like pennsylvania, said that crime is very impactful regarding the senate race with mr. fetterman and mr. oz. so how big ultimately at the end of the day will crime be? probably pretty big. in the meantime, take a look. the cover of the the new york today, there is a guy right there by the name of pedro hernandez and what a story he has got. holy hell is the headline because just outside of saint patrick s cathedral on august 28th on, let s see, fifth avenue. he apparently got involved in a three card monty game. brian: every time i go to that game were sealed. the guys running it were hustlers. brian: glad they didn t let me in. steve: he lost his gold chain and cash. got into red mercedes. he i will pulls out a gun in front of saint patrick s cathedral and starts shooting inside the car. they were not hurt. they drove off to the palace
bowl halftime show performer. it s going to be rihanna this year, guys. steve: they had been talking that it might wind up being taylor swift. that was last week. now it s rihanna. just to recap for the kids playing, carley, could we pop carley back on the screen? i have got a sports question. i will ask brian. [laughter] brian: put salt in the wound. steve: so you are not supposed if you were the kicker, you are not supposed to kick it into another player on your team? carley: that is exactly right. final answer. brian: did i not know the answer to that thank you for that, carley. ainsley: that was a leading question. you did well with that. brian: carley, does it hurt when they punt a ball into your butt? because that s what happened? carley: hot is quarterback that happened to like the butt ball thing? brian: jeff sanchez.
this was an abc- the washington post poll and. brian: they didn t want to talk about this on abc. ainsley: they sample over 1,000 people. it it s interesting that crime has is you are passed abortion. they trust republicans more than democrats. brian: i wonder why how could that be? ainsley: that s a 14 point advantage that republicans have because 52 percent said they trust the republican party 38 percent said they trust the democrats whether it comes to crime. steve: right with registered voters, it s even more. we are going to talk with a little bit about jen psaki what she said yesterday on one of the i think it was meet the press where she said if the midterms are a if the midterms are referendum on joe biden, the democrats are doomed. so they will lose. but, what was interesting is she said when you look at each state. state why state. inflation impacts everybody. but, when you look at a state
phoenix lead the charge of prices you may be in a house that s priced too high. 210 of the 413 markets were boom towns during the pandemic are now going to look at quick declines. so, that s not going to be great in terms of what the property you own. so, if you are in a 3% if you have a mortgage at 3%, why would you ever sell? right? so that stays put. if you are in the middle of buying a home. so many people are backing out going wait a second. i can t handle this now. this is more than i thought. i don t know what the right term is when you are about to sign off on a mortgage on closing and you just say i m out? number one is jacksonville. some cases sure depending on the deal you have. ainsley: number one is jacksonville florida? i have second thoughts. thought they were buying 3% or 4% and now 6 or more. brian: 6 or 7. steve: this is the unpleasant
you the poll numbers. everybody feels inflation. so ralph bostic is the president of the atlanta federal reserve. and there are 12 federal reserve banks across america that monitor essentially how much we spend and stuff like that. you know, given the fact that they jacked up interest rates on all of us by 75 bases points, three quarters of a point last week. brian: for our own good. steve: that s what they say. he says that while inflation right now is at 8.3%. the target of 2%, getting that down to 2% are still a possibility. he said there could be some pain. people may lose their jobs. because a soft landing would be kind of tough to do. ainsley: how long does it take you to get down to 2% from 8.3%. they are going to have to continue to increase interest rates. steve: absolutely. they need to increase it a lot. brian: the problem is the formula we used in the 1980s to beat it we are not subscribing to because we are not cutting spending.