about, you know, for example, the american rescue plan. legislation to deal with inflation. the inflation act. we've moved along. so much has been accomplished. >> laura: so much has been accomplished. but i need the cards to remember at all. that's >> todd: a fox news alert. president biden was sitting down for an interview weeks before the midterms as the economy takes a nosedive. >> carley: the president going on the defense admitting the possibility of only a very slight recession in the near future, even though the dictionary says we are already in one. you are watching fox and friends first on this wednesday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: comes as the economy ranks as they gear up across the country on november 8th. fox news power rankings predict

republicans will win back the house but the senate remains a toss up with races in arizona, pennsylvania being the deciding factor. >> carley: the president insist voters are behind him. >> look at what we've got done. name me a president that has got as much done as i have in the first two years. not a joke. the vast majority of american people do like what i've got done. >> carley: kevin corke live in washington. kevin? >> that's certainly debatable. good morning to both of you. that was quite the prognostication by the man who wrongly predicted that inflation would be transitory and the pandemic was over when it wasn't. now he says, don't worry. things are going to be just fine. in fact he is sure that we will not end up in a recession. >> there is no guarantee. i do not think there will be a recession. if there is it'll be a slight

recession. we'll move down slightly. so much has been accomplished that the idea that there is something as a recession is just not there. >> let's be honest about it. that's up as it is that's news to most experts as you point out have said by all accounts we are in a recession with a 40 year high number for inflation. speaking of the economy, biden tried his best to stay on message on that topic before this happened. >> look at what we've got done. we've passed so much legislation that significantly makes a point about... for example, the american rescue plan, the legislation to deal with inflation. the inflation act. >> let's face it. he did a good job of staying on message despite dropping his little q card there. as you also know one of the main

drivers of inflation is energy costs. mr. biden threatened to make those saudis pay for cutting production and for saddling up to moscow. >> we should, and i am in the process of when this house and senate gets back, they are going to have to there's going to be some consequences for what they've done with russia. i'm not going to get in what i consider, but there will be consequences. >> a prediction right there. we'll see what happens. g.o.p. lawmakers are unimp unimpressed. the website on twitter, supply chain crisis at a 40 year high. border crisis, deadly fentanyl overwhelming our communities. rising crime, disastrous foreign policy that has the u.s. leading from behind. this is biden's america. u.s. officials had suggested

that following his trip to the kingdom in the summer they'd likely see a boost in prod production. come the fall, the opposite was actually true. i should also let you know that the president will make his way over to colorado to talk about conservation and we'll have details for the trip on fox news. back to you. >> carley: thank you. president biden chatting up the colorado as a new study shows how bad inflation is hurting americans. 32% of americans have paid late in the last six months. they say it's because they didn't have enough money in the bank. that same survey shows americans are struggling now more than they were at the same time last year and that'll come at no surprise because when the president entered office, inflation was at 1.7%. now it's at 8.3%. we recently spoke to a mom in louisiana, her mom is megan quinn.

she said her grocery bill now, she has six children, it's higher than her monthly mortgage. she says that when she goes to the grocery store she warns her kids, what we are buying now better be here next week because things are so expensive. so if you are feeling this exact same stress at home, you can take heart that you are not alone. look at that milk up. 16%, gas up 16%. gas prices are going even higher now. >> todd: what is a slight recession? that's like being a little bit pregnant. as you know, that is not a thing. americans are feeling the impacts of recession now. you read those numbers. people are suffering. just because you mislabel something the inflation reduction act and think that covers all bases? no. it doesn't. you have a plan in place. your plan is to throw money in the system. that's the exact opposite of what reduces inflation. i want to point out what he talked about when he came to the saudis. he says, i'm going to talk

tough, give them a piece of my mind. did all your tough talk do anything the first time question mike did the "no one messes with a biden" have the aim shaking in their boots question mike it did the exact opposite thing you asked them to do. >> sean hannity had cornel west on his show. the liberal political activist. i believe he's a professor at princeton. they don't agree with anything politically. hannity asked cornell west, what grade would you give biden on the economy and he said he wouldn't make the dean's list there. no matter what side of the aisle, you cannot rationalize or explain away this economy. that's why people when it comes to the midterm elections, you hear people across the board outside of stacey abrams running as far away in the opposite direction from the president biden. speak's be when he makes this point that we are better than

the other countries. great. we are better than el salvador. i want to be better than last year. we are not. nobody in america is right now and that's a problem. with that, there's also this. president biden calling russian president vladimir putin a rational actor in his war against ukraine before doubling down in his assessment that putin is a war criminal. watch. >> do you think putin is a rational actor? >> he's a rational actor who is acting -- she's acted brutally. i think he's committed war crimes. he in fact cannot continue with impunity to talk about the use of a tactical nuclear weapon as if that's a rational thing to do. >> todd: these latest comments making a full 180 after biden warned the nation last week that we are at the highest risk of a nuclear armageddon since the

cuban missile crisis. now he says putin won't take the ultimate step. speak to how realistic he'll use a tactical nuclear weapon? >> i don't think he will. it's very irresponsible for him to talk about it. one of the largest nuclear powers in the world he may use a tactical nuclear weapon in ukraine, it could cause a hard lock up. >> todd: days after deadly russian strikes christopher steele $1 million to corroborate the allegations he made against then candidate donald trump and members of his 2016 campaign in his now defunct rca. >> carley: joining us live witns

let the republicans in the house oversight committee have true oversight because we have

witnesses willing to testify once we get those bank records either voluntarily or through subpoena, we are going to know without a shadow beyond a doubt what purpose the millions of dollars from our adversaries in china and russia that were transferred into hunter biden's bank account what that money was received for. that's the crime here. the fact that hunter biden by all accounts was a foreign agent who wasn't disclosed and not to mention the fact that immediate family members of the white house are not allowed to be foreign agents. he has so many legal troubles that we can tell the fact that this cnn interview was lying on a government application? that was a joke. i hope the voters can go and this administration can finally receive some meaningful credible oversight from house repub republicans. >> todd: pennsylvania's senate race is one that can determine.

here's what one correspondent had to say about the current state of his health. >> john federman has always been an unconventional candidate but this is particularly unconventional interview just in some of the small talk prior to the interview before the closed captioning was up and running. it did seem that he had a hard time understanding our conversations. >> todd: this didn't air here on fox news. this aired on msnbc. that clip from msnbc. obviously no right leaning publication, should john fetterman be running for a job as rigorous as senator in light of his health issues? >> very unfortunate he's experiencing these health issues. i'm glad to be seeing the honesty from the msnbc reporter and health is an issue in the election.

if you are running against someone who isn't fit for the job either physically or mentally, that's an issue. this is clearly going to be an issue down the stretch and it could be the thing that actually tilted into oz's favor here we have have healthy senators who can make it to work in can perform the job. we got some senators i think that should have retired a long time ago. we don't need to hire a new senator for a six-year term who is not up for the task. >> carley: dr. oz was asked about this yesterday and he has compassion for fetterman as a man and a patient. the question of is if you'll be able to serve the people. will have to wait until we see what the people of pennsylvania think about it. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on. >> the republican national committee smashing records making contact more than 70 million voters ahead of next

month's pivotal boat. the committee revealing to fox exclusively that it has raised more than $273 million this cycle to date. it's also doubling down on outreach to minority groups by making more than 30 ad buys in spanish-language media. the rnc also opening community centers and buying ads in black media based in key midterm states. ohio and georgia. last night president biden did not address the wave of migrants he's allowed to cross our southern border even as blue cities are at a breaking point. >> i'm hearing from people saying please, not here. that just can't happen. this is a citywide crisis and all of us are going to be impacted. >> carley: every single new york neighborhood being forced to take in migrants.

bringing you the story that biden refuses to talk about. >> todd: did you see this head turning announcement from tulsa gabbard? >> i can no longer remain in today's democratic party. it's now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wellness. >> todd: reaction from voters also leaving the democratic party behind. do not go anywhere. a big "fox & friends first" on your wednesday. what? you want to go higher? okay. i said down, you old goat! i am the g.o.a.t.

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>> todd: see and inject temperate not asking a single question about the border crisis. despite the fact sanctuary cities are calling for federal help to deal with migrants. including the big apple will have emergency shelters in every community. >> staten island and other communities, everybody is going to have asylum-seekers bear the calls i'm getting from elected officials, all the calls i'm hearing from people saying please not here my that just can't happen.

this is a citywide crisis and all of us are going to be impacted. >> adams claims the migrant population in new york could soon reach 75,000. he's blaming texas governor greg abbott while seemingly giving a pass to the democrat mayor of el paso and the white house. listen. >> we reached out to governor abbott and he stated, can we coordinate, can we identify who is traveling here, we don't have to guess this. they refused to do so. we reach out to the mayor of el paso. he was willing to sit down and share what his concerns were and what our concerns were and figure out a humane way to coordinate. >> todd: >> carley: as a result, new york city schools are struggling to cope with the 5500 new migrant children being forced into classrooms. this new reality leaving many

teachers overwhelmed by the language barrier and parents outraged at growing class sizes. one telling "the new york post" that many migrant students are not dressed properly for the cold weather which is so sad and more parents calling on the biden administration to step in. yesterday we talked to two staten island officials who were told this by the city for hundreds of migrant kids coming into their schools. >> they deserve the answers to whatever they have in this country. but if all these children are going to school that's $200 million a year. that's a billion dollars a year. our claim is very simple. we did not create this situation, the people staten island and create the situation. this is a federal issue. it warrants a federal solution. >> we are's empathetic to their needs. our doors have been open, folks have been walking around and we've been donating food and

clothing. we really can't afford and sustain these types of numbers. it's beauty conzelmann nicole malliotakis to discuss the humanitarian crisis playing on her district. >> todd: a new variation of rainbow colored fentanyl pills that have been flooding over the border. arizona officials seizing over a half a million pills, at least 44,000 pills having that rainbow combination which resembles candy. the dea continuing to warn the cartels are using brightly colored fentanyl pills to target kids weeks before halloween. >> carley: a member that wild incident where aiden ax wielding man smashed up mcdonald's. that suspect freed without bail has been busted again. wait until you hear why. >> todd: i can't believe he

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>> todd: axman is backed by the new york city man who tore through mcdonald's with an ax dieting arrested again. police finding 31-year-old michael palacios vandalizing a brooklyn just last month, terrorized mcdonald's patron smashing tables with an ax during a heated dispute. he faces a slew of charges including grand larceny, colonel mistress, possession of stolen property. because it's new york state, he remains a free man after being

released without bail for the second time. >> the devastated girlfriend of a high school star shot and killed reveals his last words to her was "help." speaking out after the moment after she discovered her boyfriend was shot telling fox news digital, you are screaming in the moments because you are in shock because it's a scream you don't try to do, it's just coming out. got freaked out because there was nothing going on there. some sweet lady came around the corner and said, baby, he just got shot. call me down, called 911 come already on their way. a candlelight vigil was held for the 18-year-old over the weekend. the family will say final goodbyes at his funeral later today. multiple shooters are on the loose in philadelphia after another horrific weekend rocked by deadly violins.

>> todd: 13-year-old dad after being shot multiple times hanging out with friends. another man shot in an unrelated incident near after sitting in the car with his toddler. >> carley: founder of our protect our police pac. 186 children have been shot in philadelphia. so many stories that you shock the conscience like this 14-year-old boy shot in the face multiple times. he's in eighth grade. he's dead. this has been going on for two years. nothing has been done about that. why is this? >> carley: it's been going on longer than two years. this all stems to larry krasner, our failed radical district attorney here in philadelphia. this man is a serial killer by proxy. the stack of body since he's got here, we are already at 3300 shootings this year. last year we were at 23. and just in october shootings have skyrocketed since larry

krasner has taken over. they are up 95%. think about that. that is staggering. the carjackings, we were to be in the record for carjacking. larry krasner is a revolving door. he's unethical. he's letting criminals out of prison early, dropping charges, going into the court rooms and just cases for these criminals to get off. in his world, cops are criminals, victims are a nuisance, and criminals are victims and right now. the city of philadelphia is reeling from this failed experiment of radical marxism and larry krasner is the one behind it. we also have a failed police commissioner. the chief whigham pluralists in the simpson's, has no idea what she's doing. our mayor's biggest, he's a lush and a loser, we have larry

krasner. the three headed monster. the city of philadelphia is reeling from the effects of these three and its mainly larry krasner. we just had this kid executed. there are no repercussions. the juvenile criminal system right now. these kids are getting locked up not for petty thefts. these kids are getting locked up for shootings and carjackings and they are out in the public within five hours. they know that nothing is going to happen to them because uncle larry is going to take care of them because bad things happen in philadelphia and larry krasner is behind it all. you cannot sit idly in a car. if you're in a dos charger, forget about it. you're going to get car jacked. it's not if, but when. it's dangerous. it's

it's pathetic. >> carley: lee zeldin running for governor in new york said that if you recap the crime that took place over the one or two weeks, it looks like you are recapping crime that took place over the last one or two years. he was talking about new york, but fid philadelphia is the exat same way. crime is a major issue when it comes to the midterm elections and the latest power rankings are saying it could come down >> todd: city taxpayers want to know how much it's costing them now. details straight ahead.

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as we enter the final weeks

before the midterms, the latest fox news power rankings show just how close some of those races could be. the g.o.p. showing an advantage in the house. 231 to 234 and when you factor in toss-ups, republicans still ahead, to which a 15 to 189 with 31 potential toss-ups. over in the senate, the g.o.p. has a slight lead democrats with four toss-ups despite the numbers showing the democratic advantage, president biden still counting what he's managed to do so far. >> they are concerned whether or not i'm getting it done. look what i've gotten done. name me a president in recent history who is gotten as much as i've done in the first to go years. not a joke but it might not have like what i got done but the vast majority of american people do like what i've got done. it's a matter of can you do the job? >> well republicans, especially those in tight races like pennsylvania, senate candidate

dr. mehmet oz continued to zero in on crime. >> there is a reason the fraternal order of police for the entire state of pennsylvania endorsed me and endorsed me unanimously. john fetterman has been blocking their efforts to protect the people of pennsylvania. there is a lawlessness that permeates the very fabric of philadelphia now. >> senate candidate ted budd zeroing in on american's concerns the economy. >> when i talk to families they say i'm worried about inflation. they do not bring out bar graphs or anything like that. they are talking about can they afford gas in their car this week or can they afford rent or can they afford their groceries periods eco-even bernie sanders things democrats should spend less time talking about abortion and take the fight to republicans on the economy. >> people think that republicans are going to do a better job for them. what we've got to do was take

the attack to republicans on the economy. don't be on the defensive. you've got 60% of the people in this country who are living paycheck to paycheck, millions are working for starvation wa wages. >> tomorrow's consumer price index report may make it harder for democrats to take the economic fight to republicans. it could prompt the fed to get more aggressive with its plan to hike interest rates. carley, todd? >> mary lynn , she did not hold back as to why. listen. >> i can no longer remain in today's democratic party. it's under control of a complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by wokness by stoking antiwhite racism. >> todd: a mom who left the party in 2020 and rosa arellano is a retired officer from blue

to red in 2016. all three join me now. jim, will begin with you. tulsi did not hold back. did that resonate with you and your decision to leave the democratic party? >> absolutely. you've got to understand tulsi's background. she served our country in the military. she served our country as a congresswoman. and i, likewise, serve the community as a deputy sheriff and the sheriff. the party has left her. the party has left me. and i'm so proud of her. she is a leader. she is a warrior. i am proud to stand with her. >> todd: understood. >> here's more on her decision to quit the dams

listen. >> speaks to the environment of fear, these elitists and power have fomented to where people are afraid to speak the truth, afraid to exercise their right to free speech because you might lose your job, you might be canceled, you might be trashed in god forbid in washington you might not be invited to the cool kids party. >> todd: afraid to speak the truth. is that your experience with the democrats? >> absolutely. as you said, i left the party in 2020 about three months into the covid lock downs and that's what i experienced was that cancel culture. i reached out to every elected democrat that i had voted for the try to get schools opened and nobody wanted to listen. it's really interesting. if you look at the book "woke racism," he talked about the democratic party as this religion, this fervor. i think that's what really has happened, they have shut down anybody that wants to talk

contrary to their narrative. >> todd: yup there live the results of open border policies, how poignant was tulsi gabbard's message to you? >> it really reached out to us. all of us here down at the border you're at work democrat. a lot of us walked away and i personally walked away because i saw the writing on the wall back in 2016. we reached a point where these folks are not just reading or seeing the writing on the wall, they are smelling it. with these illegals coming in on a daily basis at an exponential rate and going back to president trump, when he called up the border crisis and these people were calling -- not calling them but stating it was a manufactured crisis and right now when president biden took over, we saw how the numbers like i said earlier, it grows by

exponential numbers. we appreciate the president and the vice president not coming down and acknowledging this going down. a lot of latinos are going to not only walk away but run away from the democratic party. a lot of people are assuming with the democratic stronghold with the latinos down at the border. we are seeing the impact, how it's hurting us with regards to our resources and ultimately being exhausted, the number being seen at a daily basis, high-speed chases going on a daily basis. >> todd: somebody who disagrees with you is filmmaker michael moore. he's protecting democrats will win big and midterm elections. republicans are "simply regurgitating old narratives and stale scripts. they are too overworked or too lazy or too white or to mail to open their eyes and see the liberal left progressive working class female uprising that is underway at right now." rose, i don't mean to be

presumptive, but you do not appear to be white or a male. your reaction to michael moore's predictions? >> exactly. he is going to be up for a big surprise because there is somebody that's making a lot of noise down here on the border are the latinos. he's going to be a bit surprised. we are the ones being politically asked here out here yelling educating the people, so he will be seeing that big numbers that are being increased. just here in my county, there's a couple of elections ago where we had to step up the republican party ticket and now during this current election we have eight brave souls that stepped up to the plate including... we have a candidate by the name of armando rosales who is running for county judge on the ticket. we have another for county commissioner who is a rodriguez. he's up for a big awakening. i can't wait. >> todd: the results

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>> 1.7 million dollars stolen last year, just another challenge for the country already gripped by surging inflation. angie kinnard's late father was scammed out of $750,000. we're sorry for what happened to your dad. this is becoming a huge problem, tell us what happened to your dad. >> thank you for having us. my father turned -- recently been divorced and met mary blake at yahoo.com, and engaged in the relationship for three or four years. they started asking him for

money, telling him how much they loved him and they wanted to come to the united states. he gave increments of $40,000 at a time and evenually his entire life savings. >> the fbi says these are sophisticated scammers, this was a ring out of nigerria, how did it get up to $750,000? >> my father firmly believed he was dating someone and helping them. >> carley: your father's background, he was successful in know costruction and they honed in on the details, it seemed like a legitimate person. >> they started turning his family against him saying his

daughter didn't believe and they actually started turning my father against me. >> carley: the scammers turned your dad against you. how did it end? did he get his money back? >> he stopped taking care of himself, he was 83 and deteriorated and know raout of money. >> they also scammed other people. >> carley: you are on the east coast and your dad is in arizona, you didn't have oversight over your dad at this point, he also had dementia, this became a shock to you when you visit him and saw his savings is being drained. what is your advice to other

families so they don't go through the same thing you did? >> stay involved as possible, seek an accountant, financial advisor so you understand what they are going through, keep them away from dangerous internet sites, do as much as you can early on, i wish i would have been more forceful in the situation. >> carley: these scams are most common, text support, nonpayment, identity theft, not just your father, there have been over 92,000 victims, $1.72 billion, of loss. you have important message, thank you for warning others, we appreciate it. god bless you. >> todd: that is heartbreaking.

demanding answers from cantrell seen sitting in first class during overseas trip on friday, urging city of new orleans to disclose class of travel and method of payment for the flight. cantrell called flying economy unsafe for african american and uses money for luxury flights and racking up expenses which she's been ordered to pay. next hour of "fox and friends first" starts now. >> todd: republicans show they are poised to take back the house with only 218 needed to control the lower chamber, you are watching "fox and friends first" on busy wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the senate coming down to the

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