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hello and welcome. us presidentjoe biden has again told russia s president vladamir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. this during the second call between the two leaders in less than a month amid concerns over russian troops massing at the ukrainian border. a kremlin spokesperson said that putin had made it clear that any new large scale sanctions would be a colossal mista ke . the us released this picture of president biden on the call from his home in delaware with the white house saying he laid out two paths one of diplomacy and one of deterrence. both sides said the call had been constructive further talks are set for the new year. for more on this i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. i chat between these two world leaders. what do we think that president biden is keen to emphasise on this call? well, this is the emphasise on this call? well, this is the second emphasise ....
welcome all of you. the cdc confirming more than 465,000 new cases yesterday alone. 2000 deaths. that s the highest single day case number since the pandemic started. americans are scrambling to get themselves tested. the demand led to scenes like this. dozens of cars waiting in line in miami in hours long lines in new york city. the white house covid response coordinator said the president won t sign the contract for the 500 million at home tests until late next week delaying how long it will take to get them in american s hands. and new concerns that federal and local vaccine mandates are leaving the country more vulnerable. the military and police have been forced to cut vital personnel. instead of protecting leadership from the white house our commander-in-chief is enjoying himself at home in delaware. how nice! matt, starting with you, this morning i was thinking about last year. with president trump i reminded myself with his leadership on testing. we had no tests ....
top writers from across the political spectrum on a variety of public policy topics. we begin today with jonathan alter and his biography titled his very best, jimmy carter, a life. good morning to you, sir. compare jimmy carter to joe biden, here is one from the past week. biden s economic ratings are even worse than carter s is the headline from cnn. is it fair to use jimmy carter as shorthand or veiled or bad economic policy? not really. i think it s not fair to use it as shorthand for a failed presidency. as shorthand for a failed economic policy, i think it could be ok as accrued historical analogy but it s premature. so at this point in his presidency jimmy carter was more popular than joe biden. the economy was not that bad at the end of 1970, carter s first year. carter the people remember, the simplistic memory of him, is the jimmy carter of 13% inflation and 21% interest rates. you can imagine it costing at various times the late carter presidency. 15, 18, 1 ....
titled his very best: jimmy carter, a life. good morning to you. the comparisons between jimmy carter and joe biden continue to happen. here is one from just the past week from cnn. biden s economic ratings are even worse than carter s is the headline from cnn. is that fair to use jimmy carter as shorthand for failed or bad economic policy? guest: not really. i think it is not fair to use him as shorthand for a failed presidency. as shorthand for a failed economic policy, i think he could be ok as a crude historical analogy, but it is premature. at this point in his presidency, jimmy carter was more popular than joe biden is at this point in his presidency. the economy was not that bad at the end of 1977. but the carter that people remember, as people talk about, is a very simplistic memory of him, is the jimmy carter of 13% inflation and 21% interest rate. it cost at those times in the late carter presidency, you know, $15, $18, 19, even 21% to borrow money this comp ....
cavuto. shopping for christmas is up 19% from last year that could mean consumers don t want to be the grinch this year by not giving presents the readout from a guru, what does this mean, 19%, the saturday before christmas what does that mean for retailers going into this season? we re certainly seeing retailers benefit from this, and especially the small businesses, so according to the data catalyst institute 79% of small businesses have an offline presence, so this is a brick and mortar presence, while they are still selling online, they are expecting people to walk into their stores and buy last minute. so i m sure people are out there right now going and shopping, you know, literally in the 11th hour, brick and mortar stores are certainly getting the store traffic. in addition, these sort of offmarket venues that these retailers are taking advantage of, like the street markets and the street fairs, 57% of small businesses have presence there, meaning a brick and ....