biden would carry. if they do that, then we have a real problem in our democracy. >> nawaz: david, to put a finer point on that for anyone not tracking over the last year, there have been massive efforts to restrict voting across the country in 2021, more than in modern history. according to the brennan center, between january 1 or december 7, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting, heading into 2022. 13 states will be considering bills to consider restricting access. 25 states enacted new voter protections in 2021. so, jonathan, that's at the state level, but at the federal level, if the government can or does not cod phi voting access, what do you worry will happen -- codify? >> that goes back to the original answer and that is i fear for our democracy. we saw the gutting of the voting rights act almost immediately offa supreme court decision was handed down, particularly southern states moved very quickly to institute voter restrictions. so if the federal government, if congre

and the main thing since joe biden took office has been covid. and perception of how well he is doing on tackling ovid or how confident people feel that we are really turning the corner on the pandemic, we're going to determine is the fate of his presidency. and early on we saw that people we feeling much more confident about how we mr. doing in battling covid. i was looking back at gal op data and as we went from february, march through the early spring and into the summer, more and more americans saying yes, i am feeling better about the situation with covid. by the time we hit july, almost 90 percent of americans said they felts better about the situation with covid. and then the delta situation hit that confidence just collapsed. and today or really early december feelings of confidence about turning the corner on covid or as gal up calls it, eling like the situation is getting better is basically where we were in january at 30 prcent of americans feeling good about this. so ultimately it is like we had an entire year where if you just knew w

to senators as well as house members but then the next day the white house press secretary said that joe manchin and president biden is very long time friends, what do you make of that change in tone and what do you think lead to it as you talked to your fellow lawmakers. >> so i'm hoping the change in tone means we are moving one step clor towards passing the build back better act in some form. i know manchin came out on sunday saying he was a no, which prompted the white house's strong response, which i was happy to see. because you mow, they have been negotiating in good faith with manchin for several weeks now. and i think the pivot in tone hopefully indicates that manchin is ready to move forward in some capacity. >> i want to then also ask you in talking about finding common ground you said senator manchin doesn't care about black people, latinos, immigrantsk women, the poor, how concerned are yothat that makes it harder to find common ground? > you know, st important for us to have honest conversations about congress, how it works and our overall democracy. and a racial analysis i

he said he holds no grudges against democratic senator joe manchin, for opposing the bill. that would doom its chances in the evenly divided senate. but the president said today, "senator (joe) manchin and i are going toet something done." republican representative scott perry is refusing to cooperate with a u.s. house committee investigating january's assault on the capitol. the pennsylvania congressman tweeted today that "this entity is illegitimate and not duly constituted." the committee must now consider whether to subpoena a sitting member of congress. in russia, president vladimir putin blamed the west today for growing tensions in eastern europe and renewed his demands for security guarantees. he spoke to his top military brass, defending a russian troop buildup along ukraine's border and complaining of nato deployments in the region. >> ( translated ): what they do now on ukraine's territory, or they try to do, is happening at our gates. that leaves us nowhere to retreat. >> woodruff: putin insisted again that russia wants legally binding security guarantees, not j

how democratic senator joe manchin derailed president biden's social spending package and the real life implications. >>> then. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. >> omicron spreading fast in the u.s. and beyond. we look at the data and vaccine efficacy with former white house pandemic adviser andy slavitt. >>> plus chile swings left as 35-year-old gabriel boric wins the presidency. what his victory means for the country and democracy in the

it is joe biden. and don't start talking like a republican about asking whether or not is he president. >> you think joe manchin say problem. >> and it is joe biden, and i'm vice president and my name is kamala harris. >> so you see there, really, the vice president getting very, very testy and very, very defensive of president biden. but it really gets to the bottomne which ask that only a couple, i would say monthses ago, president biden said during a cnn townhall when are you a president, you have a 50-50 senate every senator is senate so it it sums you up the president is in a tough spot. >> woodruff: so given all of this, lisa, for democrats, what now? >> well, there is a lot of hopefulness today that there wasn't there yesterday. let me go through really quickly what's going to happen now. as we reported senator schumer has a plan, he's going to bring build back better before the full senate t is expected to fail as it stands right now but he plans to do that early next year. he will keep trying

president joe biden plans to address the nation on tuesday on the administration's plans to combat the new variant. as the biden administration grapples with the spread of omicron, its top domestic legislative priority faces another hurdle. west virginia democratic senator joe manchin said he will not support the "build back better" social spending and tax bill pending in the senate. >> i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. >> sreenivasan: with a narrow democratic majority, manchin is a swing vote for the social spending package, which includes funds to continue the childcare tax credit, combat climate change, and boost healthcare subsidies. a version of the bill was passed by the house last month and would cost approximately $1.75 trillion over the next decade, paid for mostly with tax increases. in a statement, white house press secretary jen psaki called manchin's comments as “a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the president and the senat

and so, there's still a large cleanup process going on, which, of course, president joe biden said that the federal government would cover the next 30 days of cleanup cost, presumably through fema. >> sreenivasan: when we see photographs that you've taken, we see gymnasiums that have turned into just a giant bedroom for people. what is that scene like? how many people are in these places, in these temporary shelters now? >> it's-- we're talking about dozens of people. the kentucky state parks, which are also offering lodging, and, you know, state resort parks which would normally serve as vacation spots for kentuckians, have been turned into emergency lodging. and hundreds of people, as of right now, are in these state lodges not only in western kentucky, but in other parts of the state. and, you know, and also school facilities, both with the mayfield school district and the county school district, graves county, have turned into these resource hubs. they've turned into places where people can get hot meals and showers. and, you know, of course, school districts in small towns have alw

alan: let's go back to july, and joe biden said then the u.s. was kicking the butt of the covid virus. now the way has is saying it is facing a viral blizzard over the next few weeks. 18 states and washington, d.c. have seen a significant increase in the number of hospitalizations over the last few days, concentrated mainly in the midwest and the northeast. take connecticut, for example, 24 percent increase in the number of people admitted to hospital, and that's just north of new york. also problems in double digits, as well. there's a concern in the white house that the fact is that people have not gone and gotten the booster. for some people haven't even been double jabbed yet. almost 40% haven't gotten the vaccination, and that is where they say the problem lies. a month ago, we were talking about the thanksgiving holiday here in the united states and how billions of people were on the move. it really pales in significance to the number of people that start their travel this weekend for the christmas holidays and the new year break. a lot of

biden won the election fraudulently, which is not true. disproven in countless ways. and the reason they do that is because an echo chamber is provided by fox news and its lesser peers and gives amplification and ballast to not only in former president trump and those around him and those who seek to ride his coattails to power and office by having them say, this is a message that will work for us, therefore we will lie about things, mislead the public, raise concerns, and deny, deflect, dismiss, or denounce claims of any involvement of people in the trump circle or people with loyalty to president trump or support for him with what happened on january 6. at the same time as they claim what happened january 6 is not meaningful and claiming it was a terrible hoax perpetrated by people in the deep state or antifa. judy: david, thank you very much. >> you bet. judy: in the aftermath of last friday's deadly tornado outbreak, federal emergency officials say they are bracing for more severe and more frequent weather disasters. as john yang repor

three-fifths of registered republicans claim they believe joe biden won the election. the reason they do that is an echo chamber is provided by fox news and sort of its lesser peers, and it gives amplification and ballast to not only former president trump but those around him and those who seek to ride his coattails to power and office by having him say this is a message that will wok for us and we'll lie about things, mislead the public, raise concerns and, by the way, deny, deflect, dismiss or denounce claims of any involvement of people in the trump circle or people with loyalty to president trump or support for him with what happened on january 6th even at the same time that they claim what happened january 6th isn't meaningful, they're claiming it was a terrible hoax perpetrated by people in the deep state or antifa. >> woodruff: david folkenflik, who covers the media for npr. david, thank you very much. >> you bet. >> woodruff: in the aftermath of last friday's deadly tornado outbreak, federal emergency officials say they are bracing for more severe and more fre

. >> he says the best way to get joe biden the hell out of here at night. [laughter] excuse m language. amna: fellow kansan pat roberts, who followed dull in the senate, today recalled the deep connection he kept to his home state. >> whether we were in topeka, abilene, wichita, or dodge city, i saw bob dole connect with kansans always on a personal level. am: roberts, too, remembered dole's humor often used to break down political wills. >> it was embedded into his nature to deliver that punchline, deadpan, knowing, waiting for the room to light up, which it always did, for the barriers to come down, letting the air out of the partisan balloons. amna: former senate majority meet -- leader tom daschle, democrat, spoke of a bond born across party lines that only strengthen with time. >> i've always thought life has no blessing like that of a good friend. and to know bob was to know the truth of that statement. amna: the final tribute from dole's daughter, robin, who saw firsthand her father's lifetime of service. >> he set a personal goal to help at least on

the first tribute, delivered by his former senate colleague, president joe biden: >> he came into the arena with certain guiding principles, that began with devotion to country, to fair play, to decency, to dignity, to honor, to literally attempting to find the common good. >> nawaz: those principles, biden said, led dole to deep concern in his final days about threats to american democracy. >> this soldier reminded us, and i quote: "too many of us have sacrificed too much in defending freedom from foreign adversaries, to allow our democracy to crumble under a state of infighting that grows more unacceptable day by day." >> nawaz: biden hailed dole as a man ofntegrity, and quick wit, on display when dole was asked why he bucked his party, casting the deciding vote to save amtrak: >> he said, "it's the best way to get joe biden the hell out of here at night, so he's not home in the morning." ( laughter ) excuse my language. >> nawaz: fellow kansan pat roberts, who followed dole in the senate, today recalled the deep connection he kept to his home state. >> whether we were in topeka, ab

biden was lawfully elected. you point out these are not lone wolves. these are people who are part of ordinary communities around the country. >> that's right. there was a typical profile for politically violent people in the past. it has been young, male, unemployed and low education among other things. look at what happened on the january 6 insurgency. look at the defendants in those cases. there are lots of women. the mean age is 42 years old, so these are middle-aged people, well-off, white collar, own their own businesses. they are not small cells of violent predators, and they are not lone wolves. what they are is part of a mass movement that believes that trump was robbed of victory and believe that violence is justified to restore him to power. judy: how many people do you believe fit into that category? >> the best research on this i know of is done out of the university of chicago. they have found that there are about 21 million americans who agreed with two propositions. one is that biden is an illegi

joe biden n in our state. they are taking those people and they are either hounding them out of office or they are making them irrelevant by passing new laws that take the power away from that office. >> woodruff: i mean, you pull this together, bart gellman, and it is alarming. you write, "the prospect that the actual winner of the next election, there is a prospect that that person will be declared the loser and that the loser will be certified as the president-elect." what makes you believe at this point that these efforts by people who support, who are allies of president trump could actually pull this off? >> the whole currency of presidential election is electors. each state has its own share of electors. and trump's strategy last time and the strategy that is being laid out now for the next time is to ask state legislatures, controlled by republicans, in states that biden won, to change the elector system. to simply say we're not going to count the electors that were chosen by the voters. we are going t

the measure, which needs 51 votes, is expected to pass after democrats joe manchin and jon tester announced their support. but the bill faces an uphill battle in the democrat-controlled house of representatives and president biden is likely to veto it, should it land on his desk. i spoke about this moments ago with senator john thune, the second highest ranking republican in the senate. senator, thank you very much for joining us. let me ask you flat out. what is the argument for not having the government require large employers to make sure that their employees are either vaccinated or are tested once a week? >> i think several arguments. one is the impact it would have on the workforce. all of a sudden heard from employers and our states. the number of south dakota is 30% of workers would not be able to go to work if this vaccine mandate were put into place. i think the belief that a lot of us have and i'm pro-vaccine, i'm vaccinated. i encourage people to get vaccinated all the time, but i think it is really hard to have a federal government through a regulatory agency impose this kind o

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biden , who visited him at home after he got his lung cancer diagnosis this year, which points to a different era of politics, when people could both do battle and be friends and when doing things on a bipartisan basis was not necessarily seen as a betrayal of the party. >> also important to note that he most recently had said, i also supported donald trump in 2020, but he lost, it's over, there was no voter fraud, so making the claim that, look, this idea that donald trump lost the election because it was stolen, not true. >> it was a different republican party. you look at that party today, we often report on stories, this is a party where members of congress have openly used bigotry against other members of congress. is all of this also kind of part of the political legacy hero bob dole? >> what was interesting about the era bob dole was in congress, most members who had served in the military, 75% of the members of congress in the early 1970's had some level of military service. i think there was something really important about that era because they could fight on the floor, fi

biden. - [ifill]: senator mccain has said that he supports caps on carbon emissions. senator obama has said hesup, which i don't believe you've always supported. - [biden]: i have always supported it, that's a fact. - [ifill]: clear it up for us, both of you. and start with governor palin. - [glover]: it's often said that the only constant in this world is change. the newshour has been no exception. in 2011, jim lehrer retired. and two years later in august 2013, the show announced that judy woodruff and gwen ifill would now be co-anchors and co-managing editors. - [winslow]: and the day after we made the announcement, the three of us women were flabbergasted to discor that we had created the first all-female anchor team in television news. and that hundreds of women were writing in, talking about what a great move this is. and we were delighted to see the reaction. and of course, i think they turned out to be a fabulous team. - [ifill]: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, election day is finally here. join us for analysis and the latest results on-air an

this afternoon, president joe biden released a statement about their friendship and bipartisan work over the years. biden visited dole at his home in washington earlier this year, and wrote today, "we picked up right where we left off, as though it were only yesterday that we were sharing a laugh in the senate dining room or debating the great issues of the day, often against each other, on the senate floor. i saw in his eyes the same light, bravery, and determination i've seen so many times before." in a statement today, former president george w. bush recalled when dole paid respects to his father george h.w. bush in 2018. "i will always remember bob's salute to my late dad at the capitol, and now we bushes salute bob and give thanks for his life of principled service" today the capitol's flag was lowered to half staff in honor of the late senator. we have more on senator dole's political career now from newshour managing editor judy woodruff. >> woodruff: in 1968he won a seat in the united states senate. he became known for a moderate to conservative voting record and an ability to br

joe biden was selected to be competent, and longer democrats go on, the worse that claim looks. i would say one thing in defense of the democrats, it is basically a 50/50 congress, that is hard. if you look act at american history, the great society took years to pass, are system was not built for speed. what worries me most is they are capable of doing nursery school legislative activities and you feel like they are just barely doing that. [laughter] i feel like the skill level on capitol hill is not where it should be because they don't have the experience of successful legislation. teddy kennedy did it back in those days, they really knew how to do this stuff. that is the big worry to me. judy: that is an issue -- image we will keep in our minds. members of congress may remember the nursery school level. the president has one other thing on his plate and that is the variant, the new variant on top of delta we have omicron. it is everywhere in the world. it is in multiple states. he has done a few things, travel ban, we are going to have increased testing. how does his managem

joe biden was elected to be competent, showing calm, the master hand on the tiller, blah, blah, blah, and the longer the democrats go on, the worse that claim looks. but in defense of the democrats, it's a 50/50 congress, that's hard. if you look back at history, the great society took years to pass, the new deal took years to pass. our nation is not built for speed. with the gun safety shutdown, they're now capable of going legislative activities and you feel they're barely doing that. i had a dentist once in my mouth saying i'm on the edge of my skill level here. >> woodruff: what? (laughter) >> so i feel like the skill lev on capitol hill is not where it should be because they don't have experience of successful legislation. teddy kendi did it. back in those days they really knew how to do this stuff, and, so, that's the big worry to me. >> woodruff: that's an image, jonathan, we're going to keep that in our minds. but members of congress, you may know, may remember the nursery school level. the president, jonathan, has one other thing on his plate right now and that, of course, is

biden in 2020. that was 6 days before the white house announced he was sick. the reports stem from an account by mark meadows, who was then the white house of chief staff. mr. trump today called it "fake news". atlanta city councilman andre dickens will be the new mayor. he won a tuesday runoff after a campaign dominated by the issues of crime and affordable housing. and oregon congressman peter defazio became the 19th democrat to announce he'll retire from the u.s. house of representatives after next year. he is and was first elected in 74 1986. russia has ordered a number of u.s. diplomats to leave the country by january 31st. the move affects u.s. embassy staff who've been in russia for more than 3 years. it follows the u.s. order for 54 russian diplomats to go home in the next 6 months. the women's pro tennis tour -- the wta -- is suspending all tournaments in china, over about concerns about the player peng shuai. she largely dropped out of view after accusing a former government official of se

president joe biden returned from nantucket this afternoon and planned to meet with fauci and the administration's covid-19 response team about omicron. voters in switzerland have confirmed they would like the government to continue its covid response efforts that include a mandatory proof of vaccination or negative test to enter many locations. swiss election officials reported that 62% of voters opposed the removal of the restrictions in a referendum vote. today's vote also protects massive pandemic aid spending for workers and businesses. protests against the covid mandates continued today after intense debate over the country's response. st week, swiss health officials warned of a possible fifth wave as cases continue to rise. about two-thirds of the population is vaccinated in switzerland and neighboring austria and germany. in honduras, voters went to the polls today to choose their next president in what is being called the most significant eltion in more than a decade. in a tight race, the ruling conservative party candidate nasry asfura is facing xiomara castro who will make history as th

>> vladimir putin knows that joe biden came into office not wanting to have his presidency dominated by having to deal with russia. he knows that the president's priorities lie elsewhere. he is focused on overcoming the pandemic, getting the economy back on track, and when it comes to national security, retooling our apparatus to focus on the major threat we are facing long term, which is china. russia in some ways is benefiting from the facthat the biden administration would be perfectly happy to park the u.s.-russia relationship and get on with business that it thinks is more important. putin sees that as an opportunity. it is a chance to force western leaders into a reactive posture and basically show, as he has done many times in the past, that he cares about ukraine much more than we do. he believes that because russia is a nuclear weapon state that no one is going to tangle with him or challenge him directly. people like former president obama have said the united stat is not prepared to go to war over ukraine. i don't think anything is changed. john: you mentioned what is goin

>> not the way biden has performed, i could not vote for joe biden. the failure in afghanistan. 6% inflation. failures on crime. all of these things that have happened so far. huge, enormous spending. we could go through a whole list. i don't think that is really productive, but the fact of the matter is elections or choices and in 2024, i will make whatever choices available to me , but i'm certainly not going to predict that in 2021 and that is a trap people like to give you an play politics with. judy: governor chris christie, thank you very much. the book is "republican rescue." governor, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me, judy. appreciate it. judy: last week started with a major bipartisan victory and ended with inflamed political divisions on issues like race and gun control. amna nawaz brings us analysis on what to expect this week. amna: that's right. major advancements for the biden agenda on covid and the economy were almost eclipsed by a controversial verdict in wisconsin on friday. where does that put the president and his white h

biden. >> not the way joe biden has performed, i couldn't vote for joe biden. the failure in av ban stand, 6 percent inflation. you know, failures on crime. all of these things that have happened so far. and huge, enormous spending. you know, we can go through a whole list, judy. i don't think that is really productive. but the fact of the matter is that elections are choices. and in 2024 i will make whatever choice is available to me and i will choose, but i will certainly not going to predict that in 2021, that is just a trap people like to give you and play polt particulars with it. >> governor crist chris-- chris cristie, thank you very much, the bo is republican rescue saving the party from truth de niers, conspiracy theorists and the dangerous policies of joe biden. governor, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me, judy, appreciate it. >> woodruff: last week started with a major bipartisan victory and ended with inflamed political divisions on issues like race and gun control. amna nawaz brings us analysis on what to expect this week. >> nawaz: judy

biden? >> oh, boy. first of all, because if you're not 60 years old or older, you don't ever remember inflation as an issue. so, 6% inflation, which would have been a dream in 1980, seems very high. and when you pay that cost at the pump, at the supermarket checkout counter, it doesn't come with an explanation saying, "by the way, there are huge macroeconomic forces at stake here. there's a supply chain choke going on." the voters tend to look at washington and say, "what are you going to do about this?" and there's another political impact, which is the house on friday passed biden's "build back better" bill, but the specter of inflation is causing a democrat like joe manchin, who's critical to get this thing passed, saying, "maybe we should wait a year." so, you can see how big a political impact inflation is, because at this point, any spending proposal, even if in the long tm it's supposed to help, is going to be attacked as an inflation accelerator. >> sreenivasan: jeff greenfield joini

it is right there and that's what joe biden, if that's what he wants his legacy to be, we will see how voters feel about it, but to get down to the $2 trillion price tag, 1.8, whatever we want to call it, they've played some tricks, they've got several things in here they are touting that will set out very quickly, in four years, the preschool, the child tax credit, the healthcare expansion, and if there's a republican congress, we are doubtful they are going to re- up this so a lot of things that are being celebrated on the last left may not last very long but >> so this may be ephemeral. >> it may be, it may not. folks were really angry about the affordable care act and republicans ran on replace and repeal and when they had the majorities in both the house and senate, they didn't replace or repeal anything.. >> they did get rid of the individual mandate. >> in washington the hardest part is getting something into law. it's hard to get stuff into law and it's even harder to pull it out. especially if it's popular and especially if it helps people. >> that's a good point, so it depend

i think the basic goal of joe biden was to dampen down the tense security competition that exists and permeates every dimension of the relationship, ideological, political, economic, military, and the great fear is that this will eventually lead to a mar confrontation. now, did he succeed in doing that? no. my argument is that it is impossible to achieve that goal. the fact is the united states and china are destined to engage in a series security competition for the foreseeable future. the reason for that is simple, china is bent on dominating asia. it is bent on controlling the south china sea, taking back taiwan, and dominating the east china sea. the u.s. has no intention of allowing china to achieve any one of those three goals. there is no way you can work out a solution that makes both sides happy, that the end result is we will be in each other's face for the foreseeable future, and we will live in a very dangerous world in east asia. correspondent: is a cold war inevitable and at this meeting served u.s. interests? susan: i think john is too pessimistic. when emphasis of the

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joe biden was vice president when i was a young boy working with john kerry. he's not enthusiastic to try to grasp the holy grail that he has other priorities in other parts of the world. china and climate change and so on. israeli government isn't prepared to move forward because it's a left/right position. they can't agree on what the outcome should be. palestinian authority from god is up. this is a moment in which kissinger's incremental one makes sense. >> one other element of kissinger's approach was essential nature of having the united states involved aired having an american role in the peace process. can there be peace in the middle east in his view without a heavy american hand? >> united states was a critical player. the united states could persuade israel to give up territory which lubricated the peace process. that remains today. israel controls all the territory. there is not a country other than the united states that can persuade them. the book shows the way in which kissinger used his arguments. not to impose a solution but argue with the isr

you know, joe biden was vice president when i was the envoy working with the secretary of state, john kerry. so he saw up close how far the parties were apart. so he's not enthusiastic to try to grasp that holy grail. in fact, he's got other priorities in other parts of the world, with the rise of china and climate change and so on. but the israeli government isn't prepared to move forward, because it's a left/right coalition, and thecan't agree on what the outcome should be. and the palestinian authority is divided from gaza, with fatah and hamas fighting. so-- so this is a moment in which kissinger's incremental approach really makes sense, >> woodruff: one other element of kissinger's approach was the essential nature of having the united states involved, of having an american role in the peace process. can there be peace in the middle east, in his view, without a heavy american hand? >> the united states was a critical player because only the united states could persuade israel to give up territory, which lubricated the peace process. and that remains the case today in the central

correspondent: kevin mccarthy slammed the president with a blunt statement, writing the joe biden plan for increasing americans' standard of living is a failure. economists and politicians disagree about how far and long the price bites will go. inflation is firmly here. for pbs newshour, i am lisa desjardins. judy: the surge of inflation is already higher and lasting longer than somehow expected. the breakdown more about what is happening in the potential consequences. catherine rappel, a special's correspondent and a columnist for the washington post, joins me now to the program. it seems prices are rising across the board everywhere you look. what is behind this? catherine: there are number of factors. the most obvious is the pandemic. the economy powered down during the pandemic. it is powering up. there are supply chain problems around the world. labor shortages make it hard to find workers who can make the buds -- good -- goods we buy, put them on discourse -- store shelves. you have shortages dries a stop prices stand on the other side, of the calculation, is the fact that ameri

leader kevin mccarthy slammed the prident with a blunt statement, writing, "the joe biden plan for increasing americans' standard of living is a complete failure." economists and politicians disagree about how far and how long the price spikes will go. but, in daily american life, inflation is firmly here. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: it is clear that this surge of inflation has already been higher and lasted longer than some had expected. we break down more about what is happening and the potential consequences. catherine rampell, who is a special correspondent for the newshour and a columnist for the "washington post," joins me now. catherine, welcome back to the program. solpÑ it seems that prices are rising across-the-board, just about everywhere you look. what is behind this? >> there are a number of factors that have been driving inflation. the most obvious one, of course, is the pandemic, the economy powered down, during the pandemic it's powering back up. thx all around the world, labor shortages that make it harder to find workers who can make the goods yo

they identify as republican, they back joe biden. they are united in their political values. these are the four groups in their names. first and foremost, they share a preference for smaller government and they think the government too often does things that are better left to businesses and individuals. they are generally united in their views of american foreign policy. at least when it comes to american military power. one of the other things they are united by is they generally object to the contention that white people in america benefit from advantages in society that black people don't have. >> those are what they have in common. you also saw differences among them. talk about that. >> sure. there are quite a lot of cleavages within the publican coalition. one of the most interesting is that we identified a group we call the populist right. they are strong republicans, strong trump supporters. they critique negative use of business and corporations and in many ways, a look -- they look a lot like democrats than other members of the republican coalition. we also see som

found are clearly republican oriented, and they identify as republicans, they back donald trump over joe biden in 2020, and they are united in some of their political values, right, faith conservatives, committed conservatives, populist and ambivalent right are the four groups and their names and first and normost they share a preference for smaller government and think government too often does things better left to businesses and individuals. they're also generally united in their views of american foreign policy at least when it comes to american and, you know, one of the other things that they are united by is that they generally reject the contention that white people in america benefit from advantages in society that black people don't have. >> woodruff: so those are what they have in common. you also, though, saw differences among them. talk about that. >> sure. there are quite a lot of cleavages within the republican coalition, and one ofs7■ the mot interesting is that we identified a group we called the populist right. they are really quite strong republicans, they are strong

biden a big legislative win. >>he motion is adopted. >> sreenivasan: the house approved the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, 228 to 206. the legislation is expected to create thousands of jobs, and provides billions for high speed internet, electric vehicle charging stations, clean drinking water, upgrades to ports, and more. the passage broke a months-long logjam between progressive and moderate democrats. 13 republicans supported the legislation, and six progressive democrats opposed it. at the white house today, president biden said the approval puts the nation on a path to win the economic competitn of the 21st century. >> a once-in-a-geration investment that's going to create millions of jobs, modernizing our infrastructure, our roads, our bridges, our broadband, all range of things, to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity. >> sreenivasan: mr. biden vowed to keep up the fight for the rest of his agenda that would expand the social safety net and provide historic investments in combating climate change