmas. >> bret: what about it secretary? is it too little too late what's been going on. >> no, but as you heard the president said this has the potential to be a game changer. it's going to have to be part of a number of steps, as the report just now showed. a lot of this is not just about the issu

. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg says his department is working with state dmvs to speed up the commercial driver's licenses for trucke truckers, but he acknowledges more needs to be done. >> we need to deal with the already long-term issues that have made us have yvulnerable te rupgss like the ones caused by the pandemic. >> reporter: now ll bean is joining other retailers, before. >> we're not sure when things are coming in. shop early, and get outside. >> reporter: one senator is now calling for secretaries romundo and buttigieg to testify on capitol hill about the supply chain issues. >>> new concerns about a missile threat from china. china fired a nuclear capable hypersonic missile in august. the report which has not been confirmed by abc news also says the missile circled the globe before speeding toward its target which it missed by nearly 25 miles. even though, the test shows china is far more advanced than the u.s. realized. china is only increasing tensions in the region and beyond. >>> now to an exclusive interview with christopher steele. he's the fo

pete buttigieg says the reason we have demand up so much and prices up so much is the resident bidennomy is so good. do you agree with that? >> we have to be careful about making predictions right now. what we are showing is we need to look at expectations for consumers and producers and we find they are plummeting, they have been plummeting since late spring, early summer. what we show in a paper we just published, this is normally a predictor of a serious economic downturn even if that is not showing up in all economic indicators. todd: let's look at the numbers you mentioned. consumer indices plummeting, a 10 point drop indicates a recession, 25.3% according to the conference board, 21 points according to your colleagues at the university of michigan. without getting too much into microeconomics, why does the consumer index show a recession? >> because of the drop. what we show is in the previous six recessions, in particular the big one in 2007-8, these indices predict 6 to 12 months in advance what is going to happen in the real economy. what is going to happen to employment, un

joining me, the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. secretary, i appreciate you joining us.road agreement on this framework. progress yefs are pushing the vote on infrastructure back even in the face of the president saying that his presidency and the party's future are on the line, why can't democrats get this done? >> well, we are closer to getting this done than we have ever been, and that reflects almost a year of careful listening, negotiation, building. and the reason i think it will happen is because it has to. this isn't just for democratic party reasons. this is because america needs it. definitely we need the transportation yechlts that i'm looking forward to delivering in my department. look at what's possible in this framework. dramatically transforming preschool, a tax cut for 10s of millions of families with kids, making it easier to get the care they need and stay in their homes when it's not. a tax code that asks corporations and the wealthy to pay a larger share. >> with all due respect, what's taken -- americans want to know what's taking so long. we've hea

in at 8:00 a.m., and join chuck with this morning's "meet the press," and he will have secretary buttigiegnd hutchison from arkansas over the vaccine mandates. >>> we are following developing news in haiti. a group of 17 u.s. missionaries, including three children have been kidnapped. the message from ohio-based christian aid ministries were on the way to the airport from building a orphanage when a gang of gunmen kidnapped them. no other details are available. >>> a ride and rally took place in georgia in honor of ahmaud arbery. his family says he was out for a jog. two men chased him down and eventually shot him. they have been charged with first-degree murder. jury selection begins in their trial tomorrow. >>> according to a statement from the clinton spokesperson, the president has made excellent progress while at uc irvine medical center. he has been in, quote, high spirits, and he has been watching college football. the 75-year-old former president was admitted tuesday night. he's receiving ivy antibiotics for a infection that spread to his bloodstream. >>> hollywood has avoided a st

transportation secretary pete buttigieg, he's facing tough questions just about being at home with hiswo children and his husband for some pray ternty leave that he took. the white house and pete buttigieg are defending the mover and he's still working and he's been in touch on major policy decisions. >> we are seeing record goods coming through our ports, the demand is there which is great and represents a policy success and now we have to make sure the supply chains are there to support. >> and eric, it's interesting because in the early days of covid in 2020 then candidate joe biden gave an interview to yahoo where he blamed the food shortage that we were having at the time on president trump and president trump saying it's time for leadership and now this president biden is facing a similar crisis, eric. eric: you neglect, david, many people are looking at the supply chain and seeing it as a global problem specifically what else is the administration trying to do to solve this? >> david dave well, the administration is in touch with global partners, with other countries. the presid

why do we see john instead of pete buttigieg if he was staying on his leave? he can do it.ely. people do it. babies are always a blessing in our lives. your thoughts. >> it john or joe? >> harris: you may be right. no, it's john. >> you got it right. the president called him joe? >> if anybody is not doing a good job it's the guy in charge of getting the ships in and out port. they have been out there longer than the crown princess cruise. we had william there. they are not moving. these are goods we paid for. they are explaining it's a good thing. an upper class problem we have to wait for goods with empty shelves and inflation is rising. please don't explain to me how paying 40% more for gas is a good problem. you have the labor secretary. why is everyone quitting. why do we have a work force but have less people working in our country? we have somebody and a labor secretary that says give renter relief and student loan forgiveness and you wonder why nobody jumps back into the workplace. you have a $3.5-trillion package. someone forgot to tell the president he can't get h

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and buttigieg has taken this opportunity to turn it around into a positive.lson and going on television. he's going to be on state of the union here on cnn tomorrow. so he's trying to turn it around and point out the paid parent leave is a very good thing. at fox news, they have paternity leave and some of carlson's male colleagues have thanked fox and raved about the value of having that time with their newborns. i regret not taking all the time that cnn offers for paternity leave. i wish i had taken more weeks. this is something so many parents can relate to and why it's so strange to see someone like carlson taking the fringe minority stance on this when everyone is moving in the direction of taking care of families. giving more support, not less, to mothers and fathers. >> is he against dads being home helping out? isn't that what dads should be doing? you know, what a concept. all right, brian. we could go on and on about this, but we won't. thanks so much. great to see you. and catch brian's show. it's must see tv, reliable sources, tomorrow at 11:00 a.

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we don't know where buttigieg is.n focused on the wealthy and on corporations whispering them to pay their fair share. when it comes to middle class americans, lower income workers, blue collar workers, he's screaming at them loud and clear, pay more than your fair share because inflation, the gas prices, all of the things that are more expensive and not getting better in a build back better program initiative isn't working. it's build back broke. american people are feeling it every day. what we need to have is leadership. conservative free enterprise principle. i don't think this administration is doing it. i don't think they care. >> shannon: i think they care about america. we want our economy to improve. but the president keeps dividing in some ways and he keeps talking about top wage earners and top corporations and people who are not paying their fair share. we dug up the numbers. these are from the irs. these are straight numbers. these are not biassed or put together by a particular group. these are stats. wh

transportation secretary pete buttigieg will join us to discuss the white house roundtable on supply chain bottleneck some of those points that the president was just discussing and whether or not this is going to be a temporary issue or prolonged a little longer. that is coming up later on the show >>> we should mention the market's at the moment about flat the s&p's off kits lows but is only high by about 0.2% with about 47 minutes left of the show >>> he made a lot of money bu buying things other investors don't want ouwh'stalk to bruce richards abt at on his radar. back in a couple that building you're trying to sell, - you should ten-x it. - ten-x it? ten-x is the world's largest online commercial real estate exchange. if i could, i'd ten-x everything. like a coffee run... don't just sell it. ten-x it. ok, let's talk about those changes to your financial plan. bill, mary? hey... it's our former broker carl. carl, say hi to nina, our schwab financial consultant. hm... i know how difficult these calls can be. not with schwab. nina made it easier to set up our financial plan. we ca

joining a secretary of transportation pete buttigieg, mr.ecretary president biden went to capitol hill on thursday and he told house democrats this, i don't think it hyperbole to say the house and senate majorities in my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week. the immediate response, house democrats cannot muster the majority to pass as infrastructure bill, can you guarantee the house democrats as just your party will pass either of these bills this week and there is talk right now that they may try to pass both on tuesday. >> what i know where the closest we've ever been and it looks like were teed up for major action soon. the president is sounding that no emergency not is because the president needs it but because the country needs it you look at the need for action on climate before it's too late. you look at the need to support economy for the long run and make it more competitive. to deal with issues like inflation which will benefit, we will have better tools for fighting inflation if we pass this economic pack

not only elect him as president, but he's going to be joe biden's transportation secretary, pete buttigieg did not have time to appoint someone to take over his job, off the clock and have plenty of time to participate in a documentary and plenty of time to do an interview with "people" magazine about his new life, so it's just a matter of prioritizing his fame and wanting to pull a fauci being on the cover of magazines versus dealing with real problems that america is having right now with the supply chain. the final thing i will say is now that the forces are back up in california, they need people to off-load what is in the port and they need drivers, that's the shortage of workers. california labor law through 85 does not allow that, we can't hire gate workers. the pro act which is in the infrastructure bill that joe biden wants to pass does the same thing on a national level. every single person you hire has to be a full-time employee with full benefits and they do that because they want the unions for political capital. so this problem is not getting fixed on a policy level anytime s

this is the same genius, pete buttigieg, who had said to recently fired keystone xl pipeline workers -- i know you lost your job but go out and get another good union job. oh, okay. he didn't lift a finger to help them, either. he has no clue about what life for americans is about to. jen psaki, she wants you to know the current economic crisis is not biden's problem, you need to direct your questions and complaints to the postal service and ups and fedex. really? i'll explain that to children on christmas morning. >> reporter: can this administration guarantee that holiday packages will arrive on time? >> they are not the postal service or ups or fedex, we cannot guarantee. what we can do is use every lever at the federal government's disposal to reduce delays. >> sean: in other words, the buck doesn't stop with gel. the administration blaming everyone and anyone for the crisis they caused. one contributing factor, the economic crisis to all of this, americans are now losing their jobs, why? because of joe's vaccine mandate. this is going to add to the disastrous economy we are alre

pete buttigieg is not up to the job. >> martha: yeah. i think rahm emanuel, never let a good crisis go to waste. a crisis is a leadership opportunity for any politician. right? to wrap your arms and it and say see what we did? we got the trucks moving. seems like they're taking a very lazy altitude to it and raises questions when you look at the polling numbers, why they're not trying something different at this point. thanks, gentlemen. great to see you both. >> thank you. >> martha: so we have breaking news in "the story" which is so awful and so disturbing. this alec baldwin situation. we're learning new details about what happened out there yesterday and the early morning hours today and the death of this woman on the right-hand side of your screen. a rising producer in hollywood who is dead. she leaves behind a husband and son. mark garagos digging into this situation. we'll see what happens when we come back. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: t

>> it is seldom i find myself agreeing with pete buttigieg, but i agree here. i think that the response from the administration is likely to make it worse, especially if they pass this reconciliation bill. the problem at the -- is not 24/7, the answer is not the president to say, we'll run this around the clock. that may be part of the answer, but the companies are nimble. one of the reasons the journal we've objected to the tariffs and so forth, they are very complicated things issue the supply chains. get the goods to the person selling them here. if you mess with them, you reek havoc and prices and reliability. this is far more, they are finally admitting, it is a matter of truckers and having enough storage to unload the ships and put them in a place. i would prefer to bet on the private sector. some big box places like walmart and home depot, they are chartering their own ships to bring stuff in different ways, different ports and so forth. that will be reflected in higher prices. >> sandra: great point. it is a case of just get out of the way f. they try

buttigieg is the perfect example.r this supply chain problem and he took 2 months off. >> bill: looking forward to the next 2 months? maybe december. but that money goes into our system. >> it balloons inflation even more. there are a lot of people complaining about their salaries. they have a reason to complain. 10% increase is only 5% when you have inflation over 5%. you will see a boom of inflation and a boom of folks and even more people staying at home now. as inflation increases, people will stop buying as much as they are now and that hurts corporate profits. >> bill: your analysis right now? >> i hope reality catches up with the policy bombs that don't work. >> dana: democrat run cities with surging crime rates threatening to fire cops that won't get vaccinated and the president and first lady in a restaurant without masks. we cover both topics up next. >> there are moments when we all don't put masks back on as quickly as we should. ♪girl, i don't know, i don't know,♪ ♪i don't know why i can't get♪ applebee's