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
a lot of economists who watch these trends. tradeoffs for people are scaring, and jared bernstein says the crystal ball is cracked. i don t think it s cracked, people can see into it and they know what s coming when you overspend, when you have inflation, companies get nervous and boy are they getting nervous. you can see what s happening. the administration does not want to admit it, it s a story they have no answer for, but americans in wintertime especially, heating questions, paying for utilities this winter, people are getting very upset about that. sandra: i interviewed a woman up in maine last week whose job it is to help people manage their finances to get through the cold winters up there because they are having to sacrifice other areas of their life just to put away money to pay the sky high heating fuel prices. half of americans approximately use natural gas and the natural gas is up 28% year over year and it s going to