having a constitutional monarchy. the pinnacle is an institution and a person in her majesty the queen who everybody looks up to and brings everybody together. martha: he had a lot of interesting things to say. more on that later and his take on u.s. leadership and 100 days of war in ukraine. but first, back at home, president biden today hammering a singular message directing americans to blame not him but another president for the soaring food prices and fuel prices in the u.s. both of these challenges have been directly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine, this is the putin price hike. if food and gas prices will be elevated i d by putin s price hike, one things we can make better for families is by helping them save on other basic items that families need on a monthly basis. martha: so since president biden took office, gas has increased $2.33, up 99% during that period. kelly o grady live in los angeles. hi, kelly. hi, martha. yeah, you play that sound bite. it
having a constitutional monarchy. the pinnacle is an institution and a person in her majesty the queen who everybody looks up to and brings everybody together. martha: he had a lot of interesting things to say. more on that later and his take on u.s. leadership and 100 days of war in ukraine. but first, back at home, president biden today hammering a singular message directing americans to blame not him but another president for the soaring food prices and fuel prices in the u.s. both of these challenges have been directly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine, this is the putin price hike. if food and gas prices will be elevated i d by putin s price hike, one things we can make better for families is by helping them save on other basic items that families need on a monthly basis. martha: so since president
of americans feel like the economy is good or great. when they hear joe biden talking about how well the economy is doing, it seems delusional and out of touch to people. i think the biggest problem for americans right now is the fact that you have now inflation at 8.3%, martha and you have wages growing at 5.5%. do the math there. that means months after month, people s paychecks are shrinking. let s not forget that it was high inflation that really was the undoing was gerry ford in 1976 and then jimmy carter in 1980. inflation is a killer in terms of family incomes and politically. martha: yeah, we have a chart here, this is the gallup economic confidence index which goes to support what you re seeing. there s a steep decline in terms of people s confidence in the economy.