i m kari budhof brown the editor of politico and i m thrilled to be here today among so many women who are ruling in eir respective some incredible women who are and i want to just take a moment for some takeaways from what we ve picked up so far. in our discussion on running, we learned when it comes to getting more women in office, we need to do just a couple of things. very, very simple steps. ask them. encourage them. fund them. and fund them early. remember that. it s pretty simple but a lot of women just don t do it unless they re asked and that is so crucial. in the leading section we learned how important it is to build a coalition, don t be afraid to be ambitious because you know the men are, happy to do that. and lead like a woman. looking to our second half of our programming today, i expect we ll learn a whole lot more and i want to it take a moment to remind you, to look at the programs on the table, to see when authors are signing books in our marketplace. a
straight ahead on making money. right now tech, financial stocks are dragging this market lower. the major indices though still on pace for solid weekly gains. we re wrapping up what is really very interesting week for the market. it began to stablize. it continues in my mine to seek new leadership. i want to bring in crescent wealth advisors, chief investment officer, jack be a blip and d.r. barton now. jack, i like the fact other names stepping into the fray, and apple was down, google was down but by the same token there is vulnerability to this market, isn t there? there is a seasonal up tailwind mixed in with the monetary headwind. yesterday personified it. we had a great day. everything was going really strong. then claim powell came out and by the way, we ll continue to raise rates. sure enough, investor woke up this morning, said we have to sell. there is the tension between the seasonal push and interest rates we have to face down in the coming months. charles: j
eve. what is it going to take to end our travel nightmare? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our health lead. the cdc battling an apparent credibility problem. today the agency s director, dr. rochelle walensky took questions from reporters in her first solo news conference since july after facing a barrage of criticism, including from within the white house and the cdc over isolation guidance that even allies call confusing. walensky admitting the past few weeks have been particularly challenging. she noted that as a as the science changes, the guidance has to change as well. and she went on to say this is hard. and i am committed to continue to improve, unquote. now former biden administration health advisers are urging the white house to shift its covid strategy. as cnn s alexandra field reports, these advisers, former advisers want the president to prioritize ways for our society to learn to live and function with the virus. instead of chasing what n
him are ridiculous. reporter: fresh signs of optimism are coarsing through the gop. following a big win in the governor s race and stunning finish in new jersey. yet those signs of strength have shined a brighter life in balancing the risks and rewards of embracing the former president. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell urged his party to spend more time talking about president biden. the key to 22 is to have a discussion with the american people about how they feel about the new administration and the democratic congress and what they re doing. so i think the election will be about the future, not about the past. reporter: trump s role in midterm election races and whether he runs for president again is a central question hanging over the party. at a weekend gop gathering in las vegas, that question was on the back burner. as former president mike pence and a parade of republicans made appearances. just 12 months away from a great republican comeback, and we
we ll dig in to where the race stands and talk to dnc chair jaime harrison about why the effects of this race will reach far beyond the state. nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats are meeting behind closed doors right now as democrats once again have put themselves in a tight spot when it comes to the president s agenda. speaker pelosi said she wanted a deal on human infrastructure and a vote on hard infrastructure by tomorrow. she s been telling us a vote was imminent for more than a month. we ll see what happens. recently she s been saying democrats are almost there. it is 90% done. just a few more things to work out. even some of her own colleagues in the house are now saying i ll believe it when i see it. let s bring in our guests. at this point, how much of what happens next is up to speaker pelosi? right now it feels like joe manchin is calling the shots. that s how it s long felt, steph. technically speaker pelosi is the one calling the shots here on the house sid