We might be seeing the sequel. Only this time its not John Belushi stirring things up but a harris accusing Food Companies in Grocery Stores of Price Gouging. Or solution price controlling. Force businesses to keep prices lower else. But today we asked the Question Everyone should be asking in this country, or else what. Welcome everybody im neil cavuto. Glad to have you. The Food Fight is on my friends whether we are ready for it or not. Attention this is not just to clean up and ill 7. This is bigger much bigger. Jack in rally North Carolina on the vp letting her rip. Reporter the Vice President s plans have received some mixed reviews. Her proposal to create the firstever federal ban on Price Gouging for groceries prompted Washington Post Opinion columnist to warn of potentially shortages black markets even Hoarding And Jason furman of obamas former economic advisor concur saying its not policy and hopes it doesnt happen and theres no upside and in fact some downside. However, her A
The u. S. Military and taliban tried to expert what authority they could. Militants with rifles kept crowds away from the Airport Gates Guarding checkpoints with trucks and at least one humvee by the roads. Many with bags at their sides numbers in the hundreds, not the thousands of previous days. The Security Situation turning the united states and the taliban into Strange Bed Fellows. Seth moulton went on a controversial and unauthorized trip to kabul this week described the scene before the bombing and how the marines are working with the taliban. Its an impossible Task Weve given them to literally sift through a sea of humanity, thousands and thousands of afghans to try to pluck out our allies, our friends and their families, their husbands, their wives, their little girls and boys, literally pull them to freedom. I expected to see a gate with marines on one side and afghans on the other. Thats not the way this could work. We have to go out in the crowd. So these marines were out th
Show july fourth. That big, that eventful, that now. That much relief to a country that wanted to get out of this pAndemic And in this particular weekend theyre doing so. Some people say this could be back to prepAndemic levels. It comes at a price. Were following that with 48 Million americans that are hitting the road. If you combine that with those that are flying. And then the price you pay when you do get On The Road. Gas prices are moving up. Anita vogel covering that And Jeff Flock On The Road. Keeping track of what is happening at the pump. Well go to them momentarily. First, Anita Vogel on this Great Rush that is on And a Record Number of americans, at least records post pAndemic, getting on to it as well. Anita . Hi, neil. The skies are expected to be very crowded this holiday weekend. Were not just talking about with roman cAndles And other kinds of fireworks. According to the Industry Experts that track these figures, Air Travel is already at 85 of precovid capacity. More t
now, and it could be upgraded to an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. residents now bracing for strong winds and a life threatening storm surge. officials are warning folks to get out, stressing that the high waters could prove deadly. we have team coverage at this hour. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking the storm s path plus live reports from tampa and gainesville where evacuations are underway. plus, special counsel jack smith s team is looking into rudy giuliani s drinking. we ll explain how that issue could play a role in one of donald trump s key legal defenses. plus a new fund-raising goal for the former president. a very specific number he wants to earn by the end of the month that looks eerily familiar. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we, of course, begin rng this morning with hurricane idalia which is now a category 4 storm and is forecasted to make
polluting vehicles will pay £12.50 to drive into london boroughs. good evening, this hour, florida s gulf coast is feeling the outer bands of hurricane idalia. evacuation orders are in place in ten counties north of tampa, in what we call the big bend area of florida. the system started as a tropical storm but it is rapidly intensifying over unsually warm waters in the gulf. through the day it has been moving north from west cuba growing from a categoryi hurricane, possibly to a category three with winds that could reach iiomph. but, as ever, it is the storm surge that has the authorities most concerned, particularly around cedar key and some of the very low lying areas. they are predicting the waters could rise by as much 8 12ft. here s our forecaster chris fawkes with more. western cuba has been hit with strong winds and some flooding rain as tropical storm dalia passed just to the west. and we can take a look at idalia on the satellite picture. since moving past western c