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stuart: okay. we're playing this song specifically, all i do is win, because we have won in the ratings for the last three, why not? tell everybody. good morning, everybody. 10:00 eastern to the money, please. dow is up 323 points but the nasdaq, going the other way, down 27. look at the 10-year treasury yield. that might have something to do with the nasdaq. it is moving up to 4.23. that is the 10-year. the nasdaq, the big tech stocks not really happy about rising 10-year treasury yields. look at big tech now, all the way across the board, we have only got two winners, microsoft apple, alphabet, amazon, meta platforms all down. all report this week. 85-dollar a barrel crude oil virtually unchanged today. and now this. it's called a document dump.

the administration issues a very unfavorable report late on a friday afternoon. happens a lot. they hope it won't be noticed. that is what happened last friday, a damning report revealed the gross failure at the border. 227,000 encounters in september alone. 2.3 million in the year-ended september the 30th. 856 deaths. explosion of fentanyl seizures and democrats have nothing to say other than the border is secure or controlled. question, when does spin actually become a lie? it is the hypocrisy that gets me. this is alexandria ocasio-cortez weeping in her crisp white jeans at the border fence because it was trump's border fence. that is why she is crying. it gets truly outrageous when she talks like this. you got to see this. roll tape. >> the united states is running concentration camps on our southern border. the fact that concentration

camps are now an institutionalized practice in the home of the free is extraordinarily disturbing. and we need to do something about it. stuart: that is a despicable insult to the united states of america. where is aoc now? dead silent. you don't hear a damn thing. where are senior democrats on the issue? they're discuss running a mile. "new york times," the bible of the liberals didn't even mention the border or the migrants when they endorsed kathy hochul for governor even though new york city had to spend a billion dollars on illegals bused here from texas. three weeks ago speaker pelosi says the president has a plan to secure the border. where is it? the republicans have a commanding lead on three big issues, crime, economy, inflation. the democrats won't talk about the border because they know it is another loser. second hour of "varney" just getting started.

i will cool down. don't worry. ♪. stuart: 15 days to the midterms and there is more and more signs of a red wave. look at this. 49% of voters say they want republicans to control congress. 45% want the democrats. matt schlapp joins me. matt, this is definitely looking good for the gop. do you have a prediction for us 15 days out? >> yeah. you and i talked about this election for a while now. there is 20 seats we've been talking about that are very gettable for republicans. most pollsters i trust and respect which is a very few number of pollsters today, that number is up to at least 30 for the gop. it could be higher than 30. i said on your show a couple weeks now we'll take a big majority in the house and a majority in the senate. we're going to win in states that people will be shocked. a lot of blue states a senate

race tightening in washington. a senate race tightening in new hampshire. incumbent democrats could go down. we have loss of house races. i'm getting polls, democrats who never thought they would be in a tight contest, they are in a tight contest. one of elections happen as very few times. it will be a massive red wave. stuart: what do you make of speaker pelosi in her interview just yesterday saying she wants to change the subject. doesn't want inflation out there. change the subject. that seems to me to be ridiculous 15 days before the elections. >> they have tried everything, the democrats. i will take my non-partisan hat, put my non-partisan hat on. everything they have done is lost. the reason why the democrats will lose not because their economics are bad, stuart, they started this war on america. they started this war that america is a bad place, that needs to be transformed and it is racist that parents are old-fashioned fuddy-duddies

ruining their kids because the kids need to be woke, question their gender, question their patriotism. this whole crime wave started because of blm, opening up the southern border, people are dying. i had dinner last night in georgetown. i was accosted between a very nice vaunt and my car. everyone can see these cities are more and more unsafe and democrats negative have done anything to stop their war on cops or do anything to close that border. so it is really they're responsible for all the violence. stuart: yes indeed. i take that as a fact. matt schlapp, thanks for being with us, sir. we'll see you soon. >> it will be a big day. stuart: i hope so. i think so. the governor of new york, kathy hochul just released a new campaign ad. she wants tougher bail laws. a little late for that? lauren: race is tightening. she is pivoting to crime. >> a safer new york for every child. that is what kathy hochul is working for as a governor. she passed a comprehensive crime

plan to make it happen. toughens bail laws to keep repeat offenders off our streets. >> you deserve to feel safe. as your governor i won't stop working until you do. lauren: here's the "qunnipiac poll." hochul just a four point lead that's it, in blue new york over republican lee zeldin. he made completely scrapping cashless bail a key pillar of his campaign. he wants to fire the d.a. alvin bragg on day one. you have governor hochul and the mayor eric adams out with the new initiative. put more cops and cameras on the subways. open up more psych beds for mental health treatment in the hospitals. good, fine and dandy. nobody wants to be a nypd officer because the way they have been treated. how will you do it with no morale. stuart: president trump hinting at a possible 2024 run. what exactly he saying? lauren: he dropped a big hint in south texas, two days before

early voting opens today in texas. >> i ran twice. i won twice. and did much better the second time than i did the first. getting millions more votes in 2020 than we got in 2016. and likewise, getting more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country by far. and now in order to make our country successful, safe, and glorious again, i will possibly have to do it again. >> and probably is likely after the midterm elections. if you wanted to know when. that could be the when. stuart: like to know when. she how these candidates do in the elections, midterms. that is interesting point. getting back to the markets. we have news in from britain, boris johnson is out. okay, we got that last night. rishi sunak will be the new

prime minister. rishi sunak the next prime minister. ann berry with us. very timely appearance, ann, you worked with rishi sunak, way back in london? sat next to each other. were working at goldman sachs for private equity deals. he was driven to public service even at a young age. stuart: what is his policy? with liz truss, came in tax cuts and big spending on energy subsidies. the markets reacted. the market tanked the pound. what is rishi sunak's policies? >> very focused reining in inflation and making sure there is no massive fiscal expansion and big government spending. that is his key focus. different from liz truss. believes in low taxes but not big government spending at the same time. that is important. he wants inflation to protect british households from erosion

of fist their income. i think he is fiscally conservative. stuart: over here, that we'll if republicans win they will introduce tax cuts, the same problem in britain. what do you think of that? >> the issue and spending. if there are tax cuts, truly focused, stimulating growth, that they're not completely randomized. that is where rishi consistent. stuart: where is your stock market? >> i think it will be a rough ride for a while. internationally it will be tough. i'm focused on u.s. focused businesses right now. companies are really generating revenue domestic at this. stuart: overseas, foreign markets, really in deep, deep trouble but here not so much trouble. so buy american companies. you have any american companies in mind? >> i have a couple. i look at businesses like unifirst. it is outsourced uniforms.

so when you go to a hospital you see folks in uniform they're wearing uniforms. stuart: unif i first. >> all north america, domestic market. that business is not going away. you will not turn up to see people not wearing uniforms you're used to be wearing. stuart: recession-proof. thanks, ann berry, with your knowledge of rishi sunak next prime minister of britain. when does he take office? >> really quickly. stuart: real fast. he will have to see the king. >> quite possibly on the way even this week. stay tuned. amazing. lauren: amazing liz truss saw the king and the queen in that short time. she accepted her position from the queen. resigned to the king. that is how fast it was. stuart: that is how it looks. ann, good stuff. do i see america at&t -- lauren: yes. stuart: moving this morning, nicely so, 3%. lauren: number three on the

s&p 500. this decade of underperformance could vanish as raymond james upgrades them to strong buy. they say they will outpace verizon over the next few months. stuart: it is the dividend i'm interested in. five or 6%. lauren: don't know it off the top of my head. stuart: starbucks, they're down. lauren: the unionization threat. according to "the new york times" the union won vote in 250 of 300 stores that complicates recruitment for starbucks, certainly expansion. meta is the last stock. they would hit it again. downgraded at b-of-a, the hedge fund, altimeter capital has too many employees. they need to cut headcount by 20%. cut their costs as well. there is no confidence in mark zuckerberg's vision of the metaverse. that is what we're seeing over and over and over again. stuart: down again. 3 1/2% this time. >> no respect for the metaverse. stuart: thank you, lauren. the governor of california, gavin newsom, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads

attacking republican leaders in florida and texas. now some think he is getting ready to run in 2024. we'll tell you what newsom is saying about that. president biden taking a victory lap reducing the deficit. a new report says the decline in the deficit is not because of the president. hillary vaughn will have that story. house speaker pelosi urging democrats to change the subject when it comes to inflation. watch this. >> is that when i hear people talk about inflation as i heard in there we have to change that subject. stuart: it will be tough to change the subject with 15 days to the election. stephen moore on that next. ♪.

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♪. stuart: all right, the market still shows a pretty solid rally for the dow industrials. goldman sachs, united health, home depot, they're pushing the dow up but look at the nasdaq go down, off 115 points as we speak. president biden, he is targeting the economy on the campaign trail. he is touting his administration's deficit reduction. let's go to hillary vaughn on capitol hill. the committee for responsible federal budget says the decline in the deficit is not because of the president. what do you have on this? reporter: that's right, stuart, it is not because of president biden's policies but instead of expiring covid relief plans that the deficit reduction could be attributed to. that does not stop the president from taking credit for it. president biden: today my administration announced this year the deficits fell by

$1.4 trillion, the largest one year drop in american history. the largest ever decline in the federal deficit this record deficit reduction includes the cost of my student loan plan. reporter: committee for responsible federal budget saying this though. we borrowed 1.4 trillion last year. that is not an accomplishment. reminder how precarious the fiscal situation remains. the entirety of the decline of deficit between 2021 and 2022 can be attributed to expiration of temporary covid relief, not due to renewed era of fiscal responsibility. that covid relief part of the trillions of new spending that president biden passed under his administration, biden approved five trillion total in first two years as president, republicans say if they get control of the house they will put a stop to bureaucratic binging on taxpayer's dime. mccarthy refuses to lift the debt limit unless they refuse to

cut. other republicans running for re-election, like nancy mace wants cuts across the board. >> filed a bill earlier this year would gal lance the budget five years, looking at making spending cuts five cents for every future dollar the federal government spent f we made the cut across he have agency you could balance the budget in five years. that is responsible. it is reasonable. reporter: stuart, president biden reacting to mccarthy's plan not to raise the debt ceiling unless cuts are made, says that will put the u.s. in default. it is going to essentially crash the u.s. economy unless republicans get their way and cut things like social security and medicare but of course there are a lot of other things that could be cut. a lot of other fat could be trimmed that republicans called for to reduce spending across the board. stuart? stuart: sounds like there are a few red herrings in the list as well. hillary, thank you very much indeed. see you again soon. house speaker pelosi urging democrats, change the subject when it comes to inflation.

watch this. >> when i hear people talk about inflation as i heard there, we have to change that subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. >> yes. >> the eu, european, union, uk, have higher inflation rate than we do here. it is not the, the fight is not about inflation. it's about the cost of living. stuart: stephen moore joins me now. it is not about inflation, it is about the cost of living. aren't they the same thing? isn't inflation the same as cost of living? where am i going wrong this? >> did you make that up, stuart? did you, did you make up that video or? did she really say that? of course inflation is a cost of living problem. i've been saying that on your show for the last year, stuart, that we don't, we are in a recession. it's a cost of living recession due to the fact that inflation is running 8 1/2%, wages are growing only by 5% that costs the average family about $4,000. that is recession. now i wanted to say something,

if i could, stuart, about what you were talking about the deficit. again you can't make this stuff up. the democrats are trying to take credit for deficit reduction? we have spent and borrowed $4 trillion since biden came into office, $4 trillion, which is almost as much as we spent to fight and win world war ii. at least we got something for that money. this is preposterous to say somehow biden is reducing federal borrowing when we done more of it in the last two years than any other time in american history. stuart: take a look at this, 38% of voters trust republicans to do a better job handling the economy compared to 24% who trust the democrats. stephen, if the republicans win in november, what economic policy would they pursue that they can actually pursue and get done if they win? >> i think the highest priority right now for congress is to radically cut spending, i mean radically. you have to take a trillion

dollar chainsaw out of this budget. cut out massive amounts of waste. you reported on this, hundreds and hundreds of billions, not hundreds of millions, hundreds of billions of dollars stolen from the unemployment program, from medicaid, from stood stamps, from the ppp program nobody did a damn thing about it. we have to recapture the money. i would 10 or 15% across the board reduction of spending. i like the idea of republicans, steve scalise will be next house majority leader, kevin mccarthy, let's resign that $40 billion hiring more 87,000 more irs agents. one more for you, stuart. i have a way to save $300 billion. are you ready? stuart: go. >> $300 billion is the green energy slush fund being run by the democrats. we don't need to have a slush fund like that. get rid of that money. save the money. that will bring interest rates

down. it will help the economy. but we also have to grow the economy. strategic tax cuts, deregulate the economy. produce american oil. stuart: i'm with you, a good list, i wonder how much you can actually do even if the republicans do win the senate and house in november? >> congress has the power of the purse. they can stop president from spending money if they have the backbone to do it. stuart: i would like to see it happen. steve moore, thanks very much. we'll see you again soon, stephen. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: msnbc host claims republicans are falsely attacking president biden for price hikes. he -- lauren: ali. stuart: calling it the great inflation myth? really? lauren: yes. he explains. i will steal from joe concha, this is republicans bumper sticker, inflation is a problem. he is calling that a myth. >> joining me now to discuss this great inflation myth that i just talked about, what is at stake in next month's midterms is the veteran congresswoman

brenda lawrence. i do not want to belittle anybody's experience with inflation. we're all feeling it. it has been transformed into something that republicans in particular running for congress are blaming joe biden and democrats for specifically when in fact there is no economic evidence or mathematical evidence or any kind of evidence that is actually true. >> it is absolutely not true. >> of course she said more. look, republicans are the single issue party. that is inflation. i don't know if that is true or not but i think they're accepting defeat to republicans have controlled the messaging on inflation and the economy. stuart: i did notice that ali veshri wearing a jacket. lauren: what kind of hat? stuart: i have no idea. new study more than half workers want to work overtime or take on more shifts to help them deal with inflation. we'll talk to mike rowe about that in our next hour. the demand for gas down. is that a recession indicator.

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stuart: on markets we see a solid gain still for the dow. nasty selloff on the nasdaq which is down 126, 125 points, just over 1%. dow up, nasdaq down. lauren looking at movers starting with an old favorite of mine, tractor supply. lauren: it is number one on the s&p 500. the ftc cleared the acquisition of orslon farm of $120 million. this expands tractor supply presence in the midwest. there is tax benefit of $20 million. stuart: farmers love tractor supply. well-quipped store. lauren: i've never been in one. stuart: i'm surprised. bath bed bodyworks is down. lauren: i've been in a lot of these. i don't think this is moving the stock but people are talking about this on social media, christmas is here. they have all the christmas fragrances out already. halloween still a week away.

haven't hit thanksgiving. already christmas? that gets annoying. that is steep decline with the dow up 130 points. stuart: gets earlier and earlier. she me beyond meat. i'm worried about beyond meat, i'm not sure it is doing very well. lauren: they're down another 4 1/2%. they rolled out the steak alternative at walmart and kroger. why you're looking at those two stocks. consumers are not buying into this. neither are investors. year-to-date chart of beyond meat, it is down 80% this year. we said earlier investors are not buying into the metaverse, beyond meat either. pivots are not always working. stuart: 2007 bucks a share of beyond meat. forget where it was. it was not anywhere as low as that. lauren: no. stuart: obama advisor says opec production cut was mainly a political move. i see ashley webster on the

screen. what else did he say, ashley? >> hochstein, the lowering of targets beginning of november, only he claims a quarter of the headline number. look what he says. >> the impact to the market will not be as significant this is more after big political statement that opec has made, clearly nobody can argue it was aren'ted for any economic reason no. reporter: nothing to see here, move along in other words. saudi arabia safes the cuts were an attempt to ease market volatility, a explanation the white house called the saudi attempt to spin or deflect. by the way biden last week announced an additional 15 million barrels from emergency reserves and more he says will follow if needed to rein in gasoline prices. maybe we start producing our own. but that is my added two cents, stu. stuart: just wishful thinking, come on, man.

reporter: yeah, right. stuart: national average of gallon of regular gas is $3.79. that is down nearly 10 cents in the last week, because as i say gas demand remains low. bring in gas buddy's patrick de haan joins me. is that a recession indicator, patrick, less demand for gas? >> stuart, keep in mind, i believe that number there is based on eia data. that is implied demand. gas buddy data said gasoline perked up by 0.4%. that is not a whole lot. the national average as refiners in the west could repaired issues caused prices to jump significantly in september. those refineries getting back online. the west coast, the great lakes where the refinery issues resolved are now pushing the national average back down. i expect maybe in the next week or so the national average will fall to the lowest point since russia's invasion of ukraine. that invasion is keeping prices

well above where they were last year. stuart: how about home heating oil? i believe there is much less heating oil in storage in the northeast than there is supposed to be. that looks like a developing shortage, and maybe a price spike. do you follow home heating oil? >> i do, stuart, and you are spot on. heating oil or also diesel fuel in the northeast is the extreme challenge this year and of course we're coming into home heating oil season and folks in the northeast are filling the stock exchanges with heating oil, also into canada. a lot has been said this developing crisis. this is culprit of declining refining out put that can no longer replenish inventories in the northeast. you lost about half a million barrels of refining capacity since covid and since 2019. the problem is simply not enough refining capacity, stuart. i mentioned the refineries in the west coast and great lakes. this problem is simply not going to go away. expect to hear a lot more about

refineries that are ill-prepared to keep up with rising demand. stuart: what about prices, presumably home heating oil is going straight up if we get any, cold-snap? >> well, exactly right. we're already seeing prices in excess of five, six, some areas seven dollars a gallon for home heating oil. so certainly this is one to watch, especially if we get a cold winter. inventories of heating oil in the northeast is extremely low. there is the northeast heating oil reserve may eventually have to be tapped later this year if there are extreme cold spells to make up for the gap. stuart: all right, patrick, thanks very much indeed, we'll be watching home heating oil this winter. that is a fact. thanks, patrick. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: the premier of "american built" on fox business prime. watch the webb telescope and the chrysler building starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. d.c.'s city council passed a bill which would allow

non-citizens to vote in local elections. republicans in congress might be able to stop it. aishah hasnie will have the story. president biden understands why some voters are concerned about his age. president biden: i think it's a legitimate thing to be concerned about anyone's age including mine. i could get a disease tomorrow. i could drop dead tomorrow. i think the best way to make a judgment is to, to, you know, watch me. stuart: okay. joe concha says voters are watching him and what they're seeing is scary. his word. he is on the show next. ♪

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stuart: president biden says it is totally legitimate for voters to have concerns about his age. roll tape. president biden: i think it's a legitimate thing to be concerned but about anyone's age including mine. i think that is totally legitimate. i'm a great respectter of fate. i could get a disease tomorrow. i could drop dead tomorrow. i think the best way to make the judgment is to, to you know, watch me. you know, am i slowing up? am, don't have the same pace? stuart: all right. joe concha is with me. what's your reaction? you saw that tape several times i'm sure. reaction? >> yeah. i could drop dead tomorrow. that is a heck of a message to be saying 15 days before a midterm election. look, stu, 26% of democratic voters, according to "the new york times" says the party should nominate him in 2024. one quarter of his own party wants him to run again. same survey, 90% of democrats

under the age of 30 said they would prefer a different presidential nominee. top reason given, joe biden is too old. second, job performance. this thing will play out, lose the house by wide margin. probably lose the senate. "real clear politics," 53-47 for republicans in the chamber. that will make joe biden lame duck for remainder of his presidency. not getting anything done of big spending. his approval goes back into the 30s again. his own party returns against him. once investigate investigations into hunter biden, the laptop, the president if he profited off of shady deals with china as the big guy he will be compelled to announce he is not running for re-election. say hello two dozen democrats seeking nomination in open primary. bottom line if joe biden would run and win he would be 86 years old at end of second term. we're seeing what 79-year-old looks like with joe biden. that is something even democrats don't have appetite for. stuart: did you see this, joe,

57% of voters say the midterms are more important than any in the past. i notice you've got an op-ed out says democrats limp into election day without a bumper sticker. having read all of this, have the democrats thrown in the towel on this election? >> well the problem they have, what i talk about in the column is that they don't have anything positive to run on, right? there is so much anger out there about paying absurd amounts of money for food, gas, clothes, rent, electric bill, the things you're discussing on the show. there is anger on the democratic party focusing more on donald trump than addressing myriad of crises in the country. angry about the border allowing 4 million people into the country illegally. 300 americans dying because of opioid overdoses driven by fentanyl, comes across the border into this country. democrat side there is anger primarily relgated to the dobbs decision on the supreme court that was back in the summer f

democrats have nothing to run on nothing positive on energy, immigration, education, without that, given the conditions on the ground the party is doomed 15 days from now. there will not be an october surprise coming that saves anybody. let's put it that way. stuart: joe, you made your point, you made it well. see you real soon, joe. you're all right. >> thank you, stu. stuart: i know it. d.c. city council voted to let non-citizens to vote in local elections. aishah hasnie is with us. how the house and senate could overrule it if the mayor signs it into law. reporter: yeah, that's right. good morning to you, stuart. d.c. laws are actually overseen subject to congressional oversight. technically, yes the senate and the house can overrule a d.c. passed law. this one is certainly already being challenged by several members of congress, republican of course. let's take a look what is at stake here, stuart. this month, the d.c. city council passed a bill that would

allow some 50,000 non-citizens living in the district right now, the right to vote in local races. that would start in 2024 according to this new bill. that includes voting for mayor, for city council, for even the board of education, not for president, though, not for any federal elections. they would simply need to be 18 years of age, have lived in the district for 30 days. that's it. the only city councilmember who voted no brought up concerns about the hundreds of migrants who are being bused here from the southern border who continue to be bused here and she asked whether or not they should be allowed to vote in a community they're not even familiar with yet? >> it is asking whether somebody who is a complete stranger to our community, to our nation, and who happened to be sent here on a bus from texas and managed to remain resident for 30 days

could actually vote in our elections. and it goes to this point about whether there shouldn't be some, something more than 30 days. the original bill was -- reporter: she was actually trying to expand it from not just 30 days, but maybe waiting a little bit longer before giving these people the right to vote. republican senator tom cotton, representatives rodney davis and august pflueger are introducing resolutions against this bill. senator cotton tweeted this, allowing illegal immigrants to vote is an insult to every voter in america. every single democrat should be on the record whether they support this insane policy. now their move to fight back to fight this is really aggravating d.c. representative eleanor holmes norton. she long wanted lawmakers on the hill to stay out of d.c. politics, d.c. policy. we probably won't see a real

fight though, stuart unless republicans take back the house and senate and then they're going to really have some power, some weight to three around on this. stuart: ashiah, good story, thank you. do you remember when the cdc director had this to say about getting vaccinated? roll tape. >> our data from the cdc today suggests you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick, and that, it is not just in the clinical trials but it is also in real world date takes well that did not age well. rochelle walensky tested positive for covid despite getting fully vaccinated and boosted. there is a warning of a triple demic coming soon. covid, flu, other infections. we'll talk to doc siegel about that.

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before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infection, some serious and a lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reaction may occur. best move i've ever made. ask your dermatologist stuart: president bride is set to receive the updated covid booster. ashley, are we going to actually see this happen?

reporter: yeah, i think we will. president biden will get a jab tomorrow as part of the administration's effort to get more people boosted against covid. it has been more than three months since biden contracted covid which is how long health experts recommend waiting before getting another shot. now the latest boosters target both the original covid strain and the omicron subvariants but only about 20 million people have signed up for these. the cdc says half of those shots have already gone to people over the age of 65. the biden administration warning about a possible winter surge, particularly as more people head indoors. and we're already seeing cases rise in europe by the way. stu? stuart: got it. now the director of the cdc, rochelle walensky she tested positive for covid. how many jabs has she already had? reporter: well, that makes a total of five jabs. stu, the cdc says walensky is

experiencing mild symptoms, isolating at home. the agency's protocol suggests quarantining five days after testing positive. the u.s. has not seen a significant uptick in cases or hospitalizations but data shows about 360 people continue to die each day from the virus. there are now concerns about a subvariant that early studies indicate may evade some of those existing treatments. public health experts again worried about a tough covid-19 winter ahead of the reports say hospitalizations as we just mentioned, stu, already on the rise in europe as people head indoors. stuart: all right. ashley, thanks, got it. bring in dr. marc siegel. walensky tested positive after five jabs. doesn't that really erode confidence in the usefulness of the vaccine? >> well, stuart, i don't think it should because i think we've already corrected the messaging from earlier that the vaccine decreases severity primary.

that is what is was designed for. earlier in the pandemic as you know, even on into the pandemic, the idea of preventing spread was used to lead to mandates which i had a huge problem with and so did you. but the issue is does it make it less likely you will end up in the hospital? does it make it less likely you will have a severe case? the answer is yes. if she has mild symptoms despite five shots, despite having covid booster for the new omicron to could be because the vaccine actually helped her. the mixed message you reported a few minutes ago is the issue. it is the clear messaging, it decreases severity, not spread. stuart: we're hearing a lot about the tripledemic threat, covid flu, other infections, a tripledemic threat, all i see from most people is a shrug. nobody seems to care that much? >> because people have been beaten over the head with fear for the last three years. what they see is the economy going down and the president

forgetting that by the way, and all of this psychological harm that has been done. so, there is fatigue and the covid fatigue is spreading across the board. we don't want to hear more fear-mongering, more sabre-rattling, here comes a tripledemic. i think it is more important we stick to basic public health. yes, we're seeing rsv infections in very young children. we saw that last year at this time. yes, we may see a more severe flu season than we saw last year because we saw it in australia, because the masks are off. we don't have a lot of immunity built up to flu but we can prepare for it. we can be on the lookout for it. i go through that every day in my office, stuart. i get these phone calls. what do i have? i have a fever, i got congestion. i guide people through illness without panic. if you're sick, stay home from work! stay home from school. is that a new message? no, i've been saying that on this show for 15 years now, or 10 years at least. i don't want to age us but let's

say 10 years, stay home if you're sick. stop the sabre-rattling. stop fear-mongering. stuart: i got it. with you on that one. thank you, doctor. i know we'll see you again soon. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: ahead here is what we have for you mike rowe, four-star general jack keane, nigel farage, rob smith. the report card on the performance of our public schools is in. it's a big fail. i put a lot of blame on the teachers union. that is my opinion. it is "my take." it is next. ♪.

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