strike threat. alex? >> the labor department says they're keeping close watch on the talks. there's nine days left for the uaw and detroit's big three to agree to a new four-year deal. if they don't, the 146,000 members have voted to strike. the union's demands are bold. members are seeking a 46% pay raise, 40 hours of pay for 32 hour work weeks and for traditional pensions to be restored and cost of living increases. workers say the companies have raked in billions on their backs. a g.m. executive said the demands have significant costs attached that would threaten manufacturing momentum. it's clear the two sides are still wide aparty. while in philadelphia yesterday forks labor day, president biden said he's not so concerned. >> mr. president, are you worried about an auto strike? [inaudible] >> he said he doesn't think it's going to happen. uaw's president says he was shocked by this reaction. they said maybe he knows something we don't know. this all comes at a time when ford and general motors are dealing with foreign manufacturers. there's the buy ten's push for electric vehicles that are assembled and require less labor to produce. while the president said he does not think a strike will happen, other industry experts do feeling that workers are encouraged by the strike in hollywood and the win by ups drivers. charles, a 40-day strike by the auto workers in 2019 cost g.m. nearly $4 billion. >> alex, thanks very much. the white house defending president biden's handling of the economy. a new poll suggests americans are not buying it. want to bring in edward lawrence who is back with this part of the story. edward? >> americans are bombarded with the successes of president biden's administration. advisers are picking and choosing the time frame, for example, of the successes. they're also hearing this on tv. listen. in today inflation is down to 3%. unemployment, the lowest in decades. there's more to do. president biden is getting results that matter. >> they're desperately trying to change the poll numbers showing 63% of people see the economy as not so good or poor and 37% see it as good or excellent. the white house economic advisers telling voters to live in the real world. >> i got to live in the real world. the real world, real wages are beating prices. that is a very welcome trend. >> but people are living in the real worked and see overall inflation up 16%. food at home is up 20% in that same time. and now we've got another big union strike on the horizon, this one, the uaw. >> if we pass that september 14 date, will you then step in? >> we're watching. i think it's premature to talk about what will happen afterwards. the contract has not expired. it's a tight labor market in which unions have the ability to demand better working conditions, better wages. we've seen historic gains in other industries and we're hopeful that something can happen here, too. >> but the last inflation indicator actually rose. if you look at prices or wages, real wages since the president took office, they're down about 3%. americans feel it. charles? >> absolutely. thanks, edward. so from big labor it theres to consumers still feeling inflation pain, how will this impact the 2024 race. i want to bring in douglas and laura fink. doug, a lot to cover here. we do it every day. nobody is better. people are -- the poll numbers aren't that great at all with respect to any economic data point. >> that's exactly right. i think what ed lawrence said is the key. overall during the president's tenure, real wages are down. they like to tout a low unpoint rate. people are getting a job but they're not getting ahead. they're getting further behind on sensitive items, food, energy, shelter, inflation is higher than the average. we've seen gas prices up again. none of that sounds like good news to consumers. they make less at work and they have to spend a lot at home. so i'm not surprised about the numbers. >> laura, one of the things is we had a lot of stimulus under president biden. now we're starting to hear from the federal reserve that it's about gone, all gone. you're starting to feel it and see it in other areas as well. how concerned should the white house be? not necessarily about today's numbers but the numbers that could be on the horizon. >> you're always concerned about the economy. the strong unemployment numbers, the fact that real wages are making a comeback and we see with these wins by unions every single week, it seems, there's another union getting a big pay increase. airline pilots, increase their pay by 46%. ups workers eliminated a two-tier system that treated workers like second class citizens. got air conditioning in their vehicles and got pay raises. this increases the real pay wages as well. with 71% of american as proving labor unions, they're supportive of the working class community that is fighting for what they believe as most americans do, the record breaking profits from the auto industry and beyond should be shared with the men and women who are assembling the cars and working to put food on the table for their families. >> i can see that in ford's last quarterly earnings. >> i saw stellaris was up by a billion dollars. record profit. >> it's not record. >> big increases that will have to get passed on. this is bidenomics in action. in a few classes people get ahead. everybody else pays higher prices. that's why it's not generally popular. you have to have something that is broad based, real growth for everybody. they don't have that. everything picks winners and losers and a lot of americans are not happy about this. >> workers that are not unionized benefit from the rise in wages. my colleague would know that. unionized wages goes up inproving all workers. >> doug, i know -- >> the workers have to go buy things at stores. they have to ship things ups and buy cars. they'll all be more expensive. why is that getting ahead? >> and -- >> laura, what do you say -- >> [talking over each other]. >> laura -- >> -- ultimately republicans will to better, you'll have evidence. >> doug? >> among the things the biden administration does effectively is to shift the time frames to be in their favor. they have not lowered in i prescription drug prices. they haven't built a solar farm yet. they haven't done any of the things that they claim that they have done. people know that, but they want credit for it. >> neil: what we have seen, laura, the housing market is as un-fordable as ever. a young family can forget about the dream of owning a home. the cars are the most expensive efforts. we're talking about basic things that americans want that they think is a birth right. you know, when i get out of school, i want to get a job and buy a car. there's no cars under $20,000. doug is right. once these unions win and they will win, those costs are passed on. that is economics 101. >> here's the other 101. in order to tamp down inflation, you need to raise interest rates. paul volcker knew that in the 80s and now we see -- >> where did the inflation come from? you brought up a great point? where did that inflation come from? >> you can't have it both ways. you can't have it both ways. the low unemployment rate, the rapidly rising labor costs are part of an overstimulated economy that traces to the american rescue plan, forced the fed's hand for record increases in rates. you don't get credit for the unemployment rate when it's a symptom of the problems created by overstimulus and bad physical policy. >> by the way -- >> does he get credit -- >> what is the solution? >> i'd love to bring it up. it's obviously a conversation that we will pick up. thanks very much. by the way, if you happen to hit the road this weekend, folks, you did notice something. the price at the pump. now gas prices may be heading higher. price of crude is rising because saudi arabia and russian are cutting production. and how long will the heat wave last? first, the republican congress woman who is leading the fight against the biden administration over the migrant crisis. a top new york republican says she's right. nicole malliotakis is next. porty muscles and joints. shop our expanded family of products at major online retailers. with the freestyle libre 2 system, know your glucose level and where it's headed. no fingersticks needed. manage your diabetes with more confidence. freestyle libre 2. try it for free at freestylelibre.us ever since i retired, i've had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep - you know, insomnia. which was making my days feel like an uphill battle. that is, until i discovered something different, quviviq - a once-nightly fda approved medication for adults with insomnia. not getting enough sleep was leaving me tired. -oh come on! but quviviq helped me get more sleep. quviviq works differently than medication you may have taken in the past. it's thought to target one of the biological causes of insomnia: overactive wake signals. and when taken every night, studies showed that sleep continued to improve over time. do not take quviviq if you have narcolepsy. don't drink alcohol while taking quviviq or drive or operate heavy machinery until you feel fully alert. quviviq may cause temporary inability to move or talk or hallucinations while falling asleep or waking up. quviviq may cause sleepiness during the day. quviviq may lead to doing activities while not fully awake that you don't remember the next day, like walking, driving and making or eating food. worsening depression, including suicidal thoughts, may occur. most common side effects are headaches and sleepiness. it's quviviq. ask your doctor if it's right for you. lowe's knows that fall's shorter days call for bigger deals. get the most out of your projects by getting the most out of our fall savings now. shop labor day deals under $90 now, in store or online. 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>> charles: it's not the old gold rush. that's for sure. thanks, jeff. appreciate it. so new york republican congress woman nicole malliotakis has been protesting. she joins my now. one of the things is that stands out is the infighting among the democrats. you know, so easy to wave the banner and quote the statue of liberty and all of these sort of things when it feels like migrants are going in these small republican towns in texas and the southern border. now there's a lot of infighting and it's kind of a marvel to watch. >> yeah, look, this is a case of the democrats rhetoric. their sanctuary policies, open border policies finally catching up to them. they accused republicans that wanted to have security borders and have a process in place to know who is coming in and out of the country to be racist, anti-immigrants. that couldn't be further from the truth. i represent a community made up of immigrants including my own parents. my people are saying hey, we followed the rules, we did everything right. we never asked for anything. why are we being subjected to pay for the housing, the education and healthcare of people coming over illegally. as a matter of fact, half to 2/3s of the individuals claiming asylum are being rejected in court when they get their court date. they're taking advantage of our generosity and we cannot allow that to happen. as you know, and your network has been reporting, we have individuals being smuggled by isis, individuals being human trafficked but the drug cartels. those are the individuals taking advantage of this seasonal. we can't allow it to continue. it's not safe, it's not sustainable and absolutely wrong what our mayor and governor are doing to incentivize it. act the fact that schumer won't bring up our security act is a disgrace. >> charles: over the weekend, david patterson says he agrees with you that the biden administration is botching this. take a listen. >> a shout out to nicole malliotakis who explains the whole situation and how it will happen better than anybody. shows talking about the fact that had they planned for this prior to sending the migrants, how the federal park service and a lot of the service agencies could have prepared for it in the states where the migrants would be sent. instead, they didn't do that. she also points out these asylum hearings are not going in the favor of the migrants. about 50%. so if you can calculate that from the very beginning, that would have been a reason not to allow that many people to come in. i couldn't agree more. >> charles: high price. with both sides criticizing this handling of this crisis, wentsy the biden administration listen something why isn't -- why aren't leaders in the democratic party doing something about this? >> look, they're obviously doing this on purpose. they're trying to disrupt society, trying to disrupt our nation. they're causing great havoc in communities. there's a lot of infighting over this. i wish the other democrats in new york had the same common sense as david paterson. look at our mayor. he continues to misinterpret the right to shelter law, continues to insist that new yorkers have a responsibility to house these individuals. our governor, keep asking for more federal funds to continue to incentivize she's individuals. we have citizens waiting on the list for years, veterans, domestic violence victims. this is her priority to give to illegals. it's outrageous. i blame everyone from the president down to my mayor and chuck schumer. where is chuck schumer? he won't let the members elected to represent their states to vote on hr-2. our border security act. he needs to do that right away. >> charles: that brings up something that you've been controversial with recently. we talked about this in the past. staten idea seceding, be its own entity. you're making a push for that. >> we have to push for it. we pay a higher effective tax rate than any other borough in new york. we did not vote for the mayor, the governor or the president. combined we're suffering as a result of these policies particularly from the city of new york. i think a lot of my colleagues ands will residents want this reconsidered. there was a referendum 30 years ago, 65% said they wanted it. the problem is the state legislature and the city council have to be the ones to let it go. we have a forgotten burrow when it comes to transportation and healthcare. we don't get a fair share. when it comes to charging us a higher property tax rated or putting shelters in our district, then they remember where statten island is. it's a double standard. i don't think we should take it anymore. we should move forward on how to secede and self-govern. >> charles: thanks, nicole. >> thank you. >> charles: and new warnings for president joe biden over his age. is republican candidate nikki haley the answer? and the issue extending to capitol hill where the senate is back in session. and the health of mitch mcconnell is back in question. right, chad pergram? >> well, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell mum about his freeding episodes. more about what it's not about the attending capitol physician. more on that coming up. remember the things you loved... ...before asthma got in the way? fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. it's designed to target and remove them and helps prevent asthma attacks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. get back to better breathing. ask your doctor about fasenra. >> charles: mitch mcconnell back on the hill after his latest freezing episodes. and scorching temperatures putting schools in a bind. when will the heat wave break? 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what is this? >> democrats welcome mcconnell back to the senate floor. glad to see their old sparring partner. >> leader mcconnell will speak after me here on the floor and i'm glad to see him back and doing well. >> i was here for the presentation by the republican leader. i'm happy he returned. i told him it was great to see him back and i couldn't wait to disagree with him and i'm sure i'll have that opportunity in the near future. >> mcconnell did not respond when asked by fox if he's nervous the freeze could happen again. mcconnell is expected to take questions from reporters tomorrow. charles? >> charles: before i let you go, go, you understand the rigors of this job more than anybody else. you're there. it's great to welcome and come back with open arms, this is a challenge, isn't it? he's got one of the most important positions in our government. a critical time for our nation. >> well, this is why getting some questions in to him tomorrow and seeing what he says when we're aable to ask him directly and see what he says. that's why i posed the questions in the hall. it would take five republican senators to call for a special meeting of the senate republican conference to question his leadership and perhaps have a vote behind closed doors. i don't think we're there yet. again, that's the question. what happens if he freezes on the floor, especially if we get in a crisis situation dealing with a government shut down or maybe even an impeachment trial. >> yeah, the clock ticks quickly when these things happen. >> thanks, charles. >> charles: with a new poll spelling trouble for joe biden over his age, nikki haley's call for a mental competency test the way to go? 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>> charles: thanks, peter. for nikki haley, age is the rage. the gop presidential candidate wants mental competency test as part of the deal. remember this? >> anyone serving in dc, i don't care if you do a test for anyone 50 or over. these are people making decisions on our national security. >> charles: you're 51, governor. would you -- still a generation younger than the present occupation of the white house and the former one. would you be open to that yourself? >> absolutely. everybody should be open to that. there's a problem if they're not. >> charles: so is this the answer? let's get the read from doug schroen and noel nick ford. doug, let's start with you. >> yeah, charles. i think the best test you can get is with voters, not with so-called medical experts. there's no clear dividing line between competent and incompetent. i don't want to politicize our medical system, for do i want a new category of expert involved. that being said, presidents routinely reveal their medical information, their doctors do press conferences or press relaces. i think the system works well the way it is. if people feel joe biden is too old and he runs, they should vote against him or vote for him if they feel he's in fact competent. >> charles: i get where doug is coming from, noel. i don't know if we're august thing about being an expert like when you see senator mcconnell or senator feinstein or occasionally president biden. we hate the bums. woe say throw the bums out but we bring them back in. they build us bridges to nowhere, this is a new paradigm for politics. >> charles, good grief. this is laughable. there's an elephant in the room. we have feinstein, we have joe biden. we've got -- before that was fetterman. you know, looks like the freezing mitch mcconnell who i have a lot of respect for. but there's a problem here. people cannot deny this. and i don't really think it is an age deal as much as i do a health issue. because i work with a lot of major donors. i have six donors right now that are in their 80s. they're fine. i mean, they are cognizant, totally clear. supporting all kinds of races. they're in work every day. you have carl icahn, warren buffet. you have a lot of elderly people that are making big decisions. they're totally competent and totally fine. so i'm going to push back on the age thing as much as i am going to go forward with the competency. all of us are talking about it. it's the big elephant in the room. something has to be done about it. >> charles: so doug, you think there's any internal pressure amongst the party themselves? i do believe that even though we have rubber stamped these elections, people go and pull the lever for the same person over and over again, the lack of enthusiasm will hurt the democratic party with president biden in part because of this issue. >> well, i'd be the first to acknowledge that that is the case, charles. if you run a candidate that is as old as joe biden is with his apparent infirmities, you'll probably and certainly potentially suffer at the polling booth on election day. to me, the american people, the electorate are the ultimate deciders, not some medical panel. take mitch mcconnell whom i have great respect for as well. i wouldn't know how we should judge his competencies. he's froze twice. he gave a good speech today. he has been an effective leader. so i don't want a doctor telling us who should be our senate minority leader or indeed our president. >> charles: we have to leave it there. knoll, doug, great seeing both of you. coming up, the heat is on and back to school for many kids is off. right, adam? >> yeah, you're absolutely right. 200 million people over the next couple days will see highs above the seasonal average. get this, charles, 100 different cities could see record-breaking highs in the next week. i'll be tracking that coming up. and year after year, you weathered the storm and just lived with the damage that was left behind. but even after all this time your thyroid eye disease could still change. restoration is still possible. learn how you could give your eyes a fresh start at tedhelp.com. >> charles: scorching temperatures putting school on the back burner for many school kids today. a a a adam klotz on when relief is coming. >> yeah, temperatures are up to 99 in washington d.c. these are the current temperatures across the mid-atlantic, stretching to the midwest. it's 89 in new york city. ad in the humidity, you get the feels like temperatures. mid 90s. 100 in baltimore. millions and millions of folks dealing with real extreme heat. heat alerts are in place across this entire region as this heat will stick with us here for a little while. it's not just the mid-atlantic. i can take you back further across the midwest, upper midwest. still hot. des moines, 98. 102 in baltimore. it's cooler here. it will settle its way in. you're looking at the early morning lows in the 70s across the midwest. a cold front is moving in. now the early morning lows will drop down in to the 50s. occasionally, a few spots might see the 40s. if you live back across the midwest, some relief is on the way. if you're on the east coast, it will take a little longer. do want to leave you with this. it's not about the heat but it's the next tropical system, charles. we have a tropical depression in the atlantic. it's currently forecast to ramp up to a category four hurricane. this is a long ways off. it's the next system that we'll pay attention to in a busy tropical season that we're experiencing. >> charles: thanks, adam. for more, by the way, on this story and more, download the fox weather app or stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. united airlines grounding all flights for a short time today due to equipment problems. to kelly o'grady with more on what we're learning. kelly? >> it's great to see you, charles. yes, more flight chaos coming out of labor day weekend. so as you said, united airlines asked the faa earlier today to pause their departures nationwide. they said we're experiencing a systemwide technology issue and holding aircraft on flights that are already airborne or continuing to their destination as planned. then shortly before 2:00 p.m. eastern, the f.a.a. confirmed the grounding was over and updated saying we've identified a fix for the issue and flights have resumed. so as of now, 350 flights have been delayed in the u.s. that equates to 13% of all united flights. it's above the competitors after the holiday where many were expected to be traveling. it's unclear what the technical issue that caused that stop though. sources tell me with us not cyber security thankfully. officials shared that united crews were unable to contact airline dispatchers. this come after pete buttigieg's speech after he said that he was aware of the nation wade ground stop of united due to i.t. issues and the department of transportation will make sure that united meets its obligations. technical glitches seem to have become a trend. the faa grounded flights in january and june at d.c. area airports. southwest experienced a tech-driven ground stoppage for an hour in april. the fall-out here isn't to much today. but it would give me trepidation if was flying soon. >> charles: thanks. why disturbing new video we're about to show you after the break is raising new questions about the safety of new york city subways. how is a man able to strike a woman with her own cane over 50 times? 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former police lieutenant joins me now. the most common thing is that recidivism that they have been arrested x amount of times and you say, shouldn't they already be in jail? >> they should be in jail, but the problem is that they can tout anything he wants. he never challenges the d.a.s or responsible for revolving door justice over here. and i have spoken to you about this many times and we have said it before. this criminal system is geared for the criminals, not for the everyday citizen like this woman being assaulted. this is disgusting. it's disgusting to watch, and you should not have to deal with this. and you have somebody standing by with a camera filming this and does not get involved, because in all fairness to the people that do want to help, look what happened to the good samaritan who did jump in. he is the one who got charged. so that's what everybody is afraid of. they are afraid of getting charged for the criminal charge. and that's what is wrong with this. it needs to be revamped. >> charles: it's tough to jump in when symbion is wielding a cane like that, but it's a no win situation if you end up being the bad guy. but this is weighing on new york police, resources, "the new york post" reporting that a venezuelan migrant who has been arrested six times and just two months for violent crimes has since been sent to rikers island, but why did it take so long? >> because, charles, they are not identified. we don't have anything in the system for them. we don't have their prints on file or anything that they were shipped over here. and we don't know, they were not properly vetted. they were just sent over and are crossing the border. this is just a touch of what is coming across the border. you don't know what the criminal records are. so you can go back and i'm sure they can check with venezuela and see what the criminal past and all of that over there, but the problem is he is jumping. when he got progressively worse, he started off with a minor crime, shoplifting, and then he progressed all the way up to the felony assaults, and why? because he knows he can get away with it. he has never challenged. he has never been in the system. and over here, this is a criminal's paradise over new york city. they can do anything they want and not be challenged. they are challenged by the police, but it stops there. it does not go to the courts. it does not go to the d.a.s, nothing. >> charles: i have a minute to go. you mentioned job gloom at costco 28, he assaulted a security guard per january 1st, hitting a man in midtown, and arrested for wielding a weapon. an august 28th for stealing bikes. everything and everything, it feels like a hopeless situation. >> it is until we change the laws, and people then enforce the laws, i'm not talking about the police department come on talking about the d.a., and we need to change this. and the only thing that it is going to changes when it hits home for some of these politicians. if that's the only way it will change. until then it's business as usual and the cops will get us all involved. >> charles: joe, thank you so much. you can catch me tomorrow and every weekday making money at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox business network. a relay dicing time for the economy, but for now, here is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody. i'm jesse watters with judge jeanine pirro, jessica tarlov, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> president biden is the oldest president in u.s. history, why does white house staff treat him like a baby? 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