increasing inflation. well, it has the advantage of not only people being able to live longer and better and be able to perform their prescription drugs, but, guess what? it reduces the deficit $158 billion. [ applause ] don t forget that part to tell people. it s not just that you pay less for the drug. it means that the federal government isn t paying for the drugs for medicare. president joe biden in baltimore last night, debunking republican claims about the deficit and calling on democrats to remind americans what his administration has achieved over the past two years. meanwhile, on capitol hill, a hearing dominated by grievance politics, as attorney general merrick garland makes his first appearance before the new congress. he actually had insurrectionists. right. like, the guy with, like what is it, willie, the bird bone hands, like, doing the power to the people signal. the raised fist. that s right. raised fist of a bird. yeah. there it is. the
tonight on the reidout . everyone i talked to is sick and tired and fed up of being bullied. the last thing i ever want to see in america is a civil war. no one wants that, at least everyone i know would never want that, but it s going that direction. everyone you know? you want a national divorce? will indulge her twisted fantasy and played out. spoiler alert, it does not and wear well for red state. guess where yours deep state ends up in the custody battle? ron desantis to cuddling conservative. pathetic and frightening. anything that makes conservatives feel uncomfortable should be illegal. things like black history and drug shows. tonight, barbara lee of california who just do that for candidacy joins me on what is shaping us to be quite a clash of democratic. we begin the reidout with the one thing republicans really hate , 20th century. from sitting back the clock on women s reproductive rights to trying to ban the mere act of learning about black history and
1981 when ronald reagan was president and battling a recession that seemed endless. a guy names paul volcker was hiking interest rates a full percentage point at a team to squash inflation that proved relentless. when indiana jones was the hottest movie in the country and charles and diana, the hottest wedding ticket in the world. back then bacon cost $1.75 a pound. try more like $7 now. coffee was $2.46 a pound. closer to $6 now. a half gallon of ice cream set you back about $2. nearly trip that will today. some perspective on time and prices. lower and slower back then. faster and out of control right now. we are all over it with lydia hu at a new york city supermarket on how folks are holding up. hillary vaughn on capitol hill where democrats and republicans are digging in. edward lawrence in jerusalem on if those inflation numbers are weighing the president down. why house economic adviser jared bernstein on what costs he sees no longer going up. welcome. i m neil cavuto.
incident. dana: governor greg abbott putting the blame squarely on president biden s border policy. echoing that very sentiment. i want to see that secretary of homeland security come out to press today and come out and do a statement and continue to lie to the american people that this 40 is secure enclosed. that your policies are safe and humane. because the fact is, your policies has caused record illegal imminent, immigration. the record is all bad. i m sick and tired of this administration telling me how their policies are and how secure the border it. i ve been there. it changed me forever. this is horrific. these people died horrific tragic deaths. dana: temperatures on the border are soaring into the triple digits. the migrants found alive in a trailer are being treated for heat stroke and exhaustion. officials say the truck had no working air conditioning. trace: that s just awful per the situation at the border getting worse every day. over 7,000 migrants ev
remember what trump told the crowd at the elipse hours before the attack. mike pence, i will tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president comes through for us. he is a great guy. of course if he doesn t come through, i won t like him quite as much. [ chanting ] trump s public push contributed to the riot which included threats against pence s life. and two pence aides will appear live this morning. counsel to the vice president and a retired judge and informal adviser. and also expect to see video from the deposition of marc short who appeared yesterday, telling wolf blitzer how he warned the secret service the day before the riot. it became clear that the disagreements that had been discussed i think between the president and vice president? and the staffs were about to become far more public. and i think with thousands of people dekrscending upon washington, i thought it would be important.