strong leader, karl rove says it s bad. very bad. the president is out of touch, and that s the thing that that is worst from from a political perspective for anybody worried about democratic chances as selection is looking like they don t get it and he doesn t look like he gets it. when it comes to 2020 for nearly 1/5 of voters and the president s own party say they d like to see a different candidate on the ballot. the list of democratic candidates ducking and dodging questions on a potential biden reelection bid. well, look at it. it s three rows deep now. ah, just a few examples here. are you encouraging him to run again? i m encouraging him to focus on what s right in front of us. do you think president biden is the best candidate in 2020, for my focus is totally on this november, the country would be well served by a new generation of compelling, well prepared, dynamic democrats to step up working on my own election, and that s all i m focused on. right now. the preside
he ll react in moments. john: begin america reports with the teetering economy, and with just 22 days now until the midterms, time may be running out to right the ship. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, great to be back with you. sandra: i speak for the whole team when i say great to see you. john: good to be back. sandra: brand-new comments from the white house. press secretary karine jean-pierre scheduled to take reporter questions about 15 minutes from now. this as record inflation remains front and center on voters minds. john: brand-new poll finds 71% of voters saying they have had to cut back on their spending to afford basic necessities. the president appears to be in denial. our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide, worse other places than the united states. john: fox team coverage. byron york joins us with more. sandra: white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn to kick things off for us at this hour. here in
you for watching. i will see you back here next week in at 5 pm eastern. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now. thank you so much. as always, i m alicia menendez, and we begin this hour with two very different investigations into how president biden and donald trump handled classified information. this weekend the white house revealed five additional classified documents from his time as a vice president. president biden s delaware home won thursday. this comes after his team discovered two separate batches in the personal office of washington d.c.. the special counsel investigation is reviewing biden s case. another special counsel is looking into the trevor trove of classified documents, willfully stored at his florida beach resort. on the surface, there are stark differences. political reports quote, biden has had a smaller volume of out of play sensitive documents discovered than trump. unlike trump, he appears to have cooperated with authorities in tu
about 1/10 of 1%, and anyway thank you. we begin with president biden brushing off august inflation report insisting the economy is still strong despite high prices hammering families nationwide. hello, happy wednesday. john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. comments after the dow plunged 1200 points in yesterday s trading session following the higher than expected inflation number, and it does mark the worst day on wall street since covid shutdowns began june 2020. john: biden is back on the road in the motor city of detroit celebrating millions in spending on electric vehicles. sandra: not everyone is praising the move. ford confirms thousands of layoffs in its shift to go electric. john: we have team coverage, in new hampshire after a couple big primary races there, winner of one, and peter doocy is live on the north lawn to kick us off. peter. peter: and ahead of some remarks by president biden promoting electric vehicles,
so bad, he will do what it takes to get it under control even if it means more economic pain. have got to get inflation behind us and wish there were a painless way to do that. there isn t. david: working americans are spending a month out of their annual salary to keep up with soaring prices. is inflation and its causes killing our economy? let s ask our panel, dan heninger, kim strawser land mary anastasia o grady. biden is downplaying inflation, powell saying it is essentially willing to risk recession to cure it. who is right? let s focus on that remark by president biden that inflation last month rose inch. a new turn for the economic lexicon, inflation coming up and inch. the biden white house and the federal reserve are operating in alternative universes when it comes to inflation. the white house has become a wholly politicized subject. the federal reserve, it is about economic reality. the white house is avoiding the underlying economics of inflation, trying to