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d.v.r. and watch it back later today. begin today with a new challenge in the red hot housing market as the average interest rate for america s most common home loan, a high not seen in more than a decade. hello, john roberts in washington, good friday to you. thanks for having me, john. i m jacqui heinrich. 30 year fixed rate mortgage is 5%, up from 4.27 last week, the average just over 3% a year ago. mortgage lending giant says the goal of home ownership is the most expensive in a generation. john: and economic woes for the biden administration saddled with 40 year high inflation, and the president placing the blame for increased prices on russian president vladimir putin and voters are not buying it. his approval rating all time lows with the midterms months away. peter doocy kicks us off this afternoon. live on the north lawn. peter. the first one of the polls you mentioned looks at the president s overall approval rating and it is down. all the way down to 33 ....
show americans are spending 6.9% more last month than a year ago. making ends meet has rarely been harder. a new poll finds 45% of americans are dipping into their savings to pay for everyday goods like food and housing. not to mention those gas prices. bill: edward lawrence has the story from the white house on why this might be a flashing red light on the economy. what s the news? good morning there. you guys hit on the critical point for the economy. if consumers stop spending the economy slows down because it s 70% of the gross of the economy. we could hit the recession. retail sales numbers came out 30 minutes ago and showing .5% month over month. just a little lower than expected. when you take out autos, hotter than expected at 1.1%. people are still spending. the president leaving about 90 minutes for north carolina where he will speak at a technical college about training the next generation of workers to bring the supply chain home issues home to america. ....
speech? gillian: plus, caitlyn jenner and colorado congressman ken buck are here, they will weigh in and jack keane and miranda devine. and if you cannot catch it with us this afternoon, set your d.v.r. and watch it back later today. john: first a fox news alert to start us off in the federal case against the man police tried to kill dozens of people. 62-year-old suspect frank james, his first appearance in court moments ago to face a charge he could be sentenced to life. the judge ordering him held without bail, saying he terrorized the city. gillian: i m in for sandra today. so nearly 30-hour manhunt ended on an east village street wednesday when james called the tip line to say he was at a local mcdonalds. now facing a terrorism charge. nypd is working to identify his motives. john: james has a lengthy rap sheet, at least seven charges in new york and three in new jersey and online post shows the ramblings of violence, racist and bigotry. it was presumed he ....
capital could fall in 72 hours. bill: u.s. forces arrived in poland over the weekend. the president dodged a question. national security advisor jake sullivan saying an invasion could be imminent. we re in the window. any day now russia could take military action against ukraine or could be a couple of weeks from now or russia could choose to take the diplomatic path instead. the key thing is that the united states needs to be and is prepared for any of those contingencies in lock step with our allies and partners. if war breaks out it will come at an enormous human cost to ukraine but based on our preparations and our response it will come as a cost to russia as well. dana: we ll talk to general jack keen. mark meredith is live at the white house. later today reporters will have a chance to ask president biden and germany s new chancellor about all things ukraine. what potential consequences russia could face if it invades. a lot of speculation what kind of act ....
have shown how far xi is willing to go. nathan law is a self-exiled activist from hong kong and lo join us what pro-democracy countries expect from president biden. sandra: international effort to avoid war. leaders from the u.s., germany, and france are trying to prevent a devastating conflict between russia and ukraine. something that could happen any day in the words of a senior biden official. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on yet another week in february. john roberts in washington. the french president is now in moscow to meet with vladimir putin in an attempt to lower tensions and now we have reports of at least two ceasefire violations by russian-backed separatists in ukraine. sandra: general keith kellogg with more in a moment. john: steve. russia could take the capitol in just 72 hours, kyiv, three days time. 83 ba at all battalions, 130,000 troops, deescalation up to the worst case scenario, a full sc ....