mcconnell. why his prediction for the midterms now catching some attention with our new reporting on where republicans are and are not spending campaign cash. plus, the new strategy from the white house on the monkeypox emergency, planning to roll out more vaccines asap, but is it too little too late? and the man accused of attacking rushdie in court. we ve got a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. with us now is cal perry outside that courthouse in west palm beach. our justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian is joining us. danny, and former federal prosecutor and former judge, carol lam. if you ve been watching our coverage, you know there have been a lot of development. there s a lot going on. right? so here s where things stand as of 3:01 eastern time. the judge in charge of this case is ordering a redacted version of the affidavit to be released, but he s asking for input from the government on what those redactions should entail no later than a week
she is also advisor to the federal reserve. diane, it is always great to see you. thanks for being here. good to be here. so the big question on everyone s mind, is this sustainable? let me play you a little bit of what larry kudlow, the president s top economic advisor had to say, and get your reaction on the other side. this is sustainable. you know why it s sustainable? a couple things. in a sickly cal business cycle sense, we re coming off a low inventory base. that s extremely positive, okay. if inventories were the big contributor and you know they have to be worked off at some point, that would not be so great. this position cyclically is very strong. the second point i want to make is comes from the private sector gdp, cd plus i, business is booming. that s his case. is he right, diane? there is a case on the inventory side. we do still have a tail wind there. i agree with him there. on the downside, that one-time soybean surge in exports which