we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response. sandra: the biden team set to head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling
244,000 people seeking unemployment insurance last week. as americans struggle with the rising costs of everyday goods. new details about former president trump allegedly trying to call a witness involved in the january 6th committee s investigation. we begin this morning with what appears to be a stark difference between the president of the united states and israel over how to deal with iran. during a joint news conference with israeli s prime minister in jerusalem, president biden defended his efforts to restart an international agreement aimed at preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security to both israel and the united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international community
through a period of high inflation like this one. it s painful. paychecks are not going as far. if you adjust wages for inflation, they re getting smaller. the president is right to call out the fact that this report does not capture the fact that gasoline prices have started to cool off. the national average is 4.63 a gallon. down 40 cents from the record high. two things to remember here, one, it s not like prices at the pump are cheap. no one is doing a victory dance about $4.60 gas, and ftho, this is not just about prices at the pump. it s about food. housing prices. there were record price spikes last month from beer, to cleaning products, men s suits as well. this is an economy wide problem, and unfortunately it s getting worse. how come you didn t mention me for hair cucuts. yeah, why not? no reason. there was no reason. okay. does this raise the risk. it does. the federal reserve is going to be under more pressure to step up the war on inflation. step in l
thiessen live coming up. john: fox news alert, president biden landing in the middle east as inflation hits a new 40-year high with no end in sight. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, double duty today. sandra: great to be with you, john. brand-new numbers from the government showing red hot inflation has not cooled. consumer price index surging to 9.1% in june. marking the biggest one-year increase since 1981. the president issuing a statement in response to all of it saying today s data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices and other commodities like wheat have fallen sharply since that report. john: americans are not feeling any relief, as the labor department shows, paying more for gas and cleaning products compared to last year. we begin with fox team coverage. lydia hu live in new york city with more on the inflation impact on food prices and jacqui heinrich from jerusalem where she is travelling with the president. j
americas remain in mexico a silent policy and whether high school football coach can be fired for praying on the field. trace: progressives are urging the president and his party to dramatically reshape the court, even if it means using extreme measures like killing the filibuster or impeaching conservative justices. dana: on deck with a let s begin on capitol hill as this all settles in. good morning to you both. emotions as we sat are still running high on the hill even though congress is out this week. plenty of democrats have been on the airwaves talking about how they feel about this ruling. most of them are still trying to encourage voters to get out the vote this november. others are taking it much further. saying that the g.o.p. is going to rig the election. they are calling to abolish the filibuster. they re even raising this question about whether or not it s time to impeach the justices. watch. you think lying in a confirmation hearing is an impeachable off