as the nation marks the passing of a person who loomed so large over the u.k. and the commonwealth for so many years. sandra: so many emotions as every hour goes by, leading up to the queen s funeral, takes place on september 19th. a lot of anticipation for that, people around the world will be watching, and also watching king charles as he addresses parliament and a short time from now will carry the speech for the audience. but it has been an incredible time to see the reuniting of the family members, the queen s children, and grandchildren grabbing headlines as they reunite and greet the people there and greet the mourners there, john. and many beautiful displays of affection and certainly all eyes on the king himself as he, too, has been filled with emotion during these days since his mother s death. john: and the beautiful service a short time ago at st. giles church, which is just up the royal mile from the palace or castle where the prince was staying, and the beau
appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics or maybe because of it senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. first came the pandemic relief $1.9 trillion, otherswise known as the american rescue plan. then in november the infrastructure bill. injune the first bipartisan legislation in decades on gun safety. then came the chips act, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing. then new health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. a bipartian agreement on nato expansion admitting finland
approach to crime which critics say is a culture of lawlessness. we will be joined with thoughts. john: brand-new numbers, a pulse on the u.s. economy. latest jobs report beating expectations, but still head winds from the highest inflation in four decades and record high gas prices. welcome to you today. anita: happy friday to you, the u.s. economy adding 390,000 jobs for the month of may one employment rate of 3.6%. number of job openings remains near record highs, 11.4 million positions going unfilled. john: gas prices keep climbing, more expensive to top off the tank. national average for a gallon of gas increasing another $0.05 overnight to 4.76. up $0.17 from a week ago, and 1.72 higher than last year. president biden speaking on the may jobs report and acknowledging the toll inflation is taking on american families. the president putting the onous on congress. anita: karl rove in a moment, but first white house correspondent peter doocy live from the north lawn
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for this year. this will obviously create a lot of jobs. it s already created over 200,000 construction jobs. obviously, the manufacturing yet to come. that s incredible. what s your next chart show? we re going to talk about the reasons. the reasons are multiple but very heavily oriented around some of the policies that the president and the democratic leaders in congress have put in place. let s talk about the ira, the climate bill, whatever you want to call it. when that bill was passed, the congressional budget office thought about $390 billion of the tax credits would be used. they ve raised their estimate to $570 billion. brookings thinks it is more like $780 billion. goldman sachs thinks it is $1.2 trillion. wow. normally, when we talk about government spending increasing, it is a bad thing. this is, in a sense, a good thing, because it means that companies are taking advantage of this bill, of the tax credits they get to build far more facilities than anyone really