was the white house press secretary gave this explanation for mass robberies in democrat run cities. a huge group of criminals, organizers themselves, went to the store. a root cause and a lot of communities is the pandemic. todd: you are watching fox and friends first this friday morning. carley: more on the top story, president biden is set to speak this morning following the release of the november jobs report. todd: the omicron very inference the economy with half of all americans admitting they are struggling with inflation. griff jenkins joins us with the latest. reporter: as we head into the peak of holiday shopping and travel, driving up heating cost of gas prices continuing to rise a new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling the financial hardship triggered by spiking inflation, 10% described it as severe after jerome powell testified inflation is here to stay and time to stop calling it transitory with the president pus
coordinated attacks but yesterday the white house press secretary gave this explanation for mass robberies in democrat run cities. criminals organized themselves and want to lose store. a root cause a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes. carley: you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. todd: spends much of the next hour explain why that assessment is wrong, a lot of guests will opine on that. president biden set to speak this morning following the release of the november jobs report. carley: the omicron very intense the economy with half of all american struggling with inflation. griff jenkins live from washington with more on this. heading into the peak of holiday shopping and travel with prices skyrocketing. the new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling with financial hardship triggered by surging inflation, 10% describe it as severe after jerome powell testified this week inflation is here to stay and stop
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