the main one is you cannot make fun of pete buttigieg. you must take pete buttigieg very seriously. learn that and more. we'll tell you all about it plus american diplomats are reported suffering from mysterious neurological symptoms. it's called havana syndrome. doesn't actually exist? is it real? one expert doubts that. you'll still get a copy we'll be right back. >> tucker: you probably heard something about havana syndromeo according to press accounts, american diplomats are falling ill because of this secret sonic weapon. this mystery began in 2016 in havana. here's how nbc news reported on it. >> washing dishes one night in march. >> the kids were upstairs playing and i was standing in the kitchen window and all of a sudden i felt like i was being struck with something. >> what was it like? >> it's like i had been seized and i could not move. >> didn't know it then, they were the victims of a still on his plane phenomenon that has been come to be known as havana syndrome with more than 200 americans around the world, mostly u.s. diplomats and spies reporting neurological and o

the fox news host taking a shot at new dad buttigieg over his paternity leave. >> pete buttigieg has n 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

what have we learned tonight, pete buttigieg give us a lesson about fatherhood. force trained ashley babbott to kill. you know what is true. don't forget it. have the best weekend with the ones you love. we'll see you monday. >> americans held hostage, day 6 go. >> sean: welcome to handy this busy news making friday night. 62 days our fellow americans, friends, green called holders, allies, joe biden abandoned all of them and has not talked about them in 40 days. now the images out of afghanistan are horrific. look at

liz: to the congressman's point, where is pete buttigieg, you know congresswoman bloomberg asked peteuttigieg this last week. he 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

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

pete buttigieg says efforts are under way to speed up the approval of commercial drivers licenses to get more truckers on the road. >>> meanwhile, buttigieg has been criticized for taking paternity leave as the issues escalated. he fired back at fox news' tucker carlson. >> we're bottle feeding and doing it at all hours of the day and night. and i'm not going to apologize to tucker carlson or anyone else for taking care of my premature newborn infant twins. the work that we are doing is joyful, fulfilling, wonderful work. it's important work. and it's work that every american ought to be able to do when they welcome a new child into their family. >> buttigieg says he's engaged with his office and available 24/7. >>> former president bill clinton is recovering at home in new york. he left the hospital with hillary clinton by his side after being treated for six days for a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream. the medical team says his fever and white blood cell count are normalized. and he will finish his course of antibiotics at home. >>> a new wrinkle in the investigat

. >>> and pete buttigieg fighting back tonight against tucker carlson who mocked him for taking parental leave. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden's misplaced optimism. president biden returning to washington moments ago after spending the day in connecticut trying to sell his massive spending bill. that bill, along with much of the president's agenda, stalled tonight. yet, biden says he's still optimistic. >> i told you before what my neurosurgeon years ago said when i had that an eurysm. he said your problem, senator, is you're a congenital optimist. but i'm convinced we're going to get this done. i'm convinced we're going to get it done. we're not going to get $3.5 trillion. we'll get less than that. but we're going to get it. and we're going to come back and get the rest. >>> well, the problem right now for the president is that these negotiations over a $3.5 trillion spending bill aren't just holding up that bill. they're actually holding up the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. a bill that passed the senate with 19 republi

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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

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

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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

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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right now on "the story," the white house defending pete buttigieg amonday an onslaught of criticism from republicans surrounding the supply chain crisis. the gop claiming the administration responded to slow to a crisis months in the making. 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 rig

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

joining us now is secretary of transportation pete buttigieg. ary buttigieg, thanks for joining us. we are 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

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

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

little to reassure the americans worried about the supply chain crisis and rampant inflation, pete buttigiega result of joe biden success. >> certainly a lot of challenges 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 is happening is not just the supply side, it's the demand side. demand is up because income is up because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession. >> jesse: meanwhile americans getting crushed by inflation as we head closer to the holidays. one in five americans already started their holiday shopping last month. all right, dana, we have empty shelves, high inflation, soaring gas prices, labor shortages and a migration crisis and in this country and probably any other, if you had said maybe three of those things, that's a political crisis, biden has all of them. >> dana: you come place them back with policy decisions that have consequences, so you have all of those things happening especially when you

>> 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

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

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

plus transportation secretary pete buttigieg has some choice words for those criticizing his paternity leave. turns out dads actually do more than babysit. who knew? i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. >>> so, a redistricting frenzy is underway across the country. we are following the developments in texas where they are inching closer to determining new maps that could determine the partisan make-up of that state for the next decade. more on that in a moment. >>> to truly understand the stakes of this moment, you have to go back to 2013, not too long ago. that's when the supreme court in a 5-4 division effectively gutted the voting rights act, striking down a key section of the 1965 law known as the preclearance requirement. it required certain states with a history of voter suppression to get federal approval before implementing changes to their electoral or election policies, including redistricting. now, the point was to ensure that these changes did not discriminate against protected minorities before they became laws in their states. chief justice john robert plus, who author

that. >> nbc's jake ward, thanks for starting us off this hour. >>> transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins us from the white house ahead of president biden's remarks. secretary buttigieg, it's good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> so the biden administration is stepping up its efforts to relieve this supply chain night mayor that has led to product shortages and higher prices. as you well know, the supply chain is a private sector system, it's a global system. nobody wants a supply chain that's owned and operated by the biden white house. still, the federal government has a role to play here. so how is the white house going to try to address this bottleneck? >> well, you're right, this is a set of private sector systems, a global one at that. but we have a role to play as an honest broker, bringing together different players who, sometimes surprisingly, don't always coordinate with one another. we had a meeting this morning with players ranging from the operators of the ports of l.a. and long beach to retailers like target, walmart, and the home depot. so many players

and joining us now to discuss more of this is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg.r having me on. >> talk to us about this decision to ease restrictions on fully vaccinated travelers. to be clear, this is folks coming over the border crossings, the land borders from mexico and canada. how did the administration make this decision and why now? >> it always has been guided by safety and public health. and it is important news for our country, for our economy. we're talking about land ports of entry with two of our key trading partners. it helps to safely open up north america. and it is going to be important for the supply chains that we're here to talk about at the white house today. as well as for americans on so many different fronts. meanwhile, of course, we had the announcement about international air travel and working to make it possible for that to open in new ways, again, for vaccinated travelers. throughout this has been guided by the needs for public health and public safety. we want to get to that fully reopened state as quickly as we responsibly can. buil

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 infr

ainsley: people are wondering where is the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg? few months. pete: where? ainsley: paternity leave. pete: okay, since august, our transportation, our totally unqualified transportation secretary, who has no experience whatsoever before he took that job, decides to take i don't know, a couple of months at home on paternity with his husband after they adopted a child, instead of doing his job? so that's maybe our eyes off the ball just a little bit? brian: right. it is a time in which the transportation secretary needs to be on-the-job and that's why they want him to testify about what he's been doing and what the situation is, and why he's making smug remarks about hey if you're somebody like me who waits until last minute to go christmas shopping it's not going to work this year that's know the what this story is about. this story is about what is rotting on those ships, and when those ships are here and they can't get in, that means they can't empty out and go get more stuff, so this is a glut and something we haven't seen before ,

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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

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pete buttigieg live in an elite circle. you can't flood the economy with 5.5-trillion dollars in spending bills and not expect inflation to go up. the report from jacqui heinrich was interesting. jen psaki well, it was expected. it was transitory. the democratic party loves to play word games. transitory. i will accept the idea this is transitory that told me 2 weeks to bend the curve like dr. fauci. it's been 18 months. everything along the line is not what you sold us. you are telling me inflation is transitory. forgive me for my skepticism. >> harris: wow. critics going after the white chief of staff after retweeting a post summing up our economic issues as high-class problems. one person tweeted. hard to get away from that s-word. >> [laughing]. yes. harris, i am from texas, from a small town this texas. i live in texas again. spent 15 years in new york. you can get caught up. you can live in new york city or in washington, d.c. and you can really lose touch with what average people believe, think and live out. there yo

so pete buttigieg running transportation is like hunter running the dea.ict of interest given the background. >> greg: up next, always low prices. wonder, where does it go? does it get tangled up in knots? or fall victim to gravity? or maybe it winds up somewhere over the bermuda triangle. perhaps you'll come up with your own theory of where the stress goes. behind the wheel of a lincoln is a mighty fine place to start. up to one million dollars. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this month alone. if you're committed to earning your degree, we're committed to making it accessible. because we believe everybody deserves a chance. and sometimes one chance is all it takes to change everything. see what scholarship opportunities you may qualify for at phoenix.edu >> greg: walmart is having a sale on attacks against people who are pale. the critical race theory tearing us apart is now available at walmart. documents obtained by conservative activists show walmart has trained more than 1,000 employees in critical race

presidential standing is declining, and you are talking with his secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg>> yeah, i got to get caught trying when it comes to the economic sort of struggles that we are having in rebooting an economy that the globe had to shutdown for the pandemic. i would compare it, and i think the supply chain issue, if you ever shut off your water in your house, and then turned it back on, when you start a faucet it sort of will spit water at you and then nothing comes out and then a whole bunch, and then nothing. that's what is happening with the supply chain. how much intervention is the federal government going to provide. i spoke with the secretary about this. they are trying to get the ports open on a 24-hour seven day a week schedule. they are getting some private sector cooperation on that, but the question is what other steps are they willing to take. are they willing to call up the national guard for drivers, and we have a truck driver shortage. how about waiving the tariff? that is adding to the costing of shipping and all of that gets passed to the consumer,

if pete buttigieg is nowhere to be fun he's on paternity leave.ala harris when you have the massive border crisis, where they should go? she goes to south america to not solve that problem. she goes overseas to asia again to not work on that problem. afghanistan, guess what, you've got president biden who is in delaware not solving the problem. why is it that every person in the biden cabinet fleas and runs away every single time there is a problem as opposed to putting their head down and solving the problem? >> sean: these are all preventable problems. the good news for politics in the country is that you can see the difference between america first, america last, and the strong presidents that might occasionally offend with a mean tweet and a guy that doesn't know what day of the week it is. all choose the guy who knows what day of the week it is and puts out a mean tweets. i'll take that guy. >> all take that guy, too. atlas and some of said it perfectly. look at oil and gas prices. if the biden administration is begging, begging opec, please,

in pete buttigieg 's defense, it takes about two months to get a pump on a man, have some decorum andwe him an apology. him >> i think tyrus makes a good point, that's why there's no female version of when people say man up. >> women are too smart. >> i don't do anything, i don't even clean. >> greg: i feel we are in danger of turning this into an encounter group your go >> we have tried interventions with you, it doesn't work. >> greg: that is true. up next, wokesters label dave chapelle a bully and demand he be canceled fully. just let it . go with simparica trio it's triple protection made simple! simparica trio is the first and only monthly chewable that covers heartworm disease, ticks and fleas, round and hookworms. dogs get triple protection in just one simparica trio! this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures. use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. protect him with all your heart. simparica trio. up to one million dollars. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this mont

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

secretary pete and his husband adopted twins back in august. that buttigiegust on paternity leave. >> carlson, the real-life embodiment of the smug and entitled chain patten in white lotus, works for a company that offers six weeks of paternity leave to its employees. even the odious fox news oes jesse waters proclaims himself, quote, pro paternity after the birth of his third child back in april. that line about trying to figure out how to breast feed is all kinds of homophobic, but i'm hardly surprised that carlson would say such a thing. growing up gay, it was always the toxic and insecure carlson types who were quick to question my masculinity or even my humanity if i appeared to stray from their cramped view of what it means to be a man or seem to be not like them in some way. and carlson's contemption remark is especially ridiculous, laughable even, when you consider this observation from joy behar from the view. she said pete buttigieg saved six years in the navy reserve and was deployed in afghanistan. tucker carlson was booted off "dancing with the s

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

press secretary pete buttigieg and ledges endary wall street investors to talk markets, race, the fedg, everybody. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin joe is off today we have been watching the equity futures. down by about 23 points. s&p down by 3. the fax down by 6. of course, this comes after an update for the markets yesterday. the s&p putting in several sessions in a row that we have seen positive results. the treasury mark looks like the ten year yields have picked up a bit. right now, it's yielding 1.367%. let's get to our first big interview of the hour. with holiday fast approaching and backed up ships, the white house is trying to iron out severe climpgs causlinks caused the backup we have press secretary pete buttigieg. >> it's night to be on with you. >> is christmas safe >> i am really looking forward to christmas when i think of christmas last year, in my family i was looked at loved once on the screen. this year i'm vaccinated those loved ones are vaccinated. it will be different they have more income to put presents u

transportation secretary pete buttigieg answers that for us next. is bloomberg. ♪ emily: a few other stories we continue to watch, transportation secretary buttigieg warning supply chain bottlenecks are not going to be solved soon. in an interview with bloomberg television, but a judge said the biden administration is taking short-term action in hopes of easing the holiday crunch. mr. buttigieg: some of this is a bigger picture, longer-term issue that will take years and years to address. these challenges will definitely continue in the months and years ahead, but we are wasting no time in taking steps that will make a difference right away. emily: buttigieg says the administration is working to reduce transfer times at key ports, and argued that the president's infrastructure legislation could help further limit delays. crypto billionaire michael regrets and invesco's new partnership is starting to bear fruit. they have come up with two crypto-flavored exchange-traded funds that began trading yesterday. the pair invested in a range of companies in

that's the word from pete buttigieg.he result of president biden's success. 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. >> martha: let's bring in sandra smith. people would be relieved to say, you know, this is a problem. we have a serious situation on our hands. we're thinking about bringing in the military to do some help. we need to wrap our arms and this. we need to get this stuff moving before christmas. >> sandra: i get the positive spin, but as far as the demand comment, i did an economic panel on my show earlier. there was bipartisan agreement it appeared that yes, we're seeing surging demand. but andy puzder said it's artificial demand from a glut of government spending. so if we continue along this

let's watch what was said. >> pete buttigieg has been on leave from his job since august after adoptingfigure out how to breast-feed. but now he's back in office at the transportation secretary and he's deeply amused, he says, to see that dozen of container ships can't get into the country. >> i guess he doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding or paternity leave. what's really strange is 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. >> yeah, i mean sounds like a war on paternity leave. why would you criticize that? i don't understand. >> first of all, what he was saying is hom homophobic. and buttigieg has taken this opportunity to turn it around into a positive. taken the offensive remarks from carlson 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