welcome to the first hour of fox news live. arthel: i am arthel neville other white house hopefuls hyping typing up there debate performance on tv. nikki haley and chris christie among the candidates who took to the sunday morning shows this morning. are looking to make their case to voters and distance themselves from mr. trump. but is headed up to swing the support they need to beat him? new poll shows his lead at widening even after his latest arrest read princeton university political scientist doctor laurent wright is standing by for analysis but we are going to start cb cotton she is live from the campaign trail. cooks for governor ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy came out strongest in the polls after wednesday night s debate those two as you mentioned hit the road and i went this weekend. that is where the first gop primary is. during his time in the state do santos spent a lot of time talk about inflation and government spending. this morning other contenders in got
welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it. first to peter doocy at the white house. how the administration is framing where we are now on the economy. peter? neil, if you look back to when this president took over and they ve been trying to lower inflation, we ve been hearing if they can just raise rates, inflation will come down to the target of 2%. jay powell admitted that some additional rate hikes may be required, at least one rate hike may be required because the forecast has not been exactly right. we re prepared to raise rates. the economy may not be cooling as expected. white house officials don t ever comment about the fed s moves. president biden says he trusts the fed to do the right thing independently. this is coming up more and more on the campaign trail from candidates that might like to make some changes at the top of the fed. interest rates are over 7% on a 30-year fixed mortgage. that ain t going to work. my daughter ju
front runner, former president donald trump will loom large, even though he is not even expected to show up. his four criminal indictments on our democracy, on edge to say nothing about his attacks about the prosecutors and judges. and his politics of division is there any republican prepared to push their party in another direction? we re talking about that and more ahead on politicsnation. but first, we want to get you the latest on the tropical storm hilary as it makes landfall in the u.s.. millions of southern californians are bracing for an unprecedented weather event. nbc news correspondent joins us live from los angeles with the latest. hello, reverend sharpton. the storm is starting to resist here in los angeles. already, we are feeling the impacts. the heart of the storm is still in california and mexico, you can see behind us the l.a. river, rushing rapidly. it s risen drastically in just the past few hours. 24 million people across the southwest are under flo
that s hundreds in savings a year when you wave bye to the other guys. all on the most reliable 5g network nationwide. you really shouldn t walk out the front door without it. switch today at xfinitymobile.com. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we continue following breaking news, hurricane hilary has made landfall and the intense rainfall turning what appears to be a neighborhood into a rushing river. at least one person died in the storm according to mexican officials. hilary is expected to hit the u.s. later on today with what officials are calling life threatening flooding. and los angeles already feeling the effects. the flash flood warning is in effect for areas north of the city and that includes over 700,000 people. and in pasadena, palmdale and santa clarita. i spoke to the fire chief and they say the city is prepared for this unprecedented weather event. fortunately our preparation, which has taken place over the last few
is time for a new generational leader. now they are preparing for the biggest test yet. this week in milwaukee as a front runner prepares to surrender it yet again regrets the indictment brings felony charges against donald jon trump progresses out rejoined bite nikki haley who will be the only woman on wednesday nights debate stage. think so much we really appreciate being a reconciled ra governor kim reynolds bear side chats have been a big draw here for the candidates. we get straight talk from some political insiders about the state of play for 2024 in the first in the nation caucus state. here it is. and here we go pick like senator joni ernst takes us on a tour of the must-see stops all right now on fox news sunday. hello today on des moines on site at the iowa state fair for this some of the most famous stops are present on candidates as they try to win over savvy iowans. they have been here in force over the past few days were long thousands of fairgoers here for