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gerry: chris very abrasive got together break. that's a good point.s to see american soldiers right and die for ukraine. but as kim said it's about the strict strategic opportunity this would represent for vladimir putin to really exercise a power in a very important part of the world and really undermine america's international relationships. nato's been the cornerstone of u.s. security for very long time that is the threat is in a question rick is not really about specific threat to ukraine itself. >> it's potentially a threat. but what you said what is it going to take to stop putin? we have reviewed sanctions before to no avail. he is still willing to assassinate bill from london, to paris, perhaps even in dupont circle .16% of americans in the latest roles supportive of actual kind of a martial action which is what he understands boots on the ground to deter them. we can breed sanctions to bear and i think we should pieces in the interest of the united states peace in europe and the interest of the world. but what are we willing to bring to bear

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gerry: charlie hurt i think these admits rations across the country do not want to let go.rity they love having this control they do not want to let go. very quickly if you would. >> i think you're exactly right. it goes back to the point that this has become an issue they want to be right about as opposed to an issue they want to fix it. they are completely out of touch with their voters. they are still fighting a battle from two years ago as opposed to look into the future and try to fix problems and make things better. spent i've got to go important thank you very much to philip levine and charlie hurt me that that process week we back next week on wall street journal at large. thank you so much for joining us us. welcome to special addition of "kudlow" i am larry kudlow this is about labor in america the workforce, else middle income blue collar folks made this country great businesses work produce goods and services the brave military people who defend our nation, and our freedom in all parts of the

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gerry: joe i live in new york you live new jersey.ost remarkable examples of progress in this country, really progress when progressive talk about progress is in the name paid by the great examples of progress of seen the country the last 30 years of declining crime. i read by first came to new york i lived in new york at the end of the 1980s homicides happening multiple times a day. crime was surging across america. we got soft on crime rudy giuliani original new york cities across the country got tough on crime, we don't incarcerate too many people but we do want to incarcerate the violent criminals pretty made enormous progress the last two years that progress has been thrown away. now we have a progressive prosecutor's so-called prosecutor in manhattan sent you're not going to prosecute types of criminals we are losing all the progress we made over the last 50 years reflects completely. you talk about you lived in york during the time of david dinkins and then giuliani comes in and completely cleans it up and extended bloomberg th

gerri willis has more on these concerns about data collection and monitoring. gerri?friday to you. the irs launching a new program that will require you to scan your face and provide other personal data to get access to your tax files online. the irs has hired a third party, this company called id me, they're the gatekeeper to verify filers identity claiming facial recognition is necessary to deter today's criminals cyber criminals, that is, most effectively. the taxpayer trust in the irs extremely low, due in part to scandals like the targeting of tea party groups by irs employee s way back in 2013 this is leading some folks to question whether the information gathered by id me will be shared with the nation's largest tax collector or other federal agencies. the irs says those concerns are overblown, "there have been some wildly inaccurate statements regarding the use of selfies relating to paying and filing taxes." the irs ex fasizes taxpayers can pay or file their taxes without submitting a selfie or information to a third party identification company. now, id me s

gerry baker joins us now.thanks for having me. >> sandra: by the way, before we start, how did you characterize what we heard from the president in the lengthy news conference? >> gerry: i thought it was chaotic, i thought it was disturbing, i mean, you know, when you have a president whose words have to be cleaned up, like you just heard, both on russia and also on the question of the legitimacy of elections in hours of his remarks, it does show a president who is at minimum very loose-lipped. but at worse, really not in control of the facts and the data and indeed the key elements of his job. i think it was disturbing as well. >> sandra: seems to be a lot of frustrations when it comes to voters. voters in michigan, listen to this. >> he has not done anything for the people. >> worse i've seen any president do in my entire lifetime. >> things are obviously worse but i don't know what's worse is exactly all his fault. >> trump left it a mess, he inherited a problem. >> look at the stats, look at our economy. b

gerri? reporter: that's right, cheryl. good to see you this afternoon.ng out for the most immunocompromised americans. that was approved back in october but for the general public another covid booster may be on its way as well. that is according to moderna ceo stefan bonn sell. he is suggesting a fourth shot will be needed this fall for the broader public as the vaccine's efficacy wanes over the next few months. this morning he boosted the outlook for the company's revenues. he told investors his company's omicron vaccine should be in clinics soon. listen. >> we have -- [inaudible] to decide the whether we think it is the best strategy for potential booster for fall of 2022. reporter: but he is not the only drug chief calling for a fourth shot. pfizer ceo albert burlowk his omicron specific shot will be out in march. he says more shots are needed. science still being hotly debated according to uk health advisors, fourth covid jab is not needed, three should give you adequate protection. that has not stopped countries like israel, australia, green light

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gerris whitson colt, on behalf of supervisor mar late mr. richard mcgarry mr. robert thomas me nardy. on behalf of supervisor mar and safai mr. george. mr. warren joseph sleagle. >> president walton: seeing no other business before us. we are at the end of our agenda. i want to say in this new year, no matter how hard the path, we can always begin again. this meeting is adjourned. [♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you a

gerri? gerri: hey, david, that's right. employers require more covid testing, and two new tests, as you say, are getting green- lit by the fda and the makers say they can be on shelves in short order as soon as this month. now, the approvals come as the u.s. is reported a record single-day number of covid cases with more than 1 million new infections, hospitalizations are up 41% in the past two weeks, and a seven day average of over 97,000, the good here, reported deaths are flat, they are not growing. now, the test developed by two private companies here, roche and siemens has been okay by an expedited test program run by the national institute of health and it's called rapid acceleration of diagnostics initiatives, and it evaluates the test based on the ability to rapidly scale up production. now the roche test is a 20 minute at-home test produced by roche and its distribution partner while the zeman's test is an otc antigen screening kit which uses a nasal swab and can be performed by anybody over 14 years of age. now i'

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gerri willis is keeping track of it all. gerri? >> that's right. retail sales falling 1.9%, a big slow down for the holiday season as inflation surged. retail shares today selling off with macy's, target and bath and body works falling here. also trading low are bank stocks after j.p. morgan chase lowered their guidance. they said head winds and moderating revenue will cause a fall. citi group reported lower net income. meanwhile, the lower retail numbers revealed troubles for americans and their budgets. wages are increasing as workers face high demand in the tightest labor market in years. families are also facing high inflation and rising household debt. as a result, the u.s. worker is worse off than a year ago. here's the numbers. the labor department reporting on friday that average hourly earnings for employees declined 2.4% from the same month a year ago when factoring in rising consumer prices. debt also playing a role here. according to the new york federal reserve, the average family in the third quarter of 2021 owes 155,622. that's up 6.

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gerri: perfect final word to end the show. thank you for joining us. that is it for us this week. more views on the wall street journal at large, thank you for joining us. >> "barrons roundtable" sponsored by invesco q? . >> investment firm's ceo on how to protect your portfolio against inflation and what is next for crypto and todd alston of baron's prestigious roundtable reveals the stock picks for 2022 but we begin with the most important things investors ought to be thinking about. inflation is running hot but the market these indications it may cool. investors are worried about earnings. as the fed is poised to raise rates what do bank report say about the economy and airline stocks on the rise despite the omicron surge and flight cancellations. is that a polish signal? for years big macro forces, rather than fundamentals, more focus on the fed and the weekend with market focused on earnings. >> for rate hikes this year and more. when we keep down to it the nasdaq holding its own and the dow finished down more because earnings came out from big banks like jpmorgan, rallies co

our own gerri willis is here to break it all down for us. gerri?orter: ash, very good to see you. that's right, as talk is growing on capitol hill we need even more covid stimulus spending the government's budget is expected to fall deeper into the red when the treasury department releases its monthly spending report later today. the congressional budget office has estimated the government spent 1.4 trillion in the first three months of fiscal year 2022, resulting in a 377 billion-dollar deficit. now that spending follows more than five trillion dollars in covid relief funding passed by congress since the start of the pandemic. with omicron variant raising caseloads to new highs, some like house majority leader steny hoyer are saying more spending is needed to combat the surge. others like federal reserve chairman jay powell are warning additional covid relief isn't needed because the economy, as he said in his confirmation hearing yesterday functions right through these waves of covid. he said the bigger threat to the economy is inflation not covi

gerry: this week on was a journal large joe biden celebrates doubling down on threat to american democracycontrol the rest the country does not find much to celebrate. meanwhile in the real america 2022 started just about like 20

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gerri willis is with us. what do we know about this new strain, gerri? that has -- new variant that has reached the u.s. so far the cdc is not saying that ihu is a variant of concern. however, in their words, they are actively monitoring this varian a i can't which has 46 mutations, and that is more than omicron. here's the statement they gave us last night as you can see on the screen right mow. as of november 12, 2021, there was one case identified in the united states in california in a person with a travel history to mexico. we had questions about that, reached out to the california health d. for details but -- department for details but have not heard back. this variant was first identified in france last september in a person who had returned from cameroon who was ebbs experiencing mild respiratory illness. the case emerged in the same week as the first case of omicron which was reported in france that week. twelve people were ultimately infected in france. now, the world health organization has said this is not something you need to be worried abo

let's go to gerri willis on this. she has been following it all. gerri?'s right. crazy all over again. tax season upon us with january 24th, the first day you can actually file a little less than two weeks away. if the tax season is not stressful enough, the irs warning of record backlogs that could slow process delay and citing massive shortages and backlogs. irs commissioner says listen in many areas we are unable to deliver the amount of service and enforcement that our taxpayers and the tax system deserves and needs. this, he says is frustrating for the irs employees and for me. imagine how the taxpayers feel? irs made how many filings failed to finish, as of december, there were 6 million unprocessed returns. that is six times more than the normal amount. the biden administration is using unprecedented irs bottleneck to push the "build back better" which would have included a giant 80 billion expansion of the government agencies, hiring 87,000 more agents, increasing audits on every american and employ sophisticated technology on what the president c

gerry: hello, this become the wall street journal at large biting is to make a supreme court pic and looks like of course. affirmative action on and in the court. plus, ken 11th hour diplomacy with warnings in europe has a menstruation already open the door for russian aggression? and then republican governor of virginia starts in

gerry: this week on the wall street journal at large is american democracy in peril?dig a little deeper by the grim theatrics of that generous sixth anniversary celebrations but while children ever be allowed a proper education urge americans teaching units at such a grip on the education system because we'll just have to learn whenever and

gerry: thank you both very much, king stressful might culligan chris bedford, thank you so much for joining us. that's it for us this week will be back next week for interviews on wall street journal at large. thank you so mucuc ♪. jack: welcome to baron's roundtable where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. i'm jack otter. why daniel yergin is not concerned about 100-dollar a barrel oil. one of wall street's stop investment strategists reveals his stock picks for 2022. we begin what we always think are the three most important things investors ought to be thinking about right now. the market recovered from a week of wild swings but investors are still focused on how the economy will fare as the fed tightens. apple and microsoft reported strong earnings, industrial companies not so of what to expect from tech companies reporting next week. meme stock mania may be dying on rate hike fierce. we'll toll you what is the next big thing. on the "barron's" roundtable, jack levinson and jack hough. nasdaq was flat, there was a lot of motion sickness on the road to nowher

gerri willis with the latest. hi, gerri. reporter: hi, jackie, that's right.announcing the start of a clinical study to evaulate the safety of a omicron focused vaccine. they're testing healthy adults age 18 to 556789 they -- 55. they expect the initial results of the study to be completed in the first half of the year. if successful they could ask u.s. regulators for authorization and begin distribution in march a critical date. the company says they could manufacture four billion doses of the shot this year. original doses of the vaccine were less effective providing protection against omicron than previous strains. now the biontech ceo saying this in a statement, vaccines continue to offer strong protection against severe disease caused by omicron yet emerging data indicate vaccine induced protection against infection in mild to moderate disease waneses more rapidly than was observed with prior strains. that is the problem in a nutshell. the companies will test the immune response generated by on con based vaccine in three shot regiment and unvaccinated peo

weather we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are gerrye normal pattern of january temperatures was turned upside down on saturday, 12 degrees in northern scotland, four in southern england. a little bit of sunshine across parts of north—east england, most places have another cloudy day for part two of the weekend. despite the cloud, a lot of dry weather around, high pressure close by, exerting a settling influence on our weather. underneath the high pressure and around, all of this cloud coming in. a weather front approaching northern scotland, and that it does so it will strengthen the does mean e—mail start after a mild day, but a hint of blue through parts of wales and england, lighter winds and a chance of frost with clear spells. mist and fog patches to building, but will be more or less in the clear on sunday. a lot of cloud around, north—east scotland's parts of wales and eastern counties of northern ireland most favoured, a few brighter breaks. a breezy day in northern england and northern ireland, especially scotland and north—we