smith. we will get to the escalating foreign threat. first to the tense battle playing out here at home with control of congress at stake. john: president biden on his way to upstate new york at this hour to push manufacturing jobs. with 12 days to go before the midterms, it s all about the economy. here is the president before takeoff. great economic report today, the gdp report. things are looking good. sandra: clearly not all americans agree with that statement, with inflation leading voters top concerns, now democrats are sending out their top guns in hopes for a midterm miracle. president biden s former boss, barack obama, kicking off his campaign travels, stumping for democrats in key battleground states. he starts his midterm swing in georgia tomorrow before heading to pennsylvania to campaign for candidate john fetterman. john: and that s not all. the vice president making an appearance in pennsylvania on friday. kellyanne conway is standing by to react to th
Victim to an Armed Robbery and suffered a health scare but finally the end is in sight. Russell should cross the finish line in tunisia this afternoon, and our reporter ellie price has been looking back at his journey. Lets go day three day four day six his nickname on social media is hardest geezer. Day 349 of running the entire length of africa. After more than 350 days, 10,000 miles and 19 million steps, hes probably earned it. Hes run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains, jungle and 16 countries, and hes raised well over £500,000 for the Running Charity and sandblast, posting updates on his progress on social media. 0riginally, hed planned a mere 9,000 mile trip, but complications with visas, health scares, geopolitical issues and even an Armed Robbery meant the 26 year old was forced to extend the challenge. But hes taken it all in his stride. I was absolutely bricking it, to be totally honest. Everything goes through your head in those moments. And i was. I was pre
too. nothing is happened. we re doing it all wrong. sandra: as you see that and point out the globe is flat lined, little growth to be seen anywhere, ron klain, chief of staff to president biden is still today saying this. the economy, we are making progress on the economy. it is not just the gdp numbers you mentioned, the economy did grow inside that as a measure of price, it came down dramatically. we re seeing some easing on inflation. sandra: i m not sure what that means or what to take away from that. well, look, if i were mr. klain, i would make the same argument on the eve of election he will be shellacked. putting aside that numbers underneath the 2.6% hood, if you look at the basic core gdp, it was 0.1. in other words, consumption plus investment, housing and business investment, about 85% of the economy.