leaving three people, including the shooter dead. and an update on a texas inmate who escaped last month and now in police custody, but not before they say they ve committed more murders. it could be by people, some of them children. we are check tracking full stories for you tonight. a partially defunded police department there there and anonymous that you investigate both cases of sexual assault. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. we begin with the president weighing in on the done debate in a primetime address. kevin couric is tracking the latest for us. declaring and not, enough here president biden urged gres mall lawmakers to ban assault weapons and implement other so called sensible gun control measures to address the string of mass shootings that has struck the country. a plea that may not produce everything he s looking for but might, just might at least this time produce something. for god sake, how much carnage are we willing to accept . and a primetime ad
you are watching fox & friends first on this friday morning, i am carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro and you are noticing a theme from today show, a band that is from england. the band you may have heard of them called the beatles. and today is the rolling stones. some attention there on the great city of london and the second day of the queens platinum jubilee. carley: yesterday was about the trip in the colorado s, this elaborate military parade with queen elizabeth at the balcony with the other working members of the royal family. she was wearing a blue dress. she looked great and you see her standing with her cousin there. today, we are not going to see her because yesterday evening, buckingham palace released a statement said she is bowing out of today s event which will be a church service at the cathedral where princess diana and prince charles were married. the statement reads the queen greatly enjoyed the birthday parade but did experience some discomfort taki
unemployment staying at 3.6 pers percent. bill: there are at the moment 11.4 million jobs open and 6 million unemployed americans which means the math says two jobs for every person that s looking for work today. gas is soaring. another record high today. $4.76 a gallon now. that s nearly twice as high as when president biden took office. bill: here is the good news. wages rising slightly up 5.2%. not enough to keep up with inflation is the bad news. that disparity creating a nationwide pay cut. team fox coverage this morning. jacqui heinrich and we begin with kelly o grady live from los angeles. kelly. today marks the first weekend of june. you would normally have people excited for weekend getaways, beach trips. instead drivers are facing more dread at the pumps. today is the seventh straight day of record highs. the national average jumped 5 cents overnight. that s just two cents shy of double the price when president biden took office. that means an extra $33 ev
wanting to raise the taxes on working families by an average of 1,500 a year. put medicare and social security, medicaid social security and medicaid on the chopping block every five years. every five years they will no longer exist unless they vote them back into existence. i disagree with that. what in god s name are they doing? i ll work with everyone who has real solutions and real savings for the american people. not take money out of their pockets. now, the other element i like to address that has impacts on inflation is to lower the deficit. the reason this matters to families reducing the deficit is another way to ease inflation. my friends the republicans like to paint me as the big spender. let s look at the facts. facts matter. under my predecessor the deficit exploded rising every year he was in office. under my plan we re on track to cut the federal deficit this year by 1.7 trillion. hear me now? this year by 1.7 trillion. that s a fact. the largest decline in
last month. the president seems to think it is all positive. president biden: as we move to stable, steady growth because we should expect to see more moderation. we are not likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had over this past year. but that is a good thing. that is he can t of a healthy economy. kayleigh: the baby formula and that looming possible recession. there s all that. the president of the issue of gun control. president biden: i respect the culture and tradition and the concerns of lawful gun owners. the same time, the second amendment like all other rights, is not absolute. we need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. kayleigh: then the reports the turmoil behind the scenes are raising questions about the president s ability to solve the problems that arose on his watch. on tuesday, nbc news reported biden is unhappy about a pattern on his that has developed inside the west wing. he makes a clear and