Followup human Infrastructure Bill that democrats are pushing to 2 and a half trillion dollars. Details on numbers that were just off the charts, close to A Million Jobs Gain in the latest month. If you include revisions, well over A Million. Jobs are going up Job Pay is going up but so is inflation. Thats really going up and eating away at those gains. We will have the latest from the president and now hes dealing with this and framing all of this and how you are going to deal with this going forward. We have experts what youre seeing at the Grocery Stores in general, thats going to last for a while. So much to get into. So happy to have you with us, welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto. Let get to it. Peter doocy, higher prices coming with it. Peter the president is talking about Infrastructure Package thats being debated. Something critical in his opinion to keep the economy on the right track. He believes that when the government spends trillions of dollars like six or seven months,
Live from washington. He has the very latest. Hi, david. Hi, sandra. Big story. Democrats are looking at the temporary burden of millions of americans as temporary. They believe this is a marathon, not a print and ultimately the higher spending will help more americans than hurt them. Citing a private White House poll, democratic lawmakers are encouraged to focus on how the president s 3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan helps Working Families by lowering costs and getting people back to work or maybe helping the economy. The Consumer Price Index measures what people pay for goods increased 5 from a year ago. The president is counting on a bipartisan Infrastructure Plan to help the economy. Continues are continue to see inflation and the issue is the democrats in congress is reckless and ultimately increased spending will hurt where it counts at the Grocery Stores and at the gas pumps. Inflation is at the highest in the past 13 years. Economists are concerned it wont just disappear in the n
President biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. Nearly half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated against covid19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious Delta Variant is driving a new Covid Surge in all 50 states. Virtually all Covid Hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an Infrastructure Deal on track. It is really a critical moment for his agenda. We will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for president biden. The president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, lets welcome the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. Good to see you. How have you been . Well. Very well. Its good to see you. Good to be back
Exclusive Town Hall Last Night. This is simple basic proposition. If youre vaccinated youre not going to be hospitalized. Youre not going to be in the i. C. U. Unit and youre not going to die. So its gigantically important that you act like we all act like americans care about our fellow americans. Were not in the position where we think that any virus, including the delta virus, which is much more transmissible and more deadly in terms of nonvaccinated people. The various shots that people are getting now cover that. Youre okay. Youre not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. For the most part thats the case. Lets go to John Harwood at the White House. Good morning. Lets get to the Mask Conversation in a moment. It was so notable Last Night at that Town Hall to hear the president imploring the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. Reporter poppy, you really heard in that Town Hall with don lemon Last Night the frustration of the president that millions and millions of americans
Its good to see you. Good to be back to see you. You as well. Listen, i want to get to the audience. You dont want to sit down. Youd rather no, im going to go out into the audience. I have a couple of questions i want to ask you because you know the pandemic is a big concern for everyone. Sure. Especially around america. New cases are up three times since last month, right . The pandemic is a big concern. Hospitalizations, death rising. So you said last month that this that the virus is in retreat. Do you still feel that way . Look, its real Simple. We have a pandemic for those who havent gotten a vaccination. Its that he basic. That Simple. 10,000 people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadnt been vaccinated. This is Simple, basic proposition. If youre vaccinated, youre not going to be hospitalized. Youre not going to be in an icu unit. And you are not going to die. So its gigantically important we all act like americans who care about our fellow american