launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations. now, of course, kanye west andp adidas had a good relationship and that ended last month over anti-semitic comments. we did reach out to kanye west but have not heard back but he doesn t have a lawyer or a representative working for him on this particular matter. jim. thank you so much. it is top of the hour, i m jim sciutto. and happening right now, the holiday shopping season in full swing as consumers flock to find the best black friday deals today. will inflation push people to cut down on holiday spending. there is positive signs for retail sales. the national retail federation expects more than 16 million americans will so some shops
the bush years, the trump years, you can t keep throwing money into the economy and not expect eventually inflation to happen. and that s what we got, the other part was the fed, and yes, the biden administration s first rescue plan was probably too much. we were already on the path to recovery from covid. it wasn t what created inflation. you talk about trillions. the fed put many trillions into the economy than we did through the american rescue plan, and so, yeah, it s not all on bind. as you know, the guy sitting in the control seat, gets either the credit or the blame. how much worse will inflation have been, though, if build back better had passed in the huge form that the biden administration originally tried to get it through. you have to say that the congress saved the prosecute from himself. joe manchin saved the president from himself. if that bill had passed it would have added to all of this, it would have added to the deficits
president. economy s doing bad, should do the same thing. neil: a lot of passion about the economy, about inflation, and normally in a midterm election you however angry people feee into record numbers, especially in a year where the presidential contest isn t on the ballot. it might be different this year. last time we saw very high midterm turnout, you d have to go back to 1994. of course, that was the gingrich republican revolution, if you are. it certainly if you will. it certainly humbled bill clinton, but a couple of years later he ended up getting reelected taking cues from that. we have lee carter and mark penn, geniuses, both. lee, get me your read on the anger out there. is it enough to get more out to the polls than we would typically see in a midterm election? i m not sure, and the reason for that is when you look at the polling numbers on how people feel about the inflation,
i don t see the evidence because president clinton didn t know 94 was coming. joe biden knows this midterm s been coming, he s doubled down on almost everything. he had the maga speech, you know, he s doing a little effort here, but he basically dug in. so i d like to see what you said happen, i ve written a number of articles about the president should have made a pivot six months ago, he should do something about the border, do something, you know, to restrain spending, he should do something strong about crime, but he just hasn t. i don t think that s going to happen. i d like to see it happen. neil: you know, obviously the economy, inflation, all this stuff is now getting to be front and center in a number of these key debates including last night s in georgia with raphael warnock and herschel walker. i want you guys to react to this from last night. he said he would not have voted for the inflation reduction act, and i think he should tell the people of
around the west coast talking to people about things and one of those things that he s talking about is inflation and how if republicans take control, he keeps saying this at every stop, there have been multiple stops on the west coast, if republicans take control your prices are going to go up as if they haven t been going up. areas in irvine, california yesterday. when it comes time to do something about inflation around the kitchen table republicans are saying no, republicans take control prices are going to go up as will inflation. it is simple. last year a family of 4 with health coverage through the affordable care act saved $2,400 from the american from the american rescue plan that i signed into law. now inflation will lock that in place, lower healthcare premiums for millions of families. rachel: what he s doing is interesting, he knows he already set inflation into