consequences if lawmakers fail to raise it. a bill to eliminate the irs will soon come to the house floor. it s the result manufacture deals that kevin mccarthy made in order to become speaker. and also ahead, former president trump offers up a in you reason for why he had hundreds of classified documents stashed at his palm beach country club. they were cool keepsakes. we ll trin to explain that just ahead. we ll try to explain that just ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early. the united states is expected to reach the debt ceiling today. that means the country s borrowing limit is maxed out. that forces the treasury department to take extraordinary measures to keep the payments going through early june and prevent the united states from defaulting. there is little progress on capitol hill to resolve the problem. white house, senate democrats and republicans are all refusing to budge on the stances. the white house is warning that there should be no negotiat
a spokesperson is here and ready to weigh in. john: first, a battle for control of congress as candidates enter the final stretch just three weeks now until the high stakes midterm elections, and brand-new fox power rankings show republicans hold the advantage in house but neither party breaking through in the senate. i m john roberts in washington. happy tuesday to you. sandra: sandra smith in new york. republicans are forecast to win a 15-seat majority, that is a slight shift in favor of the gop as the party makes gains in key school districts out west. races in the senate up in the air, toss-ups set to decide which party takes control. sandra: early vote counts are passing midterm turnouts in the past. more than 2 million ballots have been cast. ro khanna will be here, he will join us in moments. but alex, how much of this early voting have we already seen underway? most voters in most states can already cast a ballot early, whether that s in the mail or it s in-
military, too. sandra: are america s fighting forces focused on defending us in war or is it all about going woke now? it is a question many are asking. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this tuesday afternoon. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. military may not be ready for a major conflict, according to a stunning new report. that s all new at 2:00, but we begin with a fox news alert. sandra: there is now a 100% chance of a recession within the next year. that warning coming there bloomberg economic, just 21 days to the midterm elections and democrats are using the final three weeks to focus on abortion. it does not rest with the extremist republicans in congress and finally say, finally say about your right to choose that it rests with you and if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress i promise you will do our part. i ll do my part. john: president biden making a major promise to put abortion right
inflation? there are different ways to look at this. so for americans it means the hiring continues, 263,000 jobs and it was pretty broad-based hiring, but when you look at the trend, poppy, it is the slowest pace of hiring since about april 2021, it matches april 2021. so when you look at that nice bar chart you can see slowing jobs growth and that s exactly what the fed is looking for. it s been raising interest rates now for six months and it actually takes about six months for monetary policy to effect these kind of economic statistics. back in march raised interest rates 25 basis points, now this is where we are in september. but the jobless rate fell back to near that 50-year low of 3.5%. that s near full employment and we ve seen from other statistics people who want a job have a couple of jobs to choose from really in this economy here. so 3.5% still low across the board hiring. leisure and hospitality 83,000, health care 60,000. now you are back to pre-pandemic lev
trying to avoid this outcome for months and paid a visit to saudi arabia in july after he vowed to make the country a pariah over its human rights abuses. dagen: the fist bump fell flat along with the president s promises to lower gasoline prices for americans struggling with inflation. president biden: i m doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. i have a plan to bring down the cost of gas and food. i m doing everything in my power to blunt putin s price hike and bring down the cost of gas and food. i led the world to could odd nate the largest release of global oil reserves in history. dana: jacque heinrich is live on the north lawn waking up to difficult headlines. there were reports they were trying to work the opec members up until they lost. there sure were. tough day here for officials at the white house. yesterday they a