Biden Says Inflation is at its "Peak"

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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President Biden argues that America's inflation crisis has peaked as it hits a 39-year high. CNN Senior Political Analyst Kirsten Powers joins Wolf Blitzer to discuss the challenges this brings for the administration's messaging. Plus, the United States Supreme Court let a controversial Texas abortion law stand in a ruling this week, but will allow clinics to continue challenging the law. CNN Legal Analyst Joan Biskupic joins Wolf to break the ruling down. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.2	Happening now, President Biden argues that America's inflation crisis has peaked as a key measure of consumer prices hits a
0:39.7	39-year high. We're going to break down the economic and the political fallout.
0:44.8	Also tonight abortions in Texas remain at risk as the United States Supreme
0:49.7	Court upholds the nation's most restrictive abortion law, but allows clinics to challenge it.
0:56.0	What might that mean for the future of Roe versus Wade?
0:59.9	And former President Trump angrily turns on a one-time ally.
1:03.6	He's now accusing the former Israeli Prime Minister
1:06.6	Benjamin Netanyahu of disloyalty.
1:09.9	I'll speak with the journalist who revealed Trump wrote off his pal with two words,
1:15.2	effin.
1:17.1	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
1:20.3	I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. Tonight the White House is facing a double threat from soaring inflation.
1:29.4	It's adding a new challenge
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