reaching store shelves. new york republican congressman chris jacobs will join us in just a few minutes with his reaction. first, though, let s go to david spunt live in wilmington, delaware, where president biden is spending the weekend. david. reporter: jon, good evening. president biden and members of his administration are keenly aware that this supply chain crisis is something that s not going to be going away anytime soon. there are thoughts it may continue into 2022. cargo ships are continuing to line up off the coast of california. they have been parked there in that virtual ocean parking lot for several days. some experts say it takes 5-7 days to completely unload a cargo ship. there s still a nationwide trucking shortage. the president was asked about calling in the national guard for help. would you consider the national guard to help yes, absolutely. s positively. i would do that.
the next few months, not just for the holidays, a little bit of joking online. #bareshelves biden was top trending tweets. no joking matter for people that are concerned about jobs, about money, about the economic situation with inflation in this country. cargo ships continue to sit in an ocean parking lot off the coast of california as millions of goods are still in limbo, new numbers from the labor department they show import prices rose last month after falling the month before. transportation secretary pete buttigieg who was on with bret baier on special report last night. he s facing questions about taking some paternity time off with his husband to care for their two little babies in the middle of this crisis but pete buttigieg and the white house are defending the move, arguing, listen, this is important that he take his time and been in touch on major policy decisions and is back working. so you re saying
this is a day after #bareshelvesbiden, and all kidding aside, this is as cargo continues to sit in an ocean parking lot. new numbers from the labor department show import prices rose after falling in august. transportation secretary pete buttigieg facing tough questions about taking paternity time off with his husband to take care of twins. they re saying he s been in touch with major policy decisions and is now working back for the country. a lo the a lot of this is not how long the ports are open, it s also the trucks and chassises and truckers to drive them. and the truckers have been on the frontline of this pandemic and they want to be paid well and they want to be respected and we have an issue with a