we were talking about this whole tax snafu the real story and i m going to put the chart on if you don t mind i love people twitter handle cb payne. put the chart up. people have to see how much wages have gone up since the tax plan went into place. brian: blue collar up faster than white collar. faster than white collar for the first time in over a decade. by the way in the same gallup poll 50% say finances improved last year. ainsley: how much more money are they making on average? thousands? well, it depends. the key is the percentage. over 3% year over year we had not seen that since 2009. it was coming down. now we have had it four consecutive months and, of course, the most important thing for me are the people who really never see a raise hadn t seen one for a long time. those are the supervisors. and. successful and their bosses are giving the money back? people get paid more.
to hear and to talk about and so here s our lead story once again today. it looks as if the budget border compromise could actually get a vote in the house tonight and then the senate. but the thing is, the president hasn t signed off on it yet because he hasn t read it yet. they were still writing it up until last night. they know a lot of the basic part the language legislative language which can sometimes make or break a deal was still being done last night. ainsley: the president says he wants to add things to the deal. that s why he hasn t written off on it yet. he does have until friday to sign it once it s passed in the house and the senate. he tweeted i want to thank all the republicans for the work have you done dealing with the radical left on border security. not an easy task. but the wall is being built and will be a great achievement and contributor toward life and safety within our country. brian: i rode back with him he looked at it as thin gruel did the president. what
carrying a fake gun but multiple officers fired several rounds. officials say it appears to be a tragic case of friendly fire. with the suspect advancing toward them the officers discharged their weapons and retreated out of the store. that was when detective simonson was shot. sandra: laura engel joins us with this horrible story. detective brian simonson wasn t supposed to be on duty last night. bringing extra heartbreak to his family and officers, the 42-year-old detective, husband, father of two was only supposed to attend a meeting last night and excused from duty for the rest of the day but decided he wanted to work. when reports of a possible armed robbery at a t-mobile store in queens came in simonson and another officer rushed to the scene. entered the store. fired when they spotted a suspect what turned out to be a fake gun. when they tried to retreat.
track that tech tore. whoever you are you have to be that person or it s not going to work. didn t donald trump show you anything. he shows you every day who he is. take a look who is leading the 2020 race so are fall. familiar names up top. the first two have not even declared yet. ainsley: they have that in common. joe biden got 29% in morning consult survey. more than 11,000 people were asked. and bernie sanders got 22%. like brian said they are not even in the race yet. steve: they aren t. kamala harris 13, elizabeth warren, beto and amy klobuchar on with bret last night she has 3%. steve: these were early voting states of people being asked the questions. the second choice, if you didn t vote for the person you just told us was your first choice, the number one was is joe biden. the number two is bernie sanders. should not surprise you.
jersey. ainsley: what? wait a minute. steve: wisconsin and new jersey. ainsley: you can drive drunk and it s legal? steve: in new jersey it is a traffic offense. brian: it s a federal crime. steve: no, it s not. brian: to drive drunk. ainsley: it s a misdemeanor. steve: it is a traffic office in new jersey the larger point he was talking about ice beds. that was the question. so, you know, is he talking about he is trying to criminalize everybody in the country illegally and there have been a spate of those. did you go outside of new jersey and it s a criminal offense. ainsley: let me get this straight he wants illegals with duis? is that what he is saying? brian: that s what he is saying. ridiculous defense is if you drive drunk the president thinks it s criminal. how dare he do that of course if you are here illegally one violation, driving drunk number two, god forbid you hit somebody. ainsley: innocent a mom with a baby. brian: that s exactly the point. steve: the question is acc