>>> I DO SEE THAT THE NUMBER IS
OUT AND IT IS 678,000.
678,000 ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE, 3.8%.
>> THESE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLY
POSITIVE ACROSS THE BOARD,
STRONG NUMBERS.
>> GOOD JOBS NUMBERS, CALLING IT
THE BIDEN BOOM, AS WE FOLLOW THE
UKRAINE CRISIS THAT IS WHAT'S
HAPPENING BIG PICTURE ON THE
HOME FRONT, 600,000 JOBS ADDED
LAST MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT
DROPPING DOWN TO 3.8%.
IF YOU'RE THINKING I HAVEN'T
HEARD IT BE THAT LOW IN A WHILE,
WELL YOU'RE RIGHT, IT HASN'T
BEEN THAT LOW SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
7.4 MILLION JOBS CREATED IN
BIDEN'S FIRST 13 MONTHS IN
OFFICE, DWARF'S DONALD TRUMP WHO
CAME IN DURING DIFFERENT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BUT PRODUCED
FAR FEWER JOBS.
THEN THE POLLING, 51% OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE WE'RE IN A
RECESSION, THE WHITE HOUSE
TACKLING A DISCONNECT THAT HAS
PEOPLE DOWN ON EVERYTHING,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT BUT NOT
BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH HIM
OR POLICIES, THAT'S THE WHITE
HOUSE PERSPECTIVE AND A POLL
AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION
THAT SHOWS BUMP WHEN PEOPLE AH
SAW THE PRESIDENT TALK DIRECTLY.
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS THE
NIGHT WHERE PEOPLE TRYING TO
WATCH OTHER PROGRAMS ARE FORCED
TO WATCH A PRESIDENT AND YOU SEE
AN 8 POINT BUMP.
I AM JOINED NOW BY SOMEONE WHO
FORCE FED HIMSELF POLITICS AND
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES FOR THE
BETTER PART OF A LAST HALF
CENTURY, JAMES CARVILLE, COINED
THE PHRASE, IS THE ECONOMY
STUPID, TOLD US ONCE, IS THE
PANDEMIC STUPID.
A LOT GOING ON BUT BOY IS IT
NICE TO SEE YOU SIR.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, ARI, EARLY
SPRING TIME HERE, WE HAVE EARLY
SPRINGS AND LATE FALLS.
>> WE'LL TAKE EARLY SPRING.
I RAN THROUGH THE NUMBERS WHAT
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS A
DISCONNECT AND THEN SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED WHICH IS THE
PRESIDENT CLEARED OUT THE OTHER
SHOWS PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
WATCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL
WHEN THEY GET ALL THE NETWORKS
NOT JUST THE CABLE NEWS AND YOU
SEE A BUMP.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> I THINK PEOPLE WERE JUST,
OBVIOUSLY, THE SITUATION IN
UKRAINE, AND I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANT THIS PRESIDENT TO
SQUEED
SUCCEED, GOTTEN NOTHING BUT
PRAISE THE WAY HE HANDLED THIS.
BEFORE THIS, OTHER REALLY
KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE YOU HAVE,
SO I THINK HE WAS KIND OF ALMOST
EXPERIENCING LIKE HE WAS KIND OF
BORN TO BE PRESIDENT AT THIS
MOMENT.
I HOPE THAT'S THE CASE AND I
THINK HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB SO
FAR, I REALLY DO, ARI.
>> I TELL YOU, JAMES, THAT MAKES
SENSE.
THERE'S ANOTHER DISCONNECT THAT
SEEMS WIDER NOW THAN BEFORE AND
WE ARE CERTAINLY LIVING THROUGH
UNUSUALLY TENSE TIMES, I THINK
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BUT LOOK AT
THE SHOCKING DISCONNECT WHEN YOU
ASK PEOPLE HOW THEIR LIFE IS
GOING NOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH ECONOMICALLY AND
OTHERWISE, REALLY HIGH NUMBER,
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE SATISFIED
WITH THEIR LIFE, I WONDER IF
SOME OF THEM ARE JUST HAPPIER
THAN THEY WERE A YEAR OR TWO
AGO, WHEN THEY SAY WHAT ABOUT
THE DIRECTION OF THE U.S. IT
DROPS TO 17%.
WHY IS THAT AND DOES THAT ALSO
SADDLE BIDEN?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS
IS, YOU KNOW, THE FOREIGN POLICY
STUFF, GAS PRICES, AND AS THIS
RECOVERY IS IMPRESSIVE, YOU
KNOW, IN 1994, THE ECONOMY IN
THE UNITED STATES IS ACTUALLY
GETTING PRETTY GOOD AND IF YOU
RECALL, WE GOT SLAUGHTERED.
BY 1996, WE WERE RUNNING ON THE
ECONOMY.
AND SO IF WE JUST KEEP UP THESE
POWERFUL NUMBERS, IT WILL START
AFFECTING THE WAY THAT PEOPLE
LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU SEE A LOT OF UPSIDE,
BECAUSE WELL I'M NOT SATISFIED
WITH THE COUNTRY BUT HAPPY THE
WAY I AM SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT
THERE'S POTENTIAL SLACK IN THIS
ROPE AND SO FAR, SEEING THESE
JOB NUMBERS AND SIGHING IN THE
CONFIDENCE THAT THIS PRESIDENT'S
DISPLAYING AND IT'S A REAL
CRISIS, I MEAN REALLY BAD STUFF,
I WORKED IN UKRAINE, MANY TIMES,
IT'S ENCOURAGING AND I THINK
THOSE NUMBERS HAVE REALLY HAVE
POTENTIAL FOR UPSIDE, I HOPE
THEY DO.
>> IT'S FUNNY YOU TALK ABOUT IN
A AS A LAGGING INDICATOR AND
THEN CATCH UP TO IT.
BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY I'M HAPPY
WHERE I LIVE, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY
ABOUT THE U.S. AND THEN ENOUGH
TIME GOES BY AND THEY SAY WELL I
LIVE IN THE U.S. AND MAYBE
THERE'S THAT, I WAS ASKING NEIL
DEGRASSE TYSON ABOUT SPACE AND
HE SAID ARI WE'RE IN SPACE RIGHT
NOW SO YOU'RE IN THE U.S. RIGHT
NOW, IF YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE, IF
YOU THINK THE JOBS NUMBERS ARE
GOING THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU IN
YOUR COMMUNITY, THINK THINGS ARE
REOPENING, MAYBE EVENTUALLY
BIDEN GETS CREDIT FOR THAT, THE
POLITICAL QUESTION BECOMES DO
THEY NEED TO, AS YOU PUT IT,
GLOAT MORE OR NOW WE'RE IN WAR
TIME, BE STEADY AND SOBER AS SHE
GOES?
>> WHEN YOU'RE IN WAR, I THINK
IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION I WAS
TALKING TO YOU ABOUT DECEMBER
ABOUT THIS DIFFERENT WORLD WE'RE
IN NOW, PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON
THAT BUT PEOPLE DO READ THESE
NUMBERS AND THEY FEEL IT.
THE WHOLE THING, THE LABOR
DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY HAVE REALLY
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, PEOPLE FEEL
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, IT'S NOT JUST
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS
THERE'S A LOT OF JOBS OUT THERE,
PEOPLE FEEL IT, AND THAT'S
SOMETHING WE UNDERSTAND AND THE
LONGER IT GOES ON, THE MORE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL IT.
AT LEAST I HOPE SO.
>> YEAH, IT'S FRIDAY, WE'RE
GOING INTO THE WEEKEND,
EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR LIVES IN
ADDITION TO TRACK IN THIS
INSTABILITY IN THE WORLD, SO WE
DID HEAR ON "THE BEAT," FROM
JAKE, WE WANTED YOU TO GIVE YOU
A TOKEN OF OUR FRIDAY WELL
WISHES AND MAKE YOU LISTEN TO
SOME CLASSIC, VINTAGE MITCH
McCONNELL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
GETS YOUR FRIDAY NIGHT STARTED
OFF RIGHT.
>> BELIEVE EVERY WORD I HEAR.
>> HERE YOU GO.
>> IF REPUBLICANS TAKE BACK
CONTROL OF CONGRESS AFTER THE
MIDTERMS WHAT WOULD BE YOUR
AGENDA?
>> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION,
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE
TAKE IT BACK.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WOULD NOT
BE A PART OF OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL NOT HAVE AS PART OF OUR
AGENDA A BILL THAT RAISES TAXES
ON HALF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> A TENSION THERE BETWEEN
SOMETHING HE PUBLICLY SAID,
SOMETIMES HE SAYS WHAT HE'S
DOING, WHICH IS NOT COMMITTING
TO ANYTHING, JUST GIVE HIM THE
KEYS AND HE'LL TELL YOU WHERE
HE'S DRIVING LATER, THEN A
DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
PUT OUT THE PLAN THAT WOULD
RAISE TAXES ON PEOPLE AND HE
SAID NO, WHEN I SAID NO AGENDA,
I SAID NO AGENDA, BUT DEFINITELY
NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE GOP AND
HIS FINDING ON THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, EXPLAIN WHAT
THIS IS, RICK SCOTT, A VERY
POWERFUL REPUBLICAN.
HE'S NOT SOME SQUAD, SOCIAL
MEDIA GUY, HE WAS TWO TIMES THE
GOVERNOR, THIRD OR FIVE THE
STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
HE RUNS THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE, HE'LL BE
DISTRIBUTING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
REPUBLICANS AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND THIS IS THE MESSAGE, YOU
TAKE THE CASH, YOU BRING OUT THE
TRASH.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S FOR, AND MARCO
RUBIO, HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE
SENATE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
GOING TO DONATE TO YOU, IN NORTH
CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO,
WISCONSIN, IN NEVADA, ARIZONA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, GOING TO BE AT RICK
SCOTT'S FEET GETTING CAMPAIGN
MONEY.
IF I WAIT TODAY, TODAY, RICK
SCOTT SAID MOST ALL REPUBLICANS
AGREE WITH HIM.
SO I MEAN, REALLY, I MEAN MITCH
McCONNELL SAYS SOMETHING, YEAH,
REALLY BELIEVE MITCH McCONNELL,
WHEN THAT GUY SAYS SOMETHING,
PEOPLE SAY NO, HE'S REALLY GOT
THE INTEREST OF WORKING PEOPLE.
HE COULDN'T CARE LESS IF
SOMEBODY MADE $35,000 A YEAR.
PEOPLE WHO MAKE $35,000 A YEAR,
MAY NOT PAY INCOME TAX, THEY PAY
PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX,
MEDICARE TAX, SOCIAL SECURITY
TAX, BEER TAX --
>> AND SALES TAX, YEAH --
>> THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG
THING AMONG REPUBLICANS.
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WALL
STREET JOURNAL EDITORIALS.
THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT, ALWAYS
WANTED TO RAISE TAXES OF WORKING
PEOPLE SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THE
TAXES FOR THE RICH PEOPLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH THIS.
LIKE I SAY, RICK SCOTT IS ONE OF
THE DOMINANT FIGURES IN THE
MODERN REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HE'S
MR. MONEY BAGS.
YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH RICK SCOTT
IF YOU WANT MONEY FROM THAT
COMMITTEE.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO ANSWER FOR
HIM AND DEMOCRATS THINK BRING
THIS OUT FRONT AND CENTER.
THIS IS A REAL LUNCH BUCKET,
KITCHEN TABLE, HOWEVER PEOPLE
SIT AROUND AND SAY THIS IS A
REAL ISSUE.
>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT YOUR
REMEMBERARMS
AROUND THE POWER PLAYERS IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I WILL IN CLOSING SAY THE ANSWER
IS BLOWING IN THE WIND AND WE'RE
GLAD WE GOT YOU MICCED UP, WE
GOT THE WIND BUT HEAR YOUR
ANSWERS THROUGHOUT.
>> I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU GUYS A
DIFFERENT SHOT TODAY.