world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i m christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it s the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn s jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president s message on abortion to be? reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women s bodies and their right to choose. they can go with the republican party who wants to ban abortion, he s going to say, or go with democrats who don t, who want to codify abortion. the president has been trying to drum up the democratic base hoping they ll come out and support their base. control is on the ballot come november. now of course two things stand in contrast here. first, we talked about a majority of voters
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
Im Lynda Kinkade with cnn breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Take your belongings and go south. That is the message from israel to residents of Northern Gaza as it prepares to launch a Military Ground Operation at any moment. The u. S. Is sending a second Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as well as additional fighter jets. The move is intended to deter iran has blood and others from entering the conflict. Saturday, israel declared that it is ready to open a new phase in the war with a focus on significant Ground Operations. The idf says it struck more than 100 hamas targets in gaza overnight and a cnn team close to Northern Gaza has been Hearing Heavy Machine Gun Fire near the border fence as well as loud explosions. Earlier, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. Palestinian authorities in gaza say the death toll from israeli airstrikes is now more than 2300 people with
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Lynda welcome in the United States and all around the world. I am Lynda Kinkade with breaking News Coverage of israel at war. There are growing indications that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get underway at any moment. The u. S. Is now sending a second Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as well as additional fighter jets. The move is intended to deter iran, hezbollah, and others from entering the conflict. Some 300,000 israeli troops began amassing on the gaza border soon after last week ands Terror Attacks. Israel declared that it is ready to open a new phase in the war with significant Ground Operations. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front Lines Marking those offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. Palestinian authoritys in gaza city to show from the israeli airstrikes is now more than 2200. Including more than 700 children, according to the health ministry, 300 of th
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