presidents in the white house medical unit and he was the chief medical advisor during the trump administration. he also served as former president obama s first personal white house physician. in 2020 he ran and looked when a congressional seat in texas. it was during that time that jackson called out the media for ignoring then candidate president biden s gaps in the campaign trail. including this one. have a simple proposition here. i m a year to ask you for your help. where i come from you don t get far unless you ask. my name s joe biden and on the democratic candidate for the united states and the pair looked me over if you like what you see if not give me a look though. that s all i ve really got to say to you. that led jackson to tweed remember the cognitive test that i gave a real donald trump? the one he aced? sounds like some deals might need some duct testing done. scary. jackson writes that within 20 minutes of posting that tweet he received a scathing emai
thiessen live coming up. john: fox news alert, president biden landing in the middle east as inflation hits a new 40-year high with no end in sight. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, double duty today. sandra: great to be with you, john. brand-new numbers from the government showing red hot inflation has not cooled. consumer price index surging to 9.1% in june. marking the biggest one-year increase since 1981. the president issuing a statement in response to all of it saying today s data does not reflect the full impact of nearly 30 days of decreases in gas prices and other commodities like wheat have fallen sharply since that report. john: americans are not feeling any relief, as the labor department shows, paying more for gas and cleaning products compared to last year. we begin with fox team coverage. lydia hu live in new york city with more on the inflation impact on food prices and jacqui heinrich from jerusalem where she is travelling with the president. j
Lion, don t have crime, and don t have needles on the streets. it s san diego, by the way. san diego. [laughter] thanks, everyone, and now here is america reports. john: emily, thank you so much. fox news alert to kick us off, president biden firing back after a poll shows nearly two-thirds of democrats do not want him to run again in 2024. mr. president, what s your message to democrats who don t want you to run again? they want me to run. two-thirds say they don t. read the polls, read the poll, jack. you guys are all the same. sandra: is the president simply in denial, and what does it mean for his future on the democratic ticket in 2024. we ll ask katie pavlich and marc