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back to the office. not that they want to stay home in p. j.s, but they are scared of getting shot. >> everywhere i go i'm confronted by the same question these days. what's going on in chicago? >> john: burger boss and his very blunt message on chicago's crime as it spirals out of control on the city streets. >> sandra: another real problem many are facing. >> john: we will get to the golden arches in a bit, but begin with breaking news and two of the biggest foreign threats our nation faces looking to join forces as one. >> sandra: and that is a new world order, that's the goal straight from communist china. two of america's biggest adversaries huddling up today on how to knock the u.s. off the top of the world stage. >> john: the chinese president meeting with vladimir putin,

xi's first visit oud side china in more than two years. >> sandra: analysts warning while those two nations are increasingly isolated from the west, a bigger alliance may be in the works. or as the washington post put it, an axis of autocrats. >> john: senator john cornyn in moments. >> sandra: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. so, jennifer, what have we learned from the meeting so far? >> it's the first time president xi has left china in nearly three years since the start of covid, and the first time he has seen putin since they shook hands suggesting a new unholy alliance at the olympics days before russia invaded the ukraine. putin thanked the chinese leader for the approach to the ukrainian crisis and blasted washington's ugly policies at the meetings, comes on the heels of a major setback and humiliating restreet on the battlefield in ukraine for moscow. >> in the face of changes in the

world, times and history, china is willing to work with russia to demonstrate the responsibility of a major country play a leading role and inject stability into a turbulent world. >> xi is balancing support for putin, stopping short using weapons that may invoke sanctions. trade between china and russia is up 31%, and putin for his part spoke about something near and dear to president xi. >> for our part we stand firm on the one china principle. condemn provocations of the u.s. in the taiwan strait. >> putin used the meeting to address the iran nuclear deal by mocking the u.s., telling iran's president "they are masters of their word, they give it and take it back whenever they

want." >> we obviously don't want to see business as usual with russia by anybody and china has a choice to make, they have a choice to make whether they are going to join the rest of the international community and rightly condemning this action and taking action to hold russia accountable, or not. the>> european leaders among nato's smallest members feel vulnerable to growing pressure from both russia and china, increased interference in internal affairs. the prime minister of montenegro spoke to fox news and said we have a lot of influence, different kinds of influence, economical, political influence, not only from the russian federation in the last years, but also the chinese. other countries participating in the conference where putin and xi met include india, turkey and iran. sandra. >> sandra: live from the pentagon, jennifer, thank you. texas republican senator john

cornyn. what is your reaction to putin and xi apparently pairing up to take on u.s. dominance. what should we think of this? >> well, it proves the adage that the enemy of my enemy is my friends. and this is a marriage of convenience between the peoples republic of china and russia. obviously russia is a regional power, china a rising power, but they are both autocrats and trying to make it seem like their form of government and their economic system is superior to that of the west and the united states. but this ought to be a call to arms for the democracies of the world to work more closely together, to link arms, both for economic reasons, but also for reasons of national security. >> john: senator, it was posited the linkage between putin and xi might be the axis of autocrats,

but russia courting iran, and weapons from north korea, the rise of a new axis of evil. what do you say to that? >> yeah, this is -- this has been around quite a while. i remember a former secretary of state who said putin wakes up every morning asking himself where are the americans having a problem, and how can i make it worse. so this is -- putin is under a lot of pressure now because of his failed attack invasion of ukraine, but he is still very dangerous and obviously the whole issue of tactical nuclear weapons has everybody being very careful and on edge. but xi, of course, is looking for somebody else who will help support their aspirations to absorb taiwan, a thriving democracy into mainland china and their communist system, much as they did with hong kong, and this is -- they are very much on the march when it comes to expanding their territory and their reach in the region, and

they are a global power. >> sandra: senator, lindsey graham's abortion ban has apparently stunned members of the gop in the senate. first i want to play out lindsey graham on jesse waters' program responding to the reaction he got to that and then we'll get you to react. listen. >> i'm proudly pro life and i have no apology for being pro life and there is no bad time to defend the unborn. so if you expect me to sit on the sidelines and watch the democratic party try to pass the most radical abortion law in the history of the country you are talking to the wrong guy. >> sandra: what was your reaction to the 15-week abortion ban he pitched on tuesday? >> like senator graham, i'm proudly pro life. i believe in protecting innocent life. unfortunately our democratic friends have gotten increasingly anti-life, in other words, rather than adopt a, what i would call a middle ground or

consensus approach on a very controversial issue, they now endorse abortion up through the time of delivery, including the horrific practice of partial birth abortion. as i interpret what senator graham is doing, he was trying to draw that contrast. i think after the supreme court ruled in the dobbs case it's best decided on a state by state basis, and texas will have a different conclusion from south carolina and other states in the country. that's what the fight to repeal, overrule roe versus wade was all about, letting the states have authority, that's what i support. >> john: do you not support a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks? >> i certainly support restrictions on abortion up through and including the time of delivery. under the dobbs decision, that decision is not going to be made by federal legislators, and nor should it be.

it will be decided by state legislators, and the american public are going to have a chance to weigh in with their elected representatives on where that line is drawn. but i don't think it's appropriate for us at the federal level after fighting all these years to return this power to the states to say this is our authority. i voted proudly for 20-week gestation period ban beyond that, which is where most european and most civilized countries of the world stand, about you our democratic colleagues are for abortion at any point in pregnancy, which is way out of step with most americans. >> sandra: senator, breaking news to get to at the white house. thank you very much for joining us. we'll have you back soon. >> john: thanks, appreciate it. briefing now where the press secretary is answering questions about the movement of migrants across the country. let's listen to what she's saying here. >> will be removed or expelled than in any previous year, something of the work that the

dhs has been doing and how we have been moving forward and making sure that we are doing our part here. we have made over 3,000 arrests in the first three months of launching an aggressive campaign to combat the multi-billion dollar human smuggling industry. so we have seen the work that we have done and how it's been effective and again, there is a process in place to manage migration flows, that includes expelling migrants as required by court order under title 42, transferring them to ice custody, through the alternatives to detention programs they await further processing. so there is a process in place. what these republican governors are doing -- they are using people, using desperate people, people who are trying to come here because they are fleeing communism themselves as a political pawn and it's horrific and it's shameful. >> the bussing, how do you explain the influx?

>> well, again, we understand that we have work to do, we understand that and we have been doing the work to do that. we have taken unprecedented action over the past year and a half to secure our border and rebuild a safer and orderly process system. in the last year and a half, we have installed new border technology and set up joint patrols with mexico and guatemala to catch more human traffickers. already made 3,000 arrests as i mentioned, secured record levels of funding for the department of homeland security and put in place judges so asylum seekers can have their cases heard faster. we have expanded labor pathways, including h2b visas. so we are doing the work. we know that -- we know it's going to take some time but again, we remove more individuals or encountered more individuals at the border, they will be removed or expelled this year than in any previous year.

and so that is, tells you a little about the facts what we have been doing. >> and congratulations on your new job, your new role, leaving us. >> not yet, a few more weeks. don't worry. >> i have a question about the meeting tomorrow with -- [inaudible] you had a passionate response to the busses of migrants being dropped off. what was president's response to that? >> i have not spoken to him specifically. he's been busy the last several hours with the rail negotiations and averting a crisis and with the work he's been doing in his administration, i've not had a direct conversation about this specifically. >> meetings tomorrow with the families of paul whelan and britteny griner, happen simultaneously or separately,

and updates to bring the loved ones home? >> don't have specifics on how the meetings are going to be executed, we'll have more tomorrow for sure, but wanted to let you know the meetings were happening and confirm that for all of you. so while i would love to say that the purpose of this meeting is to inform the families that the russians have accepted our offer and we are bringing their loved ones home, that is not what we are seeing in these negotiations at this time. look, as we have said, the russians should accept our offer, they should accept our offer today. we will keep working diligently until the day we get to share that good news. but again, the president wanted to make sure that their families understood that they were front of mind and that his team was working tirelessly every day to get britney and paul home safely. >> should not expect an update on a substantive way.

>> again, we would love to be saying today that we have news about britney and paul coming home today. that is, unfortunately, that is not where the negotiations are at this time. again, the russians should accept the offer that's at the table and we will encourage them to do that. thank you. >> john: press secretary at the white house talking about the meeting that the president will have with the families of britney griner and paul whelan saying nothing to indicate a release is imminent, they wish they had that news but don't. also sandra saying more migrants will be expelled this year than any other. well, that would be because more migrants have crossed the border than any other. she said it with a straight face, too. >> sandra: and we are going to continue to monitor the press briefing, it's obviously ongoing. we will get back in there when there is more news, and following the white house reaction to the migrants. bill is with us now live from eagle pass, texas.

bill, i want to bring you in on what we just heard from the white house, you have been doing some amazing and really specific reporting on this. i'll get your direct reaction to the white house just now, not only calling these political stunts and the migrants used as political pawns, calling it shameful, saying we are working to manage the consequences of this, and then said the migrants were misled on where they were going, calling it alarming. you say that's not the case. >> it's not the case for the busses here in texas. every single one of the migrants before they get on a bus, they have to sign a voluntary consent waiver. i have seen the waivers. they get two options. new york city or washington, d.c. they get to pick which bus they good on. they are loaded with food, loaded with water, mre, they get to stop and get off wherever they want to. they are not forced on to the busses. the migrants themselves have said they are not forced on, they go willingly, some are very

excited to do it, trying to reunite with family on the east coast. mission border hope, their executive director said the exact same thing. nobody is forced on to the busses, they all go willingly, and nobody is deceived. they all sign paperwork, guys, before they get on these busses. >> sandra: bill, i want to follow up with you on that. in addition, she was just asked by a reporter in the room at the white house. how do you explain the influx then, you know, obviously just, you know, pointing to the picture of all these migrants, so many that these republican leaders are shipping them off to places like martha's vineyard and to kamala harris's doorstep. her response is that we do have work to do. and acknowledgment, obviously, that the crisis is happening, but no specific offering as to what this white house is doing about it. >> no, she said they have put in place a number of strategies that are having an impact on the

border. they are talking about arrests they are making. but just look at their own numbers. john is exactly right. she's talking about we have expelled the most migrants ever with title 42. more than 2 million people have crossed this year alone. breaking their own records. last year, 1.7 million. we are not even done with this fiscal year yet, we are already over 2 million. so, yes, they are going to be expelling more people when you have a massive amount of people across the border. the other thing is, she makes it sound like they are using title 42 across the board in all cases. that is absolutely not true whatsoever. here in del rio sector, eagle pass, almost everybody crossing here is venezuela, cuba or nicaragua. those countries are not subject to title 42 because mexico won't take them back and neither will their home countries. instead, they are released and processed via title 8. released with a future court date. i'm going to give you a number right now. a few days ago more than 1800

people crossed illegally here. only 400 were expelled title 42. yuma, arizona sector. a few days ago, 754 people crossed in one day, 32 were expelled via title 42. it is not being used consistently, apologize, we have a border patrol boat going by us right now, they are not using title 42 consistently across the board as she's trying to make it sound like to the american public. >> sandra: back to the live picture there, bill. you've got a lot of activity behind you, obviously bringing the viewers the aerial shot of the border you only see here on the fox news channel, that's an example of the continued activity behind you. bill, amazing reporting there on the ground, getting the story straight because the white house saying somehow they are being lured on to the busses and planes, and you have been reporting that is just not the case, and in some cases, most

cases you are saying they are choosing exactly where they want to go. thank you very much. we'll check back in soon. john. >> john: let's bring in dave rubin, host of rubin report on youtube. the idea the migrants are being misled where they are going, only thing i saw was the migrants dropped off at the naval observatory thought they were going to union station, might have been turned. you know, this idea that this is becoming increasingly political, that greg abbott is bussing them to the gates of the naval observatory, desantis to martha's vineyard, lori lightfoot is bussing illegal migrants from downtown to a republican suburb, and el paso is bussing them to new york city, nobody is complaining about that. but the fact more than 2 million people have crossed the border and something has to give here.

>> right. let's deal with that part first. 2 million people crossing the border, that is the job of the federal government. so just looking where do you lay blame first, whether people should go to sanctuary cities or not or ok to bus people or put them on planes. number one, everyone has to understand. looking for who started this problem, it is 100% the biden administration no matter what jean karine pierre says, it's the federal government to protect the borders. and now, bouncing across state lines and different cities, i think this is quite good because it is bursting forth the fundamental difference between democrat policies and republican policies. i'm a very proud new floridaand desantis warned the biden administration what he was going to do. he said if they come here, sending them to d.c. or martha's vineyard.

and i suspect he'll send them to d.c., too. texas is doing the same thing. seeing states say ok if the federal government will not do their job, one of the few things the federal government is supposed to do, protect our borders then hey, go ahead and go to the sanctuary cities. and the democrats are freaking out now that, and the media is freaking out that they are showing up in martha's vineyard and chicago and other democrat-run cities, don't you care about immigrants? i thought everybody is welcome, nobody is illegal, etc., etc., although now d.c., their homeless shelters are overrun so they are struggling, too. it's exposing the nonsense of the policies, i think that's good. >> john: they call themselves sanctuary cities and yet when the people seeking sanctuary come there, they are not particularly happy about it. abbott sent the bus to the naval observatory after kamala harris said this over the weekend. >> the border is secure but also have a broken immigration

system, in particular over the last four years before we came in and it needs to be fixed. >> 2 million people cross the border for the first time ever. you are confident the border is secure? >> we have a secure border and that is a priority for any nation. >> john: she insists on multiple occasion the border is secure, but listen to what one told griff jenkins. >> vice president harris said the border is closed. is the border closed, do you believe the border is closed or is it open? >> it's open, not closed. border is open. >> the border is open. do you believe all the migrants believe the border is open? >> everybody believes the border is open. it's open because we enter, we come in, free. no problem. >> how did you learn that the border was open to come illegally, how did you learn to

come? >> because see it on the news everybody come in illegally. so we do the same, you know. >> john: so what that migrant said to griff jenkins would seem to stand in sharp contradiction to what the vice president claimed. >> yeah, look, i'm sympathetic to that guy's plight and the news, whatever country he is coming from is saying the border is open and he gets here and the border is open, thus he is in american territory, who is telling the truth? him or kamala harris? she has one job, she refuses to visit the border and a nation is only a nation. she blamed trump, said the previous four years. donald trump wanted to build a wall and remember what everybody said, you know, put up electric fences and monitoring, everyone said he was racist. so is it now the policies of the democrats who apparently are very pro border, are they racist now, of course not. so again, we are exposing a lot

of hypocrisy in the policies and i think this should just continue. let's, you know, i th think martha's vineyard, just put out a warning, that's just 50 people who showed up. what do you think has been going down at the texas border towns for years and years? they didn't have a lot of sympathy then. >> john: no, clearly they didn't. dave, great to get your thoughts on this, appreciate it. and you know, sandra, when you look at what senator joe manchin told bret baier, that would be in sharp contrast what kamala harris is saying as well. he said she's wrong. >> sandra: indeed. and a lot more reaction to this. we are continuing to monitor that briefing, john, it's obviously a big day where the migrants were delivered to kamala harris's doorstep, and also those migrants were flown into martha's vineyard. she continues to get a lot of questions on just that in the

briefing. we'll go back in just a moment. >> john: plenty more to cover, including a scandal including brett favre, a former governor and millions of dollars for people on welfare. >> sandra: now polling shows americans are not buying it, the money panel is buying up and ready to go. they'll join us in a moment. >> and the economy is still strong, unemployment is low, jobs are up, manufacturing is good, so i think it's -- i think we are going to be fine.

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schools go woke and test scores continue to fall. mark is live in nevada. are voters responding to the message? >> john, that's the strategy republicans are hoping will pay off. very tight race between the democratic governor and the sheriff. lombardo tried to fire up his base by bringing youngkin on the stump with him. he campaigned for his own race, now lombardo is trying to use the same playbook. the sheriff says they are fed up with poor testing, teachers shortages and mandates. >> teacher quality of life, they are unsafe, they have left the school district, don't want to be in the profession of teaching because of their safety. >> the incumbent democratic governor says he is addressing education, taking steps to address teacher shortages specifically. but his campaign today is also trying to pivot voters back to abortion in a statement they

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p>> vegas is a good spot. >> john: see you soon. >> sandra: president biden may be celebrating the state of the economy but seems americans are not in the mood to party. more than half of americans say inflation is not under control, even a single bit. you can see it's basically the same as it was a few months ago. bring in our panel now. brian and chair of business and finance at the king's college in manhattan and set in new york, robert wolf is here, both fox news contributors. i have a lot to get to. first off, you just told me off camera i think it's ok to say that you were at the speech. ok. are you still ok with this being called the inflation reduction act? i mean, even the economists advising the president say best case scenario a minimal impact on inflation. we are talking about a small fraction of a percentage point. >> i would probably not have called it the inflation reduction act, but the prescription drug part and the climate part and the opening is

accurate. the country is concerned about inflation and you and i have talked about it. i disagreed this was transitory and disagreed it's not going to have a long tail, and unfortunately i've been right, and inflation numbers the other day surprising data. >> sandra: they are inviting you to speeches at the white house. nobody is listening to you. i mean, come on. >> one voice can go only so far. >> sandra: brian, a few moments ago a couple joined us and they are both hard working people, both have jobs, raising a family, and they talked about how they are having to change their habits, having to adjust what they put in the grocery cart because you know, a lot of americans are watching every dollar they spend as prices continue to go higher. real quickly, play them out, they were so lovely. >> with grocery prices and food prices being so high we have tried to eat in more and cook at home. >> price are ground beef, like every time i check the receipt for a grocery bill.

clutch my wallet. >> sandra: stay calm, a real economic indicator that economists watch. when you've got people changing their habits to buying what they need and not what they want, this is a sign of the times. >> and that's a couple doing well. think about all the couples across the country who don't have the income, they have a lot of kids. look, if you have to put gas in something and you have mouths to feed, it's a very, very bad economy for you. robert is right, this inflation problem is real. people care about it because it's a problem they need to care about. and unfortunately the reason they are doubting the competency of this administration is because not only are they getting the substance wrong, i think, but getting the messaging wrong, too. the event they did at the white house was absolutely the wrong event for this moment, to celebrate something that the rest of america is saying we are not celebrating, we are having to make tradeoffs while you are playing music by james taylor. that is not a good look.

>> sandra: and this did happen. and your point about competency, the fox poll, asking the ske has the biden administration been competent and effective in managing government, september 2021, you can see the number was higher, it's now 38% say yes. so, robert, broaden this out politically speaking. seems like it would be an easy win for republicans, but now there is some division in the republican party. and that is shrinking the potential. >> kitchen tables, the issues matter and the republicans have i think gone off the deep end on not talking about the kitchen table issues as much. the democrats are talking more social and cultural issues, whether it's climate or, you know, pro choice. i think it's helping biden right now. i think it's probably hurting the house. the biggest number to me the

other day that you commented on was a monthly family increase per month is $420 on expenses. you cannot get away from that number. and i'm surprised that really no one is highlighting it. that being said, i would disagree with brian. i think things are getting better, consumer prices are, got hurt but retail sales showed confidence, no debate inflation is the number one topic. >> sandra: you heard it there, brian, heard it from a democrat. >> i appreciate that, this is a serious issue, and they are not looking at what's happening in middle america. they are just not focused there. i agree republicans have missed that. they are not playing good ball, their message should be more focused and sharper. they have the opportunity. i don't think they are taking it and so that's why the midterms are still a question. >> sandra: i'm going to claim victory, robert quoted me twice,

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>> sandra: nfl hall of famer bret sfafsh favre at the center of a scandal with a former mississippi governor and millions of dollars meant for people in need, much coming to light because of pretty incredible text messages. mike, tell us what we are learning from those texts. >> well, the text messages, sandra, suggest the nfl hall of famer was active in funneling money away from welfare funds to

build a volleyball stadium at his alma mater, university of southern mississippi, where his daughter played volleyball. also indicate that then mississippi governor bryant supported the effort. investigation into misspending of millions and millions of federal welfare dollars in mississippi says money was funneled through a non-profit called mississippi community education center. 5 million to the volleyball stadium, 1.1 million through favre enterprises, that favre would put the money into the stadium. one of the texts shows a conversation between favre and nancy new, the director of the non-profit in which favre was concerned about the transactions going public. if you pay me, is there any way the media can find out where it came from, and how much? new responded, no, we never have that information publicized, i understand you being uneasy about that, though.

chad white is the mississippi auditor. >> now we know that mr. favre not only knew that he was receiving money from this non-profit, which was funded by taxpayer dollars, we know that the funding for that was a sham and we know he knows that, too. and we now know that he didn't want the media or the public to find out about this. >> an attorney representing favre says most people keep their speaking fees as quiet as possible, but they say favre was promised grants. home said favre never knew it was coming from welfare money and never put a nickel in his pocket. new and her son pleaded guilty to misspending welfare funds. bryant and favre have not been charged with anything. >> sandra: and we will keep following that story, thank you. >> john: one of the divers who found the body of a missing teenager in a california reservoir says he is convinced that there was some sort of foul play.

christina coleman has more, live in los angeles. bring us up to speed on this. >> 16-year-old girl was last seen on august 6th at a large campground party 12 miles from her home. after an extensive search by law enforcement her body and suv were found submerged in a reservoir 15 days later, less than a mile from the campground. a volunteer dive team called adventures with purpose located the vehicle. they helped solve cold cases. the dive team's lead investigator says the death reeks of foul play. her remains were in the cargo hatch of the suv and had one blown out window and the rear driver's side window was halfway down. so, bishop says it does not make sense she was scrambling to the back of the suv and into the hatch confined space while the vehicle was quickly sinking. and based off where that suv was found, bishop believes it had to make a sharp turn to the left on to a dirt path about a quarter

of a mile from the main road, he does not believe that that was an accident. but, another search and recovery group is pushing back on his theory. they know that when a vehicle sinks in water, the engine, the heaviest part of the vehicle nosedives first. if a person is found inside, they say they are normally found in the back because they are trying to climb out of the rising water. either way at this point, it's unclear what led up to the teenager's tragic death rnths john. >> john: back to the press secretary, sandra. >> sandra: jacqui heinrich just asked her, do you believe americans are buying it that the border is secure and should voters feel they are getting lied to. listen here. >> by the last administration. what the last administration wanted was a border wall that was ineffective and a use of taxpayer dollars and that's what we saw from the last administration. about you just recently cbp

reported the new wall along the southeast border was breached over 3,000 times, that new wall, and between fiscal year of 201 and 2021 it's required 2.6 million in repairs. that's what we are trying to deal with with a decimated system that was certainly not helped by the last administration. look, we understand. i'm not saying there's not more work to do. we are saying there's more work to do. we are saying the system is broken. but we are saying that as well we have done -- we have done a lot of work here to fix the system and again, more individuals encountered at the border will be removed or expelled this year than in any previous year. that -- those are the facts. >> do you have a message for the migrants, though, who are saying that the border is open, i mean -- today we talked to a few who arrived in d.c., they said that the border is open, we know it's open because we come, we

enter, no problem. we have not heard a message from the administration in a few months telling people not to come. we have heard you guys talking about trying to make it a more orderly process, but you are not telling people not to come. >> so the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas has been very clear. he was on tv recently talking about this, talking about the work that they do, and so i will leave it to the department of homeland security to speak to that specifically. but again, this is a broken system and we are -- we want to see congress act. we want to see bipartisanship to fix the immigration system. we are fixing, trying to fix a system that was decimated by the last administration, and again, we are calling for congress to take action. >> the president dismissed the inflation report and the stock market selloff on his way out of town yesterday and then he said

that test driving an electric car that cost more than double the average american yearly salary made him feel optimistic. is there -- do you have a response to critics who say this administration is out of touch? >> can you say that one more time. >> he dismissed the inflation report, said he was not worried about it, we are talking about 1/10 of 1% and said he was not concerned about the stock market selloff because he says the stock market does not represent the broader economy and then went to detroit and test drove an electric car out of the price range for the average american. >> so i guess your question now. so, the president's number one priority, economic priority has been lowering cost for the american people. you think about the inflation reduction act which was only passed by democrats, republicans reduced to get on board and pass it in a bipartisan way, it lowered costs for medicare recipients, capped that at 2,000 a year, when our seniors are

paying $2,000 or more a month, and then you have republicans as well who want to put social security and they want to put medicare on the chopping blocks. that is the work we are doing as democrats, trying to do everything that we can to lower costs, we are trying to do everything that we can to make sure that, you know, families keep their social security unlike republicans, and families have medicare unlike what republicans want to do which is take that away. the question the president was asked about the day before yesterday which shows more progress, the data, cpi data he was speaking to shows more progress in bringing global inflation down and the u.s. economy. overall, prices have been essentially flat in our country the last two months, that is welcome news for the american families. but no doubt, no doubt we have more work to do and we understand that. and so we are seeing some encouraging sign, including inventories up, used vehicle

prices down and a cooling housing market which is important. it will take more time and resolve to bring inflation down, which is why, again, we pass the inflation reduction act. we, meaning democrats, not republicans to lower costs of healthcare, to lower costs of prescription drugs, lower cost of energy and the president's economic plan is creating good jobs and bringing manufacturing back to america. we have seen more than 600,000 manufacturing jobs return to the u.s. in the last 19 months of this administration. i'm going to move on. go ahead. >> john: the press secretary answering questions from our jacqui heinrich, again saying that republicans want to end social security and medicare, putting it on the chopping block, which is not the case, that's in the rick scott plan, which is going nowhere. and then she again saying the prices were flat but that was between june and july. went up .1% july to august and

the core cpi, up 6% july to august. so you know, when you are the press secretary you get to cherry pick and sort of mischaracterize certain things and that's kind of what she was doing there. >> sandra: and to be clear, when pressed on responding to kamala harris's claim over the weekend that our border is secure, the white house just doubled down on that with karine jean-pierre saying yes, we agree the border is secure before she went on to say as she did many times in that briefing that there's more work to do. >> john: and we had a migrant talking to griff jenkins who disagreed the border was secure, standing there outside of her home and joe manchin saying that is not the case. philadelphia progressive d.a. facing a potential impeachment. krasner refusing to comply with a subpoena with the city's rising gun violence.

>> sandra: krasner has been under fire for far left policies, including a repeat offender to stay on the streets before he killed a police officer. what role did that officer's murder play in sparking an investigation into krasner's office. >> thanks for having me. one of the key cases people point to why he should be impeached. no one is more upset about it than his devastated with -- widow, 23 year veteran cop was kid in march of 2020. bill mccrane said krasner puts people at risk. hassan elliott, a known gang member was free to kill officer o'connor after accepting a plea deal from krasner's office on gun charges that allowed him to walk free the very next day.

>> sandra: after the plea deal, still other chances to lock him up? >> multiple times, he violated parole, did not pass a drug test, and arrested for cocaine, and krasner's office let him walk free without bail. only after he was accused of murdering another person that officer o'connor was killed while trying to arrest him. here is his widow. >> if those males locked up and kept where they are supposed to be my husband would still be here today. >> devastating cannot imagine frustration. >> sandra: one of many of them with extremely unfortunate outcomes. >> unbelievable statistic. more people have been shot in philadelphia than los angeles or new york city, and also progressive d.a.s in both cities, i found this interest. since 2016, amount of cases being thrown out has more than doubled, now it's 66% and of

course, sandra, this is leading to an even bigger repeat offender problem. >> it's not working. who thinks that this system of giving people second, third, fourth chances is working? it's -- our city is not safe. >> overall crime up 26%, the committee investigating krasner plans to hold hearings later this month. to impeach him, a simple majority in the house and two-thirds majority in the senate. if the republicans stay together would require five democrats to vote with them. >> sandra: important story, thank you for telling it. john. >> john: and election issue of education, new numbers show student enrollment fell more in districts that kept their kids online longer than those that went back to the classroom sooner. state and city officials are pushing the feds for more money for the schools, on top of the $190 billion allocated and not much spent.

mike emanuel is here with the story. >> a lot of students have moved on from public schools, experts say the schools that stayed remote the longest and held on to the masking requirements saw big drops in california, schools lost 2.6% of the student population. chicago, about one-third of the schools are only half full. one education expert say it could have a major impact on budgets. >> if students don't come back to these districts, they are going to face fiscal challenges and going to have to lay off staff, slim down on programs, or tighten their belts in some way. >> public schools lost has been catholic schools gain in many places. parents and students searched for private options and chose to stay. >> we offered a safe in-person alternative to a public school that was often closed and so parents close us because we are open. but staying with us because they fall in love with the communities.

>> the national catholic education association says the biggest increases come in medium-size markets, arlington, virginia, enrollment up 9%. chicago catholic schools, numbers are also up for teacher applications. >> while there was a national teacher shortage, we had a record year recruiting teachers for catholic schools and i think it's because teachers want to work in places that have a focus on academics, on values, on safety, on community, and they have been coming to work for us. >> one education mystery is what happened to 3 million disadvantaged students who went missing from public schools in the first six months of the pandemic. it was not clear where they went. >> john: don't even know if they are still in school. >> the data is not that good, they need to figure out where the kids ended up. >> sandra: mcdonald ceo is having a difficult time to get people to come back to work in a major american city, chicago.

>> everywhere i am go i'm confronted by the same question these days. what's going on in chicago? there is a general sense out there that our city is in crisis. the truth is, it's more difficult today for me to convince a promising mcdonald's executive to relocate to chicago from one of the other offices than it was a few years ago. >> sandra: and you go back to a lot of other big companies that have said the same. ceo there say workers are worried about violent crime they don't want to return to the headquarters, and affecting recruiting. but says despite the rise in crime he is not leaving that city. you can look at what citadel did and ken griffin said he was having a hard time retaining top talent, attracting top talent, and boeing and other companies have said the same, at least. >> john: good on mcdonald's for not leaving in the face of the

rising crime. see if they can tough it out. citadel could not do it, they went to florida. boeing left the city, so a lot of people are turning tail and running. >> sandra: and mcdonald's is having a hard time with staff in the restaurants. that does it for us. a jam-packed two hours. great to be with us. sandra smith. >> john: good to be with you, too. i'm john roberts. see you on friday. "the >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum live in london. greg abbott well continuing his fellow governors to join him in transporting my grants in to america's sanctuary cities where they said they would be welcomed. governor ron desantis has flown planes to martha's vineyard as abbott sends bus loads to th