washington. recognize these are linked. that s where the pain is felt. we all pay the price here and it s in the form of high quality middle class jobs that are being eliminated increasingly and we expect to see more in the months ahead. charles: real quick. uber reported their earnings, 76% increase in drivers from a year ago. the side hustle. there s serious cracks in this labor market. now because of recession, people finding whatever they can to make ends meet. yeah, charles. that is the really good point here. don t make a bad situation worse. they were very late in seeing inflation and late in seeing the recession signals. again, making a bad situation worse. unfortunately that s reflected on the middle class. come this fall, people will pick up the pieces from the mess that washington is creating as we speak. charles: thanks, larry. i always appreciate it. how will the spending bill vote impact votes in november? we re on it. with prices running up, how are
an angel protected me. i might skiff that activity. leave that to him. thank goodness he s okay. when a story. we continue to cover them all for you here as the the story goes on. see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. have a great afternoon. thanks for spending part of it with us. your world starts right now. charles: fox on top of a spending bill vote about to go down while democrats are scrambling to get arizona senator kristen sinema to vote for it. john cornyn is coming up. first, crossing the line. taiwan scrambling jets after 27 chinese war planes entered the defense zone today. china plans to surround the island for live fire exercises set to be gavin newsome within hours. as nancy pelosi wraps up her visit to taiwan. welcome.
present? in the 50/50 senate, that s the $64,000 question. we don t know who might get it. i began to experience sometimes last weekend. so under cdc guidelines, i m planning to come back if we have a vote this weekend with my mask on as the cdc requires. but we ve had a lot of problems with attendance. every person counts. charles: thanks for not wearing your mask during the interview. some people still wear them by themselves. thanks for that. appreciate the service that you provide. thank you. so how will the spending bill vote impact american voters in november? the debate with our panel on that is coming up later in the hour. first, after the disastrous flooding, kentucky faces dangerous heat. jeff paul is there. yeah, charles. water levels are way down.
harris: some breaking news now on your tax dollars. just moments ago house speaker nancy pelosi and senator chuck schumer announced they have an agreement on a framework on how to pay for that massive 3.5 trillion dollar bill that the president wants. pelosi would not confirm that they will actually stick with the big price tag which moderates in their party say is too high and some progressives say it is not enough. she would also not commit to the scheduled vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill but did say it would happen in tandem with a spending bill vote. we already know arizona senator kyrsten sinema told the president she will not support infrastructure in monday s vote is delayed. it is a lot of cash coming out of all of our pockets. we ll report the news as we get it. we saw not only saw but saw like a blow-out of the
if you finally, 57% of americans say that race relations in this country are either fairly bad or very bad. that is the highest number on this question going back to 1995, the year of the oj simpson murder trial. well, ted cruz, he has come out apologizing to fellow gop senators for making them work past this weekend and through the weekend. he said he regretted if the weekend plans were disrupted during the spending bill vote. his move drew criticism from fellow republicans, mainly because it gave democrats nine hours to spend on procedural votes to confirm about two dozen various white house nominees. it didn t take long for the texas senator to enject himself into the 2016 discussion in the wake of jeb bush s announcement. cruz said he is quote a big fan