bussed over 15,000 migrants to sanctuary cities providing much-needed relief to communities overwhelmed by the president s open biden border policies. we have karl rove here with us. first to peter doocy. peter. these border crossers arrived in border states. we don t hear much from biden officials. as they arrived in washington d.c. outside the vice president s residence, we have a forceful condemnation. it says this. governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities. this was a shameful stunt. as we have said, we re willing to work with anyone, democrat or republicans on the comprehensive immigration reform. these political games accomplish nothing and put lives in danger. that s as dhs says that they re still using title 42 a lot. listen. dhs continues to fully enforce our immigration of public health laws at the border. people are being expelled as requi
increase. where do you stand in rebound or recession? yeah, i don t think we re in a recession and i don t think we ll go into one. if you look at the data, it doesn t show that. jobs are strong, personal income is strong, gdp is 3.2%, outperformed all expectations. so the data is not showing that. on the flip side, williams, you have inflation subsiding. gas prices are down. energy prices are down. food, hospitality and leisure is down. i think you re seeing a slowing economy as well as slowing inflation. i m more concerned on the inflation side. so dan, is your money on the sidelines or getting in a little bit every week at a time? well, now is the time really to get in. when you think about how the stock market acts, right? people have been buying up stock, the demand has been there
it s not as bad as it was the month before. it s always in the eye of the beholder here and the optimism that maybe inflation subsiding a tad is enough to get stocks roaring back. to soon to tell. today that was the story. let s grow to susan li and whether investors are overreacting. yes, i d call this a relief rally. wall street is relieved that inflation is cooling off a little bit and slightly lower than expected last month. but for average americans that are still buying groceries, traveling or filling up gas tanks, prices are much more expensive than a year ago. wages are still not keeping up with the rates of inflation. dollars are still being stretched at the gas pumps, also paying your electricity bills. you have sticker shock still in the grocery aisles.
and cost go. 50% of the containers are no longer at the port. the trucks are moving. a lot of good things are happening. as we get to 2022, the two biggest things have to be inflation subsiding, which i think will take time and where we are on the pandemic. those are the two book ends. the economy itself is doing very well. we know that. the numbers don t lie. and i also think what mark didn t mention and i believe he s supportive because it was bipartisan is the infrastructure bill. he didn t mention we had a $1.2 infrastructure bill that passed. 40% of republican senators approved it. it s the most important thing we ve done in a long time. bridges and getting roads ready and also next generation gps and, you know, getting wi fi to rural areas. a lot of great things on the