we all have the strength to see what s possible. it s up to us to unlock it. tonal. be your strongest. this week, there s been some good economic news you may not have noticed. weekly jobless claims hit their lowest point in decades. economists say it is proof the economy is rebounding after 20 months of pandemic disruption, but the biden white house is struggling to connect that story to what you pay for gas and groceries every single day and it s a reason that some like our next guest, are invoking a presidential comparison that democratic presidents look to avoid at all costs. jimmy carter. for some perspective, let s bring in tim neftali. thanks so much for your time and happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving to you,
up prices this coming year, we should not see the spike in inflation rates that happen in 79 and doomed the carter presidency. all right. well, president biden at a real cross roads here. tim neftali, presidential historian, thank you as so muchd happy thanksgiving. coming up, it s america s second covid thanksgiving. but what a difference a year makes. what you need to know if you re gathering today and the warning signs that we re watching now as cases creep up despite the mass availability of vaccines. that s coming up.
knew and what he did. one more point. we need a debate in this country about our world role. we ve been getting a little lazy and there s been a lot of opposition to the idea there are moments when we are an indispensable nation. we re not always indispensable. the reaction to our withdrawal from afghanistan shows there are parts of the world where our presence matters. i think we need a reckoning and a conversation. america first, putting our defense first often involves engaging with the world. i think the american people have lost that sense. president biden has a chance in this defeat to have and lead a very important national conversation. yeah, and perhaps another question. what are the expectations when the u.s. is engaged on a world stage. tim and julian, thank you very much. appreciate it. we ll be right back. adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9 %.
president biden s foreign policy. he needs to take ownership of it and take other steps to make sure this doesn t happen again. he s not going to clone house. he was either widely misled by his own intelligence or he was misleading the american people deliberately. julian, what will the history books say? is it biden to blame? is there shared blame for the prior administration for negotiating with the taliban? how will it go? shared blame. this is a war that has taken place across many administrations. i think the biggest debate will still center on president george w. bush and the decision to go to iraq. as this was really still unfolding many presidents, democratic and republican, this includes obama, trump, bush, now biden are all implicated. i hope we have the conversation that tim s talking about, about why we enter into these wars, how we conduct the wars, why we
we re at this juncture now. the taliban regaining control of a country of afghanistan. the taliban fighters are taking over the capitol city of kabul and new images of them doing so in the presidential palace. the u.s. embassy has been evacuated. the american flag on the building intentionally taken down at the direction of americans. julian zeletzer is a cnn political analyst and historian and professor at prince ton and tim neftali. julian, you first. once the u.s. announced withdrawal, was this day inevitable? that s what we re going to learn. many people will think and agree this was an unwinnable war and that this situation has been deteriorating over many presidencies. the second question will be was the withdrawal done the best way possible, and i think it s too