he is not his job is representing west virginians. some west virginians say he did that perfectly. the west virginia manufacturing head said this, from supply chain to workforce shortages an rise of costs and goods and services west virginia businesses are struggling. they rushed in response to covid. adding additional taxes to small businesses to pay for myriad programs in the plan would crush the ability to recover and compete in a global economy. the question is not, carley, how charlemagne the god feels about joe manchin, the question is how west virginians feel about joe manchin. carley: the fact that president biden hinged the passing of the sweeping climate change bill on the senator from west virginia is hilarious. maybe he should have rethought that. joe manchin said he would not support it to explain it to the
pandemic. the commerce department reports the nation s gross domestic product, which is the sum of all goods and services, expanded 5.7% overall in 2021. it is the strongest calendar year growth since 1984. it was aided by a better than expected fourth quarter where gdp grew at 6.9%, far outpacing economists predictions in the face of the surging omicron variant. some analysts however are now warning the economy could be in for a slow down this year due to inflation and ongoing pandemic. joining us, host of the podcast on brand donny deutsch and also kurt berdella. donny, i will start with you, piggy backing off the james carville interview we were talking about earlier into the messaging piece about what democrats could be saying about the first year when you have gdp numbers, unemployment numbers,
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suppose, in a more muted fashion to the sanctions that it could potentially have done. it is introduced these export bands but crucially, it is not limited to the supply of gas to europe, it has not put export bands on key commodities like nickel and aluminium. what do you make of russia s move so far and do you think they could potentially go further? this far and do you think they could potentially go further?- potentially go further? as you note, russia potentially go further? as you note, russia is potentially go further? as you note, russia is a potentially go further? as you note, russia is a huge - potentially go further? as you l note, russia is a huge presence in the global commodities markets, they are about one tenth of the global supply of aluminium and copper, about one fifth of the global supply of battery grade nickel. russia needs dollars. they need euros. because for any russian importer to import goods and services into russia, they need to first get dollars and