[screaming] help. jesse: that s what the office of every democratic candidate and strategist across the country looks like right now. d.c. insider mark hall who is one of the most plugged in people in politics says democrats he is speaking to are in a living nightmare. they finally see the massive wave surging toward them and they admit there is nothing they can do about it. democrats say their private polls are showing worse numbers than the public polls. and the public polls are juiced left. you know this is bad. voters are giving democrat door knockers the middle finger as soon as they step on the front porch. black pass pastors say there iso enthusiasm in their community. voters are chanting let s go brandon when canvassers knock on their doors and even never trump suburban moms cannot wait for vote for kari lake and tudor dixon in michigan and lee zeldin in new york. democrats frying to plug holes in blue states like oregon, colorado, new york, and california. that s n
crash saying republicans will crash the economy if they win control of congress in 12 days. plus the january #th committee closing in, new this hour, the key testimony the panel is pursuing which could be its final act. the new data that should quiet questions about the u.s. in a recession but can it stop the federal reserve from a new big hike in interest rates. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman, 12 days left until the midterm elections and president biden is sharpening his closing argument. you re looking live pictures talking about his administration s toefrts get the economy back on track, he s expected to poimt to new data showing that economy bounced back in third quarter and it grew at an annual 2.6%, biden has called the economy strong as hell and he s trying to convince voters who believe the opposite that democrats should stay in p power. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is live on the scene in syracuse, jeremy, what can we expect from
motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab
inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom
cavuto. glad to have you on a busy weekend. let s go first right now to lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in delaware where the president s spending the weekend. what s the latest there? reporter: good morning from a breezy wilmington, delaware, neil. many pundits believe this is not a good week for the biden administration, mainly because of to peck if +announced cuts to oil production which is sending gas prices higher. first, let s look at the job numbers are released yesterday. about 23,000 jobs were added, but while unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, neil, economists say that s due to a decrease in labor force participation. the news sending markets down, the dow dropping 2.3%, losing 600 points. president biden spoke yesterday in heavierstown, maryland haverstown, maryland. our economy created 263,000 jobs last month. that s 10 million jobs since i ve come into office. that s the fastest job growth at any point of any president in all of american histor