steady leadership is needed to get inflation under control. like every country in the world, we have to deal with these issues of rising costs, remember we have the skill tools to get under control here in a position to attack inflation, strength not weakness in times like these, we need steady tested principal leadership. paul: puts bring in our panel, deputy editorial page editor, dan henninger, kim strassel and mariana. mary, what you make up the president s explanation for inflation in his program to do something about? this is a political problem for the president and naming jerome powell was his best of a couple of bad options. i am a big believer people should have to eat their own cooking so i don t mind jerome powell thing the backseat because he s the one who brought us to where we are now. we have inflation that looks like around 5%. powell thinks that is transitory, temporary and next year it s going to moderate. i think the fed has to take a couple of steps b
contagious and more vaccine-resistant than the delta variant. the governor of new york issuing a new order to prepare hospitals for a possible surge as the u.s. joins other nations in limiting travel to several african countries to try to contain the new strain. besides that, we re going to be cautious, make sure there s no travel to and from south africa and six other countries. except for american citizens to come back. molly: we have fox news team coverage. jacqui heinrich in massachusetts with more on president s response to omicron, but first, jonathan serrie, of course, in atlanta, home of the cdc. jonathan, to you. reporter: hi there, molly. new york governor kathy hochul has signed an executive order postponing elective surgeries at hospitals in her state with limited bed capacity. action is designed to free up hospital space in anticipation of a potential surge in covid patients. it takes effect december 3rd and will be reevaluated on january 15 is 15th. the go
Texas which has no income tax. who s the outlier here, paul? it s joe biden and congressional democratics. the only good tax is a higher tax. paul: that s it for this week. i m paul gigot, hope to see you right here next week. arthel: the cdc and state department warning americans not to travel to eight countries in southern africa as the world health organization now calls a new covid strain first detected in that region a, quote, variant of concern. meanwhilwhile, dr. anthony fauci says the omicron variant could already be here in the u.s. hello, everyone, welcome to a brand new hour of fox news live. i m arthel neville. hi, molly. molly: hello, arthel, i m molly line. the world waiting to hear more about the variant that some scientists fear could be more