official economic recession, although president biden, his aides, and now the federal reserve chair are insisting they don t see this economy in recession. politically, what matters is how people at home feel about the economy, obviously. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening bret, officials say gas prices coming down. jobs available. no recession or pre-recession on the horizon. tomorrow s g.d.p. numbers are going to test that. as president biden re-takes the hymn in the west wing now that he is out of covid quarantine. as i was walking out. [clearing throat] i thought i heard a rumbling my staff saying oh he is back. back in the oval office president biden s number one domestic priority is lowering inflation and his plan to do it trust the federal reserve to make that happen. but the federal reserve chair just made a surprising admission. inflation has obviously surprise to the upside ov
regular mess. bret: president biden is getting ready, as gillian mentioned to talk to the chinese leader xi in hours, within a day. obviously that may come up, that visit brit about brit i would think it would. i would hope it would. and i would hope between the two leaders that this whole thing can be cooled off because there really is nothing that should be provocative about an american world all needs, we need them in the united states. that s what this big bill is about before the congress to ramp up production in the u.s. against the possibility that it might be cut off from other parts of the world, including taiwan. so there is a lot at stake here. and let s hope that the leaders can deescalate this. boy, it s worrisome. bret: yeah. senate passed that bill. wait on the house action to