of cigarettes. all while your government is legalizing weed and, in other places, hard drugs. that make any sense? government makes a fortune on taxing tobacco, over $12 billion a year. why would they want to give that up? any way we begin tonight with biden s war on your ability to live your life without going bankrupt. now, between inflation, spiking gas prices, record prices, a looming recession, americans are suffering and it s about to get a whole lot worse. according to one washington post columnist and on msdnc, you all need to stop complaining and be grateful that joe biden is your president. right. just going to say this and if i get banged for it i don t care. there is a great deal of americans where it is uncomfortable that they re spending more but they are not going to go under. you know, you ve got to stop complaining when there s so many people who literally, the inflation rate means they may only have two meals instead of three. so i m going to need you to c
with all on this. sandra: a big line-up, but an economy in crisis. americans are looking for solutions to those surging gas prices and the highest inflation in decades. but it has democrats staring down a red wave in november as more and more voters are coming to the conclusion biden administration is not up to the task. hello, and welcome as we begin a brand-new week. sandra smith in new york. john: great to see you back after a long weekend. john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . the price of gasoline setting a record high the tenth day in a row, an average of $5 a gallon. the cost to fill up the tank up 103% since president biden took office. sandra: and people are certainly taking notice. those numbers putting democrats hopes in jeopardy in november, 83% of the american people in a new abc news poll say the economy is the top issue for them heading into the fall. now desperation setting in at the white house as word comes, president biden might
invoked the defense production act to address the nationwide shortage of baby formula. welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville, hi eric. so far hi i am eric sean. it s like the airlift of baby formula for the arriving today as you see. welcome news for many families around the country. it is expected though to make a small dent but it is beginning to deal with those shortages of a baby formula across the country. a second military flight is arriving later on today. more deliveries are expected in the days ahead. all of this is a commissioner of the fda says though it will still be weeks before baby formula supplies are completely back to normal. lucas tomlinson following all this live in washington on how this airlift is going, hi lucas. it may not be the berlin airlift is the baby formula airlift operation with a cargo plane landing in indiana about an hour ago at 11:00 a.m. it s the first time in u.s. history, the u.s. military launching emergency special mission l
good afternoon lucas. good afternoon mike to ours by the first air force c-17 arrived in indianapolis curing 70000 pounds of for to fill half a million baby bottles. the pallets are now being loaded onto fed ex trucks waiting next to the plaintiff. the first time in history the u.s. military has launched an emergency mission like this to rush critical nutrition to millions of hungry american babies. some are calling this disaster relief here at home. normally the military wise admissions like this to countries devastated by war, famine or national disaster but only three companies make about 90% of the nation s baby formula. the white house says that needs to change. have a president now is saying you need to pursue competition across the economy in this sector and in others by creating more pathways for businesses and entrepreneurs to get into these markets. president biden secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack out on the ramp coming off the plane writing and to the w
right there. sean: patrick, we have two-thirds of the american people living paycheck to paycheck. we re talking about another two grand a year on average, if you commute and use a car. if people go to your web site, how easy will it be for them to discover maybe areas, pockets, where they live where there s a dramatic difference in the price of a gallon of gasoline? well, sean, to be honest with you, i think our app probably can save you more than the federal gas tax holiday of $0.18, especially, you know, if you re looking for those lower price stations. it s not uncommon in the nation s biggest cities and most expensive cities. here in chicago, for example, you can find a station today charging 4.89. also a station charging 6.74 a gallon. so i think our app would probably do a better job than saving, than the federal government would saving. sean: but you have to drive ten miles and it s got to be, you know, it s got to be in close proximity or else you re paying a lot of mone