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both sides kept their word. i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. can both parties claim victory? i ll talk to democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia and mike rounds of south dakota. plus, a crowded field. former vice president mike pence, former new jersey chris christie, and north dakota s governor are all set to officially announce their 2024 bid this week. meanwhile, the 2024 gop front-runners, ron desantis and donald trump begin to attack each other. donald trump, attack each other. he used to say how great florida was. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? with a crowded field help trump win? and trump on tape. the special counsel has an audio recorder of the former president taking a classified document after leaving office. all i know is everything i did was right. we had the presidential records act. which i abided by 100%. with the grand jury set to meet again this week, will th ....
meetings, and the ballot box. communities nationwide are reckoning with big questions about parental rights, k to 12 classrooms, and what children are taught in schools. and virginia governor glenn yang comes made education the centerpiece of his consecutive all campaign. and his agenda. and tonight, our audience is made up of parents, teachers, and students from across the commonwealth of virginia. we ll have a chance to directly question governor youngkin about these issues. that impact children s futures. so, let s get right to. it please welcome glenn youngkin. [applause] how are you? good to see. oh how are you? thank you, thank. you have a seat sir if you. will good education is the key issue for you, perhaps more so than any other governor in the country. you ran your campaign on it, you wish you first executive order on it. why, why is this issue your main focus? first of, all jake, i want to say thank you. thank you to cnn for hosting tonight. and i wan ....
let s talk to steve more about this. steve, the problem is inflation is at decades high. recession around the corner. it s a heck of a one-two punch. you better believe it. the good news is that the inflation rate has come down a little bit the last two or three months, charles. that s good news. we went from almost 9% inflation this past summer to now we re down to about 7.1%. as you just said, that is still the highest inflation rate we ve had in 35, 40 years. so americans are feeling the punch. their wages and salaries have only gone up by 5 or 6%. that s one of the reasons that you reported that credit card debt is going up. people are trying to maintain their standard of living but paychecks are not keeping pace. i m nervous. i think inflation will come down in 2023 from the high rates of 2022. but i also think that the economy shows real signs of slowing down. i pray we don t crash into a recession. but we sure could. charles: steve, that s what i m concerned ....