he s been really quiet, really reserved, but very funny. just a quiet, dry humor. it will be interesting to see how one of the greats, their minds, translates the games for those who are watching it with them as opposed to those who are watching him play it. that s going to be the exciting part for me and everyone woiho a fan of football. it s hard to not like tom brady. it really is. thank you so much for being with us. now day continues right now. good morning to our viewers ear in the united states and all around the world. it is what day is it? it is wednesday, may 11th. i m john berman with breonna taylor brianna keilar. a vote needs 1r060 votes to pasn a senate that s currently split 5050. what it will do, says majority leader chuck schumer is get every member on the record on the critically issue of abortion rights. pennsylvania senator bob casey, one of the historically anti-abortion democrats says he will vote to codify the roe v. wade decision. this is com
the hikes. and looking at the numbers for the past few months, the job numbers, they re still very strong. we still have wage increases, and that is going to give the fed confidence to know that its policy is correct and that it can keep hiking. you know, linnette, we heard from president biden yesterday giving this speech, saying that he knows that inflation is the top domestic priority, trying all of these things. how much can he actually do in the white house about this? inflation is coming from everywhere. it s coming from lockdowns in china, from the war in ukraine? it s coming from that we don t have enough truckers from a to b. one hedge fund manager told me it was like whack-a-mole, trying to figure out where all the supply chain disruptions were. biden can do only so much. the fed can do only so much. we have a very strong set of inflationary conditions in the world right now. sabrina, in terms of
insider columnist, lynette lopez. everyone knows that inflation is happening right now. it s happening to all of us. what will make it better? well, it s obviously very difficult question, but i think the interest rate hikes will certainly help to curb inflation in the long run. it will come with some pain in the short run, but certainly the hikes will help to tamp that down. linnette, to you, inflation makes everyone gloomy and grumpy. it just does. it has that effect on people economically, politically, and everything else, but i was reading this article in the new york times, historically speaking, things are pretty good for consumers out there in terms of how much money they have, disposable income wise. home ownership, things like that. this is what makes the question of, oh, did the fed act too late or too early a little bit complicated. because you don t want to raise rates while the economy is weak. you want to make sure that the economy is strong enough to take
lopez who has covered scaramucci for the last five years. linnette, if i may, you call him the mooch straight to his face. everyone calls him the mooch straight to his face. anybody who s ever been in vegas with him at the s.a.l.t. conference when ch has been a fun party in the past, it was a little darker this year because of the uncertainty of mooch s position and my piece on business insider was everyone kept making the same sound. it was constantly nervous laughter every time the mooch would mention trump, the bankers and the investors in the room just kind of were like, ha ha, because the market is kind of weird right now. there s total uncertainty about policy and at that time, there was uncertainty about the part role that mooch was going to play. he still hasn t sold the firm. he wasn t even supposed to be there. so he loves the president. he made that abundantly clear from the podium a week ago today. my question is on language. if i were to use the four-letter
in taxes, that s the headline from mitt romney s tax returns. it was released today. going to have a breakdown ahead. right now romney is on the campaign trail, he s in tampa focusing his attention on president obama. we re actually waiting to hear from him and what he s calling a prebuttal to the president s state of the union address. and rick santorum campaigning in stuart, florida, this hour. florida primary just seven days away. republican candidates are facing off for more one more debate rather ahead of tuesday s florida primary. the latest matchup in tampa last night, mitt romney hammered, hammered away at newt gingrich, and his record of leadership. gingrich shot back, accusing romney of lying. here s a taste. in the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in washington and during those 15 years, i helped turn around the olympics, helped begin a very successful turn around in the state of massachusetts. he