AMERICAN DREAM HOME, CHERYL
CASONE, AND IN THE CENTER SEAT,
FOX & FRIENDS COHOST BRIAN
KILMEADE.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX JUST
SURGED BY 7%, THE BIGGEST JUMP
SINCE THE HEIGHT OF THE
COLD WAR.
MEANTIME, AMERICANS ARE FLOODING
SOCIAL MEDIA WITH PHOTOS OF
EMPTY STORES AND HASHTAGS BEAR
SHELVES ABIDE IN.
SOME ARE EVEN DRAWING
COMPARISONS WITH THE
SOVIET UNION AS A GROCERY STORE
SHELVES REMAIN EMPTY.
>> IT’S LIKE A SOVIETS OR DURING
1981.
IT’S HORRIBLE.
>> Emily: KENNEDY, THIS IS
ASTONISHING, AND THOSE PEOPLE
ARE NOT WRONG.
>> Emily: THE FALL OF
COMMUNISM FOLLOWED A TRIP TO
HOUSTON THAT BORIS YELTSIN MADE
IN 1989, AND HE WENT TO JUST A
TYPICAL GROCERY STORE IN HOUSTON
AND IT ACTUALLY BROUGHT HIM TO
TEARS BECAUSE HE COULDN’T
BELIEVE THAT ANYONE IN AMERICA
COULD WALK INTO A GROCERY STORE
LIKE THIS AND HAVE A BOUNTY IN
FRONT OF HIM.
HE SAID THE POTUS WAS SO FRESH SCUM OF THE MEAT AND FISH AND
SCUM OF THE MEAT AND FISH AND
POULTRY SO ABUNDANT, AND THAT’S
WHEN HE REALIZED THAT COMMUNISM
WAS ALIVE.
AND AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS HAD
ABUNDANCE AND A CHOICE BUT THIS
IS WHAT THEY ARE FACED WITH.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO HADN’T MOMS
AND DADS WHO LEFT SOVIET STATES
FOR THE PROMISE OF THE BETTER
LIFE, THIS GIVES THEM PTSD
BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING WHAT
THEY FLED AND THIS IS BECOMING
AN EVERYDAY REALITY FOR PEOPLE
AND ABIDED ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO PASS OFF AS SOME SORT
OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
STOP LYING TO US.
>> Emily: EXPERTS ACROSS THE
BOARD, FROM UNION LEADERS, AND
THE WORST IS NOT -- YET TO COME,
BUT THE WORST IS WEEKS TO COME.
THIS >> Kennedy: THE SUPPLY
CHAIN CRISIS MIGHT NOT SUBSIDE
FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO,
AND THE INFLATION STORY, WE WILL
SEE THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
BUT WHAT I FIND INTERESTING
ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE AS THEY
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CORE CPI AND
THAT WAS STILL A JUMP OF 5.5%.
THAT’S EXCLUDING FOOD AND
ENERGY.
WELL, LOOK AT GAS AND ENERGY
PRICES.
FOOD COSTS, LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE
PAYING, WE ARE PAYING 18% MORE
FOR MEAT YEAR-OVER-YEAR, PAYING
MORE FOR EGGS AND MORE FOR DAIRY
AND BACK TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN
CRUNCH AND THOSE EMPTY SHELVES
THAT WE CAN SING ACROSS COUNTRY,
PART OF THAT IS OMICRON AND PART
OF THAT IS BECAUSE GROCERY
STORES ARE DOWN 20% FOR STAFFING
LEVELS AND YOU ARE ALSO LOOKING
AT SHUTDOWNS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN CHINA.
THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN IS BEING
CRUNCHED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND
KENNEDY IS RIGHT.
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING
AND WHAT THEY FOCUS ON WHICH IS
AT COURT NUMBER IS ABSOLUTELY
WRONG.
IT’S USED CARS, VEHICLES, GAS
AND FOOD, EVERYTHING THAT LOW
INCOME STRUGGLING AMERICANS ARE
FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW AND THAT
IS JUST TO GET BY.
AND IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE
BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
>> Emily: TELL ME TO COME
ONLINE SEARCHES FOR BASIC
PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SKYROCKETING
ALSO BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN’T FIND
THEM ON THE SHELVES.
SPINACH, POTATOES, PASTA, PET
FOOD.
THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS
THAT AMERICANS NEED THAT THEY
CAN’T FIND.
>> Brian: I WAS SURPRISED THAT
SHE STOLE MY YELPS AND REFERENCE
BUT HE WENT TO HER FIRST.
REMEMBER WHEN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
WHEN -- WE HAVE THIS LUNATIC
VLADIMIR PUTIN TO DEAL WITH BUT
THAT’S FOR ANOTHER SHOW.
FIRST OFF, WE HAVE A COUPLE
REASONS.
10% THEY SAY ARE FOOD
MANUFACTURERS.
THEY CAN’T GET PEOPLE TO WORK
AND EVERYBODY IS SICK.
THEY ALSO SAY TRUCK DRIVERS ARE
ABOUT 80,000 DOWN AND THAT’S A
BIG ONE.
THEY SAY MORE PEOPLE ARE CALLED
IN SICK OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS
THEN HAVE ALL OF 2020 BECAUSE
OMICRON IS PREVALENT AND EASY TO
SPREAD.
SOME OF THE STUFF HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THAT’S ALL HE HAS TO SAY IS
LISTEN.
THE FOUR OF US JUST EXPLAINED OR
THE FIVE OF US ARE ABOUT TO
EXPLAIN, THERE’S FACTORS OUT OF
AMERICANS CONTROL.
THE PROBLEM IS HE WAS ALONE THAT
SAID IT WAS OVER.
HE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
THE SHELVES ARE STOCKED.
EVEN THOUGH I HAD LASER SURGERY,
A LOT OF TIMES I LOOK AT THE
SHELVES AND I SEE EMPTY SHELVES
SO I MUST BE WRONG BECAUSE
PRESIDENT BIDEN TOLD ME HE
SOLVED THE PROBLEM AND SAVED
CHRISTMAS.
SO THE FACT THAT HE SAID HE
SOLVED THE PROBLEM AND SAVED
CHRISTMAS, THEN IN JANUARY THE
SHELVES ARE EMPTY, THAT’S THE
ISSUE.
>> THIS IS PERFECT CHOREOGRAPHY.
LET’S PLAY IT FOR YOU NOW WHEN
PRESIDENT BIDEN DISMISSED
CONCERNS OF EMPTY SHELVES.
SPEAK TO THE MUCH CRISIS DIDN’T
OCCUR.
PACKAGES ARE MOVING, GIFTS ARE
BEING DELIVERED.
SHELVES ARE NOT EMPTY.
EXPERTS INCLUDING WALL STREET
ARE SUGGESTING THAT IT’S HIGHLY
UNLIKELY THAT THERE IS GOING TO
BE LONG-TERM INFLATION THAT WILL
GET OUT OF HAND.
>> Emily: HARRIS, THIS
RESPONSE HAS BEEN PAR FOR THE
COURSE, ADMINISTRATION EITHER
DENIES THE REALITY OR THEY SAY
WE DIDN’T DO IT, IT JUST
HAPPENED.
>> Harris: LOOK.
WE KNOW JOE BIDEN DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW THE COST OF MEAT UNTIL A
RELATIVE ON HIS WIFE’S SIDE HE
SAID POINTED IT OUT.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW OFTEN
HE’S IN THE REAL WORLD.
I LOVE DELAWARE AND I CONSIDER
IT TO BE A SLICE OF FANTASTIC
LIGHT, AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE
GOES WHEN HE GOES THERE, DID
THEY NOT HAVE GROCERY STORES IN
DELAWARE?
OF COURSE THEY DO.
DOES AVA GO OUT?
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT HE ALSO THREW SANTA CLAUS
UNDER THE BUS BECAUSE HE SAID AT
CHRISTMAS TIME THAT SANTA WAS
GOING TO SOLVE IT.
SO IF IT DIDN’T GET SOLVED I
HOPE HE DOESN’T EXPECT US TO
STOP BELIEVING IN THE POWER AND
MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS.
I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT REALITY
HE IS AND BUT WHEN I SAW MY OWN
TRADER JOE’S TODAY WITH EMPTY
SHELVES ON OUR NETWORK, AND A
PICTURE, I LOOKED AND I LOOKED
AND I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT’S WHERE I I LIVE, I THOUGHT
THEY SOLVE THAT LAST WEEK?
NO, THEY CAN’T.
BECAUSE IT TAKES LONGER FOR
THINGS TO GET HERE.
I DON’T WANT TO THROW ANYBODY
UNDER THE BUS LIKE SANTA WAS
THROWN UNDER THE BUS BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN
GOES WAY, WAY UP AND YOU ARE IN
BUSINESS?
THAT MIGHT HIKE A PRICE.
THAT MIGHT HIKE A PRICE FASTER THAN INFLATION WOULD.
THAN INFLATION WOULD.
IT COULD GET PRECIPITATE PRECIPI
BECAUSE THERE’S NOBODY KEEPING A
WATCH ON THAT.
I WANT TO ASK CHERYL ABOUT THAT.
COME ON, PRICE GOUGING, IS THAT
IN OUR FUTURE, TOO?
>> Cheryl: IF I HEAR, THAT’S
ACTUALLY ALREADY HAPPENING ON
SITES LIKE AMAZON FOR COVID
TESTS.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE SEEN THAT
THAT.
BUT THE THINGS THAT YOU DO,
ABSOLUTELY.
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT PRICE GOUGING
BUT THAT’S WHAT THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE LIKES TO OF COURSE
THROW OUT THERE CONSTANTLY WHEN
IT COMES TO THE MEAT INDUSTRY.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD
JEN PSAKI, PARIS, SAY THAT IT’S
THE GREED OF THE MEAT COMPANIES?
>> Harris: IT’S JUST THE
PELOTON BUYERS.
>> Cheryl: IT RIGHT, OR
GASOLINE UP 50% YEAR-OVER-YEAR,
THAT’S BECAUSE OF GREEDY ENERGY
COMPANIES.
MEANWHILE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES AND
THINGS THAT THEY COULD USE,
RESEARCH TOOLS WITHIN THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT I THINK WHERE THEY
COULD GIVE US PROOF IN A REPORT.
THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW ME THE PROOF.
IF THERE IS GOUGING IN THE MEAT
INDUSTRY THEN I WILL TAKE BACK
MY DISDAIN FOR JEN PSAKI AND
WHAT I THINK SHE HAS BEEN
DEFLECTING FROM THE PODIUM.
>> Emily: AND HARRIS YOU
MENTIONED, WHO’S WATCHING THIS?
ALL THAT’S IN PART THE MEDIA’S
JOB, TO OBSERVE AND TO GET THE
FACTS, CLEAN THE FACTS AND DISSEMINATE THEM.
DISSEMINATE THEM.
THAT’S BEEN STOKED BY -- WE HAVE
A TWEET FROM BRIAN STELTER, WHO
SAID WHAT EMPTY SHELVES?
AS HE EXPLAINS, LOOKING FOR MILK
FOR A 2-YEAR-OLD.
THOSE ARE REAL CONCERNS AND THEY
ARE NOT TO BE MOCKED BUT IT WAS
CERTAINLY AMPLIFIED WITHIN
SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAINSTREAM
MEDIA THAT REAL AMERICANS
CONCERNS WERE SOMEHOW TO BE
IGNORED.
WE BROUGHT UP BELIEFS IN
SANTA CLAUS AND IN THE IMMORTAL
WORDS OF STEVE PERRY, DON’T STOP