Its a world of hurt on the front lines to keep our border secure. I talked with two key officials on cavuto live. Turning a blind eye to it when we have a real situation down here. Its astronomical, the number of people And some of them are coughing, theyre obviously sick. Theres no doubt. We protect ourselves. We wear our face covering, we wear our gloves. We do our best so we can continue helping others. If we get sick, were out of the game. So with the surge intensifying, what is the biden administration saying . To Griff Jenkins At The White House with the latest. Griff . Charles, good afternoon. Just moments ago in the Press Briefing that is still underway right now, Peter Doocy pressing Jen Psaki about the covid part of the border crisis. Heres what happened. Watch. The Public Health At The border is the president concerned that migrants that are coming in in great numbers are not being tested for covid as the first part of contact with Border Patrol . Well, let me give you a lit
Bowser spotted mask was at a wedding after saving the citys mandate just hours before and chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot whose celebrities after threatening new covid restrictions. She has also been criticized for allowing that mask to be discussed in the first place. Nearly 500 guests have been invited and 200 workers are expected to staff the event. Just to get a point on that Jen Psaki the white House Press Secretary commented on the party, obama party, take a look. President obama has been a huge advocate of getting vaccinated and this event according to the public reporting is outdoors and moderate tone. The guidance is the steps people can take when a public setting, and or specifically with the new guidance. Dana jesse, did you get an invite . Jesse The Big Story about that is that barack did not invite joe. [laughter] no, they were best buddies for eight years. I could see trump not being attended to a Birthday Party but not inviting to barack Obamas Party . He doesnt want anybod
chad pergram on how moderates and progressives are responding on capitol hill. peter? president biden is changing his approach before our eyes. a few weeks ago when he made the high profile trip to capitol hill to meet with all democratic lawmakers at once, nothing hatched. now he s trying to divide and conquer democrats. first meeting with progressives and then moderates. well, these are serious policy discussions. often on nitty gritty details. they re not duels in factions of the party. there s broad agreement about the vast majority of issues here. the president is basing this approach on five decades on washington, when is a good guide on how to get things done. joe manchin got his own meeting today. he separately tries to iron things out with the president and democratic socialist bernie sanders. he claims that nobody has asked him, manchin, to support a new tax on carbon as a way to pay for the president s plan. something the white house claimed today actually is
clever. it is reporting 2000 children have been flown from southern border and sent to drop-off points in new jersey, and connecticut. good story for peter doocy to ask the white house is. pete: why is the administration flying migrants from the border to florida and new york in the middle of the night? well, i m not sure it is the middle of the night, what is happening 2:30 in the morning. earlier than you might like to take a flight. unaccompanied children passed through the airport en route to final destination to be unified with their parents or vetted sponsor. ted cruz has idea why to put the massive influx of migrants. entire political strategy sebased on secrecy, what is happening at the southern border is tragedy. stop the surge act, rich democrats can be sitting there and see 10, 20, 30, 50,000 illegal immigrantss like we re see og a daily basis and envision them in nantucket, goodness, they want to come to our clubs. they would be horrified. greg: dana
Procter & gamble and pepsi. two weeks ago they announced, they said across the board on the portfolio, they re going to raise prices because they can t keep up. the inflation issue is a real issue. the fact that nobody wants to talk about it, everybody says it s transitory, it s not transitory. it s sticky. sticky in the places that will hurt middle america and low income america the worst. jeff bezos doesn t care if his steak goes from $10 to $15. give him a tax credit? charles, who else will feel it? i m going to say it s at the dollar stores. i wrote about it in the washington post this week. the dollar tree raising price as above a dollar because inflation is an example of why federal spending is filling houses with so much money and driving demand and disrupting the supply chain. the dollar stores have gone to $1.50. no doubt about that. another issue to squeeze in.