out there and we have said multiple times to making sure that he s talking directly to the american people about how we are delivering on our promises, delivering on how we re really taking inflation seriously. this past weekend, he did it hit the road with this message. watch. our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide. worse off everywhere else than it is in the united states. let s bring in stephen moore, former senior economic adviser to president trump and robert wolf, former economic adviser to president obama, founder and ceo of 32 advisers and a fox news contributor. we had five minutes but we had to do the title so now we have 3 1/2. thanks for coming on. steve, to you first. you and e.j. wrote this in the new york post. average american is losing 34 k and everything else on biden s work. the average 401(k) hit over 35,000 at the start of the year. the assets have shrunk. the average plan down about $34,000. 24% in less than one year. in you put in
democratic senator. peter? we had a chance to look at some of these polls and bring them to the briefing room. exactly thinks the president is doing a good job on inflation? we ve got a new poll that find he receives his lowest job ratings on inflation. that negative 38 points. we understand there s challenges that are in front of us here in this country that is why the president has taken action to lower costs. you know what though? even though it s his top domestic priority and he has low marks, president biden s job performance is at its highest since january. he ticked up to 46% approving compared to 53% disapproving. on the poll that i asked the press secretary about, on the economy broadly, 35% approval for the president and inflation specifically 29% positive compared to 67% negative. the president a few minutes ago came out to try to tout his administration s efforts that are currently held up in court to forgive a lot of student loan debt. trying to do ever
gretchen: top of the morning. it s monday, october 17. hope you had a great weekend. i m gretchen carlson. horrific 15 car crash clemens the life of dan weldon. this morning we re learning new details about what happened, including concerns dan had apparently about his own car. steve: meanwhile, the wheels on the bus go round and round. president obama heading to two key election swing states. but this isn t a campaign trip. nope. it s official business, according to the white house, which means we are paying for his gas. brian: cheerleader takes a step backwards. it took forever. there she goes, off the mat into the pool. wait until you see what she does next. fox & friends starts right
good morning, christine. it s mont, october 17th. ali is off, carol is on assignment, and i m alina cho. this car crash, our hearts go out to the family of dan wheldon. we ll speak to say the a lot of about this. heart broken fans and drivers this morning. the tragedy on the track. indycar champion dan wheldon died in one of the worst crashes the sport has ever seen yesterday in las vegas. indycar going into the off-season how fragile life can be and how dangerous their sport is. some of the images of the crash you ll see may be disturbing. reporter: the last race of the year, dan wheldon s car sailing through the air, slamming into the catch fence and disintegrated. oh, multiple cars involved. reporter: a horrific 15-car wreck. video showing cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames and shooting smoke and debris into the air. cars in flames, wreckage, carnage. terrible. they just crumpled and caught on fire and everybody gasped. reporter: racers got th