Declining to endorse either candidate. Melania trump breaking from her husband by making her support for Abortion Rights public. The timing of her announcement raising questions as former President Trump prepares to head back to butler, pennsylvania, this weekend, the site of the first attempt on his life. Live to israel as The Middle East braces for Potential Retaliation by the netanyahu government against iran and ahead of the first anniversary of the act 7th terror attacks. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell. Economy and the inflation the top issue for voters. A nearly perfect Jobs Report blowing past all expectations. Heading into the final weeks of the campaign, the Labor Department reporting employers added more than a quart billion jobs. That drives the Unemployment Rate down to 4. 1 . Harris Targets Union voters today. Those are critical in battleground michigan. The campaign has been having Labor Pains after the Firefighters Union, perhaps joe bide n bidens most stallworth
into the final weekend of the midterm campaigns. the elections now just four days out, as candidates from both parties make their final pitch to voters. also tonight, the u.s. economy the top issue for most americans, is getting one more gut check before the midterms. the labor department reporting 261,000 jobs added during the month of october. we re also watching former president trump, who now says he s very, very, very, probably going to run for the white house in 2024. there are new indications the announcement could come soon after the midterm elections. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the midterm campaigns hitting their final stretch. cnn is on the trail covering all the key races across the united states, with just four more days until polls close. we re also getting one final look at the health of the u.s. economy befor
welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville eric sean is off today but we have two other stories were following at this hour. thousands of protesters gathering at the nation s capitol and across the country to push for gun control laws after the rash of recent mass shootings. president biden signing a joint declaration with central and latin america nations to take on the migrant crisis as the search continues at the southern border we have live box team coverage coast-to-coast. bill melugin is in texas, alexandria hawk is in washington from march our lives rally. at alexis make out as the new york city on the soaring gas prices. first we are starting with lucas donaldson but he is life at the white house, hey lucas ricketts hey arthel after the labor department issued the scathing report on inflation saying it s getting worse not better moments ago in los angeles before departing for new mexico president biden continued to blame russian president vladimir putin for the sk
policies on capitol hill this week. telling lawmakers the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan contributed only modestly to higher prices even as she acknowledged inflation levels are unacceptably high. 8% inflation is an unacceptable inflation rate in the united states and it is president biden s number one objected to get that out. paul: let s bring in cabot former chairman of the council of economic advisers at the white house and distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. welcome kevin. so peak inflation. everyone has said it has picked it has picked looks like it is peaking or that peaking keeps going to higher peaks. what is everybody missing in the markets? everybody really isn t everybody. if you look at google searches for inflation then my friend joe sullivan did a really interesting piece where he correlated google search for inflation with the inflation rate. right now americans are searching at the rate they would do if inflation were 9% which is
6 00 a. M. , sun is not up yet but you are watching the largest Healthcare Strike in American History and it is the third and final day today. You got 75,000 workers striking against Kaiser Permanente, protesting over wages and staff shortages. No signs of a deal between the two sides so well watch that and bring you updates as we get them this morning. We have a lot of backlash now at the border, america. President biden defending his decision to build more wall and the white house messaging is all over the place as we say hello on a friday. You have almost made it, america. Dana is off today. Im bill hemmer live in New York City. Sandra is back. Sandra i enjoyed the wakeup call this morning. Thanks for having me back. Good friday. The president s reversal on the Border Wall Igniting a media firestorm. The left calling him out for breaking a Campaign Promise but the white house is defending the move. He says the money was earmarked already for the wall back in 2019. And the president