many stores is now close to $9. before, it was about$3 to $4. companies are blaming it on the rising cost of aluminum, employee wages and hoarding habits during the pandemic. willie, did you hoard pepsi? no, but 9 bucks for a 12-pack of coke? that s out of my price range. a lot of sugar going into the system. doesn t seem like a good deal. too much. jen, as we mentioned, has a special preview of the state of the union. it s streaming on peacock. jen speaks with former presidential speechwriters ahead of tonight s address. jen, i want to get to some of your interviews in a second, but let s talk broadly about the speech. a very important, annual speech, but also a very difficult one because of all the constituencies that want to be heard. exactly. the most important speech of the year that is the most painful to write, hands down. the reason speechwriters, the policy teams in the white house, they start
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