hours of the race. we re in dangerous times. this is not the first time we ve been we ve been threatened. arizona s kari lake after a suspicious white powder was sent to her campaign office. and a potential tropical storm could impact florida just as voters are heading to the polls. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. today, one final day of campaigning before it s all in the hands of voters. at stake, control of both houses of congress along with dozens of state offices including governor. early voting still under way in 47 states with more than 40 million ballots already cast. here is what some voters have been telling us. i drive a truck. and it does not get very good gas mileage. i had to quit my last job because i couldn t afford to drive all the way out there. why is the price of gasoline where it is today? you can t just overlook that issue. i came up in a union household. my dad was a teamster for 3
with october s consumer price index thursday. consumer credit data, weekly jobless claims also due out this week. gas prices held steady at 3 3.80 a gallon. let s bring in chief u.s. strategist at agf investments. greg, i want to start with the warninging about the economy th so many democrats have been talking about. let s listen to a democratic strategist of what she said the democrats got wrong this election cycle. we did not listen to voters in this election. and i think we re going to have bad night. when voters tell you over and over and over again that they care mostly about the economy, listen to them. stop talking about democracy being at stake. is it the message that s meddled on the company or 8.2 inflation is insurmountable. i think it s insurmountable.
something that makes america wince. we have the strongest economy th that. it s kicked us into gleer. black unemployment, the lowest in history. hispanic unemployment, the lowest in history. the economy may be better than it s ever been. the numbers have come out the best they ever have. we re happy about that. for that reason i think in november we re going to do extremely well. let s talking about the facts. the economy grew at a 4.1% rate in the second quarter. that is the fastest pace that weave seen in nearly four years. trump says the fastest ever. wrong. not the fastest ever. not better than obama ever did. the national unemployment rate, all right. fell to 3 po.9% in july. take a look at that. it s part of a steady decline since 2010.
ke over, we will exten them. we will do everything possible to extend them to small businesses, which is really thi extension of the existing 0 03 race. jamie: interesting you bring up the spending and stimulus. biit d like to play another bite from the press conferencehat caught my attention and it involves the stimulus. listen. this is a second stimulus. there is no doubt that everything we ve been trying to do, everything we ve been trying to do is designed to stimulate growth and j additional jobs in the economy.th that is our entire agenda. so, i have no problem with people sayinghe president is trying to stimulate growth and hiring. isn t that what i should be doing? jamie: let s not maybe you want to address the first