to go live every weekend, because the news doesn t stop, nor should we. very good to have you. let s get the read of what s at stake as we wrap up a number of key debates, other contests simply too close to call as the battle for the house and senate is on. the very latest from kelly o grady in los angeles on the real pain that a lot of shoppers/voters are feeling right now. reporter: good morning to you, or neil. that inflation number came in hotter than expected this week, and the big worry is what s called core inflation. that s a number when you don t factor in food or energy prices. that came in at 6p.6%, the 6.6%, so it kind of shows how inflation is becoming entrenched in our economy. here s the president this week downplaying that inflation number. americans are squeezed by the cost of living. it s been true for years, and folks don t need a report to tell them they re being squeezed. reporter: the numbers tell a very different story though. look how prices ha
Pete it is the 9 a. M. Hour of fox Friends Weekend. We start with this fox weather alert. Massive tornadoes tear through americas heartland leaving behind destruction in iowa e and nebraska amongst many other states. We have the latest updates. Will and its new york versus trump returning on tuesday after extabloid publisher david pecker claimed he never if used the term catch and kill with the former president. Carley plus, more americans say theyre being shamed into tipping even for coffees and selfservice kiosks. We have your responses on tipflation. The final hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Will to a fox weather alert. Right now 55 million americans r alert one day after massive tornadoes tore across americas heartland. Carley at least 59 twist thers in texas, kansas, oklahoma, iowa and the hardest hit state has been nebraska. Pete fox weathers Nicole Valdes is in ilkhorn elkhorn, nebraska, with more. Reporter good morning. Look, its a sad day here where there are doz
President. economy s doing bad, should do the same thing. neil: a lot of passion about the economy, about inflation, and normally in a midterm election you however angry people feee into record numbers, especially in a year where the presidential contest isn t on the ballot. it might be different this year. last time we saw very high midterm turnout, you d have to go back to 1994. of course, that was the gingrich republican revolution, if you are. it certainly if you will. it certainly humbled bill clinton, but a couple of years later he ended up getting reelected taking cues from that. we have lee carter and mark penn, geniuses, both. lee, get me your read on the anger out there. is it enough to get more out to the polls than we would typically see in a midterm election? i m not sure, and the reason for that is when you look at the polling numbers on how people feel about the inflation,
State alison lundergan grimes. standing tough a few feet from her opponent in that case. you saw her against senator mitch mcconnell, the leader of the united states senate. the candidates kicked off the political season, we re talking about the political season for next november, the world s largest barbecue in fancy farm, kentucky. this is real. this contest isn t just about the kentucky senate seat. it s a crucial front in the war for control of the united states senate and the future of legislation in this country. it s going to give about a early indication how this race looks. by the way, this is going to be one heck of a horse race. nbc news political reporter caseyy hunt and political and howard fineman were both in fans farm this weekend. casey, you were on the ground there. first of all, we know why it s important. he s the leader of the senate and will face an attack from his right. what s his biggest danger, the guy you saw over the weekend from his right or the woman you s
That was kentucky secretary of state alison lundergan grimes standing tough a few feet from her opponent in that case. you saw her against senator mitch mcconnell. the candidates kicked off the political season, we re talking about the political season for next november, the world s largest barbecue in fancy farm, kentucky. this is real. this contest isn t just about the kentucky senate seat. it s a crucial front in the war for control of the senate and the future of legislation in this country. it s going to fails give an early indication of how the race looks. this is going to be one heck of a horse race. nbc news political reporter caseyy hunt and political and lies howard fine marn were both in fancy farm this weekend. casey, you were on the ground there. harold bows to your knowledge of the scene. first of all, we know why it s important. he s the leader of the senate and will face an attack from his right. what s his biggest danger, the guy you saw over the weekend from his right