Alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security and shouldnt be. John a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers from across the country escalating attacks against the dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border policies. Good afternoon to you. Jacqui good to be with you, john. Im Jacqui Heinrich in for sandra smith. A group of two dozen texas Lawmakers Led by Chip Roy Will Lock funding from Mayorkas Department unless biden addresses the worsening situation at the border. John across the aisle, focusing of reports of Texas Separating Migrant families and putting pressure to investigate State Agencies for the alleged incidents. Jacqui and mayorkas has taughted the lower number of Migrant Crossings, the tide appears to be turning. In august, stopped 6,000. John complete coverage. Jacqui Casey Stegall in el paso, texas. Renewed debate about the border wall. There is. Under president trump, 15 billion was allocated to build about 740 miles of wall and barriers down here along the southern
many republicans believe. the candidates, they ll want to talk about woke and they need to be talking about wages, as we continue to see things costing more and more, and it is joe biden s biggest problem which is his handling of economy. he s at 36%, two-thirds of americans think he s doing a bad job on the economy. that s lower than his overall rating. we need to make the campaign about the terrible shape joe biden has put our economy in. john: we had joe biden celebrating the one year anniversary of the inflation reduction act, even many white house staffers and biden has said doesn t have so much to do with inflation reduction as it did promoting green energy and touting bidenomics at every opportunity he gets. as david points out. there are so many people who are hurting, it s costing $709 extra a month because of inflation, inflation is coming down, prices are still high, though. the price of gasoline as we talked about with charles payne is going up. these are not good indicat
nice to see you, jacqui. jacqui: bring up the polls to start and look at what we are looking at. stunning. call for number one, donald trump obviously still in the lead, but the biggest jump here, you had between june and now, vivek ramaswamy go from 5% to 11%. david, what do you think made that happen? he is saying things that americans, particularly republicans want to hear in his message, whether it be his tough stance on foreign adversaries, his belief that government is being used to weaponize political opponents, things republicans ultimately believe. so he s saying what they believe. his challenge going into next week, he s never publicly debated in a presidential forum. and he s not prepared, he says. he gets one chance to make a first impression, what he will be doing for many republicans. i think he probably comes
social media. john: wall street journal says for real relief americans will have to wait until the end of 2024. by that time the energy information administration estimates gas prices will drop to roughly 3.09 a gallon, near 50% price break from today s prices. but we are going to go through an election before then. see how it works out. correlation between high gas prices and getting elected, very few things that affect people more than getting in the voter s box than high gas prices and other inflationary ills. high gas prices really, really, really anger voters. john: and we ll start up a gofundme page for you and your t-rex. jacqui: parents beware, back to school shopping is expected to cost you more. the latest report on consumer prices show supplies and
clothing are more expensive as americans continue to feel the pain of inflation. fbn lydia hu is standing by. how much can families expect to spend on back to school shopping this year? quite a bit. elementary through high school, average of 890 this year on back to school items. a new record from the national retail federation. $25 higher than last year. all in, unprecedented $41.5 billion this year. last year, 39.6 billion. higher spending driven by increase in demand for electronics and also higher prices, check this out, prices for girls and boys clothing up, stationery and i have my back to school backpack ready to go for my daughter. a pattern is showing prices for basics, mechanical pencils,