covid. he s not seen the president in a few days. he s not considered a close contact. the podcast with walker hayes and chris cooper will drop saturday. i spoke to them this afternoon. really interesting story about their friendship and his music. so i urge you to take a look at that. that s the story for today. i ll see you back here today. have a great afternoon and evening. neil is next. inflation is much too high. we understand the hartship it s causing. we re moving to bring it back down. neil: that man is the only game in town. the fact that he moved interest rates up as expected, that led stocks up. that was not expected. all on the belief that the federal reserve is about the only entity trying to deal with this problem. say what you will of jerome powell and company, that is the game that we re depending on. the optimism built on still more