let s stop the enthusiasm. get people to stop pend spending and calm down and this way the prices will come down, demand will diminish. you also combine that the theory goes with cutting spending. the president is doing the exact opposite. what is also going up is the average pay raise for people. but it s only going up half as fast as the inflation. so you might paycheck have a little more why isn t it going as far because it s only around 5%. ainsley: not enough to offset the inflation. you are paying so much in inflation. you would have to get, what, a 9% raise to cover the inflation. steve: just to be even with where you were last year. anyway, the white house, apparently, does not feel your pain, we know exactly what you are going through. it. brian: if the republicans are smart, they will just don t spin it. just talk about it. you talk about inflation. you talk about economic issues. not in grandiose terms. kind of like stuart varney does
we thank people for their continued help. now, let s just put these numbers in perspective. the population of del rio, grand zero for illegal crossings is under 35,000. they had nearly 50,000 encounters in july alone whereas martha s vineyard year around population 17,000. they got 50 migrants. now, as for those buses, governor abbott says they will keep rolling to bring relief to his overrun border towns. brian, ainsley and steve? steve: that s right. in martha s vineyard describing it as humanitarian crisis with 50 whereas nbc nbc estimates 8,000 come into the country illegally every day. so 8,000 versus 50. one is a humanitarian crisis. the other not so much. you were right there. you were talking to the people who were in central america at-largely venezuelan. and what they said to you yesterday as they got off the bus is jaw-dropping. griff: they were telling us exactly what they see with their
steve: combination of thousand island. brian: there was an emergency breaking news story, carley you couldn t even handle it. ainsley: chris, come forward, chris. ainsley: chris, wait, wait. chris, there you go. steve: thank you very much. brian: there you go. let s talk about inflation. steve: cheeseburger day. brian: cheeseburger day and that s done. inflation, something that is not done sadly. the president embarrassed himself. not booking james taylor the economy is going great. shout it, write it no one is going to feel it because inflation remains stubborn as we were told 1 months ago. and when you have 8.3% inflation and at least it s not 9, most people saying well, remember, when it used to be 1? karine jean-pierre pretending to feel your pain since they are doing the work with the
so, esther, you became a trucker after the kids went to school, right? correct. correct. i needed to help support them as they were going through their. in the beginning it was probably scary. absolutely i was scared out of my mind. steve: and? it s been great. i had a great experience. i wouldn t have changed it for the world. steve: russ, have you driven over 3 million miles. you say one of the things that surprises you about trucking that a lot of people watching right now don t realize is how easy it is to get into this business. yeah, there is 3.6 million drivers out there on the highway right now. and we need more. i mean, it s hard to believe that we are in a situation where we don t have enough drivers. i want to say thank you to all those drivers out there for you what you do. national truck driver appreciation week and thank you for what you do. steve: not like the old days where you end up sleeping in the back of the truck. absolutely not. i m home every da
in everyday language and let people know what you would do different and if it was up kevin mccarthy rolled out last week the queen died. is he going to roll it out this week coming up about what exactly the republicans would do. ainsley: speaking of that, king charles iii and the queen consulate attending a service in wales and honoring the life of queen elizabeth. brian: london mourners still lined up to pay last respects to the queen who reigned for 70 years. steve: amy kellogg is live in london with more. amy? hi steve, hi brian, hi ainsley. i really can t get enough of the stories of these people who are standing in the queue. they are patient. they are dignified. they are proud. frankly, think that far too few of them who could be using the special access lane or using it but they are waiting in line for something like 11 hours now.