the padres playing great as well. such a great division. can you believe the angels collapse? yankees initiated that and sent them into a tailspin. really? they lost 12 or 13 in a row before they finally won. loaded with talent but struggling a bit. stock futures are on the rise as investors anxiously await the federal reserve s action to tame surging inflation. this as president biden lashes out at republicans for blocking his economic agenda. msnbc s stephanie ruhle will join us to break it all down and the challenges ahead. and we walter isaacson with us. we were talking about presidents and inflation before. jimmy carter, i mean, you know, he had volcker, volcker tamed inflation. right. but there were so many global forces, external forces, you know, we like to think in america that presidents control the economy. there s so many external forces right now. especially now. especially now with two years of covid, the pent up demand. i understand bi
especially now with two years of covid, the pent up demand. i understand biden striking out, biden attacking this group, attacking that group, that s what politicians want to seem like they re in control, but the fact is, this is all on powell, isn t it? i m not blaming powell. i m saying moving forward this is on what jerome powell and the fed does he s the only person with tools right now, unless biden wants to withhold some of the spending that s already been authorized, but that would be hard for him to do. as larry summers warned a year ago, and sometimes he turns out to be right, if you re going to have that massive spending it will add to inflation. but whether or not the president is totally to blame, when you go into the store and, you know, a loaf of bread is $1.50, $1.70 and gas is $5 people are angry and you know what it ain t going