Morning rising. Shy. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, october im amara walker. Guesses back with a new skip in his step, a new song. It is hard looking, relaxed, and refresh you know, victor. Hello. This is, you know, how it is when you have some time off, you come back, you feel like you can do anything. I get you youre radiating happiness, dry braiding with theyre do so if im a little extra today is because im back from two weeks off, but we must do. Thank you very much. It is a good morning and good to be back heres what were working on for you this morning. Both President Ial Candidates are on the ground in Battleground States this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina, former President Trump returns to pennsylvania the side of the July Assassination attempt on his life and The Middle East is on edge. This morning as the region awaits a possible retaliation from iran strike on israel, the rising concerns, as israels is days away from marking th
refinery maintenance shutdowns ant and opec s latest cuts as retirees will soon get the biggest social security living increase that they ve seen in decades. in a moment we will hear from the wall street journal jon hilsenrath. analysis in moments. arthel: the white house trying to get in front of rising gas prices and inflation among top voter concerns. hey, lucas. lucas: price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide is 3.91 according to triple a. president biden lashing out against saudi arabia and opec for cutting oil production former secretary of state mike pompeo responded this morning on fox news sunday. the the point the finger at someone else opec and saudis is enormous mistake when america has the capacity to produce energy independence for its own country and provide energy for the world as well. lucas: pompeo also taking issue with biden s comments on armageddon defined last battle between good and evil before day of judgment and called comments reckless and w
we re just 16 days out from the midterm elections. as campaign 22 is hitting the home stretch, democrats are also facing economic headwinds. i am worried about the level of voter turnout, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. elections are about the future. they re about the economy. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than the economy. it s about both. how much is the economy and the rising prices going to impact your vote in november? it s a lot to do with it. because our economy has got you have control. reporter: so the cost of living is just high. exactly, that s the biggest impact. everything s high. you know, rent, you know, gas, food, all of it it s inflated. i m pamela brown and you are live in the cnn newsroom . just 16 days from now, the dust will be settling in the nation s midterm elections, when voters will decide which party they want to control the house and senate. and polls show voter inte
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
that runaway inflation and soaring gas prices are taking on american families while calling on congress to work together to provide immediate relief. i understand families who are struggling probably don t care why they re up they just want them to go down to joe what are you going to do bring them down? it is important we understand the root of the problem. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville this is fox news live it. eric: thank you for joining us i am eric sean. the big stories before you at this hour. investigation underway after man goes on a stabbing spree a los angeles hospital. it is the second attack u.s. medical facility that happened just this week. search is now on for the gunman opened fired at a phoenix strip mall last night. killed one person and eight others were wounded in what is yet another mass shooting in america. we will have the latest on that investigation. republican lawmakers are going to the southern border today, what they say about the