there s more we can do to tackle the costs of food and fuel and drugs and medications. i am optimistic as the president goes across the country and communicates his message and amplifies his state of the union speech, he will show a path forward for tackling the costs of families. let s talk about ukraine. our producer in moscow agrees it feels different in russia. anthony blinken was at the u.n. laying out all the ways in which the united states thinks russia might set a pretext for war. in terms of sanctions, this congress is not on the same page. what does that tell vladimir
what officials view as his political asset. joining me now is chris coons of delaware, and he s a member of the judiciary committee and foreign relations committee. there s good economic numbers out there. retail numbers are good, and unemployment is very low and also really good. i was talking to an economists, and they were saying forget about the unemployment number right now, because if unemployment was larger it would only affect those not employed, and the real problem right now is inflation, that affects everybody. how is this administration addressing inflation and are they doing a good enough job? thank you for having me on here. president biden is in the state
they are in place and what the consequences are if you violate them. reporter: one of those rules the new mask mandate face as new legal challenge this morning with the texas attorney general suing the biden administration to overturn it. it comes as the cdc is already considering revisions to its recommendations. we are looking at an overview of much of our guidance. reporter: and so the current mask requirements at airports on planes, all public transportation, that mandate is set to expire the middle of next month march 18th. but that mandate has already been extended a couple times since it was implemented. some industry experts think it could be extended again because children under five are not yet vaccine eligible. but some think that there is such momentum to roll back the mask mandates nationwide, it may not be extended. as you can imagine, the faa and cdc have a lot to juggle. back to you. behave on flights.
orientation, president biden has done a good job of organizing and pulling together and aligning the west to detour putin. whether or not putin goes ahead anyway and takes on those costs and risks is a decision he can make. i will say the west alignment was on display at the u.n. security counsel meeting. if you listen past blinken s words, and other diplomats were saying much of the same as what our secretary of state was saying. senator chris coons, thank you for joining us. thank you. coming up, the family of actor bob saget files a lawsuit to keep the details of his death sealed. and then a new cutting edge treatment. a doctor part of the research team behind it all joins me to explain. d it all joins me to
the call centers on voter confusion. if we reject their application or ballot, their opportunities to vote are dwindling. many voters are not going to be able to get their votes counted in time is the concern, chuck. and the consequences of more government intervention in a process that perhaps did not need anymore government intervention. thank you. we ll be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. coverage continues with katy tur. good afternoon. this afternoon biden told reporters russia could invade ukrain, in, quote, the next few days. blinken made a last-minute stop to layout exactly what the u.s.