there s already around 2.5 million afghans living in iran, most of them undocumented. and that number is set to rise quite dramatically as they try to flee from the tyranny of the taliban. and let me tell you, it s a very difficult life for afghans here in iran. they have to usually do the menial, dangerous jobs for very little pay. you often see afghan children working on construction sites with little regard for health and safety. yet, it s still a better option for them than living in afghanistan. now, a lot of people come here and they get stuck here in iran. unable to go back to afghanistan. but many of them don t want to stay here in iran because that s such a difficult life for them as well, so they try to make it over to iran s western border with turkey, and then on to europe or anywhere else they can get to. right now, i can tell you that the iranian government has set
that really showed there are other issues going on out here. some people don t want to return to the office. many people don t want to return to i hate to call them menial, but to low wage jobs they consider to be more like treasury and because households have a fair amount of cash right now because they couldn t spend like they would normally last year and because of the government stimulus checks they re in a position to not rush back to work and that s what s happening americans are not rushing back to work for these reasons and that s creating a labor problem for businesses around the country. steve ratner, a lot to talk about. thank you so much for being on this morning. coming up we ll talk about president biden s inflation remarks when kate bedingfield joins the conversation. with days to go until the start of the tokyo olympics, more athletes are coming down
the shooting didn t happen until after midnight and they do believe there was something music related or online media related. retaliation that led to what happened in the parking lot. the police director said whatever it is, it s probably something menial that led to fatal consequences for families. that is the thing that has to stop. and just the idea they were able to get off so many shots so quickly. sam brock, keep us posted there for us in miami. i know you will. we re following breaking news out of the supreme court on this tuesday. the high court announcing they will not take up johnson & johnson s appeal of a high-profile $2 billion lawsuit. the appeal is a verdict that came down in favor of women who say they developed ovarian cancer after using j&j s powder products. they offered no explanation for not taking up the case. it s a showdown over voting rights in texas.
changing his habits now. but at the beginning of the administration it was just the volume was enough for the whole department to be working on this. so it could be that he s getting better. it could be conceivably that they re not cleaning up as much after him. i don t kno maybe thatl be one of the letters we find when this all becomes history and we get more insight into what is going on. this is so insane. this is an incredible stor you who ve been doing this incredibly weird thing. but wow, what a weird new window. it s what a few people said to me is kind of like a metaphor for the whole presidency. he s donald trump doesn t have a lot of preservational instincts, a lot of sense of history. and might not even have known that there were many people who have pride in their work who were tasked with this menial duty in order to clean up after him. known or cared. yeah. annie karni, politico s white house reporter. again, congratulations. thanks for being here tonight. a