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look, i think it has to do with the fact that pete buttigieg is the best communicator. e. kamala harris is also a candidate of generational change. but i think buttigieg has gotten a reputation is someone who could make the democrats' best argument and that is why. >> and margaret, the white house has made it clear and biden has made it very clear, the president has made it clear, he's running in 2024, but i suppose these types of stories will continue to raise this question as to what is going on here? >> well i , i don't know if it a story that hurts anyone. remember when bill clinton came out when president obama was accepting his nomination and everybody joked he was the secretary of explaining things. he is just a talented communicator and so is pete buttigieg. and pete buttigieg, i think the story is about, it is about how there is nobody else in the democratic party who could encapsulate an issue, speak to an average voter, put it in simple, plain talk, but with still complex issues in an argument that is palatable and relatable and that is a difficult thing to do

as isaac said, pete buttigieg does not have that issue.ll this infrastructure spending, and in some cases approving some of the infrastructure spending because the law gives him authority to dole out some of these funds, tens of billions of dollars, he can address different issues in states communities are feeling. in his 2020 campaign he had issues with minority voters. he can now start to tout some of the equity parts of this agenda and this legislation, and he can try to improve his numbers, especially in black communities that have suffered from infrastructure policies. >> i think harris' problems go beyond just being tied to joe biden. she has a big problem with people who think she's not lived up to her promise. right now that's the opening for pete buttigieg. let's assume joe biden is not going to run again. it's not going to be harris's for the taking. pete buttigieg will be out there. >> this is 2024 speculation. it could be 2028 speculation at the end of the day. >>> coming up for us, how are democrats in kansas channeling the mo

midterm elections or looking to pete buttigieg more and more frequently to campaign for them.? there is no one else. the article said pete buttigieg only political experience before failed presidential bid was serg as mayor of south bend, indiana, who has become the most requested surrogates on the campaign trail for democratic candidates in the midterm. he is getting more requests and kamala harris. the reason is people say if he is a democrat, but is not biden or harris. so that is what they have going on right now. it's been with the republicans come i am looking at my chops looking at that bench. >> carley: we shall see, more to come. you might not yet heard about this but you should know fox news fox news exclusively obtaining dhs memo with plans to recruit volunteer force to help address bidens border crisis. their jobs will include cleaning and picking up trash, making pharmacy rents for migrants as well. >> todd: will this help solve the crisis? i think you know the answer to that. david webb with documents, he has them into his hands and he is next. ♪ ♪ just in time f

of weakening the manliness of american cars. >> democrats, like pete buttigieg, want to emasculate the way we drive and force all of you to rely on electric vehicles. >> i literally don't even understand what that means. i mean, my sense of manhood is not connected to whether my vehicle is fueled by gasoline or whether it's fueled by electricity. >> are you looking for a car that won't emaculate you, a car that lets people know you're 1

of weakening the manliness of american cars. >> democrats, like pete buttigieg, want to emasculate the way we drive and force all of you to rely on electric vehicles. >> i literally don't even understand what that means. i mean, my sense of manhood is not connected to whether my vehicle is fueled by gasoline or whether it's fueled by electricity. >> are you looking for a car that won't emaculate you, a car that lets people know you're 100% dude and not some namby-pamby who is trying to hvan, fitgasoline-pored shour m. it accelerates 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, and then takes a nap. and the pontiac schvantz is loaded with masculine options like no seat belts, so you can ride it without protection. and no reverse gear, because this bad boy never pulls out. so pick up the car endorsed by marjorie taylor greene, the pontiac schvantz. warning: car may shrink in winter. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight: plus, stephen welcomes: dr. anthony fauci and cody keenan featuring louis cato and the late show band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new yo

if voters in utah want to elect a liberal democrat, another pete buttigieg and think that pete buttigieg'sitics or mcmullin's represent the politics of the families of utah, do it. but don't lie. say who you are. you are a liberal democrat. that's the update from utah. we go to new york where something equally surprising is happening. something surprising in a good way. new york is an overwhelmingly democratic state. no republican will get elected governor of new york obviously. but this year a republican looks like he may be elected governor of new york. zeldin is running against kathy hochul. he was not elected but appointed. kathy hochul has made new york must more dangerous. robberies are up 34%. murders in the subway system are as high as they have been in a quarter century. that's the population of the center of the state kathy hochul runs. she is not responsible for all of it, but responsible for the change that made the worst crimes possible. that would be new york's bail reform law. that law lets criminals out on the streets immediately and kathy hochul supports it. why? we are no

pete buttigieg in a candidate conversation about politics, parenting and a controversial billionaire. what do you think of elon musk? >> very interesting guy. >> then the newest visitor to the white house michael and never heard about his time and we all still have that? >> any doubt in your mind. >> later to perform is now on the growing empire and beef with barack obama is byron allen. >> the president of the yatunit states is nothing more than hired help. >> you had a few clunkers in recent years. that's not perception. that's reality. >> i've been feeling stronger than ever now in my life. >> how would you rate yourself as a chef? >> i'm not doing that with you christopher wallace. >>> with billions of infrastructure dollars to handout, some say he's the most powerful transportation secretary ever and at age 40 pete buttigieg is the youngest member of the biden cabinet, all of which may help explain why he's the surrogate for democratic candidates. as you travel the country, what are the chances democrats will hold on the house and senate? >> i can't get into the campaign side too

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>> well, i'm not surprised that that the vice president's ratings and popularity is below pete buttigiegut i think that neither of those two candidates if they were to be candidates and represent the democratic party would do well. the person who heads the ticket and whether president biden will run again and word is his wife does not want him to run again but if he does or doesn't whom he would anoint or appoint would suggest make the strongest candidate. what started out as a joke, that is the term hillary clinton, many democrats believe that she would still be the strongest contender against donald trump if he were to run if he gets the new mexico nation. eric: you cannot count the clintons out. i'm going to tell you that. >> never. eric: covered him and traveled him in 1992. and quickly, do you think the president is going to run again? >> i really don't know. my personal view is that he has aged substantially in office. he has a much better record than the polls reflect. he's stimulated the economy when we were coming out of the pandemic, he's done the tax -- the child tax credit. h

. >> let's talk about your conversation with pete buttigieg.the things you spoke to him about is being a parent. we have a clip. let's take a listen to that. >> i was always there to deal with anything that needed my attention. i want to make very clear, i'm accustomed to working very, very hard. i have never worked as hard as i did that chastain and i were taking care of our newborn premature infant twins. my workday started about 3 a.m. it was beautiful, rewarding work but there's this attitude that's still out there that parenting is not work, that it's some kind of vacation. let me also say, there were times when i left the icu bedside of my son fighting for his life, went into another room and shut the door behind me and opened the laptop and set a background with a couple of flags so nobody in the zoom was distracted by a background that was obviously a hospital room and got on with my job. >> on a personal level, what are the biggest lessons from being the parents of these two precious little babies for the last year? >> well, it changes

i will see you at the one next door with the transportation secretary pete judge -- pete buttigieg talking the billions going to transportation and how we as black folks get some of that money. all right, thank you so very much. >> thank you all. thank you. and can i panelists from the first come up and we can take a group photo? you know, i'm also the chair of the congressional foundation and i just want to say we do more than just put on this annual legislative conference. we do so because we want to have the next generation of leaders. the mission of the congressional black caucus foundation is to build leaders, to develop leaders, to inform our public, to inform public policy, but most importantly to develop leaders. black excellence. that's where your money goes towards and that is what this convention is about. ok? thank you all for coming to the brain trust and we look forward to your continued support. thanks. ♪ ♪ access to internet that is affordable -- so homework can be homework. -- giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> maryland governor re: hogan -- larry hogan was the k

-tonight, my exclusive sit-down interview with secretary pete buttigieg.l route to build a high-speed rail besides the one connecting his house to the oval office? this is "virtue signal." ♪♪ hi. i'm liberal warrior kylie weaver. and sorry, but i have to salute neofascist prime minister giorgia meloni for showing the boys club that, yes, a woman can sink a migrant boat in the mediterranean. top story, y'all -- after a series of legislative successes, presidilf joe bidonkadonk is on a hot streak, and here he is looking downright feverish and hallucinating the image of deceased congresswoman jackie walorski. -i want to thank all of you here for including bipartisan elected officials. jackie, you here? where's jackie? i didn't think she was -- she wasn't going to be here. -biden is the ultimate feminist president, refusing to let women's voices be silenced by anything, including the cold embrace of death. i stan half-measure zaddy president biden, but if he decides not to run for reelection so that he can spend more time with the loud rattling machines that b

we'll talk to transportation secretary pete buttigieg.nd university of michigan economist betsey stevenson, she'll tell us about the financial pressures facing americans, especially parents. >>> the global economy is also struggling, adding to the pressure, russia's attacks in ukraine intensify, destroying regional supply lines and energy infrastructure. ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. oksana markarova will join us. >>> then dramatic video from the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack shows lawmakers pleading for help to secure the capitol. >> tremendous and all instigation of the president of the united states. >> i'm going to call up the secretary of d.o.d. >> we have some senators still in their hideaways. they need massive personnel now. >> we'll learn more about the behind the scenes from the au authors of a new book "unchecked." it's all just ahead on "face the nation." >>> good morning and welcome to "face the nation." we are just over three weeks away from midterm election day. voters are already casting ballot

and pete buttigieg on the massive job of fixing cause ways and bridges. we have storms left and right and digging out from under them could prove the most expensive task in american history. we begin with steve in arcadia, florida. steve? >> neil, this picture captured from our drone team can show you a couple of challenges florida is facing as it begins recovery six days after the storm. first, some of the roads have collapsed from two feet of rain and second, a lot of people vehicles have been destroyed if not in dramatic fashion like this one at least flooded. insurance agents can't get here. the good news, the water was up to the top of this tire. it's down now. many people separated from family members. the only way in or out is boat. when you talk to people, you can see they are traumatized by the loss of their own houses and their entire neighborhoods. here's some we talked to. >> looks like -- some spots look like a bomb went off. but yeah, definitely worse than we expected. >> i was in shock that i seen it. knowing all of these people lost their

that the person they're having to talk about the economy is pete buttigieg.n, my goodness he is one -- elizabeth: couldn't fill a pothole in indiana. >> the supply chain problems were his responsibility. remember, he was going to fix that. it is not fixed. you have so many problems still in terms of getting goods and services on the shelf contributing to inflation. you contact get a rental car anywhere. can't get a new car these days. shows you they are completely out of touch. i agree with andy, i mean, you need to do the supply side just as important you got to cut government spending. you do. that is what caused problem. elizabeth: democrats to your point they're running away from talking about their government spending. >> they don't want to. elizabeth: they're running away. they're not talking about the stimulus checks that they cheerleaded for. gavin newsom want to do that. but we're going to show that in the beginning democrats were all about all the stimulus checks and money. now they are silenced about it. andy, this feels like the most reactive leas

i've known pete buttigieg for a long time, ever since he put his name in to be dnc chair.esn't surprise me that he is somebody who people want to see. he's very dynamic. he's incredibly smart. he's really able to put all of these economic issues in very relatable terms and he really lays out exactly everything that democrats have done in this administration have done for the economy, for voters, he's the transportation secretary. so the whole infrastructure bill is something that he knows like the back of his hand and can talk about in every single district and state that he goes to. this bridge, these jobs are given to you because democrats focused on this and because democrats were able to bring this to you. those are very powerful messages. >> pete buttigieg is great with retail politics, one-on-one, with voters and really encouraging people and getting people out to vote and good politician also in his position as transportation secretary. he's able to hand out a lot of money for bridges and roads in many states. the probably is, if he was as good at handling a supply

let's talk about it with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr.for joining us this week. we saw president biden out there saying that he's going to be announcing more steps to take on inflation and particularly gas prices this week. what more can he do? >> well, i won't get ahead of the president but as you have seen throughout this year, he's taken a number of steps, everything from flexibility on ethanol to the release from the strategic oil reserve to try to create a little bit of breathing room for families that are paying too much at the pump. also drawing attention to the fact that you've got a lot of corporations that are wildly profitable right now in what seems to be a larger than usual spread between wholesale oil prices and what we're paying at the pump for gasoline. this is part of a bigger focus that the president has sustained throughout this year on fighting inflation and creating more of that breathing room for american families, which is part of why achievements like the inflation reduction act, lowering the cost of health care an

. >> laura: you got pete buttigieg, transportation, alejandra mallorca, javier masaru, lloyd austin. it's a leftist box checking and it's been a unmitigated disaster for you and i. the mayor of south bend, pete buttigieg, some how has the expertise to the department with 55,000 employees. biden set the stage with a big executive order that planted these poisonous seeds. highest mitigation trainings at the energy department. they pushed and oppression narrative at the state department. and of course, mayor pete on d.o.t. even called dei critical in advancing the departments mission. my friends, so much as breaking down around us and it's not just because of the supply chain. but it's the biden team we know doesn't care. in the end, they hope to train a new generation to believe that this is the acceptable way of organizing society. we know it's not. the entire point of the civil rights movement was to promote equal opportunity without regard to race or ethnicity come up the democrats instead are returning to old ideas of racial and gender determination but calling it by different name

transportation secretary pete buttigieg offered this. >> there are some folks who see politics whereed to be. in the end, you need to help everybody based on their need. >> alexandria: is based on their need, buttigieg said some who perhaps lost a primary home rather than a secondary vacation home could be in more need, vice president has been asked to clarify her comments. carley and todd. >> carley: she certainly has, thank you so much. four looters arrested in florida and three of the suspects are illegal immigrants. >> they try to loot and ransack in the aftermath of a natural disaster. i mean, they should be prosecuted, but they need to be sent back to their home country, they should not be here at all. >> carley: retired acting ice director tom holman joins us. strong words, what do you make of the situation out of florida? >> it just goes back to the open border under president biden. they just hit the one million mark, on top of the four million, they just hit 1 million gotaways, people that came to the country and got away. larnl percentage of them are not criminals, they do

not to run in 2024, one of those on the short list from remindsly short bench congressman is pete buttigiege likes of which could happen in light of the shenanigans biden administration is pulling with regard to rails what does that mean for his chances. >> thank you really hope pete buttigieg doesn't think he has a chance press conferenceing president of united states miles will move us wrong direction this is administration put forward 7500 dollars for folks apply 60,000 dollar teslas how out of touch can you be with regular american voters in competence again to find out grand bargain they claim is falling part weeks after they struck the deal, we continue to see incompetence from this administration it is wildly out of touch with needs of the average american suffering under high gas prices high energy prices. maria: where has he done dagen i am glad he brought up pete poounl poouj head a supply issue earlier in the year he was mia, not a peep out of him. dagen: continue say anything wasn't done maybe knew it worried about preserving his political future as you pointed out day one maria

. >> of course according to some reports transport secretary pete buttigieg is the most requested surrogate, apparently on the campaign trail even ahead of vice president kamala harris. what might that signal, do you think? >> well, i think buttigieg is someone who has shown the ability to talk to voters outside the democratic coalition. you know, most of these top races are in swing states where simply rallying the base was not enough to win, not enough to win in michigan, pennsylvania or wisconsin or arizona or georgia. you want someone who can make arguments that appeal beyond your core supporters. vice president harris is probably a very strong surrogate when crur trying to turn out more base democrats, but if you're trying to talk to center right voters and pete buttigieg is probably the one democrat who's been most comfortable going on fox over the years and finding a way to make arguments that can offer some opportunity, some opening of reaching center right voters. and i suspect it's largely those skills and that positioning and imagery that makes him such an attractive surrogate at

pete buttigieg is getting blasted for saying this about joe biden rescuing the economy.shouldn't rescue you had the economy through the american rescue plan, we would not have had the 10 million jobs created under this president. we wouldn't be seeing some of the lowest unemployment numbers in the history of the republic. we would be faced with the kinds of problems that we were faced with when the president arrived which was an economy that was facing a very real risk of free fall. >> todd: let's face it, the economy was amazing until right before covid and congresswoman, you want to talk free fall? take a look at what is happening right now. your take on this. >> well, look. pete buttigieg is saying that the highest inflation rate in american history in 40 years is making the economy great. i can't even, when you go to the store and you see the price of eggs and milk and gas right now in the town i'm sitting at rent $5,000 month to month for a three bedroom apartment. american reduction ability those things are making inflation worse and not better. so i don't understa

all that bad news is dragging democrats down on the campaign trail, but pete buttigieg think the presidentas been too successful. >> there have been so many think . the chips act being manufacturing back to the unite states. of course the infrastructure bill, the inflation reduction act great on top of that american rescue plan. in some ways, having achieved s much a legislatively makes it hard to talk about all at once because there are so many compliments. >> i imagine the chief of staff probably got some calls after that viral video of the ice cream saying this is not helpin the situation. >> i couldn't help but think about marie antoinette, let the eat cake while i'm eating my ic cream. the crazy part about this whole thing is the president and buttigieg talk about how great the economy the average america is trying to figure out to buy chicken this week or eggs this week or in now the gas is going back up, how much do they have to plan for it now that the winter is coming. how much do they have to plan t heat their house. i find it so incredible that it is so easy to say our economy i

. >> reporter: on "face the nation," transportation secretary pete buttigieg said curbing inflation ishe president's top economic priority. >> so it's a very clear choice, a very clear difference in approaches here right now on capitol hill and among officeholders. where the focus for democrats, the focus for the president, is to cut that cost of 11ing and cut the pressure, give people more breathing room at a time inflation remains a major concern. >> reporter: another top concern for voters, gas prices. the new poll found 63% of people said prices are going up, compared to 16% in august. republicans are pouncing on the price at the pump and blaming democrats. >> they're talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower. gas prices are about 60% higher today than when joe biden took office. >> reporter: the president has an action-packed week ahead of him on the campaign trail where he's going to be heading to pennsylvania, to stump for lieutenant governor john fetterman. jericka? >> the u.s. senate race, a very important one there. debra alfarone, thank you. >>> to iran. today the country

. >> on face the nation, transportation secretary pete buttigieg said curbing inflation is the president's top economic priority. >> very clear difference in approaches right now on capitol hill and among office holders for the focus of democrats, the focus for the president is to cut that cost of living, to cut the pressure, to give more people more breathing room. >> 63% of people said prices are going up. compared to 16% in august. republicans are pouncing on the price at the pump and blaming democrats. >> they're talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower. gas prices are about 60% higher today than what joe biden took office. >> the president has an action packed week ahead of him on the campaign trail where he's going to be heading to pennsylvania to stump for governor john fetterman. >> deborah, thank you. >>> at least four people are dead, following a fire erupted inside a prison holding political detainees, including two americans. >> the flames that erupted from iran's most notorious prison last night turned deadly. with activists fearing the number killed is much higher than cl

vote no on m and o. >>> this morning sources tell cnn that the transportation secretary pete buttigiegemocratic surrogate on the campaign trail, fielding more requests that kamala harris. isaac is following all of this for us. interesting. what is behind the massive push for buttigieg. >> democrats are looking for ways that they could connect with the popular elements of the biden agenda will you bs acknowledging that the president, despite an uptick in the polls is not that popular and vice president kamala harris sort of being dragged down in the polls in part by president biden. and buttigieg is that kind of fresh face that they could look to maybe as well as being a little bit of a political celebrity and for democrats who are looking for anything that they could do to help rev up energy in the next couple of weeks, that is -- that has them turning to him. >> is it too soon to tell if it is helping at all? >> well, look, a lot of things will go into the next couple of weeks in the mid terps. but one of the people was describing a campaign who was deciding whether they wanted the pr

maria: it's also the entire cabinet like jennifer granholm energy secretary pete buttigieg, were about> identity politics was the death of this administration the decision to put xavier becerra with no history of healthcare except suing nuns and putting him in the -- during the pandemic, everyone, what about pete buttigieg in terms of the va why give him transportation out of it make sense. >> these are up a political operatives and important job. >> were the ones who did the study that showed the average fighting appointee has 0 business experience who would bite in turn to in this cabinet for good business economic. >> that comes across in the policy. maria: will take a break will become a look in artificial intelligence to help you become a better investor stay with us on that. ♪ i remember when i first started flying, and we would experience turbulence. i would watch the flight attendants. if they're not nervous, then i'm not going to be nervous. financially, i'm the flight attendant in that situation. the relief that comes over people once they know they've got a guide to help the

pete buttigieg, if you serious about it in general -- i agree with what michael said. a younger, populist candidate more in the vein of fetterman or tim ryan. >> okay. >> let's see if those two were in their respective elections. how about people who are on the list that you think should be? >> there's a lot of talent on the list. i favor moving out of washington and looking at governors and others. the one question mark for me as roy cooper, a democratic governor. >> you mentioned that before. >> he's on the same ballot, on the same ballot in a 16 and 20 with donald trump in the red state of north carolina. it might be a swing. maybe it's not. for a democratic governor to win on the same ballots, winning even by double digits, there's a big question mark. how did he pull that off? could he create a national story around it? >> michael, susan, david, good to see all three of you. thank you. before we move on, a quick reminder for all of you that it is steve kornacki at the big board. he is going to be where he signature khakis. catches midterm countdown specials over t

. ♪ announcer: transportation secretary pete buttigieg was the keynote speaker at a recent dinner hostedmocratic party of new hampshire. he talked about the importance of down ballot races and democratic priorities heading into the midterm elections. this runs 25 minutes. ♪ >> thank you. ♪ >> thank you so much for your friendship, for that kind introduction. it is from time to time -- your day just automatically gets be thank you so much, andy, for your friendship, for that kind introduction. it is from time to time of course i run into andy in washington. your day just automatically gets better, when you are exposed to that radiant positivity. of course, we are thankful for your leadership and i'm counting on you to send any custer and chris back to the u.s. house of representatives to continue to be partners in change. we need them in washington. i want to thank everybody for the chance to join you tonight, i'm so honored to be with senator jeanne shaheen, she is such a phenomenal leader in the state. [applause] phenomenal leader in the state. maggie hassan, i will have more to say abo

. ♪ announcer: transportation secretary pete buttigieg was the keynote speaker at a recent dinner hostedcratic party of new hampshire. he talked about the importance of down ballot races and democratic priorities heading into the midterm elections. this runs 25 minutes.

in response, the biden administration deployed my ride-or-die, pete buttigieg, who showed why he's transportationas been on reducing the pressure of cost of living on families. for example, take the inflation reduction act, right? part of what that does, at a time when we have pressure on people because the cost of living is going too high, is to cut the cost of things like prescription drugs. we strongly believe that we should continue in the direction of prioritizing -- not tax loopholes for billionaires, not corporate profits, but allowing americans to be able to get by with the income that they're making. -good on pete for not going after the easy target of corporate price gouging and instead of focusing on easing the burden on consumers so they have more money to be gouged. -you know, i'm glad he keeps mentioning the cost of prescription drugs because i needs my adderall, okay? i use it to barter for food and gas. -buttigieg also doesn't mention that rising interest rates will drastically slow the economy and raise unemployment. i'm sure he's just doing that because he's so modest about how

but on abc this week, transportation secretary pete buttigieg argued the administration is lowering prices for families. we have been doing the right thing. >> for the american people with proposals that are and achievements legislatively that are popular because they make sense. congress recently passed a key administration priority. the inflation reduction act. it doesn't provide immediate relief to consumers, but will eventually help them save money on things like energy and health care costs. buttigieg said democrats don't get proper credit. having achieved so much. legislative lee makes it hard to talk about it all at once because there are just so many accomplishments. the debate played out on cnn state of the union in colorado, senate race. joe o'dea, their republican ho the current state of the economy on previous covid relief. >> inflation's been caused by the 1.9 trillion dollar reckless spending bill they got put in place by michael bennett. but senator bennett said he doesn't regret supporting the funding. it cut child poverty in half last year because of a bill. >> that i wrot

the transportation secretary pete buttigieg was on cbs "face the nation" yesterday and was asked abouthat pole. [video clip] >> i want to pick up on the polling, because it looks like democrats have a problem. more than two thirds of registered voters, 68%, think the biden could be doing more to combat inflation. this is a top concern for all voters. >> it is also a top concern for the president, one of the reasons why he has made clear that is top economic perjury is fighting inflation. but there is a clear choice between the policies we are advancing on capitol hill and this administration and the policies put forward legislatively by republican friends in congress. our focus has been on reducing the pressure of cost-of-living on families. for example, take the inflation reduction act. part of what that does at a time when we have pressure on people because of the cost-of-living going too high is to cut the cost on things like prescription drugs. of course, republicans voted against that. they have made clear that there opposing the decision to reverse that, to repeal that. so you ha

you will forget about pete buttigieg not know what he's doing your even know where he is because it isega owners fault and the gas station owners fault. that is the craziness of the democratic party the american worker interestingly enough that is the enemy. and small business owners are workers. now they will be the fall guy for what these individuals are doing he said the painful transition the fact that it is plans and what they want and that it will continue and it is good news for china because of the rare earth dynamic. steve: it offends me so much. every one of you watching if you started a company it's now a big business or whatever i know what that is like. i empathize with that it is disgusting the democrats teach you on —- treelike scapegoats it makes me so angry but i have calmed down. so you have democrats love to call fox news state tv check this out. >> we will shift gears to the current occupant of the oval office president biden held in part by gas prices that are going down very quickly we will try to change that dynamic. steve: making sure biting is a credit he deser

another cabinet member, transportation secretary pete buttigieg will be there in the biggest name ofn, but former president barack obama will be there this weekend. of the one he picks and chooses his battles gingerly. grady trimble in chicago. i want to go to grady pierce, 2020 presidential candidate, putting his money where his interests are, seeing if there's a way to get some excitement going in these races. bitcoin and all of that is a backdrop as attention turns back to this rogue currency. good to see you. first of all, right to bitcoin and crypto in general, bitcoin over $20,000. we've got bitcoin and a british prime minister keen on this investment. he is not alone. i wonder if this percolating is telling us something. >> adoption, interest, price is the primary barometer of sentiment, all markets are down at a governmental level and financial institutional level the jury is out. everyone believes this technology is here to stay and trying to understand how best to interact with it and how to better the lives of constituents and it is making an impact in politics domesticall

don't laugh, it's the same way pete buttigieg pretends to work at the transportation departm departmentave to find understudy your size if they were to do that. if you got paid now -- then you would die in 30, 40, 50 years, would you take the money? >> why would i not? i'm not going to be here. one less thing i got to do. i get a check for it? sign me up. i will do one now here. >> greg: i love this idea. in a way, it's kind of a reverse mortgage for your career. [laughter] >> there's never been a better time. the way your career looks, maybe it'you might not get famous. >> can you imagine you are in a movie and you take a girl to go see the movie and i'm like i should tell you, it's not my face. it's someone else's face in the movie? starring in a movie but these poor young actors -- sorry you didn't get the roll, we are going with this digital face we made. >> greg: did that happen to army hammer and a social network? he played the lingelbach's twins, right? and my having an episode? >> i think you're correct. >> then they put his face on somebody else's face -- i think i'm right. wou

when asked about the impact of the opec plus decision, transportation secretary pete buttigieg pushede in a better situation where we are not dependent on a commodity that is largely being produced in foreign dictatorships, one of many reasons american energy security will benefit from homegrown clean energy. >> treasury secretary janet yellen was asked about the opec plus cuts, she had no comment at all so clearly the biden administration does not want to focus on rising gas prices as the midterms approach. stuart: that has got them rattled, thanks very much indeed. senate democrats want president biden to declare a national climate emergency. he got the climate package so i push for this now? ashley: why not? liberal lawmakers say declaring a national climate emergency will build off recent legislative victories and unlock additional powers to address the issue. 8 democratic senators lead the push including usual suspects, who say the progress made in the inflation reduction act will not get the country to reach president biden's goal of cutting emissions down to half of 2012 levels

an issue i raised with pete buttigieg earlier this week. take a listen.uch of the power was out across half of the state of florida for awhile and much has resumed, sir, but it did make folks think, boy, these electric vehicles being pushed between what happened in florida and the grid compromised in california to the point where governor newsom wanted people to cool it how often and when they charge their evs. does this remind folks that evs are not ready for prime time? >> well, actually i think is a great example of one of the many benefits of those tools. in an extreme event from a neighborhood resiliency perspective, they can work basically like a generator. except that you don't have to have a diesel ready for them. what they're doing is using the battery capacity to power a home and in that sense could be very useful in the scenario like this. look, i don't think anybody thinks we're ready and signature here in 2022 for a scenario where overnight there was some instant transition to electric vehicles. neil: all right, i heard discussion as well abo