polls, jack. >> i thought the reporter's name was jack and then it was like mark meredith from our own team, i don't know. i don't know what to think about that. i think he was having a happy moment, whatever, i wish he would sing a tune on the inflation that people got hit with again, sing that, sing us to sleep. >> all right, joe, or jack, or whatever your name is. thanks, now here is "america reports." >> john: kayleigh, thank you. fox news alert, another troubling report on inflation. wholesale prices soaring in june, squeezing businesses. consumer price index up more than 11% since this time a year ago. >> sandra: applications for last week alone, 244,000, that's up 9,000 from just a week before. jackie deangelis and neil will be here to break it down for us.

>> we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. >> john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. >> sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. >> john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying "i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response." >> sandra: the biden team set to

head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. >> we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling halfway around the world to search for solutions for the energy crisis when the solution is here at home. >> senator marsha blackburn will weigh in. peter doocy is in jerusalem travelling with the president. are the israelis satisfied with the president's approach to iran? >> peter: all the talk about diplomacy and the new iran nuclear deal might not stop iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. >> words will not stop it, mr. president. diplomacy will not stop them.

the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program the free world will use force. the only way to stop them is to put a credible military threat on the table. >> peter: that's an absolute last resort, according to provided who committed to that in a joint declaration, part says the united states stresses integral to the pledge, commitment never to allow iran to have a nuclear weapon and using national power to assure the outcome. when the president heads next to saudi arabia he is hoping to convince middle east leaders gathered there to do business with the u.s. and not china or russia. >> when i see the saudi leadership tomorrow i'll carry a message of peace and extraordinary opportunities and

a more stable integrated region to bring to the region and frankly the whole world. >> peter: not listed there on the to do list, telling the crown prince to his face ordering a hit on the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi was wrong. >> i always bring up human rights. but my position on khashoggi have been so clear. if anyone does not understand it in saudi arabia or anywhere else, they have not been around for a while. >> peter: so, president biden is apparently weighing this very delicate piece of diplomacy and whether or not you can tell a world leader that murdering journalists is bad and then ask that same world leader to pump more oil. sandra. >> sandra: ok, so we are following all of it as you are there on the ground as well. peter doocy, thank you, john. >> john: bring in tennessee

republican senator marsha blackburn. do you think president biden will have any luck trying to convince the saudis to pump more oil. most analysts say they may be unwilling or unable to do it. >> you are right about that. and the unable part is what we are hearing they are pretty much maxed out on their capability as it currently exists. so that is something that is of concern. now the unwilling, you have to look at the relationship that is there. now, joe biden appears to be weak. if you are an authoritarian ruler with oil, iran, saudi arabia, venezuela, then you are probably going to get a call from joe biden saying hey, can we talk about this, because we need some oil. we are trying to get the cost of a barrel down, we need more refining capacity, we can't meet this. he made a promise he would end the oil and gas industry in the

u.s., he is cow towing to the liberal left. they do not want anything to do with oil and gas and they want the green new deal. >> john: interesting you say if you are a leader of saudi arabia, venezuela, or iran, you will get a call. >> great country song, joe biden ought to get the song out, rewrite lyrics and get himself to houston, texas, southwest airlines, inexpensive flight to see them. >> john: to your point there, i wanted to bring this up. take a look at the current price for average gallon of gasoline, according to aaa. today, 4.60. down $0.03 from yesterday, down from a week ago, down $0.40 from a month ago. does biden even need to be talking to saudi arabia about this? couldn't he just talk to

american oil producers? not far from 4.60, to 3.60, most would see as a big relief. >> of course. a large oil company, wildcatters, they will tell you they have the ability to produce more. they have not been able to get drill permits for existing leases and they want them. he needs to go back to fracking, needs to allow more natural gas. the cleanest fuel into the pipeline. what he needs to do is restart the keystone, go back and drill in alaska. taking a million acres off line in alaska is wrong. go back offshore, go down to louisiana, talk to some of those guys there in the gulf. there are things he could do today, you know. the oil industry and oil futures work off of certainty and they are looking for that certainty. they are not getting it from this president.

he has proven to be very unfriendly and very uncaring about what the american public is facing every time they go fill up the pump. >> john: switch gears and ask you about a different topic, a big issue for the last few weeks, this group ruth sent us was publishing doxxing the addresses of conservative supreme court justices encouraging people to come out and protest. apparently they have been removed from twitter for doing this, and other things as well. your thoughts about that? >> it is time they be removed from twitter. also, d.o.j. should be investigating these organizations because they are working in a way that is -- they are violating federal law when they are going to these homes when they are protesting, when they are trying to intimidate judges, this is wrong, it is illegal. these groups need to be investigated and good on twitter for taking them off line.

>> john: it did take a long time and other groups are still up there, another group offering bounties for the locations of supreme court justices when they are out and about. >> which is wrong. d.o.j. should be investigating all of these. >> john: always good to catch up with you. appreciate it. sandra, some interesting news on that front with ruth sent us and wondering if some of the other groups will run afoul of twitter rules as well. >> sandra: and standing at the ready here at home to increase our oil and gas supplies, great point by the senator there, but not just about the oil supply side of this equation, but refining the oil into gasoline and the "new york times" pointed to the sharp decline in gasoline prices says that can reverse in a moment should there be a hurricane taking out a refinery in the southeast, anything could happen, so increasing the refining capacity.

>> john: at least in the interim gasoline prices are headed the right direction. >> sandra: enjoy it while it last. economic front, does not look good for the white house. new data shows wholesale prices accelerating beyond expectations in june. the prices measure inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches the consumer. 11.3% up from the previous year. rich is live in washington. what is driving the high wholesale prices that eventually make their way to all of us? >> rich: it's energy, sandra. nearly 90% of the annual increase in june is from inflation in oil, natural gas and other types of energy. take out energy, food and trade services, the more volatile categories. wholesale rose 6.4% since june of last year. and the president overseas, two troubling reports.

final prices, what consumers pay rose 9.1% from june of last year. that's the largest annual gain since 1981. top administration officials say they are working to address this. >> inflation in the united states remains unacceptably high. beyond that, we are taking our own steps that we believe will be supportive in the short-term to get inflation down. >> rich: democrats point to the spike in energy and food following russia's invasion of ukraine and the global supply chain after covid shutdowns. republicans say democrat spending pushed inflation higher. >> one of the first and most painful consequences of the biden failed policies is the cost of energy. on their party's watch, the cost of heating a home rose by double digit percentages last winter.

>> rich: democrats are trying to pass another bill, with tax credits, tax increases and spending on energy. joe manchin says these inflation numbers show it's time to get unnecessary spending under control. democratic leaders have been trying to secure manchin's vote to pass their bill. without it, it likely will not clear the senate. sandra. >> sandra: rich edson on all of that. and talking about business and economic experience of those on the business and economic team in the white house. really lacking, john, and big questions whether or not the right people are in place to help this country avoid a recession or even a deep recession. we'll see. >> john: and some interesting political changes across the country as a result of all of this as well that we'll discuss with mark short, former chief of staff for former vice president mike pence, that the working

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duckduckgo: privacy, simplified. >> john: fox news alert across the atlantic and through the mediterranean to italy where italian prime minister today said that he is going to resign his position as the prime minister. this after one of the leading parties in his coalition unity government called the five stars refused to participate in a confidence vote. apparently they were upset about some provisions in a bill that he was pushing. the bill would help businesses and households with high energy prices. however, it also included plans for a trash in sen -- incinerator that they objected to in rome. it may come undone because of a trash incinerator. the issues the italian politics are a myriad.

if the resignation is accepted, it could set up elections in italy for some time around the late part of september. at the moment, the italian prime minister offering his resignation after one of the leading coalition partners refused to participate in a confidence vote. italian politics, always interesting. >> sandra: i had to look up draghi's age. 74 years old. los angeles district attorney george gascon's office will no longer notify victims or next of kin for their attacker parole hearings. disbanding the advocacy unit that sends them out by the end of the year. the pete hegseth, this parole unit, known as the lifer unit, will be disbanded by the end of

the year, which means the victims' families will no longer be notified if their assailants or attackers come up for parole. >> almost feels like he would disband all prosecutions if he could. believes criminals are wronged in the process, and not only is he not standing up for victims, now it's the families of victims who, yes, might be difficult to know someone who accosted or attacked your family member is being let out of jail, but the kind of information you want. and these units exist to stand by the side of law abiding, tax paying citizens who deserve to know if someone brought to justice may soon be released, and this comes after he's already announced he's not sending prosecutors to even attend parole hearings. so if you are not sending

prosecutors to parole hearings, you are not attempting to keep them in jail, they refuse to add additional layers on prosecution on gun crimes, letting people out earlier with no bail. he is doubling down on an ideology about to get him recalled, he has an upside down world view. >> sandra: you feel for the families if they fear they will not be contacted, to make life decisions based on that. >> can you imagine? your sister or daughter was raped and as a result that person has been thrown away for ten years but parole hearing at seven. maybe the rapist had an obsession with your sister or family member and the hearing could happen without you knowing which means the person could be released without you knowing. the next day you could be confronted with the very attacker you thought was in jail. that's why it exists. it's not a box checking exercise. it's an important part of justice to make sure people who felt like justice was served are

able to manage what might be coming next. >> sandra: in the face of all the criticism he's going to move forward with this, and his office, gascon's office has a response, a victim has a right to be notified they also have a right not to be contacted. lawyers and the parole unit have been using victim service representatives, paralegals and investigation resources to contact victims and their next of kin who have not requested to be notified of parole hearings. he says he's doing it for the protection and betterment of the victim. if you can look at this twisted view. >> so they are not triggered by it. arguing an opt in or an opt out to the notification system. based on his track records he wants to opt out of the entire process of holding the criminals to justice. it's not that people that believe in law and order want to lock the door and throw away the key, we want to believe the

maximum sentence possible for people who have done horrible things. >> sandra: the campaign to recall gascon, thousands of signatures. what do you believe happens now? >> they have passed the threshold they need in order to trigger a recall. looking at what happened in san francisco with chesa bodine, i don't see how he survives it in los angeles, a good thing for the city. >> sandra: we will follow it closely. great to see you. >> john: a grand jury indicting alex murdaugh on murder charges, accused of killing his son maggy and son last year. jonathan is live in atlanta, what evidence does the court have against murdaugh? >> right now i'm holding copies of the indictment handed down earlier today by the grand jury. south carolina authorities accusing alec murdaugh of murdering his wife and son in june of 2021 when he called 911

to report their deaths, murdaugh claimed he had discovered the bodies on his family's 1700 acre hunting property, two separate weapons were used, a rifle against 52-year-old maggie murdaugh and shotgun against paul. sled issued this statement, over the last 13 months, we have worked day in and day out to build a case against the person responsible for the murders of maggie and paul. today's indictments are the most serious in a long trail of legal problems, accused of pocketing settlement money from his clients. today we spoke with one of the attorneys representing the fraud victims. >> justice is him serving the rest of his life in prison. he doesn't deserve to be free for what he did. he's facing 700 something years

already. >> murdaugh's defense team issued this, he wants his family, friends and everyone to know he did not have anything to do with the murders of maggie and paul. he loved them more than anything in the world. attorneys say they are filing a motion for a speedy trial and requesting the attorney general turn over all evidence within 30 days. >> john: latest from atlanta, thank you. >> sandra: police in texas looking into the disappearance of a 39-year-old mother. why a security video and important personal items that were left behind may be offering some big clues. >> john: fox news capturing powerful border video of massive, i mean massive group of migrants crossing the rio grande valley into the united states in what is the new ground 0 of our immigration crisis. will a pair of border states soon declare an invasion?

attorney general mark brnovich is next. >> bottom line the only action is to begin to enforce the law. they refuse to enforce the law.

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everyone knows. >> john: i never know how to take that. let me just go back to the video in the introduction. back in 2014 i was covering the border crisis in the obama administration, ones, twos, groups of ten, the largest was 15. they are coming through by the hundreds now, and this group led by guides from the cartels. this is changing the whole paradigm of illegal migration. >> the last 14 months, about 3 million people have entered the country, about the entire population of kansas. this month the numbers about maybe 250,000, which is seven times the numbers from june of 2020, so we are seeing a record amount of people cross, which is straining our social services but what you alluded to, the cartels have seized operational control. we in arizona have never seen the price of fentanyl fall. from 20 bucks a pill to $five a

pill, and that means someone's son or daughter, niece or nephew will die, and china is supplying the chemicals for the cartels, we will all be paying the cost for that. >> john: and number three here, we have some numbers on fentanyl seizures. so far fiscal year 2022, 7,745 pounds have been seized of fentanyl. last year, 11,203. a little ahead, not much, but a little ahead of the pace last year. but fiscal year 20 and 19. the numbers are way, way up. these cartels are clearly taking advantage of what they believe is a very vulnerable and porous border. >> groups of migrants are coming in, bringing luggage, and more of a hassle in the airport with t.s.a. than they are, and border patrol has to process them, they have the mules and other folks

with the loads. two milligrams, like a couple grains of salt can be fatal. so we talk about thousands and thousands of pounds. just last month, enough fentanyl seized to kill the entire population of arizona. this is why it's so important, because it's not only enriching the cartels, but putting american lives in danger and we have not touched on people on the terror watch list and countries like iran and pakistan coming across the border unchecked and released into the community. >> john: a person captured at the border in a letter you wrote to the governor, look, i think we have the ground work to declare it an invasion. and similar talk in texas. listen to what governor abbott said on sunday over the past weekend. >> we know about 42 terrorists who have been apprehended coming across the border and a fentanyl coming across the border. we do have an invasion driven by

the cartels coming across our border that are pouring people into our country at unprecedented levels. >> john: he has yet to declare an invasion, governor ducey has yet to declare invasion. how would that change the situation on the ground? >> the constitution, the federal government is supposed to guarantee and protect the states from invasion and republican form of government. and they don't do that, the states have a right to defend themselves. when the state declares invasion, that allows them to engage in self-defense measures, that means they can make sure people go through ports of entry as you saw governor abbott trying to do earlier. maybe most importantly, you can deploy the national guard, deploy state law enforcement resources to stop, secure, apprehend and then re-pateriate. >> i think the word invasion,

they worry bit. they worry it's a loaded word, and oh, my gosh, we are going to inflame passions. look, i'm a first generation american. people want to come here because the rule of law has to mean something and how many people like my mom, her friends from countries like poland, hungary, shocked by what's happening. they had to do it the right way, no one gave them free hotel rooms and sent them all over in the country in airplanes, but it's dangerous, the cartels and gangs have seized operational control of the southern border. >> john: attorney general mark brnovich. >> sandra: authorities in ohio say a guatemalan nationalist charged in the rape of a 10-year-old girl. the girl was pregnant from the assault and had to travel to indiana to get an abortion. mike tobin is on the story for

us, mike, how long was the suspect living in the united states? >> sandra, reporting he had been in the country for seven years but the best sources are not coming up with any record of him crossing at a checkpoint, leading to the possibility he's one of the got-away, snuck across the border and generated no record of when he entered. but i.c.e. has a detainer form. and as you mentioned, the reason this case has generated so much attention, the 10-year-old victim had to travel out of state to terminate the pregnancy that resulted from her being raped. according to court documents, a columbus police detective testified that 27-year-old fuentes confessed to raping the girl on at least two occasions. following the supreme court decision, ohio banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy when it was learned the little girl was pregnant in late june, the indianapolis star reported she missed the deadline for the ohio law by three days. so children services in ohio

contacted an indianapolis-based obgyn and the procedure was done. the story was leaked and made it to the white house. >> this is not some imagined horror, it's already happening. just last week it was reported that a 10-year-old girl was a rape victim, ten years old, and she was forced to have to travel out of the state to indiana. >> the anti-abortion group ohio right to life issued a statement. we failed by offering the band aid solution of abortion that only added to the pain and violence perpetrated against her. the victim deserved better. tests are now being done on evidence from the indianapolis clinic to determine if there is a d.n.a. match to fuentes. he faces a potential of life in prison. >> john: and the hits just keep on coming, sandra. another dismal inflation report.

this one on wholesale prices. is the answer more government spending? wait until you hear what the white house is saying about it. jackie deangelis with that. >> sandra: and how safe is your neighborhood? why more dogs on your street may be the answer to taking a bite out of crime.

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dogs, the dogs were stolen and he was shot. so, you know, maybe they don't solve all crime. >> sandra: dog walkers are routine, too. so they go three times a day, usually the same time every day and don't miss a lot. >> john: hats off to the dogs, i guess. hey, a mystery in texas. san antonio police searching for a mother of two who disappeared on her way to work last week. christina powell was last seen on a doorbell security video. casey stegall is live in dallas. her family said she left some important items behind when she left the house. >> she did. first, she called her employer that morning and said that she was running late but she was, however, on her way, but christina or chrissy never made it to work. a co-worker showed up later asking where she was, which confused her family, they thought the 39-year-old

paralegal was at her job. her doorbell camera captured the moment she sprinted out the door just after 10:30 in the morning, jumping in her black nissan rogue and pulling away. last time anyone has seen or heard from her. >> hard to wrap our minds around where she might be, what could have happened. she is not just a friend, she's a sister. >> she lives with her mom who says nothing seemed out of the ordinary leading up to that day, but because she was running so late when she left the house she left her cell phone and her smartwatch behind. san antonio police say she also does not have her medication, which they say is required for a diagnosed medical condition under her doctor's care. her family tells fox that no funds have been withdrawn from her bank account since she vanished. she has two children, just ages 12 and 3.

officials also telling fox digital that her father is not a person of interest, and he is fully cooperating with police despite rumors suggesting otherwise. john. >> live in dallas with the latest. thank you. >> sandra: president biden defending his trip to saudi arabia, and critics are slamming him for visiting a foreign power he once called a pariah. john barrasso will be here. plus, record inflation, soaring food and gas prices, administration has been able to pull us out of crisis mode. is it because most of his top officials have 0 business or economic experience? miranda devine says so. she'll join us on that. it's all around us again. the inflation buzz word. as if inflation magically goes away and then suddenly returns.

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side mirror and one point appeared to stare at her saying it's windy out here, roll down your window and let me in. when she parked the snake got off the car and slithered away. later identified as a bull snake, which is not venomous. >> sandra: she was calm to take the pictures. when you live in the country, people all over the country see snakes all the time, you have to google them to see what kind of snake it is. a bull snake, it's just like all the other snakes. it will not strike unless provoked. i don't want to know the line between passing by and provocation with the snake. >> john: driving 70 miles an hour may be a bit of a provocation in the snake's mind. the now you have seen everything. recession fears, they continue to rise and the latest inflation readings we have shown say

prices continue to go higher. you can see the clear spike in the past couple of years. wholesale prices, the prices before they get to the consumer, jumping 11.3% in june compared to the same time last year. instead of tightening the belt, the biden administration is now calling for more spending. >> some of the most significant steps we could do are actually things he needs to partner with capitol hill on. steps congress could take to reduce some of the big ticket costs facing families and that legislation is languishing over there. >> are you saying more spending is the answer? >> i'm saying more investment is the answer. >> sandra: pump the brakes. jackie deangelis is joining us us from fox business. clear, calculated side of this but en an the american people when polled, when they are asked what do they attribute inflation, they say government

spending. why would the administration double down on what's causing this? >> i think they have a short window before the midterms trying to get the agenda through, and the last hurrah, the last dying breath, 11.3% more troubling than the inflation we got yesterday's. what we have been reporting on fox business because producer prices are going higher, they have passed some of them on. some of the costs on to the consumer but not all of them yet. so what i fear when i see this is higher than regular c.p.i., is that more costs are going to be passed on to the consumer and that the problem gets worse. add insult to injury, the former c.e.o. of chrysler said i don't think the number is necessarily accurate. inflation could be closer to 10%. it does not account for other ways that people hide issues in the economy right now. >> sandra: people are living through this and now trying to assess where things go from here. larry summers has been an

outspoken critic how the administration is handling the inflationary crisis. formerly an economist of the obama era, a democratic administration, and said this. >> i think it's not possible to believe that the situation is currently under control. so i think it is unlikely that we will, very unlikely that we will see inflation come down to target range without a significant economic down turn. >> sandra: you can make the case he was right all along, even when the fed said the high prices were transitory, he said hold on, wait a second, nothing happening to make the prices going higher go away any time soon. he's predicting millions of americans will have to lose their jobs in order to bring inflation down.

he's saying we'll have to see unemployment go above 5% for years to tame this inflation. the>> and i think he's right, and i don't think they like him having the conversations, does not make it look good. weekly jobless claims are up. unemployment rate at 3.6%, participation is low. what's happening after the p.p.i. and the c.p.i., the market thinks the fed will have to hike a point the end of july. >> another selloff. >> and it will put us into recession. microsoft laying off workers today. this is how it happens. slowly but surely, the unemployment rate is going to have to go up to cool things down and unfortunately a lot of people are going to have to experience even more pain than they felt now. >> sandra: because inflation was so out of control, larry summers' point, has to be more pain inflicted on the economy to let it get so far away. great to have you here. thank you very much. >> john: coming up, new at 2:00, have democrats abandoned the

working class? former chief of staff to vice president mike pence mark short joins us on the seismic shift on american politics. plus, senator john barrasso, and miranda divine, and neil cavuto whether we need to hit an economic bottom before things turn around. all of that coming up in the next hour as "america reports" rolls on.

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>> sandra: new at 2:00, radical activists offering bounties for whereabouts of the conservative supreme court justices. would democrats agree that crosses the line? >> the group is offering to pay people if they send in the location of justices, do you think this has gone too far? >> john: hillary vaughn posting that question to elizabeth

warren. wait 'til you see how she responded. >> sandra: we'll have it for you. lebron james criticizing the united states. now the equally outspoken former nba center enes kanter freedom is snapping back. >> john: and the volcano that wiped out all of pompeii, nearly claiming a new victim all so an american could get the perfect selfie. >> sandra: how his stunt landed him inside mount vesuvius and how he got out alive. >> john: i thought we saw it all with the snake on the windshield, but that may take the cake. a lot to get to, starting with a fox news alert. >> sandra: critics say president biden and his team are not in the business of addressing the economy, literally. a new report shows most biden

administration officials tasked with handling economic policy for the country have little to no business experience at all. >> john: more than 60% of appointees who deal with the economy have virtually no business experience. they say just one in eight has extensive experience. the average business experience of the president's appointees just 2.4 years. and the median years of business experience, 0. >> sandra: wall street journal pointing out any fresh faced 25-year-old on wall street has clocked more private business hours than most of washington's top officials. >> john: republicans say all of this is not a surprise, given the administration's track record on inflation. >> i don't know anybody, including larry summers who is a friend of mine, who is worried about inflation. >> if you take out these three categories, we have actually seen price increases that are more in line with historical

norms. >> president biden's chief of staff enthusiastically retweeted an economic who said high class problems. isn't that a bit dismissive? >> nobody suggesting unchecked inflation on the way, no serious economist. >> what is the granholm plan to increase oil production in america? [laughter] >> oh, that is hilarious. would that i have the magic wand on this. >> i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take. >> sandra: miranda divine, almost funny if it was not so scary. we are living through a time of many crisis this administration is facing, and i don't think a lot of the american people even know who the people are in charge of helping this country avoid a recession, potentially a deep recession.

we personally, our team, we invite these people, the economic advisors to the program every day and they decline to come on and explain the policy they are enacting. but what is the deal with the lack of business and economic experience? >> hi, sandra. i think that's why they don't want to come on the show because they don't know what they are doing. they don't understand the economy, they have never run a business, never worked in a business. most of these people are -- either been government employees or community activists, community organizers, worked for nonprofits, they are lawyers. they don't have business experience and that's why this report is so useful because it actually goes through the top 68 officials in the biden administration who have some carriage for the economy and it shows just how woefully unprepared they are, and really, it shows there is a cost to joe

biden prioritizing woke concerns like climate change or gender equity or racial equity, not equality, but equality of outcomes, not equality of opportunity, and just having a sort of cosmetic approach to diversity rather than know people who actually understand the economy and therefore don't just resort to politics and gaslighting and outright lies when it's been the last year of their discussion of inflation. joe biden and his administration were warned by economists from both sides of the spectrum that spending another $1.9 trillion in the american rescue plan in march last year when the economy was just starting to rebound from lock downs would be catastrophic and would turbo charge inflation and that's exactly what has happened.

the chart of inflation is rising, it has very little to do with the ukraine war. sure, that exacerbated the problem but already an almost exponential steep curve before that. >> sandra: and some of the economic situations we are in could simply be solved with economics 101, case in point, oil, increase the supply of it, increase the refining capacity of that oil, bring down prices. just to go through some of the resumes of the folks working inside the white house who are in charge of the economic policy in this country, council of economic advisors compare, career in academia, and think tank analyst, charles anderson, covid relief campaign field director, and congressional staffer, as it is put, in the

new york post this morning, miranda, most of biden's economic team are lawyers, community organizers, lobbyists or government employees. instead of grabbing the reins in a time of crisis they are preoccupied with big spending programs and woke priorities while working people and small businesses drown. it's sad but it's true and they are prioritizing in this moment of sky high inflation, more spending, miranda. >> they are. we know now having been knocked back for the $5 billion -- sorry, 5 trillion, so big you forget, 5 trillion plus spending program, the build back better program, thank goodness joe manchin, that would have made the people even worse, we know joe biden and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are scheming behind the scenes to find some other variation of this big

spending high taxing program. they are doing everything possible to make inflation worse and it's in explicable considering you look at joe biden's polls, the position the democratic party is in going into the mid terms, it's about the economy and they can scream as much as they like about woke issues, that's not what people care about. >> sandra: and it's hurting the very people that they say they are out to help the most, the working class. and, by the way, you've got guys like larry summers and steve ratner from democratic administration's saying this is how to do it, it's surprising there is not a call out for help to some of these folks looking from the outside. miranda, a great piece, and thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, sandra. >> john: twitter finally taking action over a radical account that critics say put supreme court justices at risk.

twitter suspending the account shut down d.c., offering cash bounties for tips to help them locate conservative supreme court justices. a short time ago, fox business asked a prominent democratic senator for her thoughts on the bounties. hillary is with us now. how did that encounter go, hillary? >> john, we didn't get many answers out of senator elizabeth warren but were trying to ask her about this specific tweet from an activist group shut down d.c., they asked d.c. service industry workers if they see any of the supreme court justices that helped overturn roe v. wade, they would venmo people, and i tried to ask the senator if she thinks it has gone too far. >> senator, an activist group is offering to pay people if they send in the locations of justices. do you think it has gone too far

at this point? >> so, some democrats are silent, but some republicans are sounding the alarm very concerned about the increased targeting of supreme court justices. senator ted cruz wants the attorney general to testify in front of the senate to explain what steps they have taken to protect justices and their families. cruz very concerned the federal law that bans protesting outside a justice's home to try to influence them has not been enforced. social media is also starting to take some steps. twitter suspended the group called ruth sent us after they published the home addresses of several conservative supreme court justices. so john, a lot of concern from republicans on capitol hill but not a lot of empathy or concerns from democrats that we have talked to, and a lot of democrats have defended this protesting that's happening, saying they have a right to do so. john. >> john: we had senator marsha blackburn of tennessee on an hour ago, and her thoughts were,

it was about time twitter took action against these groups, didn't know about the shut down d.c. termination at that point either. so, interesting to see twitter, i guess, operating what some people may say is a balanced form, which is a little bit of a departure for them as well. hillary, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: most americans are worried about their money and sky high inflation, democrats on the hill are pushing bills to address things that have not even happened yet. aishah hasnie has more on that for us. what exactly are they working on? >> good afternoon to you, sandra. democrats really on the hill are all in on abortion rights and they are really playing up the what if scenarios, things that have not happened yet. some folks are pushing back. for example, republicans, and even some reporters here covering the hill are questioning a bill sponsored by senators murray, gillibrand and

another to stop states from interfering with a woman's right to cross state lines to get an abortion, but questioning why they are pushing this when no states have moved yet to do so. >> i simply don't believe they are necessary at this point. i think it's pretty clear that we have freedom to travel from one state to another. >> instead, republicans are focussed on inflation and according to a new "new york times" sienna poll, gaining ground among white working democrats, worried more about the reflective, out of control inflation rate has surpassed 9%. the poll also notes that it's white college graduates focused more on cultural issues like abortion and guns. so, representative sean patrick maloney, in charge of the midterm strategy from house democrats pivoted from the inflation issue, instead playing up the fear factor, the what if

scenario in case republicans take back control of congress. >> we have a plan to bring down gas prices and fix the supply chain. voters know that. what they also know is that the republicans are going to ban abortion in all 50 states if they get control of the congress and that's the choice. >> sandra, despite talking about abortion every day, they don't have enough votes to codify roe v. wade, and nancy pelosi was not willing to negotiate on a new bill that might be able to get through the senate. that's where they are at. >> sandra: keeping track of it all. thank you. >> john: seismic shift in american politics. with the midterms looming, analysts are asking have democrats lost the working class? mark short will weigh in on that coming up.

>> sandra: up next, president biden defending his visit to saudi arabia despite past comments calling the country a pariah. >> if you are an authoritarian ruler with oil, iran, venezuela, saudi arabia, you are probably going to get a call from joe biden saying hey, can we talk about this because we need some oil.

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arabia while taking a shot at former president trump in the process, comes as criticism mounts from both sides of the aisle at biden for visiting a country he once pledged to treat as a pariah. wyoming senator john barrasso moments away, but first alex hogan is live in saudi arabia. we are hearing russia and china are a big part of the president's trip there? >> hi sandra, that's right. saudi arabia is one of the leading global exporters of oil and the ever-improving relationship between the kingdom and china as well as between saudis and russia is creating concern that saudi arabia might be shifting away from western alliances and interests. this is especially important given the soaring prices of oil that we have seen around the world ever since russia's invasion of ukraine. the white house says that energy security will be a major focus on this trip.

another development on the relationship between china and saudi arabia is that there are new reports the crown family has invited the chinese president here. and biden commenting saying his meeting is an important step to promote u.s. interests as well as securing peace in the middle east in general. >> there are so many issues at stake that i want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum, a vacuum filled by china and/or russia against the interests of both israel and the united states and many other countries. >> the administration says the stop will also solidifying a ceasefire and another major focus is a mission to improve relationships between israel and

saudi arabia. biden has already faced harsh criticism even ahead of his arrival here, given his previous statement by calling the kingdom a pariah. he is set to meet leaders, including crown prince mohammed bin salman, and essentially the ruler. the u.s. accuses the crown prince of approving a murder in 2018, he calls it false and unacceptable. biden says his stance has never waivered. he stopped short of saying whether or not he will bring the subject up at this meeting when he arrives tomorrow. sandra. >> sandra: thank you very much, alex. john. >> john: john barrasso, a member of the senate foreign relations committee. let me play more of what president biden said in terms of what his goals are for his visit

to saudi arabia. listen here. >> we made a mistake of walking away from our influence in the middle east. meeting with nine other heads of state. i want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum. a vacuum not filled by china or russia. >> john: he said we made a mistake from walking away from the influence in the middle east. who walked away from the influence in the middle east. certainly not president trump, he was fully engaged in the middle east. >> it was joe biden, a weakened president going overseas representing the united states as commander in chief, but every headline soaring inflation, and last weekend, sinking poll numbers for the president. you want him to go over for position of strength but he brought this on himself.

taken us from a country of energy dominance to energy dependence, so people know why he's really there, he's looking for oil to bring back to the united states to try to bring down the cost of energy when we have plenty here. we ought to be exploring for that energy offshore, on public lands and in alaska. that's what i would like to hear the president of the united states say to the people of america. >> john: during the 2020 election campaign, then candidate biden vowed that he was going to make saudi arabia a pariah. that would seem to be the very definition of walking away from our influence and strategic partnership with saudi arabia. >> i agree completely. that's the way i hear it. we have had a long-term relationship with saudi arabia in terms of security, in terms of iran, energy. one of the challenges in foreign relations is if you have a country in a relationship with a country where your interests are

the same, but your values are not necessarily the same, and that's the situation with saudi arabia. so they have a new crown prince, he's young, 36 years old, and they have been more aligning with russia, with china, in terms of weapons, drones from china in terms of bringing russia into opec, so we have had this long-term relationship and the president goes and decides to call him a pariah, and now he wants to become a partner. i would just give one bit of advice to president biden, 79 years old with a 36-year-old crown prince, please do not say let me give you a little fatherly advice. that will not go well. >> john: all right, so there are human rights with saudi arabia, and the killing of jamal khashoggi, but saudi arabia is an important strategic partnership. how do you take into account all of those things in the relationship? >> that is the most challenging part of foreign relations, you

want to maintain the long-term relationship in spite of terrible behavior by one partner on an issue and the entire united states senate. 100 to nothing condemned the activity against khashoggi. >> john: press conference with the prime minister in israel and the president where there appeared to be a real split over the approach to iran. listen to this exchange here. >> made it absolutely clear, we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. >> i continue to believe diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. words will not stop it, mr. president. diplomacy will not stop it. the only way to stop them is to put a credible military threat on the table. >> john: the prime minister was schooling him there. this is the way it happens in the middle east, mr. president. >> and rightly so. we know iran, their activity, they have cheated on the former

iranian agreement and president trump was right to pull out, i agreed with him. now president biden has been even working through russia to rebring on the iran agreement, i think would be a terrible mistake for the united states to go back into. it seems the president is so eager for a relationship with iran and iran deal he's willing to pay the price of paying russia and iran to take a deal no matter how bad it is for the united states. >> john: we will watch closely and see how it goes for saudi arabia, and watching you and some of your colleagues. >> we are heading to the border, heading to the border patrol, thanking them for the work they are doing. the president of the united states would rather scold the border agents or condemn them when they are doing their job and he is not doing his job protecting the country and it's a dereliction of duty by the president of the united states.

this is my fifth or sixth trip. he has not been there since 2008, and that was a drive-by, he needs to go see the havoc he has caused. >> sandra: enes kanter freedom is calling out lebron james. slamming james for recent remarks regarding britney griner's detention in russia. david lee, what has been said here? >> enes kanter freedom is telling lebron james not to take freedom for granted, and that if he does not like it here, meaning the united states, he can leave. this controversy first erupted earlier this week when a promo for hbo show "the shop" aired a clip of u.s. efforts to win the release of britney griner, she is detained in russia after pleading guilty to charges of drug possession.

>> britney griner, been there over 110 days. how can she feel america has her back? i would be feeling like do i want to go back to america? >> reaction was swift, some condemning the remarks as anti-american. james tried to clarify what i meant, writing my comments recording britney griner was not knocking our beautiful counsel trip, but how she's probably feeling emotionally along with other emotions, thoughts, etc. inside the cage, she's been in over 100 plus days. long story short, #bring her home. enes kanter freedom responded to the tweet, you call it a step back, we call this a walk back. you are free to leave, buddy, or you can even volunteer for exchange for her. some people literally have no idea what it's like to live in a dictatorship. keep taking your freedom for

granted. kanter freedom was raised in turkey, and when he becomes a u.s. citizen he added freedom to his last night. and griner was back in a russian courtroom, listening to testimony from character witnesses. she faces as much as ten years behind bars. >> sandra: quite an exchange there. david lee miller on that for us, thank you very much. >> john: more controversy for embattled l.a. d.a. george gascon. some say his soft on crime policies are doing less for crime victims. >> sandra: white house still in denial for record high inflation. and forecasts are growing for a recession. neil cavuto joins us on set where things are going next for the american economy.

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>> sandra: when it comes to the economy, a top economyist for many democrat presidents are saying it's going to get worse before better. neil cavuto, in between your shows on fox business news. >> honored. >> sandra: great to have you here, sir. first, react to larry summers. a lot of folks listen to him. i don't know if the white house is, but he's been calling for a lot of what is happening. he just said this, listen. >> we are not out of this without a significant interval of 6% unemployment. >> sandra: he's been saying that millions of americans are going to have to lose their jobs. he was saying that unemployment is going to have to rise to 5% or more for years to be able to tame this serious inflation that we are all living through right now. >> and he did warn about this, excessive spending would lead to this, and a constant in the

past. what was worrisome about what summers just added here, almost too late now, and i think what the signal he was sending that unemployment could go markedly higher, 3.6%, given it's going to go up a lot higher here, we don't know how much higher. the market is seeing with the incredibly off the charts wholesale inflation report, we are accelerating at 11%. that's to stop before it gets to us, as you know, sandra, so those prices are going to go and i don't believe the advertised rate reflects how much more people are paying in general. on average, when you go to a grocery store, your bill is about 20% more than it was and it's going to get only worse, so it's feeding on its self. we were discussing during the break that oil is back to the level it was before russia invaded ukraine. the so-called putin tax hike that we saw, or the oil hit has now gone away but it's already done the damage and spread

pretty much to every product you can think of. >> sandra: how do we fix the problem? and i know you are an optimistic guy, neil, and we want to look to the future and hope things will get better. if you have an administration not acknowledging what most voters acknowledge in the polls we say, that government spending got us here, then how can you expect the white house to solve the problem if they are calling for more spending and how can we believe the federal reserve who got a lot of this wrong, you heard the forecasts have been wrong about -- >> the people who made the forecasts admitted it. sometimes the best part of dealing with the problem is acknowledging you goofed and recognize the seriousness of the problem. >> sandra: amen, i do it every day. >> i built a career on it. and as soon as you acknowledged i botched it, it could be a turn around. bill clinton learned that toppled majority in the house,

another life after that. two years later, he joined the parade and eventually led the parade to re-election. i don't know if it's in joe biden's d.n.a. to do that, but i do think sometimes when your treasury secretary is saying i did not appreciate it had the severity of the inflation, it's not transitory, and the head of the federal reserve is saying the same thing and others are acknowledging the obvious end then tackle the problem, albeit late, but at least fess up and say it's something you missed. >> sandra: and larry kudlow was in the chair yesterday and he believes the fed needs to raise rates a full point to clamp down on this. but it could lead to higher unemployment rate and that would mean the working class would have to suffer through fixing the problem more than anybody. >> it's very tough. and i'm so old i remember going through the carter years and the

high inflation and when paul volker took over as chairman, he would routinely raise interest rates. over 21% on the prime rate. the argument has to be in order to reach sort of ee -- and 9, 10%, crazy. >> 9.1% inflation is crazy. neil, you are not crazy. we are going to watch you at 4:00 on the news channel after the markets close. see you then. >> john: hopefully won't be all doom and gloom when the markets close. los angeles county district attorney george gascon accused of abandoning victims by doing away with a group that gives victims and families updates about parole hearings. our senior national correspondent is live in los angeles following all of this. what's gascon's reasoning here?

>> well, john, he basically feels somebody else's responsibility and he says he has man power issues. last year the d.a. banned prosecutors from attending parole hearings. now refusing to even tell victims when the hearing is happening and when an attacker may be released from prison. email to staff, he said it's not appropriate for prosecutors to notify victims of a parole hearing because, get this, contacting victims can be triggering, he said, although a victim has a right to be notified they also have a right not to be contacted. now he already transferred three attorneys out of the unit, and two remaining deputies will continue through october. one told bill last night gascon puts forth services as if he's protecting victim's rights, he is not. he's abandoning victims' constitutional rights and thinks

a band aid like counseling will make up for his refusal to protect their rights. this family learn thad firsthand. 2011, reuben belltran was convicted of sentencing a brother and sister. sentenced to 15 years, parole hearing yesterday but under a policy last year, gascon bars the prosecutors from attending the hearings leaving the victims to confront the attackers on their own. >> i do not feel -- we are not attorneys, we are just a family, but now we have to take on the role of law enforcement. >> somehow the responsibility has become in our court to protect society and you know, that's simply not how it's supposed to work. >> prosecutors agree now it's up to the department of corrections to make that contact with victims. part of this, john, about safety, right?

>> john: we seem to have lost william there, apologies for that, william. sandra, over to you. >> sandra: speaking of which, a seismic shift in american politics, and the numbers that show democrats are losing one of their key voting blocks. >> john: mark short here to react to that. but first, martha maccallum for what's coming up on "the story." >> martha: i will talk to gene sperling about the inflation report, and how the white house is handling this, and outlook to the midterms. what's the impact of all of this when it comes around to november. that and more on "the story," john. >> john: see you in about 17 minutes or so. we'll be right back on "america reports" with mark short. stay with us. er the power of 3 the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk,

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>> john: house lawmakers taking action on u.f.o.s. moments away. new polling shows democrats are losing with working class americans. axios says it's the great realignment. mark short, the democrats held themselves out as we are the

party of the working class, we take care of the unions, and take care of blue collar workers. look at the recent sienna poll in the "new york times," increasingly people who are hourly workers, working class folks, are gravitating toward the republican party and the democrats are now becoming the party of coastal elites. what does that say about the midterms? >> obviously, john, i think the midterms look favorable for republicans. donald trump showed a great connection there, and that's one of the reasons he won in 2016, to win the rust belt in ohio and michigan and wisconsin. losing those in 2020 is what cost the election in 2020. but he definitely connected with that voter in ways a republican hasn't since ronald reagan and brought a lot of voters over to our side. it's harder for democrats to hold on to the labor union vote today. the same time, one of the biggest realignments is the hispanic vote. 2018, republicans had a negative

47% favorable rating with hispanic voters and today it's even. that's one of the bigger realignments. issues are continuing to work better and better for republican. >> john: and we saw mayra flores win in texas, in a stronghold for democrats who had been there a century. the issues highlighted in the "new york times" poll, they seemed to gravitate toward working folks in america and what they are concerned about. the economy, 20% said that was the most important issue. inflation, 15%. then the state of democracy at 11, gun policy 10%, abortion, one of the favorite topics of the coastal elites is down there at 5%. economy is ruling the day here. >> that's right, and a lot of talk. where are suburban moms going to go in the election cycle. when you talk about the

inflation and one in the same, 35% are focussed on that and all polling across the country and the people who are driving to work, driving kids to practices, driving kids to school are paying the price at the gas pump, and no doubt that is the driving issue of the cycle. so people or pollsters may try to say where is working class, where is suburban mom, everybody is feeling the pinch and all voters will be voting on that. >> john: the sienna poll was devastating for president biden, 41% democratic control, 40% republican control, so pretty even up on that front, and one place where the shift is happening here, too, is in the urban centers. but suburban voters are the ones who are going to be most important in the november election. we had soccer moms in the clinton administration who turned into security moms in the bush administration 2004, now they are going to be inflation

moms. they may gravitate toward the democrats. so since much of the vote is going to come from the, the important vote, at least, is going to come from suburban collar county around major urban centers. >> i think that's right, john. i think the national polls are sometimes deceptive. you need to break it down by district. reality, it was not until the last couple weeks in 2010, republicans were more generic. favorable for republicans. lopsided voting in urban areas is something that distorts the national averages. >> john: said republicans are trading soccer moms for walmart dads. >> i think like we will have both this cycle. >> john: what do you think of former president trump, do you think he'll make an early announcement? >> i think all indications are he will look to make an

announcement soon, probably the summer, i think he wants the attention and focus on himself, and turn from the january 6th hearings, he'll announce and the media will focus on him again. >> john: you are think he's going to run? >> i'm not saying he's going to run, i'm saying he's going to announce. >> john: maybe he'll run, maybe he won't. >> sandra: house lawmakers passing measures for reporting u.f.o.s in the country. chad pergram live on the hill. i know it's about transparency, chad, is this the real life version of the x-files? >> the truth may be out there, sandra, and now congress wants to make it a little bit easier to get to the truth. lawmakers underscored how the military scoffed at reports of u.f.o.s during the first congressional hearing on the issue in 50 years earlier this spring. >> stigma associated with u.a.p.s is in the way of good

intelligent analysis. pilots reported and were laughed at when they did. d.o.d. relegated it to the back room or swept it under the rug entirely. >> the house okayed an amendment to the defense bill to create a u.f.o. database, there was no opposition. plan allows members of the military to report u.f.o. without repercussions. mike gallagher authored the plan. he thought the military was cavalier investigating u.f.o. reports. >> if something was officially brought to our attention we would look at it. many things out there that are not officially brought to our attention. >> how would it have to be officially brought to your attention? this is pretty official. >> lawmakers got a promise from the pentagon they would take reports more seriously. >> our effort to integrate into what we already do on a normal basis which is look for the unknown, unknown. >> the government would then share u.f.o. reports with

scientists to analyze what people saw. however, there are exceptions to reporting information which could be top secret. and it's unclear if this applies to vessels which can make the run in less than 12 parsecs. >> sandra: chad, very interesting, chad, thank you. >> john: has to be a "star wars" nerd to get that one. good news after a disaster stretch in virginia. devastating floods washing away cars and homes in torrential downpours. dozens had been reported missing. now the good news, officials say everybody are has been located. sandra. >> sandra: ok, thank you for that update. meanwhile, the question we have been asking are shark attacks par for the course? becoming everyday life. a surfer on new york's long island was bitten yesterday, fifth attack there in two weeks. >> john: the surfer punched the

four foot tiger shark and a wave brought him back to shore. experts say the encounters may be the new normal. associate director of arizona state university school of natural sciences. the new normal, for folks like me saw the first run of jaws set in martha's vineyard in 1976, we thought it was fantasy. but now turning into reality, james. >> well, i mean, if you look at it, the motto is "now it's personal," but as far from the truth as you can get. sharks are not out in the ocean to bite us, we are not part of the menu. i think what's happening, we have better technology and more eyes in the water and so we are seeing more sharks. if you look at the stats, we are about on par what we would normally see for interactions. >> sandra: ok. what do people need to know. you have a ton of people heading

to the beach, especially out on long island, some of the nicest beaches in the world. what do they need to know? >> at first, you know, be aware. be educated. listen to the lifeguards. go in and know your surrounding. look, there are sharks in the water, no doubt about it. you don't want to be wearing shiny objects, or areas you see sharks feeding, people are fishing, go out at dawn and dusk. the fact of the matter is, look at the stats, way more people bite other people than sharks bite people. >> john: not while swimming, though. i thought this was an interesting statistic. united states, james, leads the world in unprovoked shark bites. put this up on the screen. united states total of 47 unprovoked shark bites, one fatality. australia, you think would be the leader with the great whites there, 12, 3 fatales.

new zealand 3, 1 fatal, south africa 3, 1 fatal. only 73 shark bites in the entire world. so while they get a lot of publicity, still incredibly rare. >> very rare. and you think about all the people, the u.s. people, right, that are going into the ocean, you have a better chance of winning the lottery than interacting with a shark. and we personalize sharks, think they are out to attack us, again far from the truth. >> sandra: it is fascinating to think that shark attacks are the new normal, but still a very rare event, fair to say, so people are not terrified to go to the beach. >> very rare, you know. one of the once in a lifetime things that just does not happen. look, go out, have a fun time, be educated, do what you feel comfortable doing and listen to the lifeguards. >> john: so what would you suggest, james, because the one fella attacked yesterday in

suffolk county was on a paddleboard, the other in waste -- in waist deep water. should people stay out, is that the safest course of action? >> no, look at the stats. the interactions are so low, the sandbar, sand tiger, whatever they are, these are small coastal species that are getting confused, right. food sources are in the area, we kind of look and we splash and have shiny objects so getting confused and taking a nibble and finding out it's not what i want and they leave. so, absolutely go out to the beach and have a good time. >> sandra: one big rule, never swim along, always be with a partner, and do it right. >> and listen to the lifeguards. yeah, listen to the lifeguards, watch for a signal, that's the big thing, too. >> sandra: appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> john: thank you, james.

let's hope everybody has a safe summer off long island. the guy on the paddleboard punched the shark, that apparently if you are attacked by a shark, hit him in the nose, a good way to fend them off. just don't miss and hit in the mouth, that would hurt. >> sandra: thank you everybody for joining us. >> john: we reported earlier twitter shut down shut down d.c. and ruth sent us, but it was only ruth >> martha: thanks, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. breaking news on the story as the white house fear adviser and mitch mcconnell join us with different takes on another key inflation measure that hit another rough milestone earlier today. a laundry wrist of the things that we spend our money on every day, some of them on the