adding 390,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate also holding steady the at 3.6%, the lowest since february 2020. however, the positive report is little comfort to many americans who are shelling out more money, well, for just about everything these days. president biden blaming the price spikes on vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. fighting inflation is my top economic priority. the two the challenges on the minds of most working families are prices at the pump and prices at the groce ifly store. grocery store. both of these challenges have been greatly exacerbated by putin s war in ukraine. eric: lucas tomlinson is on the north lawn of the white house with more. reporter: hi, eric. the good news here, the labor county says nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. the bad news is many people are leaving labor force altogether. president biden spoke from delaware yesterday where he s spending the weekend. i want to speak very briefly today the about our eco
Delaware yesterday where he s spending the weekend. i want to speak very briefly today the about our economy and what we re doing to lower the costs for american families. i know that even with today s good news a lot of americans remain anxious, and i understand the feeling. reporter: anxiety, the high cost of fuel, a reminder everyone pulls into a gas station across the country. today the price of gasoline is double what it was when president biden took office. according to this chart, it s been increasing ever since he was elected. the record-setting price of gas one of the reasons the president asked saudi arabia and opec to pump more oil. critics want the president to pump more here in the united states. as a presidential candidate, biden once called saudi arabia a, quote, pariah. the about face in u.s. policy comes as the president prepares to visit israel and riyadh next month with a photo op for increasing production. earlier this week the president meeting with the chair
Here at home? well, obviously, if opec continues to have to add to the supply, i think there were about 600,000 barrels nay just they just announced, you know, it would have been great if they were north of 1 million. so, yes, they did a decent amount but nowhere near what the impact on russia was. so anytime opec s going to increase supply during this time of heavy demand and the reopening of the global, in what we ll call post-covid environment, i think s a good thing for gas price, for energy prices. but we still have a long way to go if we re going to disintermediate everything that russia provided. they were about, you know, almost 10% of the market on a global basis, and you still have places like india and china that are buying from them. so arthel: exactly. i m sorry, arthel? arthel: no, no, i hear you, but i was going to ask you, you know, so do you think president biden should meet with the crown
Duty and responsibility which she has carried out through a great period of personal and public turbulence. she has the entire world s respect. paul: she sure does. and i i think most americans salute her as well. so it s been fun to watch. that s it for this week s show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i m paul gigot, we hope to see you right here next week. eric: well, president biden taking up an encouraging may jobs report given the prices of gas and groceries, well, you know it, they keep rising. now there s growing concern of a possible recession as the federal reserve tries to rein in the red-hot inflation that shows no sign now of decreasing. hello, everyone, with welcome to a brand new hour of fox news live, i m eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. well, excuse me, the u.s. economy exceeding expect asians
Taxpayers. the biden administration tried to give government benefits to people here without citizenship. i sued them, i argued that case in the supreme court. we re waiting for a decision. we know the biden administration is not enforcing title viii, and now with title 42 the, i mean, that s just one tool left in the toolbox, but the biden administration and the enablers, the u.s. senate, have allowed them to systematically undermine current system, and that s why we re seeing this record amount of drug cans and people coming into the country. what we need to do the first and foremost before anything else is start the ennows enforcing existing law, and the biden administration the federal government has an apex of power, border security, national security, stop incentivizing and decriminalize people breaking the law coming into our country. arthel: well, i mean, you laid out a lot of stuff there, mr. a.g., but, you know, what can you do and talk to your fellow republicans in the s