closely watched races as they go to austin for the festival. and live to new york, we kick things off with things on the ground with the festival. hey, casey. hey, good to see you. both sides and both parties represented here at this annual texas tribune festival in austin, i ve got to say a fa variety of topics have been covered, policing to education, the republican governor of west virginia, glen youngkin predicts the g.o.p. will do well. and hillary clinton was here yesterday and had a lot to say about former president trump, including that mar-a-lago raid. listen. did not find one piece of paper of any kind marked classified, zero. and so, you know, i don t know what to make of what he did. i find it deeply disturbing. the bottom line is what the heck was he doing with that material of the. and of course, there is also most certainly some campaigning that is going on here, especially today for the race in texas governor. republican incumbent greg abbott is ahead in
in dozens of counties there as tropical storm ian strengthens in the caribbean. and president biden spending the weekend in delaware after he addressed the national education association, nation s largest teachers union. we have live fox news team coverage for you on all of this. lucas tomlinson is in delaware with the president. fox weather s matt gordon in florida as residents there prep for a possible hurricane. but first to alexis mcadams live at the border in eagle pass, texas. alexis. reporter: hi, arthel. we are learning new details about the migrant who crossed into the united states illegally and is now being charged with a hit and run crash that a killed that sheriff s deputy. we re learning that the first time he crossed here into the united states it was right here in eagle pass, texas. take a look at your screen, this is a mug shot we got in just a short time ago from that county out in florida. now charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after investig
us now from new york. good evening, connell. good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all the worries seem to be magnified right now in the minds of investors from the war in ukraine to the energy crisis in europe. but, really more than anything, it s the higher interest rates that we are seeing in the u.s. but also in places like britain, sweden, switzerland and norway. the day started with a report showing a sharp decline in european economic activity, which raises the risk of recession over there and the new government in the u.k. led by prime minister liz truss now unveiled a plan for tax cuts that really was not well recei
republicans are going to pursue if they regain control of the congress. reporter: here are the four new pillars rolled out. quote: an economy that s strong, a nation that s safe, a future built on freedom and a government that s accountable. not mentioned in the gop s four pillars, but part of their preamble is a pledge to ramp up education andish an issue that propoled governor glenn youngkin to victory in virginia and many think is a winning issue for republicans with public schools weighed down by what they call woke and issues blocking students from learning basic math and history as test scores have plunged nationwide post-pandemic. also sinking, america s finances. across the country americans are feeling squeezed by higher prices brought on by 40-year-high inflation. when president biden took office, inflation was just 1.4%, arthel. today it s 8.3%. it was already at 7.9% when
public school teachers, many blamed for keeping schools closed to in-person learning during the pandemic. president biden didn t mention education much, instead, he focused on politics and hitting the g.o.p. the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, went to pennsylvania and unveiled what he calls a commitment to america. now, that s a a thin series of policy goals with little or no detail republicans are going to pursue if they regain control of the congress. now, griff, here are the four new pillars rolled out by the g.o.p. s top brass yesterday, quote, an economy that s strong, a nation that s safe, a future built on freedom and a government that s accountable. not mentioning the g.o.p. s four pillars, but part of their preamble to what they re calling their quote, commitment to america, and propelled glenn youngkin to victory in