we re following a pivotal moment in the midterms as we come on the air with the final countdown to that critical debate in pennsylvania. john fetterman and mehmet oz facing off for the first and only time ahead of election day. this hour, what to expect and what to watch for. and why republicans are now pumping a new round of $6 million into the race. our political experts are here standing by. also this hour, new details on two one-time close aides to former president trump. nbc news confirming one member of his white house inner circle talking to the january 6th committee. while another is trying to get out of talking to the georgia grand jury. the new legal filing just dropping this afternoon. we re live with those developments. plus, president biden making a new public plea for americans to get their covid booster shots with cases rising across the country and new worries about a so-called triple demic. one of the nation s top health officials, dr. anthony fauci, here
weekend and now the blast forward to election day nine weeks away. peter doocy at the white house neal, good afternoon we spent time with president biden on the campaign as he tried to make the case he thinks republicans like donald trump more than they like entitlement programs. speak with the biggest contrast from maga republicans the extreme right, the trumpies. they want to these maga republicans in congress are coming for your social security as well. you, by the way, as i said, you might think that i m making this stuff up because it s so outrageous. he is referring a plan by republican rick scott to make congress vote to reauthorize every spending program every five years and an attempt to cut down government waste. so now scott is challenging the premise of the president s claims there. of course he s going to lie about it but what i believe you have to do everything to preserve medicaid and social security. make sure these are lasting programs. so, congress e
released hours from now before the midterm election. a new friend wants to join our party. i m sorry. i know this is an intense playoff game, but i cannot help but laugh at this point. so much focus on wisconsin this week. of course what s happening with the governor. you can see ron johnson pulling away in the individual races. people think wacha shah, and you think about kenosha, what happened, people who perpetrated horrible crimes, what s going on with race in america. as we pull up from milwaukee, we see new york, i m saying to myself, i have a proposal i want to spring it on you. i don t know if you injure savings account pass book with me, but instead of going pro pro in what? pickle ball. of since i haven t played yet, why we buy a franchise? compete with lebron and tom brady, the three of us to buy a franchise? how many are they? you have to believe in yourself, commit to it. then we ll do it. i have to pay for my daughter. she can play pi pic
neville. militants stormed a popular hotel into dozens, hostage for 30 hours before they counted end the siege. eric: president biden pushing accomplishments a little more ahead of midterms but even though gas prices have been dropping for more than two months now, nagging inflation, that continues to put a bite in our wallets. arthel: we have fox team coverage on all of this. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the latest on the career criminal in sucker-punch case. first, we will start with peter doocy, live in delaware with the president. peter. peter: and, arthel, it s been interesting today to see how the administration is selling inflation reduction act. they did not book for the sunday shows any economists or members of the president s econ team to talk about mechanisms on how inflation is going to come down and when. instead they sent out other kinds of experts to talk about the other kinds of impacts, the major kinds of impact that is the inflation reduction
expend this narrative to the american people. you are watching fox & friends first and i m todd piro. carley: carley shimkus, and saudi arabia to discuss the energy crisis. alexandria hoff joins us live with the washington with the details, alexandria, good morning. good morning carley and todd appear in the markets for consumer price index report is out this week to indicate the next move for the federal reserd the attempt to sue inflation. the prices of everyday goods 8.6% from the prior and economist predict the june number will have risen above that. it s going to be bad news again. i think it will be 1.1%. that is the headline head inflation of food and energy. i don t see how you take food and energy out and all of us have to spend money on. carley: you have to spend money on an the main focus of the biden administration is combating inflation but said yesterday at the public shouldn t be talking ourselves into a recession. i don t see any reason to thin