america, just 5% are delta. the skyrocketing case numbers have prompted some governors to call in help from the national guard. ohio did the same on monday, and maryland yesterday. and there is big news at one of the largest school districts in the country, starting today chicago public school classes are canceled for more than 340,000 kids after the teachers union voted last night to switch to remote. let s dig in right there. nbc s mara barrett in chicago, sam brock is in florida where cases are increasing faster than anywhere else in the country, and with us to explain it all, dr. richard besser, the former acting cdc director, president and ceo of the robert wood foundation and a pediatrician. dr. besser, i want to start with omicron now making up 95% of all new covid cases. is that a good thing? because it s a lot less deadly than delta. it s a hard question to answer as a good or bad thing. it is what we re faced with, and i do think that there are aspects of this th
far has been from lingering flooding. hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power. we have fox team coverage. peter doocy has reaction from the white house. president biden blamed climate change today. katie byrne of fox weather is in charleston, south carolina where tropical storm idalia is rolling through. but we begin with steve harrigan in tarpon springs, florida, a long day of coverage down there. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. the water is gone here. but the clean-up, the mess it left behind is only beginning. [winds] hurricane idalia slamming into florida overnight as a category 3 storm. submerging homes and businesses and turning streets into rivers and communities along the state wants entire gulf coast including tampa. the flooding is unbelievable. bayshore boulevard is completely under water. and dangerous and i m seeing individuals try to still drive down it, and that s a big mistake. state officials say search and rescue operati
defend her boss. your part of the 23% of adults who are not concerned about the president s ability to be president. 77% of adults are worried joe biden has been in politics since literally before you were born. he has aged. i m not saying he s not able to walk. you re talking on his strength. you are talking about how he s looking right now. the average american male only lives to be 77 or something. i ve had conversations with some of your colleagues in the white house press corps about how it s hard-pressed to keep up with this president who is constantly, constantly working every day to get things done. it karine jean-pierre had more age questions to deal with. how biden has admitted to aids that he felt tired at times and how striking it is that the president has so few public events before 10:00 a.m. karine jean-pierre brushing off questions on biden s light morning routine. is this why we are seeing in recent weeks. has the president admitted to you? the
happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
congress. we now have a critical opportunity to check the radical biden administration and get america back on the right track and stop this radical agenda of joe biden and the new green deal socialist brigade, if you will. coming up tonight, wisconsin senator ron johnson will join us. the georgia senate candidate who is leading the polls in georgia, herschel walker is now surging. he ll be here. these are two very critical races in the election cycle. also a new from former comedian turn democratic cycle activist kathy griffin, as you see there, she apparently is gearing up for a civil war if republicans win the election. first we do begin with a warning from the state of california. once the epicenter from the american dream. beautiful natural resources, beautiful landscapes, incredible weather. freethinking entrepreneurs. the land of ronald reagan. it s been utterly ruined by democrats who live there and there democratic elected officials. they have literally run the state