>> Jeanine: AMERICANS THINK OUR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS
INCOMPETENT AND TOO SLOW TO
REACT.
AS THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO FACE
SKY-HIGH INFLATION, SOARING GAS
PRICES, AND A DANGEROUS FORMULA
SHORTAGE, NEW NUMBERS SPELL
POLITICAL ARMAGEDDON FOR JOE
BIDEN.
69% SAY THE ECONOMY IS BAD.
65% SAY BIDEN IS SLOW TO REACT
WHEN ISSUES ARISE AND OVER HALF
SAY THE MAN IS SIMPLY
INCOMPETENT.
BIDEN ALSO GETTING SLAMMED OVER
THE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE.
THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO DO A
VICTORY LAP AFTER FLYING IN
SUPPLIES FROM EUROPE.
BUT THE FORMULA REPORTEDLY WILL
NOT BE GOING TO STORE SHELVES.
IT WILL INSTEAD GO TO HOSPITALS,
DOCTORS AND OTHER FACILITIES.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FACING ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS, BUT AS USUAL,
THE DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING COVER.
>> WE’RE MOVING FROM THE
STRONGEST ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN
MODERN HISTORY TO WHAT CAN BE A
PERIOD OF MORE STABLE AND
RESILIENT GROWTH.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN VERY
DECISIVE IN HIS LEADERSHIP,
BEGINNING WITH THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN.
WE RESCUED THE ECONOMY.
PUT SHOTS IN ARMS AND MONEY IN
POCKETS.
KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A ROBUST
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
>> YOU KNOW, BY ANY METRIC, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF INFLATION, THIS
COUNTRY HAS MOVED FORWARD UNDER
HIS LEADERSHIP.
>> Jeanine: AND SOME IN THE
MEDIA CLAIM BIDEN’S POLL NUMBERS
ARE IN THE TANK BECAUSE OF
NEGATIVE COVERAGE.
>> TALKERS TRY TO FOCUS WHAT
DOES IT MEAN FOR THE DEMOCRATS
AND BIDEN IN THE MIDTERM?
FORGET ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OUR
SKIOLOGY AND HEALTH AS A NATION
AND OUR WORLD WHEN YOU’RE
INUNDATED BY SEEMINGLY NEGATIVE
HEADLINES ALL THE TIME.
>> IT FEELS LIKE LONG COVID.
EVERYTHING IS BAD.
WE CAN’T GET HEALTHY AGAIN AND
REALLY, IT’S A TREMENDOUS
CHALLENGE, I THINK, PARTICULARLY
FOR THE MEDIA BECAUSE WHAT
STORIES DO YOU FOCUS ON?
>> Jeanine: OK.
BUT I THINK WE’LL FOCUS ON THIS
STORY NOW.
LOOK, GREG, WE’VE ALL KNOWN THE
GUY IS NOT WITH THE PROGRAM.
WE’VE KNOWN IT FOR A LONG TIME.
THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CLEAR AS
FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED.
BUT NOW, IT APPEARS THAT IT’S
NOT JUST US.
THE VOTERS KNOW IT.
THE POLLING SHOWS IT.
YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING, IT’S
LIKE AMERICA WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
LET’S GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE.
WE ELECTED HIM.
LET’S GIVE HIM A CHANCE, YOU
KNOW, WE’RE NOT GOING TO
CRITICIZE HIM.
BUT NOW, IT’S LIKE WE’RE NOT
EVEN IN TWO YEARS AND THEY’RE
LIKE THIS GUY IS A LOSER.
THIS GUY IS INCOMPETENT.
57% SAY THE PRESIDENT IS
DISTRACTED.
51% SAY HE’S INCOMPETENT.
60% SAY HE’S NOT FOCUSED.
WE’VE GOT INFLATION GOING
THROUGH THE ROOF.
AND THEY WANT TO BLAME THE
MEDIA?
>> Greg: I THINK FOR THIS
COUNTRY, HE HAS BEEN AN
EXCELLENT PRESIDENT.
LOOK WHAT HE’S DONE -- HE’S
HELPED ARM A POPULATION SO THEY
COULD DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST
A THREAT.
HE ALSO SHOWED HOW IMPORTANT A
BORDER WAS AND WAS WILLING TO
PROTECT IT.
AND BY THIS COUNTRY, I MEAN
UKRAINE BECAUSE HE’S -- THAT’S
DEFINITELY NOT THE UNITED
STATES.
HE JUST SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT MONKEY POX,
RIGHT?
THAT’S A DISEASE SPREAD BY, PLUG
YOUR EARS, DANA, IT’S A DISEASE
SPREAD BY ANONYMOUS KINKY SEX AT
RAVES SO I’M JUST WONDERING, ARE
WE SUPPOSED TO BE CONCERNED BY
THIS BECAUSE HE SAYS, WE’RE NOT
LIKE HUNTER.
THE THING IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF THE PRESIDENT’S INABILITY TO
ASSESS THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE
PROBLEM.
THE CRITICISM IS THEY SAY HE’S
TOO SLOW TO REACT.
HE’S ONLY TOO SLOW TO REACT TO
MAJOR CRISES LIKE CRIME,
INFLATION AND THE BORDER.
BUT STUFF THAT’S NOT IMPORTANT
OR STUFF THAT’S EXTERNAL, STUFF
THAT’S SYMBOLIC, HE’S RIGHT ON
TOP OF IT.
I MEAN, I ALWAYS GO TO THE
EXAMPLE OF THE BORDER GUARDS.
HE DIDN’T WASTE ANY TIME
SMEARING THAT GUY, YOU KNOW, AND
HE DIDN’T WASTE ANY TIME
SMEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE --
IF SOMETHING SUITS THE WOKE
SENSIBILITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT
PULL HIS STRINGS, HE’S RIGHT
THERE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, HE’S GONE FROM
BUILD BACK BETTER TO ABSOLUTE
DISASTER.
HE’S LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF BABE
RUTH, YOU KNOW, WHEN BABE
POINTED TO THE BLEACHERS AND SAY
HOME RUN.
HE DOES THAT AND JUMPS INTO A
WELL.
THERE’S NO LOGIC TO THIS.
>> Jeanine: ALL RIGHT, DANA.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS READING
ABOUT THIS, BIDEN WAS SAYING
THAT HE’S GOING TO BLAME THE
RUSSIAN INVASION FOR THE FOOD
SHORTAGE WE HAVE.
>> Dana: WELL, OK, NOW, THERE
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF MERIT
TO THAT AS THEY GET CLOSER IN
TERMS OF THE UKRAINE AND THE
GRAIN PRICES.
BUT ANOTHER THING WHERE HE WAS
QUICK TO REACT AND NEVER
APOLOGIZED IS ON THE GEORGIA
VOTING LAW.
REMEMBER?
HE WENT DOWN AND SAID THE
REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE BULL
CONNOR.
NOW THEY HAVE INCREASES BY
DOUBLE DIGITS FOR BOTH
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN
GEORGIA IN EARLY VOTING AND THE
VOTE ACTUALLY FINALLY HAPPENS
TOMORROW.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO RUN AS A
UNIFYING PRESIDENT.
HE HAS.
HE’S UNIFIED THE COUNTRY AGAINST
HIM.
65% OF PEOPLE SAY HE’S SLOW TO
REACT.
THAT’S A QUORUM -- THAT’S A
FILIBUSTER PROOF MAJORITY IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE NOW IF
THAT’S HOW THE RULES WERE
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
THERE IS THIS PATTERN THAT’S
PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
THAT’S EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING SO
THE BABY FORMULA CRISIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I’VE BEEN FOCUSED
ON.
I THINK IT IS A TERRIBLE CRISIS.
I LISTENED TO A MOM ON THE
RADIO, NPR ACTUALLY, WHO WAS
SAYING IT’S ALL SHE THINKS
ABOUT.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE BACK IN
THE DAY WHEN THERE WAS NO
ELECTRICITY OR ANYTHING LIKE A
MOM, THAT’S WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.
THAT WAS YOUR JOB.
LIKE YOU WERE MAKING SURE THERE
WAS FOOD.
ALL OF THIS GOES BACK TO YOUR
BASIC INSTINCT OF LIKE YOU HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE FOOD
AND THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR
YOUR CHILD.
BUT THE BIDEN TEAM, HERE’S THE
PATTERN, RIGHT, THEY DOWNPLAY A
CRISIS.
EITHER TOTALLY MISS IT OR
DOWNPLAY IT.
I THINK AFGHANISTAN IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE AND INFLATION AND
CERTAINLY BABY FORMULA.
THEN, WHAT THEY DO IS BLAME
SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THE WHITE HOUSE EVEN WENT AS
FAR TO BLAME ABBOTT FOR KILLING
PEOPLE WHEN THEIR OWN F.D.A.
INVESTIGATION SAID THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN.
AND THEY DIDN’T APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT.
AND ABBOTT, THAT C.E.O. IS
APOLOGIZING IN THE PAGES OF THE
"WASHINGTON POST" SAYING THEY’LL
DO BETTER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY SEARCH
FOR COVER AND TAKE A VICTORY
LAP.
I THINK IT IS DISGUSTING THAT
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WENT TO
MAKE A HYPE VIDEO ABOUT THE
HISTORIC AIR LIFT OF BABY
FORMULA FROM EUROPE TO THE
UNITED STATES.
AND NOW -- THEY’RE LIKE WOW,
LOOK ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING
OUT.
IT’S AMAZING.
WE HAVE THIS GREAT, AMAZING
AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND IT’S FILLED
WITH -- THEY SAID 70,000 TONS OF
BABY FORMULA.
70,000 POUNDS, THAT’S A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
I’M GLAD THAT BABY FORMULA IS
HERE.
WE NEED A HECK OF A LOT MORE OF
IT.
THEY DID NOT DEAL WITH THIS FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES WHO, AGAIN, I’VE
SAID IS ON THE WITNESS
PROTECTION PROGRAM, CAN’T FIND
THE GUY ANYWHERE.
HE ADMITTED THEY KNEW ABOUT IT
BUT THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID WE
COULDN’T HAVE DONE SOMETHING IF
THEY WERE MIND READERS.
LAST THING IS THE WHITE HOUSE
REFUSES TO ANSWER ONE SPECIFIC
QUESTION, WHEN DID PRESIDENT
BIDEN FIND OUT ABOUT THE BABY
FORMULA CRISIS?
>> Jeanine: OK, HERE’S THE
PROBLEM.
THE WHISTLEBLOWER CAME FORWARD
IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
THEY SAID THEY KNEW ABOUT IT
LAST FALL, ALL RIGHT, AND THEN
THE F.D.A. GOES IN AND THEY,
THEN, IN NOVEMBER, THEY MAKE THE
APPOINTMENT.
THEY GO IN IN DECEMBER AND THEN
FINALLY IN FEBRUARY, THEY MAKE A
DECISION.
SO THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION IS,
YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL
AND SLOW.
BUT WHAT’S AMAZING, ONE OF THE
POINTS THAT DANA MAKES, JESSICA,
AND YOU KNOW I’M FRUSTRATED WITH
THE BABY FORMULA FOR MY DAUGHTER
AND EVERYBODY IS.
AND I’M TRYING TO BUY IT AND
FIND IT FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT WE FIND OUT THAT THE PERSON
WHO IS A C.E.O. OF ABBOTT THAT
MAKES THE BABY FORMULA IS
APOLOGIZING.
WHY IS HE APOLOGIZING WHEN BOTH
THE F.D.A. AND THE C.D.C., AS
DANA SAID, SAID THERE’S NO
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ILLNESSES
AND DEATHS AND THIS PARTICULAR
FACTORY?
IS IT WHAT HE HAD TO DO, THE
ABBOTT GUY, TO GET THE
GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW HIM TO
REOPEN HIS FACTORY?
>> IT GOT PASSED BEFORE THAT.
>> Jeanine: WHAT GOT PASSED
BEFORE THAT?
>> THE BABY FORMULA ACT IN
CONGRESS.
>> Jeanine: FIVE DAYS AGO?
>> YEAH.
>> Dana: ALLOWS THEM TO REOPEN,
NOT THE MONEY.
>> Jeanine: I’M TALKING ABOUT
THE MONEY.
>> THAT WAS JUST A WEEK AND A
HALF AGO.
EVERYTHING HAS MOVED VERY
QUICKLY.
BUT HE’S BEEN CAUGHT UP,
OBVIOUSLY IN A MEDIA FIRESTORM
OVER THIS AND A LOT OF BAD
INFORMATION GOING AROUND ABOUT
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
DID TWO INFANTS DIE BECAUSE OF
THE FORMULA?
NO, THAT’S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT’S
HAPPENED BUT THAT’S FALLEN ON
ABBOTT’S FEET AND I THINK
OBVIOUSLY IT’S GOOD C.E.O..ING
THAT HE WROTE THAT PIECE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE
AND GRANDPARENTS TRYING HARD TO
FIND FORMULA FOR THEIR KIDS.
I THINK IT WAS THE NICE MOVE FOR
HIM.
HE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN IN THAT
POSITION.
IT’S EXPOSING A BIG PROBLEM THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
RELYING ON SHIFTING TO TALK
ABOUT AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING
YOU’RE OBFISCATING.
THERE’S FOUR COMPANIES THAT
PRODUCE 99% OF THE FORMULA THAT
EXISTS.
>> Jeanine: WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?
>> THIS IS NOT A BLAME THING.
>> Jeanine: BUT --
>> OK.
WE ARE BRINGING IN FORMULA FROM
EUROPE.
THAT IS FINE NOW BECAUSE WE’RE
IN A CRISIS.
BUT WE NORMALLY DON’T ALLOW IT.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER
INGREDIENTS IN THEIR FORMULA.
WE HAVE A MONOPOLY OF FOUR
COMPANIES ON -- WHY ARE YOU
ACTING FRUSTRATED WITH THAT?
I SAID BIDEN DIDN’T DO A GREAT
JOB.
>> Jesse: HERE’S THE THING,
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN IN
WASHINGTON FOR 40 YEARS AND HE
HAS NO IDEA HOW FRAGILE AND
UNCOMPETITIVE THE BABY FORMULA
INDUSTRY IS?
HE WAKES UP TO IT ALL OF A
SUDDEN.
LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE A SHORTAGE?
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET
TODAY AND SAW SOME SKINNY BLOND
MOM PULLING OTHER MOMS ASIDE, I
GOT HYPOALLERGENIC.
IT’S A BLACK MARKET OUT THERE.
IT’S NOT FUNNY.
LOOK AT THE STREETS, THE STREETS
ARE WILD WITH THESE BABY FORMULA
PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE A BABY
FORMULA SHORTAGE IN THIS COUNTRY
BECAUSE THE PRESS TREATS THE
PRESIDENT LIKE A BABY, RIGHT,
LIKE HE WANTS CREDIT FOR NOT
FIXING A PROBLEM HE HIMSELF
CREATED.
THEY’RE AIRLIFTING FORMULA FROM
THE EUROPEANS?
WE’RE GETTING BAILED OUT BY THE
FRENCH?
WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE BAILING
THEM OUT!
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS THING.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, 2/3 OF
THE COUNTRY THINKS THE ECONOMY
IS BAD AND JOE IS ASLEEP AT THE
WHEEL.
WHEN HAS THE COUNTRY AGREED ON
ANYTHING?
WE ARE POLARIZED ON ABORTION,
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE WILL SMITH
SLAP.
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, 2/3 OF THE
COUNTRY AGREES WE’RE HEADED OFF
A CLIFF?
AND JOE BIDEN IS ASLEEP AT THE
WHEEL?
COME ON, JESSICA!
>> Jeanine: WE GOT TO GO.
HE COULDN’T SEE IT COMING,
JESSE.
HE’S NOT A MIND READER.
COMING UP NEXT, CLEAN UP ON
AISLE BIDEN AGAIN.
THE WHITE HOUSE WALKING BACK YET ANOTHER FLUB ON THE WORLD STAGE.