let's bring in catherine rendell, scott jennings, and nina turner.'s look at food right now. i think we have a graphic, cereals, baked goods still going up by .9% there. meat and poultry, this is just in september, okay? this is just since last month. fruits, vegetables, everything is up. what do you think this means for the midterms? >> people are hurting, and we have to deal with the personal economy. that's most important. part of the challenge, though, is that corporations are gouging, at this moment. you have ceos on record saying, i prayed for inflation to happen. there's something wrong with that. and unfortunately, the republicans, although they say that they're the party of family values, they don't necessarily value pushing policies that actually help to lift the american people. this is one that, since 1978, the average ceo pay adjusted for inflation has gone up 1400% . the average worker? 18%. it is criminal, and it is actually crushing this country. >> before i let you respond to that, scott, here's what has happened to the average home