g grocery store. of course it's bad enough to swipe my own thing. i'm never going grocery shopping. >> the worst part of self-checkout, not that i do now but earlier in life and they say 21-year-old, you know, you have to have someone come over and verify your i.d. how is that going to work? cumbersome waste of time. >> thanks to everyone. don't forget to dvr the show. here is "america reports." >> john: waves of kamikaze drones targeting ukraine's capital city. large explosions throughout kyiv, as citizens scurry for shelter. >> sandra: is putin preparing for a new offensive? former trump national advisory adviser robert o'brien is here.

he'll react in moments. >> john: begin "america reports" with the teetering economy, and with just 22 days now until the midterms, time may be running out to right the ship. i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, great to be back with you. >> sandra: i speak for the whole team when i say great to see you. >> john: good to be back. >> sandra: brand-new comments from the white house. press secretary karine jean-pierre scheduled to take reporter questions about 15 minutes from now. this as record inflation remains front and center on voters' minds. >> john: brand-new poll finds 71% of voters saying they have had to cut back on their spending to afford basic necessities. the president appears to be in denial. >> our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide, worse other places than the united

states. >> john: fox team coverage. byron york joins us with more. >> sandra: white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn to kick things off for us at this hour. >> here in the home stretch of this midterm cycle we have noticed two things. thing number one, still democratic candidates in close contests who are not inviting president biden to join them on the campaign trail. thing number two, the democrats are not talking very much about president biden's biggest ticket item, the one that economists largely agree did contribute a little bit to inflation, and that is the 2 trillion american rescue plan. >> people are tired of being broke. they do not like this culture of chaos and uncertainty and because of that they are going to vote to defend their pocket book, their families, clean up their communities, get drugs off their street and have a say. >> we know republican candidates want the midterms to be about

inflation, and that is the top issue voters are extremely or very concerned about in a fox news poll. we know democratic candidates want this race to be more about abortion policy. that's a ways down the list. sixth place behind crime. polarization, russia and education, and even though the polling is not great on the economy, white house officials say they have got it under control. >> we have an unemployment rate that's 3.5%, ok. there is no recession that would prevail with that kind of unemployment rate. we are obviously adding hundreds of thousands of jobs per month. consumers have strong balance sheets. >> president biden is getting a late start to the week, just returned to the white house from delaware 30 minutes ago but we expect to hear from his press secretary in ten minutes and change. sandra. >> sandra: we will listen and watch for that, and you, peter, thank you. john. >> john: sandra, more on this,

byron york and i know you spent the weekend musing over the polls, some interesting numbers. let's put some numbers on the screen in terms of the fox news poll, generic ballot when registered voters were asked who they would vote for, 44% democratic candidate, 41% the republican candidate, among those who said they are certain to vote 46% preferred the democrats, 47% preferred the republicans. so, among people who are likely voters is the best way to put it, one-point advantage for democrats. how do you think -- for republicans. how do you think that's going to play out? >> well, this is the time in a campaign when pollsters and politicos start paying more attention to the likely voter numbers, and you get a better idea who is going to vote. republicans still have a little bit of an edge in the clear politics average of polls and also believe that when it's tied, they win. or even if they are a little

behind, this is republican, they win, because of the way the generic ballot has worked out. >> in wisconsin, ron johnson was behind and now pulling ahead and everybody thought along the early numbers in the race showing the johnson was down were not the reality what was going to happen. in terms of how the issues break down by party, put that up on the screen. on border security, republicans have 21-point advantage. crime, republicans with 15% advantage. they have 13% advantage on inflation and 9% advantage on foreign policy. democrats, 20 points on climate change, healthcare, 17% and abortion 6%. so, when you take a look at the issues that really matter to voters, how is that calculus going to play out? >> the big number you had was inflation, but it's even bigger than that. a lot of pollsters will separate two issues, the economy or cost

of living, but they are part of nine same -- part of the same thing. interest rates rising, the stock market in a terrible condition and all of your life savings, you are near retirement in a 401(k), you have lost about a quarter of it this year. and above all of that, you have the spector of a recession. most forecasts indicate we are headed toward one in a year. that's a really bad package of issues and it's a situation in which people do not vote for the party that's currently in power. >> john: republicans insist look, in the end, it's pocket book issues. 51% of respondents said their economic situation is worse now than it was two years ago, which brings back this famous quote from october 28, 1980. listen here. >> next tuesday all of you will go to the polls, stand there in the polling place and make a

decision. i think when you make that decision it might be well if you would ask yourself. are you better off than you were four years ago. >> john: are you better off than you were four years ago. it's only been two years. do you think voters will ask themself that question? >> they will, and a lot will say no. that question 42 years ago has set a standard for candidates ever since. it was such a great question and i think most people today when they look at the economy, their situations, since joe biden took office and the president's job approval rating is a big factor in this, and predictor how well his party will do and he's well below 50%. some people have him in the high 30s, some mid 40s, but nowhere near 50%. >> john: the white house put out four people over the weekend to go on the sunday shows and spin the economy as looking much better than it might be

perceived by a lot of voters, and then the president ice cream cone in hand said this. >> i'm not concerned about the -- [indiscernible] i'm concerned about the rest of the world. the economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide. >> john: our economy is strong as hell. how many voters do you think agree with that? >> i don't think they do. you can talk down an economy, people are struggling, it's hard and you think things are ok for me but there are a lot of people in tough questions. you cannot talk up the economy, saying it's going well when people say no they are not, i know they are not doing well for me. so i don't think the president's strategy is going to work here. >> john: byron, thank you for perusing the polls. sandra, the polls are showing a mixed bag but looks like advantage republicans into november. >> sandra: the reason the president is saying strong as

hell, he's getting very low marks for his performance on the economy. 62% disapprove of the handling of the economy, 62% disapprove of handling inflation. those are the two top issues heading into the election. >> john: we'll talk more in the next hour with republican strategist david bossy, he'll be joining us with a lot more on this. >> sandra: all right. >> officer shot, officer shot. >> officer shot. >> oh. >> sandra: dramatic bodycam video showing the moment a wounded police officer opens fire, a single shot that killed the man who just murdered two of his brothers in uniform. happened when the attacker ambushed the officers in bristol, connecticut. we are joined on the intense video, a warning to the viewers, nate, some is extremely graphic. >> it is just horrible to watch, and you know, it shows the horrific reality of what

officers were dealing with and the heroism of the third officer, survived 80 rounds fired at him by this suspect, two of his fellow officers not so fortunate. but also shows the lone bullet he fired that killed the suspect. this is all disturbing to watch. >> shots fired, shots fired, more cars, send everyone. officer shot, officer shot. >> officer shot. >> so this right here is after the officers were shot from behind. according to the preliminary report from the office of the inspector general, that happened while they were talking to the suspect's brother outside the home. so officer alec iaroto, he's been shot in the leg, he's using a flashlight, appears he's inspecting his wounds and this tree is right between the side of the house and the street.

so you are going to see him make his way to the street and behind the bristol police cruiser in front of him all while gunshots are ringing out. you can't hear it there, but he makes his way behind the car and that is when he fires the lone shot. i'm wondering if our control room can pull up the video of officer irato firing the lone bullet that killed the suspect, he takes fire behind the cruiser, looks like we don't have the video. but in a single shot he's able to kill that gunman and then he confirms with his flashlight in the driveway that gunman is dead. officer had surgery for the gunshot wound to his leg. you see him here at a vigil on friday. he's been released from the hospital. his fellow officers not so lucky. you saw them already and you will see them again here. they will be laid to rest this week. 35-year-old sergeant leaves behind his pregnant wife and two

children. 34-year-old officer hamzy also leaves behind a wife. a joint funeral held at the uconn football summer at 11:00, sandra. >> absolutely heartbreaking. nate, thank you. >> john: really is terrible. sandra, any moment now the jury will take up the fate of igor danchenko, coming out of the john durham investigation into the russia investigation. >> sandra: democrats scrambling to make the midterms anything other than the economy, even after passing the rescue package, our econ panel will join us life here on set next. >> real take home pay, that's declining, americans are in a bad mood because they feel it every time they go to the grocery store and the gas pump and that's not something you can spin. coinage?

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>> john: recession fears rising among business leaders and democrats ducking for cover. so rough out there candidates will do anything to not talk about their massive spending plans. our panel breaks it down coming right up. but first -- jury deliberations are soon set to begin in the trial of igor danchenko, about the discredited steele dossier and lying to the fbi. the last person prosecuted by john durham in his investigation of the trump russia probe. david spunt is live in alexandria, virginia outside the courthouse. is there a side durham may

charge anyone else after the danchenko trial concludes? >> john, it's hard to tell, this began three years ago, durham was appointed by bill barr to look at the origins of the russia investigation. that's what people want to know. will john durham charge anyone else. the issue for john durham, the statute of limitations in certain cases have come up, and things that happened in 2016, 6 years ago, so the question remains to be seen. i can tell you in the last ten minutes the jury now officially has this case, this trial began with jury selection last tuesday. john durham made the final remarks for the government's argument in court behind me here in alexandria. as you mention, this jury needs to decide t he should be found guilty of lying to the fbi, four counts of lying to the fbi after the judge removed the first count over a technicality friday afternoon. danchenko, the government says, the primary subsource for

christopher steele who compiled the widely talked about steele dossier aimed at taking down then candidate donald trump. john durham alleged danchenko lied to an fbi agent when he said that he had not "talked to a democratic political operative named charles dolen" about the steele dossier. that operative gave danchenko information that ended up in the dossier. dolan and danchenko did not technically speak. because they communicated through email, that was one reason that was thrown out. special agent kevin hellson, a government witness made an interesting bit of testimony when he defended danchenko, saying he was a valuable informant, and that american national security is more at risk without danchenko still working for the bureau. he claimed danchenko helped fbi with some 25 investigations. john, no matter what the jury decides, ultimately john durham

in some way seemed to move past this specific case and while on paper this is about lying to the fbi and those four counts, in many ways it's about the fbi taking the fbi to task, especially for what happened in 2016 and early 2017 after donald trump became president. so right now, in the hands of the jury. >> john: we will go to you immediately as soon as we hear that. we'll talk more about jonathan turley, specifically to david's point what is the impact of all of this in the danchenko trial on the fbi. sandra. >> sandra: and the long-term russia investigation in general. so, jonathan turley will be joining us on that, always good on that, coming up. >> john: we are also going to ask him why the mainstream media has ignored the hunter biden case. >> sandra: we are watching that. recession fears are mounting across the country. president biden says the economy is strong, a key advise ser

admits there is uncertainty. >> if you are asking me to look around a corner and say where the economy is going to be, i have to tell you everybody's crystal ball is a bit cracked right now, and the uncertainty makes it tough. >> sandra: jackie and welcome to both of you. what is not uncertain is the way the americans feel about the economic environment we are living in and has been for quite some time. now the media is waking up to that. here is the latest fox news polling on biden's economy. those that rate the economic conditions negatively, 78%. those that say the economy is going to get worse, 73%. and those that have had to cut back their spending, i think this is really key, to afford necessities, 71%. you have people that have joined us right here on the program who have said in order to afford gas prices or to heat their home, they are having to cut back in other areas. and that is a telltale sign for

a lot of economists who watch these trends. >> tradeoffs for people are scaring, and jared bernstein says the crystal ball is cracked. i don't think it's cracked, people can see into it and they know what's coming when you overspend, when you have inflation, companies get nervous and boy are they getting nervous. you can see what's happening. the administration does not want to admit it, it's a story they have no answer for, but americans in wintertime especially, heating questions, paying for utilities this winter, people are getting very upset about that. >> sandra: i interviewed a woman up in maine last week whose job it is to help people manage their finances to get through the cold winters up there because they are having to sacrifice other areas of their life just to put away money to pay the sky high heating fuel prices. >> half of americans approximately use natural gas and the natural gas is up 28% year over year and it's going to

get cold on the east coast this week, so people will be thinking about turning on heat and make critical decisions, depleted your savings, put all the extra stuff on credit cards, people are running out of options and i watched that interview. not only ridiculous the crystal ball is cracked, also conceded this inflation is embedded in the economy, it's taking a lot longer to bring it down. if it were transitory like the administration said or the fed thought, it's one thing, people can endure it but going on for well over a year and taking its toll. >> sandra: and the administration addressed inflation as if it was a problem they had nothing to do with, there was a lot of government spending to get us here, the president is saying the economy is strong as hell and saying if republicans win in november. >> republican wins, inflation is going to get worse. it's that simple. >> sandra: to that you say what, brian? >> what do you want?

what can you say to that? what is he talking about here. we have said for a long time the president struggles to live in economic reality, but at this point it's like he's in outer space. to call the economy strong as hell, i do think people are thinking about the word hell when it comes to the economy but it's not strength. >> sandra: and to be sure, there are economic kay are tos they like to tout that wages are up but don't adjust are for inflation. >> real wages are down. >> sandra: and low unemployment rate they talk about as well, but what is -- what good is low unemployment if people are paying sky high prices. >> it's not going to stay low. you have the fed broadcasting at jackson hole that people are going to lose jobs and people are saying yeah, laying off here and there, it's coming down the pike and coming soon. he loves pointing to the deficit, brought the deficit down in 2021 and doing it this

year. but doing it off of covid-19 high levels, that's not real deficit reduction. >> sandra: interesting. the latest polling on the performance on the economy specifically, showing voters are unhappy with the current environment those that disapprove of biden's handling of the economy, 62%. those that disapprove of the job on inflation, 67%. let me change the question there out of the sot from the president, and put this on republicans because they want to flip the house and the senate in the fall. we'll see what happens. but if that does happen, what can republicans do, and you and i were part of a town hall this morning with stewart varney, audience members had this question. what are they going to do if they regain control. >> it has to be growth, growth, growth, starts with energy. every day republicans capture the house they should be putting it to the president what are you going to do to expand

production. there is really nothing in the short-term that could help more than to get energy prices way down. so much of this is already baked into the economy it's going to take time. if you bring down energy prices, you could have an immediate effect. >> sandra: new york post, 401(k), average retirement account down 25%. that's real tangible stuff that people are feeling, jackie, great to see you, brian, great to see you. john. >> john: all right, sandra. china's leader putting the world on notice, new warning against foreign interference with taiwan and the growing threat to global security. >> sandra: russia launching new drone attacks on kyiv, striking at the heart of the ukraine capital. robert o'brien is here with more on the shifting military strategy. >> the ukrainian people are not going to fold no matter how many

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forces sent a wave of iranian-made kamikaze drones to bomb the energy infrastructure and civilian targets. complete coverage now. robert o'brien is standing by. but first, trey yingst is live from kyiv. you just heard new explosions where you are. >> yes, good afternoon. breaking news. a few moments ago we saw a ukrainian air defense battery fire off to the northern part of the city a few moments later, a large explosion that you could hear in the downtown area of kyiv. now, this follows the massive attack that russia launched earlier today that left four ukrainian civilians dead. a kamikaze drone streams through the skies of kyiv before slamming into a building.

the early morning explosion, 1 of 5five to rock the capital. >> i see the pieces. >> destroyed apartment block, devastation. they rescue an elderly woman before carrying the body of a man pulled from the debris. rescue workers are digging through the rubble looking for survivors in the aftermath of the drone attack. russians say they are only targeting military positions but it's not true. this is a residential block near the city center. >> 61-year-old lives next door and sheltering in her parking garage when the blast occurred. when explosions happen next to you, it's awful, terrifying, i don't know what to do next. her neighborhood was not the only location damaged in the attack. 28 drones were launched toward kyiv, all but five were shot down, according the kyiv mayor. >> we are asking our partner to

support ukraine. we need modern defense weapon. >> we spoke with multiple officials who stress the need for more air defense systems. today we actually saw soldiers and policemen with rifles trying to shoot down the iranian drones as they targeted kyiv. sandra. >> sandra: trey, thank you very much. >> john: robert o'brien, former national security advisor under president trump. so the in discriminate use of the drones raises two big questions, russia is back to tactics of trying to wreak havoc and terror to tear them down, and then the issue of why is russia using these, are they out of their precision guided missions and rely on more rudimentary drones, and then the other idea of why are we still using russia as an intermediary to talk with iran about a new nuclear deal? >> so three great questions.

address the last one first. the idea we are using the russians and trying to do a deal with iran at a time the iranians are supplying the kamikaze drones to ukraine, sponsoring terrorism all over the middle east, and if we care about gays and lesbians, they are throwing them off rooftops. and treating women terribly. why are we looking to give them a lifeline of sanctions relief to get almost nothing in return, that's number one and the russians as an intermediary is absurd. and number two, i don't think the russians will break the will of the ukrainian people. they have showed a daringness, courage, boldness since the invasion eight months ago. it's hard to believe it's going on eight months, and reminds me of the last days of world war ii, when hitler was reigning down on london, no military significance but trying to break

the will of the people. he didn't do it. and russians are in danger of war crimes. international humanitarian law, the one targeting of civilians, not just as collateral damage but targeting civilians is a war crime. and they are hitting playgrounds and hospitals and theaters and this subjects the russians from the highest levels, from president putin on down to the actual person pulling the trigger on the rocket or the drone to war crimes liability at some point. so it's -- but the same time, it's a terrible thing for the ukrainian people. >> sandra: robert, great to have you here today. as far as the latest escalation in all of this and you watched the ukrainian people and obviously to your point about this being a constant effort to wear down the civilian population there, strategically, how should the ukrainians be added from your perspective and what capacity should its western

partners step up their ability to counter russia in these days? >> very good question, sandra, wonderful to be with you. i'm sorry i'm not on the set with you in new york. >> sandra: soon. >> we have to give them the anti-aircraft and anti-drone technology and we have new technology coming out the army is starting to deploy using lasers and either techniques. there is a company called andril in the united states and a great anti-drone system. so we need to start delivering those. the other thing we need to do, the american people have been incredibly generous with ukraine and big packages, we need to get the europeans to step up as well. it's time for the great european powers, the germans, french, and others to step up and get the ukrainians the weapon systems they need to defend themselves and finally, maybe the most

famous anti-drone and anti-ballistic missile system is the israeli iron dome and we ought to be encouraging our friends in israel to get that system up to the ukrainians. >> john: you mentioned the mistreatment of women in iran, and we see protests growing every day in response to the hijab killings. you think this is the real deal? what should the u.s. be doing about it? >> i think it's a real deal, and we need internet access to the people of iran, use the private sector and the great technology companies to take down the ukrainian fire walls and elon musk's star link system, worked so well in ukraine and deliver those so they can communicate with each other and also tell their story and shouldn't be giving the ukrainian any sanction relief, this regime is struggling. for the united states to throw the regime a lifeline like we did in the korean revolution in

2008, 2009, that would be a travesty for the iranian people. let's give the iranian people the ability to communicate and take back human rights in their country. >> i want to play this sounds from the belarus president, russian troops have been moving into belarus and there is concern this is a new front of the war is coming. and this is an opening. this is him and more combatant words that have been observed. i'll play it out and you can give us your response and what it means. >> with regards to nuclear weapons, all weapons are created for a purpose and if this kind of weapon exists it's clear it's produced to be used. russia has clearly outlined its position. if there is to be, god forbid attack on the territory of the russian federation, in that case russia can, if necessary, use all kinds of weapons. >> sandra: clearly showing he's more combatant in a public way

against ukraine. >> my take is he's between a rock and a hard place. putin is putting pressure on him, his own people putting pressure on him. my guess the belarus people don't want to go through the war and fight in ukraine, i think he's using rhetoric to keep putin at bay and hopefully belarus stays out of the war. >> john: kinds of a scary philosophy he's got, nuclear weapons were created to be used. clearly they were used at the end of world war ii but the arsenals have been expanded in the hopes of never using them. a bit of a shift. robert, always great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sandra: fbi facing a class action lawsuit after raiding a private vault in beverly hills and seizing millions of dollars worth of property from safe deposit boxes. why they say they did it and

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sense of when the cost savings will begin to accrue? obviously it's not instantaneously, but you talked about prices lowering, is there a sense of when that happens and over what time frame? >> i don't have a timeline for you, i can talk to the team to get a specific timeline but what is important about this, the president took action, did an executive order, asking fda to find ways to lower costs for 30 million americans who do benefit from hearing aid, that's 30 million americans, going to save them thousands of dollars. so a deliberate action the president took and now we are going to see the benefits of that as i can get back to you on exactly how quickly that will occur, but again, this is a huge deal. a big deal and we talk about giving americans a little breathing room and talk about taking inflation very seriously as one of our number one economic priorities, this is an example. go ahead. >> the inflation reduction act

allocates about $80 billion to the irs, the irs is not going to have a commissioner as of next month when the commissioner's term expires. can you talk about what's behind the delay for nominating a replacement and is that going to slow down the overhaul of the agency? >> it's not going to slow down the overhaul of the agency. we take it very seriously. don't have any personnel announcement. we will share that. >> the president visited colorado, can california, oregons, and why didn't the president visit nevada or arizona on the trip and does he have plans to visit those two states in the next three weeks? >> i want to be careful, you didn't ask it in the frame of the midterms. i know that, i'm being very careful here, very careful, hatch act, we respect that here. look, you know, the president is going to get out there as we have said multiple times to make

sure that he's talking directly to the american people about how we are delivering on our promises, delivering on how we are really taking inflation seriously, delivering on creating those jobs that the american people really need at this time. and so he's been on the road nonstop, and he will continue to be on the road nonstop and, you know, where he is needed he will go. and if we have more to add to his travel we certainly will. as you know, he's going to pennsylvania on thursday and november 1st he's going to florida. >> why not nevada and arizona? >> i just said, if we have more to share we certainly will. don't have anything else to add to what i just laid out. >> tomorrow he's expected to speak about abortion rights at an event in washington, d.c. why now is he speaking about that particular issue, what is the goal of the event tomorrow? >> i'll give you a little bit of a preview, but i would happily argue that the president has

talked about that particular issue, roe, and protecting women's rights, protecting the right for women to decide what -- really important decision, difficult decision on her body and her healthcare from the beginning and even before the dobbs decision was made. i'll say this. again, i want to be careful, i can't speak from here on tomorrow's event beyond what we put into guidance. broadly speaking, i'm happy to take the chance to talk about this and what the president will be leaning into. so again, the assault on women's access to reproductive healthcare by republicans official is an assault, and the president is going to speak about that. as he has been for the past several months. he just talked about when he was out west he talked about the national bans, whether it be lindsey graham's proposed national abortion ban or the effort in arizona to enforce a

law on the books from 1864 before women even had the right to vote and you've heard me talk about this before right here at the podium, republican officials are dead set on moving america backwards and stripping women of their rights. that is what we have been seeing since the dobbs decision in june and their obsession with regulating women's bodies is not just disturbing, it's also very dangerous. so reporting from u.s.a. today, your own publication, late last week indicated walgreens and cvs can deny women medication now, even for unrelated medical conditions like arthritis, and this isn't happening in a vacuum. this is happening very clearly, very abruptly, it's the product of overreach by republican officials to regulate, again, women and their own healthcare. their own private decisions that they should be making on their own. it's backwards, again, it's

dangerous, and it's severe and stark contrast to the president and the commitment that he has to leave these decisions between a woman and her doctor, and that's what you are going to hear from him tomorrow. >> on saturday -- describe pakistan as the most dangerous place in the world. does the white house have a reaction to that, and if pakistan is the most dangerous, why supply assistance with the f-16? >> i spoke to this the other day, i spoke to this on friday when we were heading to portland, something the president said before and i'm not going to add more to what i laid out a couple days ago. >> good to see you. welcome back, it's been a while. you've been on the road doing things. >> yes. questions of foreign and domestic politics. the president's comments on the british prime minister are

intriguing because he doesn't often comment on the specifics of another world leader's policies. is there any regret from him about saying that this proposed tax cuts are a mistake? >> no. >> and when he referred to -- who else was he referring to when he said he was not the only one who thought the policies were a mistake? >> i don't have any other countries or names to lay out or name for you at this time. >> okay, curious talking world leaders or somebody on his own team who said these are mistakes. >> i don't have anything else to add. >> political questions you've gotten, and you are doing a great job keeping the lawyers back there happy. >> thank you. it's important. >> the last month, giving a speech tomorrow in d.c., fundraiser in new jersey, new york, massachusetts, maryland, and colorado and california, and

behind closed doors with two democrat candidate. the white house office of political affairs, have they been getting phone calls from arizona, nevada, georgia, wisconsin, michigan, to say we would love to have the president come. >> we don't have any personal calls or conversations to read out. look, the way we see it and the president has been travelling nonstop, a great job laying out the places he's been do, and will continue to be on the road nonstop. that is not going to stop. as you noted, we announced we are going to pennsylvania and florida. look, he's going to go where he is needed the most, and at this time we are not, we don't have just any additional -- don't have additional travel for you. i'm trying to be very careful here on what i can say. i am restricted at the podium, because of the hatch act. but again, he has been travelling nonstop, you just laid out where he has gone and

is going to be the next couple days and the president is looking forward to it. looking forward to being out there. you all saw him just the past couple of days talking directly to the american people, having conversations, laying out his thoughts and you'll continue to see that. >> one other on china. does he have any comments on president xi's speech on sunday and anticipated third term? >> don't want to comment from here on any internal political process of other countries. i want to be really careful, not going to comment from here so i'm going to leave it there. >> thank you, karine. following up on something you said earlier, if president's top domestic priority is inflation, why doesn't he have more to show for it? >> so the president understands and we have talked about this many times that inflation is an issue, high cost, cost is an issue for the american people,

and so he's been very clear about making that his number one economic priority. and he has done the work and he's done the work with congressional democrats when you think about the inflation reduction act, which is going to lower the cost for our seniors, millions and millions of seniors across the country when you think about the $2,000 cap on their own medicare prescription, when you think about the thousands of dollars that our seniors pay a month, now that's going to be $2,000 a year. that is the work that congressional democrats and congressional democrats and the president has done, republicans did not vote for that at all. and what republicans want to do is that they want to repeal that very historic piece of legislation that is also going to lower energy costs, that is also going to help fight climate change, they want to get rid of it. so there is a contrast that we are going to make which is how republicans are actually going

to make things worse and democrats want to do the opposite and make things a little easier. i just talked about the hearing aids which is going to help 30 million americans across the country. >> but who exactly thinks the president is doing a good job on inflation? because we have a new poll that finds he receives his lowest job ratings on inflation. negative 38 points. >> we understand there are challenges that are in front of us here in this country, that is why the president has taken action to lower costs. think about gas prices, you think about healthcare, healthcare premiums, you think about medicare again, beating special interest so that we can lower costs, so medicare can be able to lower costs for senior citizens. when you think about all of these steps he has taken to make sure that that is happening. republicans, republicans in congress refuse, they refuse to be partners with us on this. they refuse to help us. you think about the american

rescue plan that has helped create an economy that is indeed resilient. they refuse to help. >> the president's economic advisors told him the general consensus now is that the american rescue plan has contributed to inflation? >> look, secretary yellen who is incredibly well respected as you know in the economics base has spoken to this. so i will leave her words, speak to the statement that you just made. here is the thing. what the president has done, the issues he has worked on, we think about medicare, inflation costs, inflation reduction act, you think about the chips act, they are popular with the american people. they understand, the american people understand what these pieces of legislation, that we have worked so hard to get across the line and are now law is going to change -- change the lives of american people. now, is there work to be done,

there is always more work to be done but we are making -- we are taking the steps to do that. again, congressional republicans are doing nothing, absolutely nothing. they want to repeal, they want to take away the advances that we have made. go ahead. >> when the president either hears or -- >> sandra: all right, peter doocy firing off some questions to karine jean-pierre asking the question if inflation is the top domestic priority for this president, why doesn't he have more to show for it considering we are still living through 40-year high inflation in this country. interesting pressing by some of the members of the press there on the president's midterm strategy asking since he's been visiting so many different areas, why not arizona and nevada, one reporter even asking her is he even getting calls from there. she responded where he is needed he will go. and then later after a follow-up on that said where he is needed the most he will go.

so interesting exchange there. i should note we did not hear inflation brought up until peter doocy asked a question on the economy, no crime, no border, weeks out from the midterm election where those are the top issues in the country, john. >> john: and a lot more to talk about in the next 22 days on that front. cdc warning this flu season is shaping up to be a bad one. spread is already high in several parts of the country. what precaution should americans be taking? >> sandra: dr. mark siegel. people get the flu shot and some don't, do they need it especially this year? >> sandra, john, i think we do. we saw a bad flu season in australia. i'm starting to see flu in the practice, people call me up and on the television and think it sounds like covid but the fever is a little higher, and they test positive for the flu.

i'm starting to see it, and new york is not where the biggest outbreaks are so far, we are seeing it in the south, in texas, georgia, we saw it, starting to see it in d.c. the kinds of flu is a pretty bad strain, and we don't have a lot of immunity built up from the last few years, so i do think it's a good time to get the flu shot. again, flu shot to decrease severity. it's going to spread anyway, decrease severity, take precautions, stay home when you are sick. but we need to get the doctor back into the equation. the doctor has been too far out of the equation with covid. talk to your doctor about a flu shot. >> john: as we have heard repeatedly, the flu vaccine is a guess what the year will bring. how does this stack up in terms of providing opportunity for people. >> bad season, 20% effectiveness, good season 65%. this one looks to be a pretty

good match to the h3n2, so a pretty good year to actually get your flu shot. we don't know for sure until the end of the year, but i'm definitely telling people to get it. >> sandra: got it, dr. siegel, we heard a new interview with dr. fauci, asked about the school lockdowns and whether he regrets that happening. listen. >> what we should realize and have realized that there will be collateral consequences. they always say fauci was responsible for closing schools. i had nothing to do. let's get down to the facts. >> sandra: nothing to do with it. what did you -- what did you think when you heard that? >> sandra, i have personal experience with this. back at the very beginning in march 2020, i interviewed dr. fauci and said i think lockdowns may not work and i was worried they would cause a lot of collateral damage he agreed but