$4000 a year in income since the president took office. lucas tomlinson s life for us in wilmington, delaware with the very latest, lucas. good afternoon aishah. the dow is down below when present biden took office inflation is up 40 years i the s&p 500 is down 17% this year for president biden s top economic advisor acknowledging the squeeze many americans are feeling. food prices are to hyperinflation is still too h high. the president understands that because his whole focus is defending working families. he knows even with the stronger job market, lower unemployment, he knows of people getting hurt at the grocery line. and present biden took office, inflation was not just 1.4% rate today it is 8.3%. it was already at 7.9% when russian forces invaded ukraine as you can see here. more than half the country says inflation is causing them financial hardship and heartburn. one in four american families are cutting back on spending. some even going down to two meals a day
governor jon fetterman back tax increases on pennsylvania. if elected to the senate he will vote for more tax increases and reckless spending. americans are already struggling to keep up. betterment would make things even worse. now oz, you see they re focusing on the economy and inflation also focusing on crime. he held a roundtable in philadelphia talking about crime on monday paid but again fetterman really harping on abortion. he went dr. oz to reveal how he would vote on the 15 week national abortion ban. and again the two should debate the issues and out. but betterment will not do that until october 25. the conditions surrounding that debate also up in the air. not separate from that in the states governors race for the first time in decades the two candidates can t agree on a moderator for the debate. so pennsylvania voters will not see a debate between the two candidates before they vote for the first time in 1986. will send it back to you. isn t simply nailbiter one to watc
hotly contested republican senate primary in pennsylvaniaigte, there s ben a lot of attention paid to two men, dr. mehmet ozn and david t mccormick. the two have spent tens of millions of dollars on the campaign so far. now oz, as you know, wonem the endorsement of former president trump while dave mccormick is the choice of former trump secretary of state mike pompeo and former trade rep bob lighthizer. but despite all the money and the political star power, there sr po now a third candidae who has seen a late surgesu veteran and singlerg mother, kathy barnett. her politico is describing her as an ultra maga hat long shot, a but that doesn t apply any new polls nse two have her surging withinew the margin of error. kathy u barnett joins us now. kathy, good to see you. you were on with us last week or week and a half ago or so to talk about your mom and your own a story of life.at but d to what do you attribute