the same to declare a climate emergency. here we are. we don t know why the white house stopped short of making this emergency declaration on climate today with of course president biden standing in front of a once-fired coal powered plant being converted into an offshore wind manufacturing facility. there s speculation a tough time to roll out that announcement amid high gas prices and recession fears and since can it be used as a legal basis to drop oil and gas drills. congressional republicans say pain at the pump is the point. i think the administration does want us to suffer. the secretary of transportation said yesterday you don t like the cost of gasoline, buy an electric vehicle. so some announcements did come from the president s remarks plan to propose wind mills in the gulf of mexico and a record of amount of fema funding for infrastructure, neil. jackie, thanks for that. let s go to jeff block right now. he s in philadelphia. witnesses this for himself. the
the policies that they want. the president in massachusetts making the push for green energy. climate change i nation and . this is an emergency. i will look at it that way. i said last week and i ll say it again loud and clear, as president, i ll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis. not a single republican in congress will help support my climate plan. not one. let me be clear. climate change is an emergency. we ll make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an opportunity here. dana: that comes as democrats lay in to moderate democrat senator joe manchin with some claiming that he s doomed humanity. yes, doomed humanity. manchin pumping the brakes on half a trillion in climate spending. he says that they need to chill out. people criticizing me, i understand that. i understand their aspirations. i understand the criticism. don t you believe inflation is the number one thing in american right now hurting every human being? if they don t care about tha
but there s also the strong data coming out of the labor market. neil: jerome powell said this even after he and his fellow fed members unanimously hiked the interest interest rates .5%. so does jerome powell know something we don t know? the official number that might prove we re in a recession doesn t come out till tomorrow morning. here s powell sounding like the president showing no such concern today. so what to make of it? we re all over it with connell mcshane on how americans don t care what they re calling it, this recession is real and they re having a devil of a time dealing with it. edward lawrence on how the fed plans to handle it. and michael moore on how if a hard landing can be avoided. welcome. i m neil cavuto. first to lawrence on the move that a lot of people expected but the reaction that many did not. edward? it s very interesting that the federal chairman saying that we re not in a recession and we can avoid a recession and taking the same talking po
most robust because no max eight hiking prices, people are buying it and over for a stanch of polio another price hike to take effect august. advocate the case of mcdonald s, doing it again and again and again and raising the cheeseburger the first time in 14 years. what does mike think of that internet radio sensation, kat timpf, fox news contributor, you know both of these folks well. cat, obviously people draw the line at skipping fast food because the prices are high, what do you think of it? i think it is remarkable that the price was over a dollar and the cheeseburger in new york is $30, it is insane. but i think you have to look at it and inflation, that is what they are saying. the last time they did raise the
thanks. mike gunzelman. internet radio sensation and a connoisseur of all things fast food. to put ketchup on it? you should e-mail us. is that the way to go? it s a sign 0 the end of civil sayings myself. it could be wrong. here s the five. dana: hello. i m dana perino with judge jeanine and jessica tarlov. this is the five. president biden pivoting yet again trying to mend his political agenda. biden, 18 months in, deciding now is the time to call climate change an emergency. the move an tempt to appease his progressive base upset that biden is not fighting harder for