this, of course, despite his promise to make saudi, quote, a pariah state. all this as the federal reserve is expected to announce its biggest hike in decades. john harwood is live in philadelphia. john, there is a lot at stake for the president. reporter: a lot at stake, erica, for the president. a lot at stake for the country. as we ve seen underscored by the january 6th committee hearings. the president s biggest political problem is negative public sentiment about high inflation. as you indicated, he is going to say that this is his top priority. mostly a job for the federal reserve, but he s also going to do what he can to try to make a difference on the margins. that s why he is going to swallow his statements about making saudi arabia a pariah and meet with the crown prince, mbs, on a visit in a few weeks. that s in hopes of expanding saudi oil production and getting gas prices down a little bit. he s also here before this friendly audience to talk about the positi
catch dr. oz. there will be a recount. more on the monologue. first matt, with pinpoint accuracy you told us we would be in this position tonight. where will we be tomorrow and monday? well, last night there was talk about 25,000 republican ballots out there. i didn t believe that. there are 8700 mail in ballots and that s lower. they are slower in getting those numbers upon i you have the same day ballots. don t have many out. i said to the viewers the majority of the precincts are democrats. you don t have many votes left to count. mccormic will do well but dr. oz did well in philadelphia county. dr. oz may drop a little more. in the end as long as you are up by 50, i have never seen a recount change an election. sean: i looked at all of the numbers and every single county and the percentage of the vote. i added even 5 to 7% extra to what percentage they had in the outstanding counties. even did that. you might get down to that number you mentioned. i see that as a ba
America has always counted on union workers. giving us half a chance, you have never, ever, ever let the country down. we re counting on you again to build this country for all of us. help build an economy that works for working people. i promise you, i m going to keep fighting for you. are you prepared to fight with me? let s build it together. let s continue to give working families a fighting chance. face our challenges head on. let s keep building a better america. because we can do it! god bless you all. may god protect our troops. [ applause ] president biden speaking there to the afl-cio in philadelphia for more than 30 minutes. with me now, cnn economics and political commentator, also an opinion columnist for the washington post. and cnn white house correspondent john harwood, who is there in philadelphia.
The solution is go back to donald trump s energy independence policies and make america a net exporter of energy. this radical administration will do nothing to increase domestic terrorists production of oil and gas. instead get ready. jimmy carter style gas rationing could be a reality. you might be rationed in terms of how much gas you can buy. this is under consideration by the biden administration. is this what building a better america looks like? gas rationing and more poverty. no law and order. record high murder rates across the country and no baby formula. if joe had any honor, he would
Can you get something finished even if it s piece by piece in terms of build back better? yes, i think we can and i think we will. the fact of the matter is we already heard that compromise is not just on the table, but it s attainable on such leads as climate change. we ve heard that we are pretty much together on trying to put a ceiling on the cost of pharmaceuticals. we ve already passed in the house recently a cap on insulin to $35 a month. so those things are contained in what we were calling build back better, but we are going to put together a building a better america, and it s going to have much of this in it. there s one thing that i m working hard on, i hope we can get in it, and that is get legislation to protect the electoral count. and in that legislation, we are to do what is necessary to apply what we call preclearance to all