points today. the numbers are dismal on the economy and the reality is, too. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . let s take a look at the dow. again, this has to do with how investors feel now. we dipped into bear market territory. we re no longer running with the bulls and while we don t talk all that much fancy talk on the faulkner focus in terms of money, what it means is your nest egg that you may get through your 401k on your job is not doing what it should be doing right now. don t plan to retire tomorrow. the experts are saying as well that investors are nervous because they can t figure out what s coming next. they know that this could be a predecessor for a recession and a pretty strong one. and that this is happening much more quickly than what the white house and the biden administration had promised america. the treasury secretary janet yellen recently apologizing, as if that would matter. we need action now. what does that look like? the fe
bear market territory. the federal reserve could boost interest rates by .75 point to try to time inflation that has the cost of everything rising. gas is still hovering above $5.00 a gallon nationwide, getting close to $7.00 out west in california. an estimate from moody s shows american households are spending about $460 more per month on necessities than they were one year ago. that means more families are having to make tough decisions just to get by. there s no way. it s cheaper to fly. it feels like you can t catch a break. it s difficult to save up for the things i do need in the long-term. we ll have more on it in a moment as well as the january 6th committee s next public hearing. it was scheduled for tomorrow. it was abruptly postponed. next steps in the senate on new gun legislation, when we could see actual text of a bill and most importantly a vote. we are going to start with the president s address genny moment now, and the economic realities that the coun
will be laid to rest. here is how democrats are reacting. can i ask you about the 12-year-old girl in houston? i don t know who you are and i don t know who she is, i liv . todd: details on today s services. carley: and new york city field, the stadium is drenched. storms pummel the northeast and janice dean is tracking it this morning. todd: tonight is the cnn presidential debate with former president trump and president biden. carley: we are hearing from voters before candidates take the stage. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: here we go. i m todd piro. let s get to lucas tomlinson to preview tonight s showdown. lucas. lucas: good morning, carley and todd. the first presidential debate of 2024, this one coming much earlier than in the past. i digress. there are accusations from biden administration about president trump. reminder, donald trump attack largest spike in homicide since 1905. donald trump h
at you constantly, constantly, do ever go back to the office and say good lord, help me through this. all the time. is the last thing my staff did before we went out was. together. yes, absolutely. the most frustrating thing was she would go out there and do a good job are you up all of your facts, all of your figures, all of your statistics for you talk to every department head. you have the raw data you have the answer. no matter what you said was going to be twisted by jim costa. they re going to beat negative headlines. it was a no-win scenario. the only way i got through it was by turning to christ. by turning to my savior. what i would say to this too, mark, and may be a back to your first question. it feels like we haven t really hard to hear. where the biggest joys i have been writing this book was having a zoom conversation. i could actually see her face, with a woman in afghanistan who chose to stay in afghanistan to
accurate report. here was making that call. the fox news decision desk is calling arizona for joe biden. that is a big get for the biden campaign. fox news went on to fire one of the election staffers who was involved in making the correct arizona call. we did know that already. this leaked zoom conversation adds a lot more context at it shows fox is the kind of media company where getting a story right get you fired. they did not publicly reverse that call. all this comes as rupert murdoch admits he knew trump s call was crazy and some endorsed it any way. now, how did we get here? why is this still in the news? well, for weeks the billion dollars defamation case against fox has driven some really rough headlines based on that case as