at the highest levels of inflation in 40 years and prices are soaring, especially at the gas pump which just set another record high this morning at $4.40 a gallon. the markets already reacting. yesterday the dow tumbled for the fourth straight day as investors began to sour on the u.s. economic outlook. some on wall street warning of a recession because of inflation possibly as soon as next year, mika. that s one reason why president biden addressed it in a major white house speech, calling inflation his top domestic priority and trying to shift blame for rising prices by attacking republicans and what he calls their ultra maga agenda. he also blasted their policy ideas as extreme and said they would make inflation worse, not better. really ask yourself how well are we going to sleep at night knowing that every five years maga republicans, if they re still republicans as i said, this is not your father s republican party. if we re going to have to vote on whether you w
But i feel that the large venue is just its a very exciting night, and when you dont have that, it takes a lot of it takes a lot of energy out. Thats donald trump pushing for a crowd at the president ial debates, which is not currently part of the terms he agreed to yesterday. Well go through all the debate drama in just a moment. Also ahead well bring in expert legal analysis on the former president s criminal trial in new york as his former fixer, Michael Cohen, is expected to return to the stand later this morning. Plus, the latest out of china on russian president Vladimir Putins state visit to beijing, which comes amid his arms escalating offensive in North Eastern ukraine. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin today with some major, major news on the 2024 campaign. After uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates would ever debate each other this year, President Joe
Dead and israelis are dead and 22 are hurt with an attack. Will declaring war after 2,000 rockets lawned from the gaza strip. Pete trey yingst on the ground with the latest from Southern Israel. Tray, still hear the trey, still hear the sirens. Reporter yeah, l pete, and carly. Militants inside gaza and hundreds of them according to reports taking Pickup Trucks and motorcycles into the southern part of the country. They shot at Border Communities and also a Music Festival where there were more than a thousand people right now a group said theyve taken israeli communities and holding the territory and theyre amid rocket fire coming from the gaza strip and more than 2,000 rockets this morning is striking hamas positions inside gaza and its an active ongoing bat and will the distance weve heard bursts of gunfire. Tops setting up a check point and talk shows and theyre concern that had Border Police believe 60 palestinians in Southern Israel to carry out attacks. Take a look at what it was
Good morning welcome back it aint bad check him out. Thats a goat joke. Straight from me welcome back at fox and friends this is our fall festival on fox square. Thanks to stew lean nards and farmland produce thats ill tell you it is fun out there and pete and i stayed across the Streeting Loo at it checking it out i walked through. Well show you we have a maze out there i walked through it and got in trouble. It was a lot of fun. As the official Unofficial Weengsd historian at this point. Been here many years. Rachel call you the o. J. Rick is the og. Best fall festival with the goats out there. And that thats a hay maze. On trucks yesterday. Watched him assemble that. Look at that all we need only thing were missing right there is a mini i really need to get my handle on one. I want one for my farm im told theyre a lot of fun. They did make it. Going through the maze. [laughter] yeah, if you walk outside this studio it just feels like fall. It smells it they did such a good job cant
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] will: good morning, welcome to fox and friends this saturday morning. we never gotta show dog. a lot of dogs featured next to the american flag. there was talk of getting a show dog to hang out on set. clean up after you. i don t know why we never got one. rachel: it could be my skippy. he lives in new jersey area. skippy bites. that s not good. pete: who s going to take care of it? will: during the week? we are not here. pete: our dog we show to the audience for 8 hours. will: it just mingles. rachel: a producer who loves dogs was wondering. pete: it to 24/7 show, so there would always be a producer here. it would be an additional duty. will: i am picturing a lab just kind of around. you drop your crumbs, he is happy. rachel: good idea. let s run it by will: i bet steve doocy would take care of it during the week. it would be his dog during the week. let s run it by steve. pete: rachel