the bottom line with steve clemens is coming up next. ah, i am steve clements and i have a question. if so many economists and politicians from both political party saw it coming. why didn't joe biden see inflation coming? let's get to the bottom line. ah, just one year ago, optimism floated through the air. the economy was booming after a gigantic pandemic relief package of $1.00 trillion dollars. people were buying new cars and old cars and stuff. lots of stuff on amazon. some even decided that they didn't want to work for a while. cash was flowing and extended unemployment benefits and rent relief paid many folks more than they made before the pandemic. we'll guess what economists call that kind of situation. a classic overstimulated economy. overnight. there was much more demand and supply then boom, the supply crisis hits. there wasn't enough to buy prices surged, and that's all before russia even invaded ukraine to shoot up the price of gas and all forms of energy, the debbie downers were out there shouting, inflation is coming, inf

the bottom line with steve clemens is coming out next. ah, me. hi, i'm steve clements, i have a question. how can donald trump and trump ism still have a grip on so many americans, even as investigations, pain him as a leader who wanted himself to storm the u. s. capital and stop the peaceful transfer of power? let's get to the bottom line. ah, this week the congressional hearing tend to the events of january 6, 2021, wrap up their summer session. that was the day that hundreds of supporters of labor president donald trump, stormed congress in a last ditch effort to prevent his own vice president mike pence from certifying joe biden's election as president biden had one. but that hadn't stopped trump from claiming that the election was stolen and from encouraging his supporters to fight to overturn the result till this day. there are millions of americans out there who insist that donald trump one. they still attend his political rallies across the country, and he still has a grip on the republican party. and he might even run for president again.

the bottom line with steve clemens is next. ah, i am steve clements and i have a question. the united states prides itself on being the world's best start up nation. but can it stay that way? let's get to the bottom line. ah, america's legendary for it's startups. think of google, facebook goober, amazon, apple. netflix, he's all started small and skyrocketed to become household names all over the world . but it's the startup ecosystem. what it should be in the united states is their genius out there in america that's being ignored while the digitally leads in the san francisco bay area in new york and boston scarf up, all the funding of america is strong because of its entrepreneurs in micro businesses some of which can become huge. what's the state of the ecosystem that helps them grow? my guess today is literally one of the real founders of the internet, at least as far as you and i are concerned, because he got us all on line. he is steve case, who more than 30 years ago, co founded america online, america's 1st major tech start up that transformed our relationship with

so those headlines, the bottom line with steve clemens is coming up next. the hi mc clements and i have a question. if you took a look at the world today which side is winning chaos or control? is our world becoming more stable, more fair, more peaceful, or forces taking a wrecking ball to all that and leaving crises as the new normal? let's get to the bottom line. ah, if you're anxious about where the world is going, well, you're not alone. a deadly global pandemic blindsided humanity more than 2 years ago. and millions are dead in its wake. violent weather is on the rise around the world in addition to the level of the world's oceans, wreaking havoc and disc, locating people around the planet, and its technological future. as bill joy wants reported and feared on the cover of wired magazine 20 years ago. the rapid speed of technological advances in genetics and computing power and its derivatives like artificial intelligence are out running our ability to make sure they're used for good rather than bad. add onto that the rise of autocracies and old style

. >> bret: the hill has a piece from steve clemens close to manchin how manchin struck this manchin neverelieved never worth the time never would come around. what many continue to miss is that manchin remained consistent what he wanted throughout. he kept telling schumer that the end of the fiscal year septembea good deal to be had. it happened wednesday when schumer, pelosi and the white house came around to where manchin basically always had been. that is the manchin point of view through the hill opinion piece there, kimberly. your thoughts on all of this? >> well, manchin did make it very clear that he never left the negotiating table so by the way more fool republicans. mitch mcconnell had said back in june that there would not be any chips semiconductor bill no republican support for it so long as democrats were still engaged in the reconciliation process. and then they basically just assumed that joe manchin wouldn't ultimately get there. that was a clearly a giant mistake. and their own interest in home state subsidies for the semiconductor industry ended up making them step up t