they are reporting that the white house aides are closely looking out for biden, with some staffers pointing out his verbal and physical stumbles that have become an uncomfortable issue. the times writing this: he often shuffles when he walks, and aids where he will trip on a wire. he he stumbles over words at events and they hold their breath to see if he makes it to the end without a gaffe. i think america holds a breath, too. his speeches can be flat and listless and he sometimes loses his train of thought, has trouble submitting names or appears momentarily confused. more than once he has promoted vice president kamala harris, calling her president harris. god help us. adding insult to injury, more than 60% of democrats do not want biden as a nominee in 2024. what is so troubling to me, brian, if you be the start of this piece, the questions about his age and acuity are actually affecting his official plans as president. he starts by saying, when he goes to the midd
the horse patrol agents were not carrying whips and there s no evidence that they hit anyone with their reins. we have a texas congressman standing by. first to bill melugin in eagle pass, texas. good afternoon, bill. trace, good afternoon to you. it s been nearly ten months since this incident first took place in del rio last september. timely cbp held a press conference to announce the findings of their investigation. they just threw cold water on the false narrative that started last year accusing these horseback agents of whipping haitian my grantses. cbp says that they found no evidence whatsoever that any haitian migrants were whipped or struck by the horseback border patrol agents. but they re recommending discipline for four agents accusing them of administrative violations, including working in an unsafe manner and unprofessional comment. one agent was using derogatory language and maneuvered his horse in an unsafe way near a child. they say other agents used the t
showing another 372,000 jobs added, a sign that that part of the economy remains strong. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. i m not suggesting there s a lot more work to do, but i am suggesting we are making significant progress. in fact the biden presidency has seen extraordinary job growth, a half million jobs added every month. the president said all of the jobs lost in the pandemic have been recovered and then some but that s not what people are feeling. they re feeling the spiking gas prices and the sky high inflation numbers that for many americans have made things like summer vacations now simply unaffordable. which is why the latest a. p. poll found the number of people who think inflation and gas prices should be the government s top priority, has roughly tripled in the last six months. one very interesting note, those two issues ranked one and two among independent voters. and those numbe
thiessen live coming up. john: fox news alert, president biden landing in the middle east as inflation hits a new 40-year high with no end in sight. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, double duty today. sandra: great to be with you, john. brand-new numbers from the government showing red hot inflation has not cooled. consumer price index surging to 9.1% in june. marking the biggest one-year increase since 1981. the president issuing a statement in response to all of it saying today s data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices and other commodities like wheat have fallen sharply since that report. john: americans are not feeling any relief, as the labor department shows, paying more for gas and cleaning products compared to last year. we begin with fox team coverage. lydia hu live in new york city with more on the inflation impact on food prices and jacqui heinrich from jerusalem where she is travelling with the president. j
argues the data does not reflect a recent decrease in gasoline. prices for regular unleaded had fallen about 40% 40 cents rather over the past 30 days or so but still remain about a buck 50 higher than this time last year. our coverage begins tonight at the federal reserve where rich edson tells us what to expect next. big question there, rich. good evening. good evening, bill, officials here at the federal reserve are trying to bring these price increases under control despite that inflation is on that toward praise throughout the economy. latest report shows that americans are now paying substantially more than they were last summer for the same goods and services. it s worst than economists and investors expected. prices were up 9.1% in june compared to the same month last year. today s numbers notching another 40 year high. the labor department s monthly consumer price index shows food up 10.5% from last year. energy increased more than 40%. gas almost 60%. and hous