are elected. even though polls show much less interest by the public now across the board. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side s midterm chances on abortion access. as they say in one of the times are good they ain t seen nothing yet. pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the new york times siena poll. abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about econ
right now and that is that they may have peaked too early. in other words he said today remember how you felt when roe was overturned. remember how angry and motivated you were because that was a moment when democrats seemed to get the advantage there were more democrats being registered there was an outcry against the dobbs decision by suburban women. et cetera. that s changed. and now things like immigration and inflation and gas prices and crime are coming back to the fore. so he was out there today saying let s focus on abortion. remember how energized it made you feel. but, you know, these things come and go. and right now people are more concerned about the economy and inflation. bret: right. it s possible there a lot to say, ben. the inflation reduction act is not. [laughter] i m sorry. you just summed up the entire election with that. this is a situation that i think, you know, has been predictable for the last several weeks, which is that we are seeing return to fundam