i don't know if you recall what peter doocy said. talking about the goals of the administration in terms of green energy by 2050. those are really different goals. >> china is not going green. they're in 140 countries lining up coal and fire plants. and polluting the atmosphere. >> harris: it won't be as clean as our coal. looking like the federal reserve will approve a fourth consecutive interest rate hike next month. experts are saying it will be another super sized one. those hikes all in an effort to help the decades-high inflation come down. you know the inflation reduction act didn't actually reduce inflation. never could. the unrelenting price spike has led bloomberg to this grim projection. 100% of recession in the next year. peter doocy was asking the tough questions as he always does. >> how is it that we can be barreling towards a recession and the economy is, as the president says, strong as hell? >> what we're seeing right now is the job market is strong, the labor force is strong, and that is not what we see usually bef

she's answering that question, and peter doocy is in the room. we will listen for a bit. >> continue to talk about that. again, we were just out west for four days so we are going to continue to go out there and the president will talk directly to the american people. >> one more about the hearing, i did have one, but do you have a sense of when the cost savings will begin to accrue? obviously it's not instantaneously, but you talked about prices lowering, is there a sense of when that happens and over what time frame? >> i don't have a timeline for you, i can talk to the team to get a specific timeline but what is important about this, the president took action, did an executive order, asking fda to find ways to lower costs for 30 million americans who do benefit from hearing aid, that's 30 million americans, going to save them thousands of dollars. so a deliberate action the president took and now we are going to see the benefits of that as i can get back to you on exactly how quickly that will occur, but again, this is a huge deal. a big deal

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at the white house, peter doocy. fox news. >> trace: new reports tonight about the state of education in illinois and call it troubling would be a big understatement. matt finn has spent a great deal of time covering issues in chicago and digging into the details tonight. good evening. >> good evening, trace. that new report on illinois schools reveals a shockingly student performance numbers that "the wall street journal" editorial board left them speechless. showing in 2019 only 36% of illinois students could read at their grade level. that number dropped to 27% for hispanic students and 22% for black students. chicago's public schools, which is made up of 330,000 kids, only a quarter of the district students are able to read or do math at their grade level. "the wall street journal" editorial board writing in part "the extent to which that performance is betraying a generation of schoolchildren is hard to put into words. third grade children are eight years old full of potential with minds like sponges to absorb w

first off i love peter doocy it's an honor to be compared to him. yeah, i thought it was a little bizarre. i mean, they say our coverage is alarmist. what's happening at that border is alarming. and we see it every day. we have seen it every day for a year and a half. we can't even show on tv some of the things we see down there. the corpses, the little children who are sexually assaulted. it's something you have to physically go and see yourself to get the scope of what is happening down there. i didn't truly understand it until i went down there physically and started covering it half of each month for the last 16 months. it appears they are not too thrilled that we invest in drones and we can see a lot of stuff from the air and that we have got these night vision thermal drones. we will continue covering that border. we will keep doing a good job and we have great teams down there and they can write whatever they want. it's all right. >> bret: it's great team effort and you are doing a fantastic job. we appreciate it. >> bill: thanks. >> bret: th

peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thank you. we hope to talk to the foreign minister from saudi arabia in just a bit. in tonight's midterm spotlight race the arizona senate race. incumbent democrat mark kelly and republican challenger blake masters debated last night in phoenix and even though president biden is not on the ballot, he was a major major topic of discussion. casey stegall. >> joe biden is spending like a drunken sailor and at every single blake masters my opponent on the have some leaks that are just dangerous in arizonans. >> a war of zones arizona two candidates running for u.s. senate participated in first and only debate of ahead of the midterms. democratic incumbent senator mark kelly at his republican challenger blake masters spard over everything from abortion. >> arizona women have totally lost the right to make a decision about abortion. it's devastating. it's wrong. >> i support the 15-week law with all the exceptions. i believe in federal limits. >> to the 2020 election. >> i suspect president trump woul

>> bret: peter doocy, live on the north lawn, peter, thanks. petraeus ♪ not >> bret: attacks are escalating against ukraine's capital city of kyiv. to take another step to try to salvage his invasion of that country. putin has declared martial law the areas he annexed last month. correspondent trey yingst tellsm kyiv. >> ukrainian civilians kherson wait to be evacuated across the nip per river. >> i got a call from work saying we were evacuating today. however i knew yesterday evening already that there would be evacuations. >> as ukrainian forces advance on the occupied area. russian president vladimir putin announced that he along with three other illegalld territories enter a state of martial law thursday. >> we are working to solvescaleo ensure russia's security and safe future to protect our people. >> the people people refer to are ukrainians, and the protection he references could come in the form of nuclear weapons used. that according to kremlin spokesperson dmitry petov who responded to a question about moscow's nuclear umbrella say

. >> when pressed by peter doocy about the comments, the white house press secretary did the, you know, dodge. >> georgia, the president's endorsed candidate for governor stacey abrams is suggesting that one way to mitigate effects of inflation is to get an abortion. does president biden agree? >> i did not see her comments on this so i don't know the context on this. again, i want to be careful because this is a political debate and it is related to a midterm, an election, so i'm not going to comment on that. >> let me help her out. a member of the administration said the exact same thing, secretary yellen, and said it in a hearing on the hill. she said that black women in particular, remember that, if they can't get abortions, it hurts the economy. so even if karine jean-pierre hadn't heard this politician say it, a member of the administration said it, and it made for a bumpy week for secretary yellen. >> this is one of the most jaw dropping ways for the democrats to talk about both the issue of abortion and inflation, bringing them together at the same time. it is absolutely outrag

asked a specific and great question from peter doocy i posed to charles payne at the top of the 1:00 hour and serious and relevant question. a white house on multiple times over the past several months has taken credit for the drop in gas prices, ok. we should note that's a mere drop from record highs, but still they took ownership of it, they took credit for it, they touted it. so is it a perfect market then because when gas prices go up they claim that this is a market that is fixed, that there are oil producers price gouging, that there are mom and pop gas stations colluding to drive prices up for the consumer. which is it? >> yeah, the prices go down, it's biden's credit, prices go up, it's those greedy oil companies and service station owners and we are seeing it again in this cycle, the president last week, the energy secretary blaming industry and this is part of why domestic production is not rising. it is this hostility from the white house where here we are. the white house is basically hoping that russia and saudi arabia don't cut oil production tomorrow to save them from

we are all over it with peter doocy and a president yet again to tap the reserve for more oil a and colin mcshane on two races that could determine if the president succeeds or fails. and how he would put the saudis in their place. then, remembering this day 35 years ago today when a bull market was put in its place and capitalism itself seemed on the brink. funny thing, history. funnier thing, how they looked covering it back then. welcome, everybody. i am neil cavuto. this is your world, where we're ready to tap a reserve that's quickly running out of oil. that's a separate story. first, following the political impact. >> hey there, neil. there's a relationship between gas prices and electoral prospects. earlier this year, gas shoots up, the president and other democrats saw poll numbers plummet. over the summer, gas prices come down, suddenly the democrats are polling better. as we approach election day, it is worth noting the price at the pump started to creep up again. you look at the average price for regular 3.85, a month ago, 3.68. we're starting to move in the higher direction ag

peter doocy on the white house still digging in. shannon bream on if any party in power needs to listen up. and why jeb bush says he's fed up, not with just soaring prices, but right now falling school grades for our kids. attention, class. it's not dismissed. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. happy to have you on a busy news day. let's first get the latest out of london where the shortest serving prime minister has just announced she's out of there. alex? >> hi, neil. a dramatic shakeup of u.k. government today. after just six weeks the prime minister announcing that she is resigning. liz truss walking out of downing street earlier today, announcing that she will resign. citing the war in ukraine and the unstable economy as major problems coming in to this role. she had hoped to grow the economy with drastic tax cuts, which really only did the opposite. dropping her approval ratings to record lows. still, she says her time in office yielded some results. >> we delivered on energy bills, on cutting national insurance. we set out

white house correspondent peter doocy. peter. and here is it's not just that democrats in tight races are not inviting president biden to join them on the campaign trail in swing states. it's that they're barely talking at all about his biggest ticket item to date that nearly $2 trillion american rescue plan. and that agenda has driven this inflation by spending trillions of dollars we don't have and driving up the price of energy costs for americans. fox news. paul is finding that 71% of americans have had to cut back just to afford necessities. that is a number that has grown steadily in this poll since march of this year. administration officials often blame most inflation on energy prices, but they claim they're bringing them down. i think the key story there is that is this administration doing as much as we can to help increase the energy supply? and i think the answer is unequivocally. yes even though domestic suppliers here in the united states say they can come forward and help increase supply here in the united states,

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gillian. >> peter doocy from the white house this morning. thank you. let's bring in republican congressman michael waltz a florida. a member of the house armed services committee. it is tempting to focus in all this on how this combustible economic picture will play out in the mid-terms. the more important thing to drill down on you first here is how this is playing out in the american people's daily lives now many months into this inflation crisis? i know that in part americans are in the wake of a storm without basic electricity service. >> biden's reaching out to dictatorships, venezuela, iran with 50 million barrels they are trying to sell as part of the iran deal, and others just isn't working. now we have opec restricting supply. what's frustrating is right here under the ground in the united states of america we have oil and cleaner gas than russian gas or others ready to go. not only would it help americans at the pump, but it is the biggest driver of inflation because everything has to be transported. but the other piece is on foreign policy.

peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> good evening. three weekends to go before the mid-terms. president biden is not spending this one boosting democrats on the campaign trail. instead, he's trying to get in on the as a little closer to home. >> i will not yield. >> president biden field testing a new nickname for the republican platform. >> it's megamaga trickle down. >> president biden is celebrating that his plan to forgive or cancel some student loan debt is surviving court challenges. >> just yesterday, state court and the supreme court said no, we're on biden's side. >> and he's chastising critics. >> ted cruz, the great senator from texas, he said it's for slackers that don't deserve relief. >> who in the hell do they think they are? >> today's remarks in delaware where the president plans to stay all weekend. a fox brain room count finds that president biden spent 76 weekends away from the white house, outpacing president trump's 54 weekends away at this point in his presidency. >> we're here at dell state. it's a special plac

this is peter doocy, the star, i will never do it again. take you back some other time. he is still on. he doesn't know he is off. lauren: he's like what is going on right now? sorry. stuart: let's talk to the chair of the rnc, the president says inflation gets worse if republicans win, how do you deal with that? >> he is dealing with stages of grief and is in the denial phase because we know the midterms are coming, we are about to take over the house and when the senate and he is trying to do anything he can, flailing. it is going to get worse with republicans when it has gotten so bad under democrats. stuart: you sound confident you will win the house and senate in november. how is it going? >> we made 70 million voter contract ahead of where we were, voters are very engaged, republican voters are excited and the thing is hispanic voters, 38 community centers dealing with minority voters but the hispanic voter in nevada, arizona, texas, florida, they -- you can see a realignment. it is down significantly. we see it with venezuela and cuban voters, but we are seeing it

neil: peter doocy, connell mcshane is looking at some other issues the president is yet to address how it will respond to the opec cut in production, something is coming, we don't know what. >> reporter: back and forth has been interesting, fair to say the rhetoric is picked up between the white house and saudi officials, the saudi's say the white house wanted them to collapse the midterms, peter said it was different reasons and also that saudi arabia pushed opec plus to cut even though as they put it more than one other member didn't want to, didn't want to go and felt coerced so it has brought up questions whether the biden administration might turn to venezuela to fill the opec plus avoid. as for the price it is down today by $3. it is down for the week. most of this seems to be economic worries about the recession which -- in terms of demand and politics last week the president said the us was looking for alternatives to saudi oil and then he was pressed about venezuela directly but that we haven't made up our mind yet meeting the united states, what to do with that and national s

peter doocy is live outside the white house with more. peter. >> harris, around here officials know there is really no way to put a happy face on this opec decision. >> what opec did the other day is not helpful. but it proves we have to be less dependent on foreign energy. >> that means a turn toward green energy but that will take a long time. there is no talk now about asking american companies to drill more in the united states. but we are told the president may continue drawing from the strategic petroleum reserve the keep the market table. some of his own parties -- senator dick durbin wrote from unanswered questions about 9/11, the brutal murder of khashoggi and exporting of extremism to the jailing of peaceful dissidents and conspiring with vladimir putin to punish the ashen us with higher oil prices the saudi royal family has never been a trustworthy ally of our nation. it is time for our foreign policy to imagine a world without this alliance with these royal back stabers. the secretary of state says they're working on it. >> we

peter doocy asked him a tough question and he didn't have a tough answer. stu: governor huckabee, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, stu. stu: both parties criticized for not doing enough to connect with female voters. susan: 32 point swing from independents moving to the republicans for the female vote. now, it really depends on demographics. we had a recent poll by the aarp that found that women over the age of 50 are the more energized voting blocks. # 4% of them say -- 94% of them plan to vote, a little over half say they're undecided right now and you have to remember they're strong voting block and account for nearly a third of the ballots in 2020, 2018 representing 25% of registered voters, and they are sticky. they plan to cast that ballot. 80% did go to the polls and showed up to cast a vote in 2020. stu: i don't see how they're being neglected and that sienna poll showed there's a 32% swing in independent women voters swinging from democrats to republicans in six weeks. i've never seen a statistic like that before. susan:ive looked at topics

karine jean-pierre was questioned by peter doocy about the handling of inflation. watch this. >> who thinks the president is doing a good job on inflation? he received his lowest job ratings on inflation, minus 38 points. >> we understand there are challenges in front of us in this country. that is why the president has taken action to lower costs. neil: i don't think she answered the question. maybe doctor ben carson can answer it. great to see you again. what action has the president taken to lower costs that you know of? >> good question because i don't know, very tough but they talk about equity and making it fair for everybody and in a sense they have achieved that because they have made it difficult for everybody, black, white, old, younger, doesn't matter. it has become much harder to acquire a home because of the policies. neil: stuart: i believe wells fargo has given $7.5 million to expand equal housing opportunities for homeowners. it seems like we are trying to collectively shoehorn people of color into houses, special treatment, special conditions, back

peter doocy, thank you. there is a grim economic outlook from one of the world's top bankers, jamie dimon with this statement today. there are significant head winds immediately in front of us stubbornly high inflation leading the higher global interest rates. the war in ukraine and the fragile state of oil supply and prices. while we are hoping for the best we always remain vigilant and are prepared for bad outcomes. florida senator rick scott chair of the national republican senatorial committee joins me now. like i just said, we should never ignore our problems and it seems this administration is doing just that. they aren't talking about crime or the immigration problem. but they get mad when we talk about the economy. i'm not quite sure what the message is from the white house. >> well, they are like a little kid that doesn't want to take responsibility. joe biden and the democrats have caused this inflation that we've got. it is hurting families. i grew up in a poor family and watched my mom struggle w

peter doocy at the white house with the latest from that front. peter? reporter: and we just aren't seeing a lot of president biden out there trying to help his team hold the house and the senate which would make his life a lot easier for the next two years of his first term. officials say he is out there making the case every day, but that is not what we're seeing. no campaign events today. no campaign events over the weekend? president biden: i'm feeling good. i've been i guess now 36 constituencies either campaigning for a specific candidate or going with a candidate who is doing something like out at the bridge in pittsburgh. reporter: a lot of official events. not very many political events. democrats are making the closing argument almost exclusively about republican plans instead of their own. they're consistently warning if republicans get control of congress medicare and social security benefits are in danger but republicans aren't really saying that in the closing days. they're instead emphasizing specific policies they would like to put forwar

. >> sandra: peter doocy traveling with the president today. what is he saying about his economic plan as we head into another weekend, peter? >> sandra clement president biden came to calley looking for credit as he claimss economic plans are working very. >> overall, inflation is 2% over the last three months. that is down from 11% over the prior three months. that is progress. because of my economic plan, we are better positioned than any other major economy in the world to whether the challenges that come through this as a stronger country. >> we know president biden told donors at a fund-raiser in brentwood last night that "inflation is still out there. it is real and a lot of people are hurting." he is acknowledging gas prices are too high and in california that seems like something democrats and republicans agree on. as the biden motorcade weeds around southern california today, every gas station that passes has prices around $6 a gallon and that is more than $2 higher than the national average. he said he will talk about gas prices next

harris. >> harris: peter doocy, thank you very much. we'll get into it with will cain. co- host of "fox & friends" weekend. first of all your top line response when you first heard this from the vice president of the united states. >> simultaneously shocking but unsurprising. you can't be surprised that this type of language was coming from the white house from the second most powerful person in the united states because this type of language, harris, has been employed throughout governmental policy for quite some time. i heard nancy mace in the clip you just played describe this as crazy town. it is not crazy town, it is immoral. what i mean it's not simply sloppy. it is not simply uncalculated. it is a predictable guidance, a principle to which the democratic party has subscribed that you should divide people according to their race. they do it with government contracts and educational opportunities. by the way, this word equity. i appreciate the vice president distinguishing it from equality. the idea we all aspire to a society judged by merit and individual. no, she

peter doocy live on the north lawn, peter, thank you. the wall street rally that began yesterday continued today. the dow surged 825. the s&p 500 dropped 112 and a half. the nasdaq soared 361. that was the good news. here is the bad news. the u.s. national debt is now more than $31 trillion with a t. the highest it's ever been. the new record was revealed in a treasury department report it. comes amid run away inflation, two consecutive quarters of economic growth and surging interest rates. as we mentioned at the top, it appears the world's richest man may buy one of the world's most popular social media platforms after all. elon musk who faces a trial later this month over backing out of an agreement to purchase twitter now says he actually wants to do the deal. fox business correspondent kelly o'grady has the breaking details. good evening, kelly. >> good evening, bret. this is a stunning reversal after elon musk so publicly alleged twitter leadership has been lying about the number of spam boss to avoid paying $44 billion price. last

we are all over it with peter doocy on what the white house is sating now. hillary on gas prices that the americans are facing now and democratic congressman o

. >> bill: peter doocy kicks off a new week from the north lawn. good morning. the president speaks at the democratic national committee in a few hours. what is his message? >> at this point, bill, president biden is use hoping that mid-term voters have some patience with him. >> president biden: a lot of what we've done and we've passed has not kicked in yet. for example, you know, we have all this money to rebuild the highways, bridges, internet, etc. it will take time. it is not all happening overnight like we passed a law and all of a sudden the highways and bridges are all functioning. >> the white house has been hoping that debate over abortion access will keep younger voters engaged in the process. senator bernie sanders is worrying that their side has a problem brewing with turnout. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people, working people voting democratic. again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. >> another issue this white house is hoping will keep young voters engaged is stud

. >> dana: peter doocy is live on the north lawn. peter, an interesting thing. the president hasn't given a foreign policy address in quite awhile trying to reassure the american people. how much do we need to worry about president putin and his look ott nuclear war. >> maybe we should be reassured just after the president said there is a threat of nuclear armageddon he went to his house in delaware for the weekend and not to the white house situation room. so maybe that's a good sign. as for the events overseas this morning, the russians are claiming they are not the aggressors here and they say they are just responding to what they see as a terrorist attack. the bombing of that bridge that connects the contested crimea to main land russia. >> if the terms to carry out acts of terrorism on our territory continue russia's response will be harsh and scale will correspond to that of the threat made against the russian federation. no one should be in any doubt about that. >> so it may get worse. ukraine's president zelensky said the russians are using iranian-made

. >> this week the white house peter doocy since he was responsible for falling prices also responsible for the rise. jean-pierre said it's obligated. >> the president is responsible for gas prices coming down. if he's responsible for gas prices going up? >> it's a lot more nuanced than that. there global challenges involved that with, pandemic and putin's war. the war has increased gas prices at the pump. >> sometimes it's the war and sometimes it's not. it's a slap in the face. alarmed for higher gas prices ahead of the midterm elections, he begs sallies not to cut output but it seems despite this from diplomacy result is best how the crown prince he once called pariah the president got nowhere. in desperation biden plans to scale back sanctions on the regime of nicholas maduro in venezuela to allow the country to pump more oil and retaliate against the saudi's. new signs inflation is high it may be trending higher. new york post columnist karol markowicz philip levine, thank you both for being here. the president begged the sau saudi's, his new best friends apparently not to restrict

peter doocy live at the white house as this escalates and gets more dangerous, peter. >> dana, white house officials have been primarily blaming putin and this conflict with ukraine for rising energy prices, so there is greater urgency now that opec is also cutting production and there will be fewer barrels of oil per day on the global market. urgency to save lives and prices. we expect to hear something about that when there is a read-out of the call underway for more than an hour now. we're also hearing the russians, russian allies may be figuring out ways to poke back at the u.s. as there is a pro-russia hacking group taking credit for some disruption to u.s. airport web websites. >> we're grateful no airport operations were affected or no safety put at risk. we'll take it seriously. we don't understand fully who is behind it and what the motivation was. certainly what level, if any, kremlin officials were aware. we just don't know. >> amid reports that some putin advisors in russia are pushing back on him, dismayed by a lack of progress in ukraine, putin has backers. on his own s

>> neil: peter doocy, thanks for that. megamaga policies that didn't work and his are going to work better. that's the read from the president of the united states. asa hutchison, the arkansas governor, maybe has a slight disagreement with that. good to see you again. he's saying, sir, his policies are better than republican policies that you guys would make inflation worse if you were running the ship. what do you think? >> well, he's certainly in campaign style. i don't think it's a message that sells. everyone understands fundamentally this is a biden inflation. it started with bad energy policy, jacking up the energy costs for every american and then it goes in to the supply chain and all of the food costs as well. so he is the president of the united states. he's responsible for this. he can't avoid it during this season. whenever you look at in passing out goodies as you said, it is wrong subjectively for the forgiveness of the loans. it's bad policy. it's not fair treatment. it penalizes those that have worked hard

white house correspondent peter doocy has our report live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. president biden doesn't have any control over what opec does. he asks them to increase production. they decided to decrease it. and now gas prices back home may start rising at a terrible time for him politically. but, as international politics get tricky, the president has a surprising kind word for domestic rival ron desantis. >> i think he has con a good job. >> the president says no one f witness a biden. >> no one f's with a biden. but it appears opec plus has done just that the group of oil producing nations agreeing to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. >> it's a short-sighted decision. >> which could make inflation in america worse. >> america is going to be paying sharply higher prices for everything oil-related. >> while giving russia way to minimize global sanctions. >> it's clear they are aligning with russia with today's announcement. >> the president of the u.s. oil and gas association says the u.s. has one option l

peter doocy, you point those word differences out very clearly in those white house pressers. we look forward to them. good to see you. back to today's market rally, john lonski and market gauge managing director michelle schneider joins me on details on what the heck is going on. good to see you both. i want to go to you first, john. today's action, particularly look at the nasdaq, it is up 3 1/2% but it is important to keep in mind the nasdaq is down about 30% over the past year. i mean, i'm very heartened that it is making gains today but it has got a long way to go, no? >> yeah, i think it does and to get back where it was previously, you're looking at a 40% gain. right now we're reminded that you know, that cats bounce. i might add dead old bulls also bounce too, the nasdaq. it is not coming back to its highs anytime soon. we have to get the cycle of fed tightening out of the way. better yet, we have to get the upcoming recession mostly out of the way. that is inevitable. what we don't know how much damage that is going to inflict on the economy. david: michelle, what app

>> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. ♪ ♪ in tonight's "special report" spotlight midterm watcher, we look at where things stand in the united states senate. the breakdown right now and what could happen after the november elections. currently, the balance of power is at 50 for republicans, 50 for democrats. vice president kamala harris breaks -- has the tie-breaking vote. what will determine that really are these yellow states. these are the toss-ups. pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada, other states could factor in. but this could be the change as far as whether that balance of power changes. as we look at the balance of power using our fox news power rankings, republicans hold an edge in 29 or 20 seats. they hold 29 seat not in play this midterm cycle. so democrats, basically, would have to win at least three of the toss-ups right here in yellow to keep their senate majority. in tonight's spotlight races, we focus on ea couple of races in the leadership position. expected to hold on to seats south

white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off lye tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: officials used to refer to inflation as transitory. but it hasn't gone away. now, democratic hopes in the midterms could be in jeopardy. >> who is going to benefit the most? working people, middle class. >> peter: as the president tries to forgive student loans amid lawsuits. >> litigation is underway and i don't think our legal judgment is that it won't but they are trying to stop it. >> the bigger concern on 89% of those surveyed in a fox news poll is inflation. >> people are tired of being broke. >> white house officials are hoping to reshape the race by talking most about the voters voters are sixth most concerned about abortion policy. >> the assault on women's access to reproductive officials is assault. >> improving up 3 points in a month and on a generic ballot democrats maintain a slight 41 to 40% edge. unemployment rate there is no recession that would prevail with that kind of employment. >> inflation remains high and critics are pointing to t

we are all over it with peter doocy on what the white house is sating now. hillary on gas prices that the americans are facing now and democratic congressman on how many of his party will be handling it now. welcome, everybody, neil caboodle on a very, very busy news day on the oil front and on wall street because all rapidly rising. that is a front to you. how long does it last? first, peter at the white house with more, peter. >> neil, good afternoon. some biden officials who met with saudi counterparts about energy last month are expressing some surprise sagging they did not see the production cuts coming. >> you did not think there would be this big of a cut? >> no, i did not. i did not walk away with that understanding. but that was two weeks ago. >> that was two weeks ago and the president seemed to confirm a "wall street journal" report today that the u.s. may cut some sanctions on venezuelans maduro a potential source of oil if maduro irons out political issues of his own like talking to his own political rivals about 2024 fair election in venezuela.

doocy on the north lawn. thanks. stocks down today. the dow lost 90. the s&p 500 fell 29. the nasdaq was off # 6. -- 66. >> in our spotlight races tonight. we take a closer look at an early in person voting effort. almost every state offers that. with four notable exceptions. alabama, mississippi, new hampshire, and connecticut. where it is on the ballot this november. the measure would change the state's constitution in connecticut to allow the legislature to pass laws to provide for early voting in person. a record 1.86 million connecticut residents voted in the 2020 election. a turnout of nearly 80% of registered voter there. >> turnout is already strong in the georgia's governor's race based on just a few days of early voting in georgia. that fact, itself, seems to be working against democrat stacey abrams who is and was highly critical of georgia's new voting law as were many democratic lawmakers and pundits. here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> georgia voters, including candidates, are b

peter doocy live at the white house. hi, peter. >> the president's new proposals are designed to only nibble at the edge of the higher prices and inflation. yesterday a big announcement billed as a way to give people more breathing room. it wound up being a way to target junk fees at banks. officials here would much rather talk about republicans. >> congressional republicans aren't hiding the ball. they've been very clear about what they are going to do if they indeed take control, right? put medicare and social security on the chopping block. if you do that inflation goes up. >> the republicans many lawmakers are looking to to set an agenda for a new congress aren't focusing on that. their attention is on energy production in the u.s., particularly now that we know the biden administration tried and failed to get saudi arabia to cooperate. >> i think they should use the power of the purse to demand the kind of regulatory changes, new permitting, new leasing on federal land, open the alaskan national wildlife region back

peter doocy is at the white house. peter? >> there's so much attention in the closing days on just a handful of battle grounds. ohio, georgia, pennsylvania. the republicans who are trying to flip control of the senate say they see opportunities in some races that have not been getting as much attention. >> i think we clearly pick up georgia, clearly pick up nevada and a good chance in new hampshire. we have a really good chance in arizona. and joe day is behind. and levy is behind five points. depends on the night. i think we'll have a great night. >> the closing argument for democrats is all about republicans. warning if congress clips, social security and medicare benefits are in danger. the republicans say they want to undo the inflation reduction act even though they'll need biden's signature to do that. there's a new abc poll that shows 38% of voters will trust the gop more with handling inflation as 21% say they truth democrats. the president himself has had really limited exposure to the campaign trail lately. the only

peter doocy will stand by. >> john: dr. nicole saphier, and if you are not following her on twitter you should. has a lot to say and to learn. you tweeted out the latest pitch to get the vaccines, a one pager here promoting vaccines that said updated covid-19 vaccine recommended for everyone age 5 and older, you responded, i disagree. boosters offered based on an individual's risk and only when proper safety efficacy data are available. sounds like the white house is not following the science here. >> well, that's not surprising, john. first of all, i think the white house and the cdc must have the strongest pr campaign ever. they have secured about 180 million doses of this updated bivalant booster, they have to have the president go on television and get his updated booster to encourage americans to do it. this truly is a political stunt. don't get me wrong, john. the president is almost 80 years old and has a cardiac history. if anyone would benefit potentially from a booster, it would be him. he is in the highest risk c

>> bret: peter doocy on the south lawn. thank you. we are awaiting the san francisco district attorney to come out in a matter of moment. when that happens, we will bring you there live. we do want to bring in fox news senior political analyst brit hume, good evening, you just heard peter's piece about the situation with the white house on the campaign trail who we are seeing most is the former president bouncing around. and using a familiar line in closing for democrats in years' past and that is republicans want to t take away your social security and medicare what about that pitch and tone right now? >> we have been hearing that claim about republicans slashing social security and medicare for as long as i can remember going back decades. recent election cycles there hasn't been any serious proposals coming from republicans to touch those programs. donald trump basically ruled it out and nobody seriously proposing it now. old saw use used by the democrats and comes out nearly every election cycle. those two things have not been an

>> peter doocy live at the white house peter thank you very much refresh it. well officials in florida are issuing warnings about looting in the aftermath of hurricane ian. listen. >> don't even think about looting. don't even think about taking advantage of people when this vulnerable situation, so local law enforcement is involved and monitoring that. i can tell you in the state of florida, you never know what maybe lurking behind somebody's home, and i would not want to chance that if i were you, given that we're a second amendment state. >> cheryl: joining me is republican florida attorney general ashley moody and attorney general, first and foremost, can you give us an update? have we seen more instances of looting since ian hit your state last week? >> yes, you know, we're still looking at intersections flooded , lights out, no electricity, no lights in some areas. businesses still closed and some areas you have just a few businesses open, and so looting is a real concern and yes, local officials have reported instances of looting and as soon as that hap

white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side's midterm chances on abortion access. >> as they say in one of the times are good they ain't seen nothing yet. >> pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. >> the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. >> pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the "new york times" siena poll. >> abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about economic issues. >> but president biden's entire focus today was abortion. >> if you care about the right to choose, then you have got to vote. >> critics accuse the white house of l

he is lashing out at peter doocy who has the patience of job. >> inflation or abortion? >> all important. unlike you there is no one thing. ask me about foreign policy too. multiple issues. they are all important. we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> [shouting]. >> sean: you can't even stand and read the teleprompter especially with a number. >> i signed into law once in a generation investment in roads and airports and so much more. over a billion -- a trillion dollars -- 200 billion dollars. this bridge tells a broader story. there are 45,000 bridges across the country in poor condition. >> sean: if you think that's bad. look right there. joe tries to retrace his steps following his speech. another sad attempt to find a way off the stage. could somebody put down little foot patches or something he could walk on? some path he could follow. maybe a little light or something. joe biden is not mentally capable of being president. everybody it's more and more evident. on this program we are not afraid to bring you those facts. we are honest about wh

peter doocy at the white house. are we going to see a red wave in november? >> stu, there's new polls including from fox that show vovoters and independent voters breaking towards republicans on issues concerning the economy but that doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a wave election, especially as officials here at the white houssay top economic issues like inflation are top of mind. >> if president biden's top domestic priority is inflation, why doesn't he have more to show for it? >> so the president understands and we've talked about this many times, that inflation is an issue, high cost, cost is an issue for the american people so he's been very clear about making that his number one economic priority. he has done the work. he's done the work with congressional democrats. >> the house minority leader who is hoping to become the house speaker in a few weeks, kevin mccarthy responds like this. >> she thinks the border is secure, she thinks they always help when gas prices go down but have nothing to do with making gas prices go up. even larry sum

peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> good evening. three weekends to go before the mid-terms. president biden is not spending this one boosting democrats on the campaign trail. instead, he'