working, martha, it would work to keep people from being hospitalized. we need it now. we needed it yesterday. martha: what a travesty. this is a big, big story. dr. siegel thank you very much. that s the story for this wednesday. as always the story goes on. thank you for being with us today. we look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow at 3:00. your world starts right now. martha, thank you. the dow up triple digits earlier finishing in the red. this after fed chief jerome powell made it pretty clear that the fed will start hiking interest rates in march. and little to no progress is being made on is up ply chain issues. what the pentagon spokesman just told me about where things are heading. that s coming up. first this. to the supreme court shakeup with justice steven breyer on his way out, who could be on the way in?
his high class problems retweet. the administration has taken steps to work out an agreement between the ports and truckers and distributors the president hasn t taken any action to address price hikes on energy. he admitted there is no near-term answer on gas prices. president biden: i must tell you, i don t have a near-term answer. two things i can do. i could go in the petroleum reserve and take out and probably reduce the price of gas maybe 18 cents or so a gallon. there will still be above three bucks. that news comes as a trade group like ups and fedex sounded the alarm about the december 8th vaccine mandate saying it could further complicate ply chain issues. they ask to postpone the deadline until 2022. he made no indication he is