and what s interesting, the administration s notion that this costs zero, not to get overly wonky, but they re talking economic scoring and growth to pay for it. economic growth out to 2031 and the economy growing by 3 1/2% which it s not going to do if there s an inflationary spiral. i m told enough to know the late 70s and early 80s, you didn t see it grow when inflation is high. again, this is a thing that s very, very concerning to investors and family s like. griff: such a great point. mitch rochelle, we ll have you back if and when congress gets something. you can have that dynamic score. thank you very much. you bet. alicia: griff, after the afghanistan collapse, we are
thursday. the dow closed up 217 points, s&p 500 advanced 1.1%, nasdaq up 1.4%, apple closed up 4% ahead of a major product announcement on monday. apple up nine out of the past ten days. bio gen plunged 29%, it halted trials on a promising alzheimer s treatment. it was a really good day for levi strauss, it closed up 32%. look at all the traders were even allowed to wear jeans on the floor, they raised $623 million from the stock sale. you re not supposed to wear jeans on the floor unless your ipo is on the floor. this isn t the first time levi s has gone public. it was publicly traded in the 70s and early 80s, went private back in 1985. their ceo says the company plans to use some of the money from that stock sale to boost its presence in overseas markets.
right before the election, to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. reporter: why now? that is the refrain, the question that we keep hearing from the candidate, the campaign, and his many supporters. is this part of a smear campaign by these women weeks before the election? is it being backed up by democrats? establishment republicans? they don t know, but thiey see conspiracy theory. they don t see any proof and until they see prove proo thof him to stay in the race and win. one woman, theresa jones, who worked alongside roy moore in the late 70s and early 80s, when he was a young district attorney, she tells that it was common knowledge that he dated
if that had been the motivation, then we would have poured billions of dollars into drug treatment. but we didn t do that. instead, we slashed drug funding for treatment and billions of dollars into prisons and jails and filling them with black and brown youth. this is because of the racial politics that animated the war on drugs. we were experiencing the economic collapse of inner city communities at the same time. there was a backlash brewing against the civil rights movement. so in the 70s and early 80s, former segregationists were saying law and order. yeah. and get tough. yeah. instead of segregation forever. you say, eugene, in the film that this nation has a history of we ve criminalized drugs to target certain ethnic groups. yes. look at this. of course, you can t throw people in jail simply because they re chinese. but you can throw them in jail because they smoke opium.
so that is real concern that a lot of americans feel and wanted to make sure that in washington we re hearing those concerns and speaking the language that we understand those concerns. is this going to be a major drag on the economy. i m back to you now? if government allows it to be. energy is an obvious example. prices for energy have gone up. the massive inflation spike we saw in the late 70s and early 80s, that was born in the policies of carter, ford, nixon, administrations prior. we a need get tough politicians who are going to stop spending and put the government back on a sound footing. back to you on the food prices. can it trickle through to a broader economy. this kind of price increase could have ramifications for