disparately organized and we needed a single -- too disparately organized and we needed a single northstaror our work, which we did not have and never had. david: when you got the position, ford announced we are going to focus solely on inequality. what did your recipients of your age say? darren: part of it is stepping back and asking why did you focus on equality? the reason i believed in -- inequality was important was because of our mission. our mission was to strengthen democracy. i believe that among the greatest threats to our democracy was growing hopelessness. and hopelessness occurs in societies where there are high levels of inequality. and so, the correlation between hopelessness and inequality is what is a threat to our mission. the goal was to get people, no matter what you are working on, to understand if it is having some impact on poor people because of the growing inequality in the world. david: you get the job. you convince the board to do this but then you have to do the work of convincing your staff people to change what they have been doing for so many years. was that

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tom: stan fischer is the great northstar, an extraordinary statement about the gentleman in 1998. we have a conceit now our currencies are more floating. can the release valve for chairman powell has he approaches the feasible be dollar dynamics because we have a more open currency system? momahed: it is not open enough for that. the solution to all our issues is a surge of productivity. if we get significant productivity growth, we can reconcile all sorts of difficult trade-offs. the key issue is whether we get a surge in productivity. you can get that with other things happening underneath. it would be wonderful to have labor participation go up, especially among women. it would be wonderful to have supply chains improving. is all that going to happen in the short term? very unlikely unfortunately. lisa: you are talking about how a softish landing is looking like the most best outcome. do you think the reason data we have seen and the assumption in markets that momentum is waiting, do you think that got ahead of itself? that there has already been a slowing that will make it eas

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he was and is our northstar. [applause] just as walter mondale believed in the dignity of all people, the promise of america to take care of our people, so does our honored guest. president joseph biden has taken the reins of the country at an unparalleled time. he is leading at a moment that we must emerge from the pandemic not as a country in 300 plus million silos but as one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. president biden has led our nation and the democracies of the world to stand up to the inhumane barbarism of vladimir putin and stand with the blue and yellow courage and conviction of the people of ukraine. [applause] as walter mondale once wrote, our founders believed that america needs leaders to transcend the politics of the moment and pursue the nation's long-term aspirations. leaders who will take care of the constitution, understanding that they are only custodians of an idea. that describes of course walter mondale but that also describes his good friend, joe biden. pre

our northstar has to be safety, but when we can provide flexibility that is not cut against the goal of safety we will continue to do so. >> i hope that you will look for that, that flexibility is key, and in rural areas, particularly hauling these kinds of loads, this kind of freight, that there ought to be a different application to some of these regulations which can be not only at the expense of the truckers, but will make it difficult for producers to get their animals and commodities to their destination. thank you. >> thank you. senator thune -- as chair i am actually up for questions, so i will recognize myself. sen. thune: thank you for the outstanding work you are doing, secretary buttigieg. last week, along with 11 of my senate colleagues, including many members of this committee, i wrote to you about the needs to develop a framework to facilitate this eve development and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the united states. you've already had questions related to this, so you know this committee is interested in this topic. and i know you only had the letter for six day

this is a big northstar. is a big story ahead. guy: always great to catch up and hear the message. thank you very much. let's get you back up-to-date with what you need to know, the first word news. angel: china has reported the newest cases of coronavirus in three months. the easing of outbreaks in shanghai and beijing have led officials to restrict some of the -- relax some of the strictest controls. the british government reportedly has been warned that 6 million households could face power cuts this winter. according to the times, the worst case scenario drawn up by official says there could be widespread gas shortages if russia further cuts supplies to the european union. that could lead to electricity rationing at the start of the year. european banks led by -- stand to benefit from a change. global regulators have a great to start treating the euro area is one market, and determining capital requirements for its top lenders. banks headquarters in banking union would see more exposures within the block,

congress, sovereign tribal leaders, mayors and the mondale family, welcome to minnesota, gopher nation, northstar state, land of 10000 lakes and probably known as the home of walter mondale. [applause] walter mondale change every person he came in contact with, he change the state and the nation and this world. all for the better. a national figure but at heart as everyone in the room knows, just the boy from southern minnesota and embodied a sense of joy and lived his life every single day with that joy at the forefront. met 91 still fishing. unlike me he was catching them. [laughter] everyone who met him consider him a friend. did you feel anyone was more present? there was no one more important than that moment if any person who came i talked to after you spend time with walter mondale over the feeling hopeful, optimistic for the future and a little nervous that i would disappoint him but always happy. you will hear a lot today of stories is keen intellect of a political giant and innovator and a change maker. he was all that but also one of the funniest people i ever met. he will leave you wi