tight hip flexors, but quick shout-out to cheryl casone who did a half iron man and then a marathon over the weekend. maria: she's incredible. so strong. i'm glad you gave her the shout-out. >> you know, women are great at, like, the ultra a-marathoning, the, like, 100-mile-plus runs. women actually very often will beat men in those ultra marathons like off-road, like in utah. because, i think it's because we retain so much water that we're like camels. we have great endurance. >> that is such an accomplishment. i'm going to go home and celebrate that woman by eating all the leftover halloween -- [laughter] maria: it's been a great show, dagen, mark, todd, great to see you all. "varney & company" up next, ashley webster in for stu this morning. ashley, take it away. ashley: good morning, maria, and

good morning, everyone. yes, i'm ashley web webster in for stuart varney, and we've got to start with president biden's, well, frankly desperate speech last night. no, he didn't address any of the issues facing most americans -- inflation, crime, high gas prices and so on. it was divisive and, yes, desperate. we're going to take that on throughout the show, you can be sure. and as the president ramped up the rhetoric in d.c., in new hampshire republican senate candidate general boll duck says he was the target of an attack prior to his debate last night. meantime, to the markets. the fed increasing rates another 75 basis points and the markets continuing to point lower. in the premarket the dow off 260 points, s&p and nasdaq also down more than 1%. let's take a look at the 10-year treasury yield which was on the move upward yesterday and it is right now to 4.2% on the

10-year. meanwhile, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez getting into a twitter spat with elon musk. she claims musk is charging for free speech by adding the $8 fee for the blue check mark. i wonder if she wrote that tweet in her tesla. and the world series is now tied at two apiece. the houston astros the throwing a no-hitter for only the second time in world series history. we have more on that. it is thursday, november the 3rd, 2022. "varney & company" about to begin. ♪ ♪ baby, it's a brand new day -- ♪ ain't no clouds hanging over me. ♪ something doesn't feel the same -- ashley: the hustle and bustle of sixthth avenue in midtown, man manhattan. good thursday morning to

everyone at home. we are starting with president biden delivering a highly divisive speech last night. good morning, lauren simonetti. lauren: morning, ashley. ashley: good morning. he attacked republicans yet again. what did he say? lauren: oh, god, a lot. he tied republican candidates and their supporters or to president trump and then, ashley, he accused them of threatening democracy. >> there's a lot at stake in these midterm elections. from our economy to the safety of our streets, to our personal freedoms, the future of health care and social security, medicare,st all important. but there's something else at stake. democracy itself. american democracy is urn attack because the defeated former president of the united states refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. lauren: i call it a divisive and a desperate closing argument before the midterms. so the white house is bracing for losses next week, and democrats are failing on their messaging because, ashley, they

can't really run on their record. so they're ignoring inflation, they're ignoring crime, and they're pivoting to extremes, trying to incite fear. case this in point, what is president biden doing today? he's pitching student debt relief. it's a motivating issue for some americans, but i don't think it's the issue on everybody's mind. ashley: i do not. a bit of fear-mongering, i would say. lauren, thank you very much. and, by the way, president biden tried to draw a connection between the man who attacked paul pelosi in his home and the january 6th riots. listen to this. >> it's hard to even say. after the assailant entered the home asking where's nancy, where's nancy, those are the very same words used by the mob when they stormed the united states capitol on january the 6th, when they broke windows, kicked in the doors, brutally attacked law enforcement, roamed

the corridors hunting for officials and erected gallows to hang the former vice president, mike pence. ashley: pete hegseth joins me now this morning. pete, this sounds to be to me like a hail mary attempt to drum up fear because democrats, well, they don't have any real message to run on, they have no momentum going into the midterms, i would say. what do you make of it in. >> no, you're exactly right. it's divisive, it's demagoguery, and he says that if through the democratic process voters choose candidates that aren't to his liking, then that's dangerous to our democracy, which is a constitutional republic, by the way, not a democracy. so this is characterizing your political opponents as evil to ramp up fear, running on issues like the threat to democracy and january 6th when republicans are looking voters in the eye and meeting them where they're at and saying your food and gas

prices are too high, crime is out of control. we're here in arizona, the border's out of control. your kids are being taughting what gender they should choose to be in second grade, that's out of control. so you've got the sanity vote on basic issues. but here's the thing, ash, i don't think a single word of what joe biden had to say there is going to matter at all. that's why he's in his basement for the rest of his campaign. they realize he's not an asset, he's a liability. and that kind of fear-mongering may work at certain moments with certain a audiences, but right now that's tuned out because people have already heard what they need to hear, and they know it's a strawman argument against his political opponents. ashley: yes with. quickly, pete, we're five days away from the elections. you're talking to voters in arizona. what do they think of former president obama campaigning there? [laughter] >> you're right, he was just in this neck of the woods. a lot of them felt like -- speaking of a hail mary pass -- bring in the one guy they think

might resonate with voters. but the real energy here, another broken egg here in gilbert, arizona, was on the republican side for candidates who, you know, a lot of people dismissed who were not capable of winning who are now ahead in the polls. kari lake for governor, blake masters in the senate and arizona could end up determining the balance of the u.s. senate. so early voting started in the middle of october. a lot of people here are waiting to vote on election day, and i think the nation if will be surprised by the outcome in arizona as voters demand courage from politicians on issues that actually matter to them. so a lot of enthusiasm in arizona. we'll see what happens in five days. ashley: we shall, indeed. pete hegseth in gilbert, arizona. that's a suburb of phoenix. thank you so much, pete. as always, great stuff. >> thank you. ashley: as pete was talking about the economy concern thank you -- it always remains a top issue for the midterms. lauren, how are voters feeling

about the economy? lauren: phoenix has the highest inflation rate in the country at 13%, ashley. ashley: right. lauren: as for what we're talking about now, we're going to talk about a poll, and i'm calling it the worst poll you can get. it finds that voters' views of the economy are steadfast. 6 in 10 believe, yep, we're in recession. it doesn't matter to them that gdp actually expanded in the third quarter. like, what they think is what they think. you can't change it now. and 4 in 10 say, look at this, economic issues are their top priority the when they do go to the polls. is so it's baked in, that the economy is problematic, and that's a really tough position for democrats to be in to change their minds. ashley: it really is. and the next one for you, lauren, kind of currying on on the economy issue. the fed announced another 75-point rate hike, any sign that the fed will slow down after of this?

lauren: perhaps, but i'm calling him, powell, the pivot or pause party pooper. try saying that fast. [laughter] look, here's the money line that moves the markets from up to down. it is very premature, he said, to be talking about pausing our rate hikes. we have a ways to go. so the full-termal -- terminal rate is likely 5-5.1%, but really it's all about cpi. cpi is leading the fed, the next inflation print is next week and, quite honestly, we're all out of mercy. ashley: we are, indeed. let's take a look at the futures on wall street today, just under 20 minutes from now, the dow off 230, s&p and nasdaq down right around 1%. let's bring in our good friend, adam johnson. he's here today. adam, you say now is the time to think rationally, not emotionally. ill say the markets reacted pretty emotionally to what jay

powell had to say yesterday. >> yeah, ashley, you know, if all you had is a hammer, then everything you look at is a nail. [laughter] it's amazing how completely obsessed this market has become with inflation and interest rates. earnings, employment, currently they don't matter. midterm elections and possible change doesn't matter. a divided white house once we get that or a divided washington once we get that change which is historically good for stocks, apparently, doesn't seem to matter. the fact that china is starting to come out of lockdowns again doesn't seem to matter. we're completely focused on inflation, we're obsessed with it, and we're missing so much of the good narrative that's out there within markets and even the economy. ashley: but looking ahead, adam, these rate hikes -- and lauren was talking about the terminal rate at maybe 5, 5.25% -- the impact of that's not going to be felt until next year. are you concerned we are headed to a recession sometime in 2023?

>> ashley, i i think we already had a recession. i think the recession, contracting gdp, a falling economy, i think that happened in the first and second quarter, and we know that because gdp was down in the first and second quarter, and yet the third quarter's up. i think we were actually in a recession before the bureau of labor statistics has even called it a recession, and now we're on the way out. and the fact that lauren was just talking about 64% of voters think we're in recession just tells you what our mineset is. but we're -- mindset. we're missing the forest for the trees, we're hitting everything with that hammer. it's not as bad as we think. i mean, there are more americans working than ever before, ashley. unemployment down to 3.5%. and when you have people working, they are earning. and when they are earning, they are spending x. that spending percolates through the economy. and that's why gdp grew in the third quarter. again, i think we've become completely focused on inflation,

interest rates, we're obsessed with that. we're missing so many of the other positive narratives that are out there. ashley: well, well done, adam. you've made me feel a little bit better about things this morning, and that unwasn't easy. thank you so much for putting a smile on our faces. it's not all bad. everything isn't a nail that needs to be hammered. it's not all bad, that's the line of the morning. thank you so much. as we take a look at the futures, the dow off 238. all right, coming up, the white house took credit for a boost in retirees' social security checks. okay. but then the tweet was taken down after being fact-checked. oops. listen to kgp walking it back. >> look, the tweet was not complete. usually we post it with context, and it do did not have that context. ashley: oh, it was missing context. we'll get into that. a new fox poll shows republican herschel walker has closed the gap with senator raphael warnock

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for the walker camp. walker is now just 1 point behind the democrat as opposed to the 5-point margin back in september. big news for that team. this race, neck and neck despite the fact voters are 7 points more likely to feel extremely concerned that walker is unquaffed and that -- unqualified and that warnock is out of touch. very interesting there. that might have something to do with this, ashley, inflation still ranks the most important issue in this race with abortion 20 points behind as the second most important issue. that kind of polling could spell trouble for the incumbent democrat especially as the fed just with announced another rate hike to get a handle on inflation where we could see senator warnock pick up some votes are among those split voters that we've been tracking here in georgia, ashley. we're talking about people who are voting for governor kemp, a republican, but not voting for

herschel walker. ashley? ashley: very interesting. thank you very much. aisha is ofny in georgia this morning. congressman buddy cart canner is a republican from georgia, and and he joins us now. it feels like the gop has the momentum. do you see a red wave next week? >> i do. i'll be quite honest with you, i didn't think that it was going to be this significant at this point in the campaign, but it is. the momentum is picking up. i was with herschel walker yesterday, and i can tell you he is hitting on all cylinders now. i have not been as proud to have herschel walker on my team as when he was playing football at the university of georgia. [laughter] he is doing great, and he delivered a wonderful message yesterday, and people -- it is invigorating people, it's getting them excited, and they're wanting to get out and wanting to support them. -- him. look, you're absolutely spot on here.

i've been in the district for the last two months, and as i go through the district, people, what are they talking about? they're talking about inflation, they're talking about crime, they're talking about the southern border and drugs, and they're talking about education. that's the things that they're talking about, and that's why we've got to get republicans back in office. ashley: all right. next one for you, congressman. white house press secretary karine jean pier walking back now president biden's claims that voting for republicans is a threat to democracy. listen to this, i'll get your comment. >> does that mean president biden thinks it is a threat to democracy if somebody votes republican? >> no, that's a ridiculous question. no. >> reporter: why is that a ridiculous question in. >> because the american people should have their right to vote, whomever they want. we are talking about mega-maga republican officials who have been very clear about this, who say, who say, you know, they are pro-police but then they are also pro-insurrectionist.

ashley: what do you say about that, congressman? if because the message from the president last night was if you vote for these, you know, extreme right-wing republicans, it's a threat to democracy. what are your thoughts on that? >> just another example of the administration trying to divert the attention of the american people to things that aren't on their agenda right now. you know, it's ridiculous to say that if you vote for a republican, that you're anti-democracy or anti-american. and for the president of the united states to say that and for him to imply that, that is really, really sad. i mean, let's face it, you know, you want to talk about insurrectionists, you want to talk about the rioting, don't forget the summer of 2020. don't forget that in min if yap lis and and portland, what happened then. yes, i have condemned what happened at the capitol on january 6th.

we don't have any place for that in our society. but all this about the election being stolen, it was democrats. it was stacey abrams in 2018, hillary clinton, they were the ones who started this about elections being stolen. why is it that it's only, election is only stolen when a republican wins? i just don't get it. ashley: right. that's exactly right. all right. man buddy carter from georgia, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. ashley: all right. an op-ed in "the washington post" is looking past the midterms and offering some advice to president biden and vice president harris. what does the op-ed say, lauren? lauren: it's from the columnist george will, and and he writes this, quote: for the good of the country, biden and harris should bow out of the 2024 election. will actually pleads with democrats, don't let them run again. george will is 81 years old. he was a republican but not a trump republican, which meant he voted for president biden.

he said the final straw was when the president claimed that student loan forgiveness was passed by congress. it was never voted on. biden used executive action to push it through, and this is what george will says about that, quote: this is not just another one of his verbal fender benders. there is no are less than displaying ebbs la nation for his complete confusion. as for the vice president, he says it sounds like she's giving a book report on a book she never read a, ashley. [laughter] over and over again. ashley: that's about the best description can i've heard so far. lauren, thank you so much. looks like we're going to have some selling again on wall street. the opening bell is next.

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ashley: all right, let's take a look at these futures, pointing to a down start on this thursday on the dow. let's are bring in d.r. barton to talk about it all. good morning to you, k.r. i -- d. dr.. i guess the question is, have we hit the bottom? is this the bottom right now? >> well, there's a bunch of things lining up, ashley, that that look like we could be getting there. i think as far as we went down yesterday we didn't get to the old bottoms because we were up

10% in october in the dow and a little bit more in the s&p. so there are some good seasonal trends coming up including the six best months of the year to invest, the presidential cycle post the midterm election is traditionally a strong period of time. so i think that if the fed doesn't get too frisky in december, we might see that the bottom is in. ashley: what do you think about holiday spending? what about the psyche of the consumer? expecting a good holiday season or are people pulling back? >> yeah, you know what? mastercard came out just under a month ago, ashley, with their numbers that showed that they were looking at an all-time high spending level this holiday season. i think that's going to bode well too because we know that retail spending is one of the big drivers of our economy. ashley: yeah. it's like 70% of it.

very quickly, stock pick. you like corteva, ctva. why do you think this company? what is it? >> yeah. crop protection and seed production, ashley. they are at an all-time high. i like 'em for the long term. the teeniest pullback should be bought in this all of this space, but in this dow/dupont spin-off in particular. ashley: very good. all right, d.r., we'll leave it right. thank you, as always, for your insight on to the markets and i would call it optimistic, more than pessimistic, for sure. thank you very much. we're getting ready to officially start today's session on wall street. you can see everyone waving, clapping. we had a weird day yesterday, a seesaw. the market went up when they thought that the9 fed was being more dovish, then the fed chair, jay powell, started to talk after the statement was released and they realized, maybe not,

maybe a little more hawker, and that's when we -- hawkish, and that's when we saw the selloff. we take a look at the big board as we are just underway. the dow immediately down 247 points. boeing on the upside, and we'll tell you why, we'll get into that in a minute, but a lot of the names right out of the gate are moving lower, home depot, apple and so on. let's take a look at the nasdaq, if we can. down 1%, 38 points at 3719. that was the s&p, my apologies. the nasdaq also though down 1.25%, down 131 points. let's take a look at big tech the, talking of the nasdaq. we saw apple down on the big board there. take a look at some of these names, microsoft down a third of a percent, amazon,, alphabet, meta down 1.33%, apple down more than 2% in the very early going. all right, let's begin with some earnings that we learned about before the bell rang.

lauren, let's begin with moderna. lauren: ouch. stock's down 8.5%. they cut their an annual sales forecast for their covid-19 vaccine. they blamed limitedded supply, but that was the opposite of what their rival, fiers, reported earlier this week. and we're talking about booster shots for the new variant. overall, their sales at moderna were a miss, 3.6 billion in all. then there's royal caribbean, investors didn't like the guidance for this quarter, and that actually overshadows their first quarterly profit post-pandemic. that's a big deal, but the stock's down almost 6%. the cost for them to operate a cruise are still rising and still well above pre-pandemic levels. you were talking with, about marriott? well, hyatt with too, they're riding this travel rebound. stock's up almost 4%. their ceo says people are becoming certainly more deliberate about how they spend their money, but they're choosing to travel, and hybrid work is certainly helping there.

cigna, health insurer, raises their profit forecast for the year, seeing growth in pharmacy revenue, and that did offset a decline in premiums, and the stock is essentially platte at 3.22 a share. ashley: wow. boeing has unveiled a pretty ambitious forecast. the stock up, well, 1.33%. what's the story? lauren: one of the few dow components that are higher today. they gave guidance for the first time since 2019, and investors loved the guidance. they say they're going to deliver 800 commercial jets by 2025. that means they're going to get paid. the airlines have been complaining, look, we don't have enough planes or workers, so we can't just add flights. so boeing is trying to help out here. they also expect free cash flow levels to essentially double next year from this year. wall street is somewhat doubtful. there are supply chain issues that could keep boeing from achieving their goals.

however, the max jet, i mean, they want to make and deliver 50 a month. we'll see if they can do it. ashley: we will. and that stock now at 1.6, 1.8. continues to go up. let's take a look at etsy, if we can, the arts and crafts site. up 8%. why are they getting a boost? lauren: higher transaction fees. i know that's not a very good reason, but remember they started charging their sellers a higher rate of 6.5%, and a lot of those merchants protested. they took town their stores for a week -- down their stores for a week, going on strike. in the end, etsy grew sales more than 11%, and they say we can't predict how the shopper is going to be this holiday season, but we think we're in a good position no matter what. ashley: very good. talking of the holiday season coming up, peloton is down this morning. they worried? down 12%, are they worried about the holidays? lauren: yeah. they're predicting revenue over

the holiday season of about 700 million, wall street is looking for more like 860 million. the translation is is this turn-around plan under the relatively new ceo barr rhode island mccarthy -- barry mccarthy not working or not working fast enough? outsourcing all of their customer service, all of their manufacturing, all of their delivery, raising prices on some of their equipment, and now they're actually renting that equipment, and the stock is still down in a big way. they say they want to be cash flow positive sooner than, i think, wall street thinks is realistically possible. ashley: yeah. down 12% today. all right, show me restaurant brands. they own places like burger king, tim horton's. are more people going out to eat fast food right now? lauren: it's a bargain, right, compared to everything else. so restaurant brand say they see all of their divisions, i'll throw popeye's in there, doing well.

bk world wide same-store sales grew more than 10%. 3% at popeye's. so people are going in and saying, all right, it might be more expensive to eat here, but it's cheaper than anywhere else. and it's almost cheaper to eat at home because anybody who food shops, you know, the cost of making your own meals has gone up drastically as well. leftovers help. ashley: that's very true. of let's take a look at roku, if we can, the streaming company. that stock down, wow, 4.6% -- 14.6%. what's going on? is. lauren: we are seeing a lot of big moveses today. advertisers, is what's going on. eau cue says they've just -- roku says they've just slashed their budgets, and they have no clarity on when those budgets are coming back. they're forecasting a much wider loss this quarter, they're saying they're going to lose $135 million. that is three times worse than wall street is bracing for. then they wrote a letter to

shareholders, and if this is money. quote: we expect these conditions to be temporary, but it is definitely to predict when they're going to stabilize or rebound. so there is no clarity for roku right now, and they're getting punished. ashley: they are, down 15%. all right, lauren, thank you very much. let's take a look at the the big board, if we can, with the dow off 236 points. what winners do we have? we mentioned boeing earlier as their forecast looks a lot better than expected. boeing, intel, jpmorgan, they're moving the way. honeywell also, essentially, flat. walmart also essentially flat. s&p 500 winners, under armour, up 10 percent. of course, it's a $7 stock. etsy, we mentioned etsy, up 8%. ebay also moving higher. on the nasdaq, ebay, booking holdings, intel up there and tesla, by the way, up about a quarter of a percent.

ross stores also up about a quarter of a percent. now let's take a look at the 10-year treasury yield as the fed made its announcement of raising rate, up went the 10-year yield with. it's now up nearly 10 basis points at 4.2%. gold is down nearly 2% at $1620 per troy ounce. let's take a look at bitcoin which has been in the same region now for a while, it's right at 20,158, up $41. take a look at the price of oil, if we can, that's down $2 at $88 a daryl. -- a barrel. taking a look at nat gas with the winter fast approaching, nat gas down 3% at $6.06. by the way, the average price for a gallon of egg right now across the country -- of regular across the country, $3.77. and, oh, yes, for a gallon of diesel, ouch, those semis paying a lot of money, $5.30. all right, coming up, president biden claims the extreme maga

republicans want to suppress the right of voters. listen to this. >> this driving force is trying to succeed where they failed in 2020, to suppress the right of voters and subvert the electoral system itself. ashley: some strong words. seems like the president wants to further divide our nation. he's not the great uniter, for sure. i wonder what ronna mcdaniel makes of that? she'll be here later in the show. aoc, by the way, not happy about elon musk's plan to charge users for twitter's blue check mark, but elon musk is hitting back at the congresswoman. you knew he would. and taylor swift's new album mid mights is a hit and breaking records. we're going to bring you her reaction. we'll be right back. ♪ when i walk in the room, i can still make the whole place shudder ♪

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♪ ♪ ashley: don bolduc, new hampshire's republican candidate for senate, says he was attacked last night right before a debate. what happened, lauren? lauren: someone in the crowd tried to punch him. he dodged it, and his assailant was quickly apprehended and arrested. >> i guess he just couldn't contain himself k and he charged from this side of the sidewalk. he made slight contact with me, i'd call it a graze. but my supporters surrounded me very, very quickly. lauren: he debated maggie hassan as if nothing happened, and he said it's time to lower the temperature on political violence. i would agree. i wonder if that's a winning issue, because senator hassan is now up in new hampshire by just .5% according to the rcp

average. ashley: very tight, indeed. all right, lauren, thank you very much. caroline leavitt is running as a republican for new hampshire's 1st congressional district, and if she sins -- wins, she will be the i don't think u.s -- youngest congresswoman ever. caroline, what was the main reason you said i've got to get in here and go to congress? >> well, the main reason was watching the disastrous policies of the biden, pelosi and chris pappas agenda. chris pappas is my democrat opponent here in new hampshire in the district that i grew up in in a small business family. early in the administration i saw the trillions in spending and thought, this isn't going to be good. we need a home grown fighter who will be a common sense, fit fiscal conservative for new hampshire. we're five days away from flipping this district red. it's one of the most competitive

house seats in america, and i look forward to serving as a conservative, common sense congresswoman. ashley: wow. why do you believe that the american dream has never been more unattainable? that's what you say. >> i do say that. i'm a generation-z american, and the american dream has never been more unattainable for my generation and those even younger than me. we have decimating economic policies right now with 8.2% inflation, the cost of everything from gas to groceries has obviously increased. we've seen this administration cut the neck if off of our domestic energy production which has led to this inflation. mortgage rates next year, predicted it's going to be 10%. my generation of americans are choosing not to have families and cannot afford to purchase homes. that's the essence of the american dream. and then you have the democrats and joe biden trying to buy the votes of young americans with insane economic policies like the cancellation of student debt. well, that's a false promise. we can't cancel student debt, it

will lead to increased taxes for all of us later, so it's my goal as the next congresswoman from new hampshire to inspire young people to believe in our conservative policies that work and make america the greatest country in the history of the world of. we have to preserve that, and this is the election to do it. ashley: caroline, you have tremendous energy which really comes across on the television. we wish you the very best of luck, and, you know, what you say, let's see if it strikes a chord with the voters. caroline leavitt joining us this morning. >> thank you. ashley: running for congress in new hampshire. tremendous energy. all right, speaking of young candidates, lauren, how many of this year's candidates are millennials? lauren: 193. that's between the ages of 26 and 41. and 2 are from caroline's generation, generation-z, meaning they're 25 and under. the other is maxwell frost, he is a democrat, and he's running

for the house in the state of florida. so in total the here, millennial action projects that 334 candidates are running for congress, both the house and the senate, that are under the age of 45. and while ms. leavitt had many good things to say and she spoke with enthusiasm and authority, she didn't mention that jen z is considered -- gen z is considered to be more bipartisan. so are the millennial generation. so there's hope that with congress getting younger, there'll be a more collaborative the afroach to governing. of i don't know, we're hopeful. but if you look at them together, they're 40% of the elect electorate, so they pack a big punch. ashley: yeah. and it would be nice to get some young blood, would it not, in the nation's capital. cnn's political correcter admits there are signs of a democrat wipeout next week. what did he say? is lauren lynn he said the majority of voters rank

inflation as the topic according to a cnn poll, and that's why this will be a change election, so says he, in the gop's favor. listen here. >> the mood of the country is not good. take a look here, three-quarters of americans in our poll say things are going pretty or very badly in america. only 26% say things are going very or fairly well in the country, so that spells for a change election. the issue that is driving election is the economy and inflation. overwhelmingly. 51% of likely voters in our poll say the economy and inflation is issue number one. lauren: yeah, right there. a cnn poll on cnn,s and democrats own thed root cause of that issue, which is the economy and inflation. we've even heard from former obama officials like steve ratner saying democratic spending has stoked inflation over and over again, and and

they seem to distance themself from the problem they helped create. ashley: lauren, thank you very much. coming up, data shows teachers unions funneled millions to leftist causes despite the majority of teachers being republican and independent. so is this election a referendum on the teach teachers unions? we'll get into that. plus, the houston astros made postseason history last night, roll tape. >> moto. bouncing ball to third, throw in time, the astros is have a world serious no- world series no-hitter! ashley: it was the second no-hitter ever thrown in the world series. the astros tying the series at two. we'll have the very latest on the series right after this. ♪ i'm gonna win. ♪ somehow i know i'm gonna win

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nate foy joins us from neville. take us through the highlights. >> reporter: well, ashley, it is the first ever combined no-hitter, and christian javier was the star of the night. he says his parents flew from in the dominican republic. he claims that they predicted the no-hitter the night before. if that's the case, his parents should predict another astros win. a four pitcher no-hitter. right here it's ryan presley, a ground with ball to third, alex bregman puts it way. the 2-2 series tie and the no-hitter, the second no-hitter in world series history. here's astros' manager dusty baker talking about it. >> combined no-hitter, i mean, that's hard to do because usually somebody's going to give it up, you know, during that no-hitter. and so, you know, all our guys were poised and ready and

strong. >> reporter: yeah, none more so than christian javier, the star of the game. he pitched six innings, had nine strikeouts, issued two walks, the only base runners he allow, and all he needed was the five-run fifth inning from the astros' offense. alex bregman hitting a two-run double, that was the big hit there. phillies' manager rob thompson is confident in his team. >> we were a no-hit earlier in the year many new york, and we came back the next day and won. so these guys, they got a short memory. they're going to go home tonight, go to bed, come back in here tomorrow and prep and compete hike they always do. >> reporter: and a touching moment at the end of the fifth inning, the stand up to cancer moment. first lady dr. jill biden on hand honoring three people including beau biden who died of a brain tumor back in 2015.

back out here live, there have been three no-hitters in postseason history, two of them have been at citizens bank park. roy halladay hit a no-hitter here back in 2010. gave -- game five is tonight at 8:03. back to you, ashley. ashley: thank you very much. still ahead, brian brenberg, ronna mcdaniel and john rich. the 10 a.m. hour of "varney & company" is next.

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