1.03 trialian dollars. how do people cope? unfortunately people coping in the wrong ways. depending on their credit cards to fill in the gaps where their cash finishes. what they have to do is start planning better for this. we have to start getting on a budget. using our own money to pay for these supplies. here is the thing. this comes up every year this time, okay? we need to start saving in advance. if we can t cash flow it to fit the bill with our own money and not go further into debt. dana: sometimes when you get the list, your son is going into first grade, right? kindergarten. dana: i don t know what the list is like. as kids get older the kids get longer and more expensive. what do you do when there is peer pressure if they want the special kind of magic markers should you get them? how do you deal with that as a
well, you use the right word, sandra, mixed bag. earnings actually beat expectations coming in at $1.03 a share. $0.08 better-than-expected. on the revenue side, a mess at $22.33 billion expecting 22.5 billion. a slight mist. let s dig down deep or if we can. if we look at them media entertainment segment of disney, this is linear tv. the actual revenue came in at right at $14 billion. we are expecting 14.4. new mention of the parks. this actually in at the description of parks, experiences, and products if you like where that came in at 8.33 billion. better than estimates. it wasn t really what was happening here in the united states. it was the parks overseas that did a lot better including a singapore where the theme park was open and in shanghai.
the president put out real wages for the average american worker higher than it was before the pandemic, with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains. that s bidenomics. he s taking credit for what s not actually happening. january 2021, $11.39 an hour was the average hourly earnings. as of june 2023, $11.03. that is lower. the change is $0.36 per hour, a drop of over 3%. both of you know this, the economist don t speak in nominal terms, they work in real terms. it s adjusted for inflation. even if we happen to be going up, and inflation is going up faster, that s why we are all poor and losing money. if you think about the way economics works, it s on an inflation adjusted basis. i like how you put it, he s taking credit for things that didn t happen. the sad thing for him, of course, nobody buys it
its fingers and vote on this 100 to 0. it is a real logistical challenge here. today needs to be the day for all that back and forth to avoid flirting with disaster. garrett haake and brendan buck, thank you both very much. turning now to the busy holiday weekend as millions of americans get ready to travel. aaa says this will be the third busiest memorial day weekend since 2000 with more than 42 million people expected to travel 15 miles or more. that s a 7% increase over last year. but, one good thing for those driving will be paying less at the pump than last year. gas is down $1.03 per gallon compared to the record high. prices last year. joining us now are george solis at philadelphia international airport and lindsey reiser at penn station in new york city. lindsey, how is it looking there? reporter: it has been steady all morning.
up over the last, you know, throughout his administration. there s the climate event, the corporate greed, the price gouging, putin price hike, covid and opec plus. steve: right. exactly. now, keep in mind, the price of gas would be much lower if this administration did what the last administration did and opened up america s oil fields to production. but they will not do that because they want everybody to drive an electric car. the rnc put out a tweet yesterday said gas prices up 1.03 from where they were when joe biden took office. the average family in america, because of the cost of oil and energy has lost $2,250. you have lost that at your house. because of energy. and when you look at it, the prices are still nearly double what they were during donald trump. ainsley: so many people weighing in on this on social media when the president said, you know, or his administration said it was climate change and that was the cause for this. they were talking about davos.