you re in the faulkner focus. after his speech at the air force academy commencement, it took minutes for his near face plant to go viral and make worldwide headlines. an air force officer and two members of his secret service detail had to help him get up. you can see him at some point after this point to something on the ground. nothing is confirmed about that, but he says it was a sand bag. this is far from the first time the president has struggled with his balance. he is now 80 years old. he would be 86 at the end of a second term if he were reelected. president biden laughing off the fall when he got back to the white house. we were showing you other times he had fallen. others see it as a really serious issue. i think just the image of that splicing together with the other ones you mentioned only deep ensome of the concerns and misgivings some voters have. it is humiliating for him and for the country because not only is this man the current president, he actuall
other than call this a lie by the white house. we are being lied to, asked to defy what we see because he told us to watch him. that s how he said, judge what he does, watch him. we re asked to defy what we see and listen to them completely tell us that everything is okay. but harris, he still has mainstream media in his corner. i pulled up coverage when the new york times covered donald trump when he slowly walked down a ramp at west point. here was the story in new york times. trump s halting walk down ramp raises new health questions and the story was full of allegations that donald trump isn t healthy enough at 74 to be the president because he walks slowly down a ramp. here is new york times coverage of biden actually falling. biden falls on stage at air force commencement. a white house official says proesident biden was totally fine. what s the new york times doing, biden falls, they go for white house
issue for biden to deal with. frankly, i think there s not a whole lot of hope there s much legislation of significance that s going to get through, in part because of the narrow majorities, but i think manchin will be dug in on this issue after this kind of inflation report. doug, take a listen to the type of thinking president biden is hearing from his economic advisers. this is a voice that will be familiar to you. every forecast shows that even with fed rate hikes penciled in, the unemployment rate will continue to decline this year and we should be back to full employment at the end of the year. so under this scenario, inflation comes down in the second half of the year. that s jared bernstein, obviously. might it be too soon to raise interest rates? could that drastically raise the cost of loans on higher priced items as new cars, mortgages with home prices already at all-time highs. jared should know you should never take a forecast to the bank. it s the reality on the g
family s budget, that rose at 8.2% last year. so they ve got record high wage growth and falling behind at the same time. that s a very troubling picture. the white house is quick to say, hey, biden s build back better agenda will ease the pain, but the truth is inflation is and concerns about inflation is why senator joe manchin opposes build back better in its current form. he s worried all that money going into the economy is going to keep rising prices. yeah, i think this is not going to make the biden agenda any easier, frankly, unless they can make an argument there s a way to do this, that that won t furthers exacerbate the proble we ve been discussing. the coronavirus pandemic is also compounding some of these issues. on top of the rising cost of everything in terms of goods that people need in order to live, there s also this child care squeeze that is just causing families to feel like they are getting hit from all sides here. so this is really an urge int
interest rates more over time, we will. we will use our tools to get inflation back. reporter: with a winter wave of omicron cases hitting restaurants, airlines and other sectors hard, the economic recovery from covid is shaping up to be even more tedious. inflation also threatening to further complicate the build back better agenda with senator joe manchin calling today s labor report very, very troubling. president biden will be on capitol hill tomorrow meeting with senate democrats. jake, the meeting is about voting rights and the new push. you can bet inflation also a key concern. in farktsct, it s one of the bit worries democrats have been talking about all day as they head into the midterm election races where they re trying to keep control of the house and indeed the senate. jeff zeleny, thanks. let s dig in on this. listen to some of these numbers. the price of gas up almost 50%. the biggest jumps ever in prices for new cars, fast food, restaurant meals, men s apparel,