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
advisers about what that means for him next. this morning many americans are on edge over the economy, coping with the rising cost of food and other goods including high gas prices. the average price for regular gas sits at $4.98. aggravation over traveling extended to the airport this weekend. folks facing a nightmare, to us of flights canceled. on sunday alone, yesterday, nearly 1,000 flights were canceled as airlines struggle with increased demand, bad weather and staffing shortages. the white house trying to tackle concerns about the economy and inflation as americans begin to feel the fallout from the federal reserve raising interest rates. janet yellen touting optimism, echoing president biden by saying a recession is not inevitable and even suggesting that a federal gas tax holiday is worth considering. joining us now nbc news white house correspondent and nbc news correspondent at newark liberty airport, the dean of the clinton school of public service at the unive
three republican in the house and karl rove will also weigh in. sandra: big show coming up. first, fox news alert. move to the federal reserve that could impact every american. standing by for a major decision that would be the biggest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. ok, we are waiting for it. hello, i m sandra smith in new, i don t. trace, great to have you. trace: you as well, i m in for john roberts, and this is america reports. fed decision will be a dramatic attempt to cool down the economy, increasing rates would make everything from a mortgage to a business loan to credit cards much more expensive. all this as president biden continues to deflect on inflation. refusing to take responsibility for the administration s role in skyrocketing prices. sandra: the u.s. has a higher inflation rate than many of the other major economies and the white house is promising a new messaging on the economy strategy with democrats ahead of the midterms. we ll dig in, bu
responders. we re also talking about the justice department this morning announcing, in fact, it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde. it is coming at the request of uvalde s mayor after authorities admitted to a string of failures in their response to the shooting. a justice department spokesperson said in part this, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. the doj saying after its review, it will publish a report with all of its findings. we are learning more about that chaotic scene that unfolded when agents did finally move in on the shooter. a u.s. customs and border protection official, who spoke to the washington post, describing a chaotic scene, with no one really sure who was in charge. quote this, the agent saw bullet ho
for instance, officials initially said an officer had engaged the gunman before he entered the school. but now we re being told that is not true. in fact, the shooter was outside the school for about 12 minutes before entering through an unlocked door. bill: all that adding to the confusion after police waited for about an hour before entering the classroom and killing the shooter. texas dps on the front lines of the investigation. the shifting timelines, the shifting facts were the focus of a contentious news conference that took place yesterday afternoon that went a bit like this. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. how did he get in? it was supposed to be locked during the school day. so right now during the investigation it appeared as unlocked. so we will look at that and try to corroborate that if that s what we can. wasn t there a school officer