0 about a conversation that i m not i m stunned that you can t recall that. so let s talk about afghanistan. the secretary undersecretary for defense policy, mr. kael says, isis-k poses a short term external threat al qaeda could launch attacks outside afghanistan within a year or two. do you agree with that? i agree that al qaeda has always presented and continues to present a persistent threat to the united states homeland. the question is what s changed? you say always. has any recent event changed the likelihood of an attack? i don t know. you don t know that we withdrew from afghanistan. i know we withdrew. i don t no if it will increase the risk from al qaeda or not. you are the attorney general of the united states. due to the lack of ability to have eyes and ears on the ground there was testimony and the unreliability of the taliban that an attack on the united states within six months or a year is far more likely after a withdrawal, you re not aware he said t
workers are seeing their paychecks shrink because of inflation and it the worst thing that you could possibly do right now is that, given the fact that we have so much money sloshing around and from groceries and gas which i predict will go up to $5 per gallon is to pass another 4-$5 trillion debt bill. it just makes no sense to me why we would pour gasoline on a forest file fire. you are a democrat and also a business guy and you are a capitalist. and that s the democrat going after the far democrat. joe manchin and others like him have a certain perspective that i think is incorrect. he thinks investing in a bottoms up the economy is entitlement. when you put money in people s
insisting that they won t pay for any of this through borrowing, it has to come through taxation, and the treasury will lose out on a lot of funding for example, the fewer fuel duty that is taken in, the less fuel duty that is taken in, the less fuel duty. there is, the less money sloshing around to be spent but also voters, they might actually baulk at the idea of dipping into their pocket to actually fund some of this. so there is a study that came out in the mail on sunday this weekend, which asked people, would you buy an electric vehicle by 2030? and 73% said they wouldn t. so at the moment there s a lot of resistance. so at the moment there s a lot of resistance- resistance. just to ask you both - if ou resistance. just to ask you both - if you don t resistance. just to ask you both - if you don t already resistance. just to ask you both - if you don t already have - resistance. just to ask you both - if you don t already have an - if you don t already have an electric
and there was less money than what they spent because they were in lock down and couldn t spend it. so there s $2 trillion of excess saving out there right now in people s bank accounts and yes, the savings rates it s not a historic high, a certain recent history high. so people have this money in their bank account whether they want to get a mortgage and save there, or pay cash. there s so much money sloshing around in the system in people s bank accounts, obviously not everybody, but that s driving the housing price increase, that s right. steve ratner, thank you very much for that. we re watching this happen across the country. last week steve had charts for us about amtrak and this morning we learned of a historic deal by the company. amtrak announced this week it is buying up to 83 new trains that
ever been in the last couple of years. putting on hold civilian jobs indefinitely to do a mission on behalf of your country or state. second of all pay. pay for a private first class or specialist are making $26,000 a year barely above the poverty line full-time active duty. if your family is put on pause with a lot of uncertainty it is tough to pursue a civilian career. it becomes some insecurity there and pay them more. dana: also apparently there is extra covid relief money sloshing around maybe they get a bonus. with all the breaking news we have to go. good to see you. bill: back to miami now waiting for more information on this 12-story condo collapsing overnight. the search on survivors, the latest on that coming up in moments here. also in one day you have crime and immigration from the white house. now vice president harris dragging her feet on visiting