at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago estate, about two days ago. the new york attorney general is ramping up the civil investigation into the trump family businesses. a lot happening. hello, welcome everyone. mike, great to have you again. mike: great to be working with you, i m in for john roberts in washington. former president trump taking the fifth amendment when questioned under after the deposition of two of his children, comes on the heels of an unprecedented fbi raid at the former president s former home on monday and as calls grow for attorney general merrick garland and fbi chief to address the matter. sandra: andy mccarthy will join us. the latest on the search to his home, but first david lee miller is outside of trump tower. david lee, unexpected that trump pled the fifth today? well, you know, sandra, we all know that mr. trump s behavior can be unpredictable, but this was not an enormous surprise, considering the fact that his attorneys have be
arguing that the doj must explain. the difference between a free republic and a banana republic is not whether the powerful could be held to account but whether the powerful are held to account legitimately. it s not a pretext for ulterior motives. does the department of justice understand this? the jury they stay is still out. that as representative jim banks and other members of congress travel to new jersey to meet with the former president. banks says on the issue of running in 2024, trump is resolved. i ve never seen the president as fired up as what he was tonight. martha: have a big line-up this afternoon. first, to lauren simonetti who is live outside trump tower here in new york city with the very latest in this case. hi, learn. hi, martha. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on attorney general merrick garland to give real reasons for the raid. the fbi and 30 agents spent over nine hours on monday at former president donald trump s primary resid
make it all. lydia? hi, charles. a month of cooling prices, certainly encouraging news for consumers that welcome the relief. they ve probably noticed gas prices coming down at the pump. there are still concerns that inflation could turn around and tick back up as there s other elements like housing, rent prices are still very high and should by said one month of cooling prices does not a trend make. consumering still notice how they re paying through the nose for a lot of items. gas prices still high even though they are coming down. up about 44% higher over last year. prices for food at the grocery store, more than 13% higher than last year. health insurance premiums up 20%. airline fares up, too. more than 27% still. you know, charles, it s school season. parents are stressed right now. they re out shopping getting their back to school supplies and noticing the sticker shock. take a look at this basket of back to school items like notebooks and binders and pencils. data
the trump administration. bill: investigators haven t made a decision to indict. tax violations, foreign lobbying and false statements. that is still a lot we do not know. that could all change possibly very soon. hunter biden clearly led a pretty free wheeling life. it seems evident from what we know he used the fact of his father s possible flew as a way for him to make money. there is a lot of smoke there. i think we are probably about to find out whether there is fire. if he is indicted it will be interesting to see what the alleged facts are and whether directly or indirectly they implicate the president. bill: team fox coverage from jim trusty. we begin with david hunt in washington hi. the investigation officially began four years ago. heavily sidelined and delayed. a source confirms the grand jury tasked with looking at evidence wrapped up its latest term. the case may now be in the hands of the government to make the next move. the president s son hasn t been
out a photo of himself earlier in the day in the white house residence. we re following all of it right now with jacqui heinrich on what the administration is saying. mark meredith retracing where the president has been telegraphing and brett giroir on the impact of these reininformations that are right now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. we didn t anticipate this going into the day and a crazy market as a result. we ll get into that. meanwhile to jacqui heinrich with the latest from the white house. jacqui? hi, neil. good afternoon to you. the headline here is the president is doing all right. he s in good spirits. we saw him on the video and in a photo from the white house moving around, continuing to fulfill his duties while in isolation with covid-19. we learned a couple of interesting details from the briefing that ended awhile ago. his doctor, the white house physician sent a letter that the press received which described the president s symptoms a dr