right now. let s just say no signs things are slowing down right now. far from it. the cost of the steak is up 25% from a year ago. bacon, up 21%. fuel oil, 59%. gas, 58%. supply chain shortages aren t helping. but growing frustration with the white house and many shoppers isn ts helping either. is that fair? is it right? today we ll ask the white house s top economic adviser because the national economic council districter, brian dees is here and only here. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. we have jacqui heinrich at the white house on what the president is saying about this and lydia hu in new jersey with how businesses are dealing with this. let s begin with jacqui. jacqui? hi, neil. you know what else happened in 1982? transportation secretary pete buttigieg was born. the president tried to highlight some bright spots today as the new report came out. highlighting areas where prices have come down on certain things, things like gas prices, natural gas, used cars. h
trip. bernard character says this is all too often. you have prosecutors who don t want to prosecute, more focused and on targeting police than the bad guys in the streets or things like this and you have these radical left-wing mayors who allow this homeless issue and a lot of it is not homeless, it is mentally ill, people that don t belong in the streets they should be in clinics, and hospitals, they should not be allowed to stay on the streets from where they are. neil: ashley strohmeyer joins us with all the details. reporter: the man suspected of torching the all-american christmas trees out of jail free to walk the streets of new york city thanks to progressive bail reform policies. 49-year-old charged with a slew of offenses including arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment but those are misdemeanors and don t qualify for bail under new liberal reform laws. frank embry noses those liberal policies are wreaking havoc in his city as well. take a listen.
off the table. he is doubling down on vaccine and mask mandates to stop the spread. on thursday president biden is expected to lay out a detailed strategy to tackle the new variant, omicron. with a heavy focus on vaccines. now, though, another legal blow to his vaccine mandate on private businesses. president trump s former coronavirus testing czar says fresh lockdowns would be awful for americans. we need to stop keeping our kids out of school. we need to get people back to work, get people out of depression and all the things they ve gone through. we can live with this and we will have to. it will be here as part of our existence at a much lower level because of the tools, but don t expect it to go to zero. if we think it will go to zero, it will cause disappointment and disruption in our society. harris: he is so right about that. nothing goes to zero, not the flu, nothing goes to zero. but these poll numbers may be headed there. fox news poll taken earlier this month
there is a think about white vigilantes is white tears. joy read sparking outrage yet again as the judge himself goes off on the media s coverage of the kyle the house case. we are sitting the spin straight and we have some good news to report this morning. i m proud to be living in america because we have freedom. that powerful moment just one of many last night as we honored every day heroes at the fox nation patriot awards. that young proud american is here to tell her story and you are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning. live at the hard rock hotel in hollywood, florida where the awards were held last night and what an incredible night. so much patriotism, so many incredible people and so inspired this morning because of it. todd: and tired as well. we will get into the patriot awards in the next two hours. president biden set to host the leaders of canada and mexico a challenging time for the us and canada after president biden closed the keysto
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