prices $3.42 in february of 2022, but it was only $3.49 i m sorry, 2.44 back in 2021. so we re seeing these changes and you have to remember these energy prices are affecting the good prices. i mean, that s part of the why the food prices are up, and the gas prices are up because of him, because of his terrible energy prices that, by the way, are also by making us not the number one energy producers in the world which we were under the trump administration, he s also empowering russia which is causing a whole other set of problems across the world and with our foreign policy. so, you know, these are serious things that are going on. ari fleischer, the former white house press secretary, says that biden has botched everything. take a look. you know, this is a guy who said he would shut it down, and now he s taking credit for nothing he had to do with.
federal reserve. harris: so the federal reserve is expected to move interest rates a little bit higher, talk to me about that and we may only be just a few seconds away from the president stepping up to the lectern on the white house to talk about this but i want to get that answer from you. the federal reserve shouldn t be manipulating interest rates, the fed is also sitting on one and a half trillion dollars of cash ready to flood into the economy and so they believe the prosperity caused inflation so they were slow to respond to inflation and what they may do is overreact to inflation so again, government problem, not the american people. harris: we are inside of a two-minute warning, gas prices now tied for a seven year high. up from $2.44 a year ago. what is driving this and look in the administration do that it s not doing? with the administration should do is stop waging war on
raise it even more. this means that in 2023, our increased defence budget will be 2.44% of our gdp. nato needs to adapt quickly as well. decisions we have to make in the coming weeks and months needs to include an upgraded strategy of defence in our region. this means permanently strengthening our defence in air, on land and at sea. i would like to thank the us for your presence and for your quick decisions that lead to increased footprint in the baltic countries. we have to keep on working together for the decisions. that is by i also asked today to establish a permanent and meaningfulforward defence in the baltic region. in conclusion, i
going to take your ar-15s. i cover the white house, there are those familiar with the actions on gun legislation who are acknowledging that was not helpful. the congressman can say i refuse to acknowledge politics. that is not pragmatically tenable in the eyes of people who are actually working on this policy as it moves forward. that s going to be a moment that lasts a long longer than those three hours. i want to show you poll numbers. among democrats, the mandatory buyback prm is extremely popular. this has surprised a lot of people. 74% support. now look at it among independents and you see declining support, but basically one to one. now look at it among republicans, two to one essentially against it, which gives you an overall support number of 52/44. this to me seems to be the trap for democrats, if you will. this is an extraordinarily popular and growing in popularity, and it may be a case where the public is ahead of the politicians, but you have been in the senate. what abo
year to date up 2.44%. not great. a week ago you were up a lot more and markets regaining some ground today and tumbled 4% this week. a lot of investors wondering if it s a long-overdue correction we re headed for or what. all right. joining us now cnbc anchor sue herrera. sue i have to say i love having sue on because we have been doing this for some decades. right. and you need perspective at times like this, right? you need to have looked at it before and seen this in decades gone by to understand whether to panic or not. exactly. it is great to see you guys. ali, you are exactly right. i think it s a good thing to take a step back and steph has pointed out because i watch you guys constantly. we have had a huge market rise so perhaps this is kind of i guess the pause that refreshes perhaps. it s the pause that