eric: three days to go as candidates across the country are hitting the home stretch. this is the final weekend before the midterms on tuesday sms you know, there are a lot of toss-up races that will decide the balance of power in washington. right now pennsylvania is taking claim as the center of the political universe in this country. three current and past presidents from both parties are barnstorming the key stone state for their respective political candidates that they are endorsing. hello, everyone. this is "fox news live," i'm eric shawn. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm a

them neville. former president obama just wrapped up a rally with democratic senate candidate john fetterman in pittsburgh. mr. obama will team up with president biden for another rally later this afternoon in philadelphia, and former president trump stumping later as well for senate candidate mehmet oz and gop gubernatorial candidate doug maas try january know. we'll have full cover coverage with lauren wright standing by in philly, bryan llenas on former president trump hitting the trail, but first, rich edson on the democrats rolling out their big guns, and he is live in pittsburgh. hey, rich. >> reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. it is a wealth of former presidents here on the western part of the state. president obama just finished here close to the university of pittsburgh where he's trying to turn i out voters, college students, folks in the area to vote for john fetterman for u.s. senate. also campaigning for the house candidates and the governorship

that's also up for grabs here in pennsylvania. obama speaking earlier today started off with john fetterman who took the stage ahead of the former president. he joked that after having a stroke, obama's a tough act to open for. former president trump campaigning in the region for republicans tonight, fetterman spent much of his speech tying dr. oz to trump. so did obama. >> most republican -- aren't even pretend thing that they're -- [inaudible] they just make stuff the up. i mean, donald trump still refuses to acknowledge joe biden won the 2020 election. [audio difficulty] they're on his campaign. >> reporter: obama also went on the offensive on inflation, that's a subject democrats have largely avoided. he says voters should trust democrats to help con front it.

fetterman once held a substantial lead, now this is an even race within the margin of error. he faced questions about his health after having a stroke in may and criticism over are are refusing to -- release his full medical records. of after a comment he made in 2018 opposing fracking, fetterman now says he's for it with the right environmental controls. obama and fetterman will join president biden this evening in the philadelphia area. back to you. arthel: thank you, rich edson. eric: and as we mentioned, former president trump will be holding a rally tonight for dr. mehmet oz, and the republican gubernatorial nominee. all this comes amid speculation that mr. trump will officially announce his third run for the white house shortly after the midterms. bryan llenas live from el philadelphia with more on that race. >> reporter: good afternoon. former president obama and

president biden will be making their way to philadelphia shortly after their stop in pittsburgh, but you know what? today is all about getting the base for both parties out, and for dr. mehmet oz, that's about getting trump supporters to come out and vote for him. tonight, at a rally near pittsburgh actually, trump will be holding a rally to try to give a boost to dr. oz who is stuck in a dead heat against lieutenant governor john fetterman. remember, it was trump's endorsement that fueled dr. oz's narrow win in the republican primary by less than 1,000 votes. oz will share the stage with doug mastriano, now, this is not without risk though. according to fox news polls, the more far right mastriano is seen by too extreme by half of voters and is losing by double digits in his race. oz could alienate independent voters by denouncing extremism on both sides.

fetterman has made this race a referendum on dr. oz's personality and character while oz has tried to make this a referendum on biden and his policies, concentrating on crime, inflation and the border. listen. >> while i was talking about issues that are important to pennsylvania tax tax pay oriers, john fetterman's been making attacks on me, and after a while it just good manies -- becomes gossip. it doesn't make people's lives better. i want to get rid of the extremist ideas that john fetterman espouses. >> reporter: mean whale, following recent court decisions, all mail-in ballots in pennsylvania that are missing a hand written date or have an incorrect date written on the envelopes will not be count. well, today the court clarified what they mean by incorrectly dated ballots. they now say any ballots between september 19th and november 8th will count. if you're outside of that range, they will not. this is already a contentious issue. we expect more lawsuits which

could delay results if this is a close race. eric: and it's important for our viewers to understand that by law, pennsylvania law, they can't start counting the mail-in ballots until 7 a.m. on election day. that's why it sometimes takes longer in pennsylvania for all the votes to be counted. that's their law. all right, bryan, thank you. arthel? arthel: bryan and eric, thank you. for more, we're going to go to lauren white, political scientist for princeton university. you're in philadelphia right now. >> i am. arthel: first of all, why is this race -- yes. why is this race so close? >> well, it's really interesting to think about it in the terms you and eric just phrased, which is that we have two big races in the state, one the senate race that's airtight and one is a gubernatorial race where the republican is 10 points behind, and why is that? that's because these candidates are not the same. yes, voters are very angry at biden and democrats, but they're

still the looking at the individual views of the candidates and still finding someone like mastriano very alienating and perhaps too extreme. so it's interesting because it's a razor-close race, and someone like oz might not normally have a chance. fetterman was very popular at the democratic primary stage the. but now he does, and the scales seem to be slightly tipping in his direction, at least increasingly so. arthel: so staying focused on the senate race, lauren, so who are the undecided voters at this point, if there are any, and what will tip them one way or the other? >> so the name of the game, and i'll put this in terms of republicans because really they have the key task at hand, is to get those moderate voters who maybe sometimes vote for democrats but are really angry about inflation and crime under biden comfortable enough so they

can cast a ballot for a republican. and the question is, how do you do that. and so democrats, for instance, have look at the president, and they know that he's toxic, and that's why he's not invited somewhere like pittsburgh. that's why he's going with president obama in to philly which is much safer for democrats -- [inaudible conversations] not done the same thing with trump. arthel: well, let me jump in here, president trump's going to be stumping for oz and then, of course, you talked about the obama-biden one-two punch there in the state. will this fight by those two, you know, democratic rock stars tip the fight in the favor of the democratic candidates there, or can president trump give dr. oz the edge that he needs? >> so i think the trump strategy is much riskier because the voters republicans need are those moderate voters that are not quite sure if they're comfortable voting for a republican. and so someone like trump or

someone like mastriano who might be too extreme for them, you might risk alienating those people that are paying attention at these final stages. so that is different than someone like oz who has a handful of fairly moderate views on something like abortion compared to fellow republicans. and so he has a chance of winning, mastery january mow really doesn't seem like he does at this point, and and so why would you put someone like oz with president trump who is a weakness to the republican party in a year where they are otherwise doing extraordinarily well? her looking at -- they are looking at a likely very successful election night. arthel: so let's talk about oprah. >> okay. arthel: how much does oprah's endorsement of fetterman matter, especially at this point, especially with women? all voters but definitely suburban women. >> so it can't hurt, but i don't think there's a lot of evidence that these types of endorsements

help especially at the general election stage. the place where celebrity endorsements can help a lot are attention-grabbing and fundraising at the primary stage. but why i think this is so fascinating is it really shows that the fetterman campaign is extremely worried about this race. they're pulling out all the stops. they want every single advantage they can get. and so sometimes you might get a voice like oprah who maybe gets younger voters to pay attention, maybe people that focus more on entertainment than politics, it comes across their radar, and they're reminded to vote. really this is a tv effort at this stage, not a persuasion effort. aver arkansas i'm going to do one quick thing, but reviewing pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, college votes there, we know that barack obama won pennsylvania in 2012. donald trump was the winner in 2016, joe biden won in 2020. so does this ping-ponging for

president foreshadow the swing in this pennsylvania senate race? >> it could because the basic political environment, especially the economy and inflation, favors republicans right now. and so you might expect it to be a check on democrats. and that's, goes along with the national trends. but these races are so closeing arthel, that nobody knows for sure. and so overconfidence is also a problem for both parties at this time. a. arthel: it's razor, razor, razor thin and, again, we will not know the actual outcome on election night. everybody just be calm and wait for the answer as. all right, lauren wright, thank you so much. >> thanks. eric: well, from the northeast down to georgia let's go to that battleground state. new polls show former nfl star he shell walker has closed the gap with raphael warnock in that key race. both candidates are hitting the campaign trail in the peach

state in this final weekend ahead of the midterms, and it is a big, hotly-contentious race. aishah hasnie is live in athens, georgia, where mr. walker will be holding a rally with burt jones who's running for lieutenant governor. you have got the front line there kind of going after the democrats. [laughter] >> reporter: hey there, eric. well, that rally just wrapped up a short while ago. there's a lot of tailgating happening behind me because it is game day here in athens, georgia. i just spoke with nrsc chairman rick scott, and he tells me that he is ready for a runoff here in georgia, but he doesn't hi there's going to be one. -- think there's going to be one. as you know, the chairman is, of course, in charge of securing a gop majority in the senate, and he was here campaigning with herschel walker today as the latest fox news polling shows walker has the momentum heading into election day. so he is still a point behind

incumbent senator rafael war knock, but he has now closed the gap from the 5-point margin back in september. however, very important here, neither candidate is polling over 50%, and per georgia law that means we could be looking at the r-word, runoff. i caught up with scott right before the event to ask him about this. are you ready for a runoff? >> we're ready for a runoff, but i believe we're not going to have a runoff. i think herschel, he's continuing every week. >> reporter: do you think they're doing a good job with voter turnout, getting out the vote? >> absolutely. the big thing is go vote. get your family and friends to vote. and that's happening across the country. >> reporter: now, incumbent raphael warnock also fighting for every single vote in this state. he is stumping in the atlanta metro area today, and this week he has a lot of help, actually, from senator john ossoff an on the trail. he's been selling himself as the

candidate that can reach across the aisle. >> we've got three more days before we bring this across the finish line. i got there through hard work, grit and determination. discipline, perseverance, focus. >> reporter: and, eric, all of this is going to come down to voter turnout on tuesday because early voting here in georgia is over. eric? eric: all right. i guess this means quarterback jones calling the plays for the running back, walker, today during the campaign. aishah hasnie, thank you. arthel: all right. coming up we're going to head to new york where the race for governor is getting close, and some big names campaigning for both governor kathy hochul and republican challenger lee zeldin today. we're taking a bite out of that apple coming up next. [laughter] ♪ ♪ so we're hard at work

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arthel: well, one of the biggest names in the democratic party campaigning today for new york governor kathy hochul, former president bill clinton joining her at a rally in brooklyn. meanwhile, her gop challenger, congressman lee zeldin, he's joined by form former congresswoman and former democrat tulsi gabbard.

alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the latest. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, both sides bringing in big money and big names to try and win the race for governor here in the deep blue state of new york. just three days ahead of the midterm election, both governor hochul and congress congress mann are working hard to convince as many voters as possible they are the best choice to lead the state. a live look at this happening right now, it's a rally. we're hearing that former president bill clinton will be taking the stage to try and give kathy hochul a big boost in the poll. there's some pretty big crowds there. in recent days governor hochul has really tried to shift her focus to crime, touting her record on taking illegal guns off the streets and vowing to protect women's rights. the governor telling voters that she has a real plan to protect people, saying her opponent is all talk. >> you know, you have to have a real strategy to deal with this, you can't just run tv ads and

say on day one it all changes. that's what voters are understanding. >> reporter: so congressman lee zeldin says he has been talking about crime since day one. it's the topic that experts really believe has allowed him to close in on the democratic governor in new york. zeldin has worked hard to tie hochul's policy to the rise in crime across the state. if elected, he says, he'll declare a statewide crime crisis. >> we want to secure our subways, we want to see leaders in government with a zero tolerance for crime. >> reporter: and it really is closer than a lot of people expected here with crime being the hot topic in this race. the latest quinnipiac poll shows hochul only has a 4-point lead over zeldin. the race is really tight in the suburbs, arthel. arthel: oh, boy. that's a very close and exciting race there. alexis mcadams, thank you. eric? eric: crime has become a major issue in the governor's race. zeldin hammering away at the

democrats' so-called criminal justice reforms. critics say that has only fueled crime. governor hochul claims she is addressing the issue by deploying more police and taking on the epidemic of guns, but even new york city's police commissioner is critical of the actions the democratic state legislature has taken on crime and has not been changing. all that a concern for new yorkers in tuesday's election. a retired nypd inspector joins us now. paul, you were on the job for years, you were out on the streets. does bail reform, other actions like not charging shoplifters if they steal less than $250, freeing repeated violent criminals like the guy accused priors, do these actions serve the citizens or the criminals? >> well, obviously, they serve the criminals. you know, the criminal justice reforms that you refer to were enacted with literally, literally no input there from anybody on the law enforcement

side of the ledger. so the legislature got everything they wanted. they had a supermajority on the democratic side of the slate, and the progressive wing of the democratic party were able to put in, essentially, the wish list of the defunders. and we've been living with that ever since. and this is why lee zeldin's strategy of focusing on crime is bearing such fruit, because americans have been living with this -- i'm sorry, new yorkers have been living with this for a while now. and zeldin is looking to peel off enough of voting constituency so that he can go to victory in a haley blue state. eric: are you saying the legislators decided to engineer a social program from that point of view as opposed to looking at the effect of the criminal justice system when they enacted these lays? >> are exactly. and they seem to be utterly indifficult to the results of it. up until perhaps the last week, governor hochul has demonstrated

the same indifference. she really does not seem to have been very concerned. you know the famous remark during the debate, why is this so important to you, i think, was very telling. she really does not seem to understand that in new york state these days it is not about the republican party, the democratic party, it's the party of the afraid. and there the really is a groundintel here of people who don't -- groundswell here of people who don't want to live in the state. this is not just the nypd, it's statewide. activity is up, arrests are up. they're getting guns, but two hours later they're dealing with a system that has defaulted to catch and release. and if that's why, i'm sure, it's one of the reasons why we have such an attrition problem among our uniformed forces. people are leaving, we aren't at replacement levels, and public safety is suffering. eric: you can't imagine the courage and bravery some of our law enforcements have to deal with day in and day out as they steadfastly do that to protect

citizens. hochul says, you know, she's deploying police in the subways, for example, taking on the gun epidemic, and she has said this is all really a conspiracy, that was her word, pointing out that shootings are down in new york city 33%, murders are down 32%. so murders and gun shootings are down by a third. you know, is there a point that she has,s that the media's hyping this too much and there's too much attention? >> well, first of all, murders, i've always contended, are not really the best bellwether. okay? at lot of murders happen between criminal groups and also some domestic stuff. robberies, street conditions are what the people who live in the cities see every day. that's what they're contending with. and the metrics that she's citing don't capture any of that. and pretty much if every other crime category across the board is up. additionally, these street conditions are are really an an aroundic -- anarchic these days because we have a homeless

population, a significant portion of which are a real menace. these people hearing voices telling them to push women in front of trains. and really the only person i've heard in the political firmament that's willing to take that issue on, i actually interviewed congressman zeldin this week for my web site, and he's the first person i've seen really address the issue and say outright we have to go big, we have to find a solution for these folks. we have to quarantine them away from the rest of society for their own sake and for the sake of the people of our state because they are, unfortunately, a menace. eric: yeah. some calling for a marshall-type plan to deal with the mental illness we see on the streets, so sadly. paul mauro, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me, eric. eric: of course. arthel: well, it is time to head west. key races out there could be the deciding factor for who controls congress. we're live on the campaign trail for the latest on several of

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are stewing -- suing musk and twitter claiming the hasty layoffs violated state and federal law. this comes as cofounder jack dorsey is apologizing to laid-off employees saying that he grew the company too quickly. arthel: all right. back to the race. a tight race happening, unfolding back in nevada. fox power rankings say it's a toss-up between democratic senator katherine cortez the masto and her republican challenger, former nevada attorney general adam laxalt. early voting is over, and the candidates, well, they're calling for backup to rally voters. alexandria hoff is live in las vegas with the very latest there. heying or alexandria. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, early voting proved very, very popular. there were long lines yesterday as that wrapped up. but remember, nevada is a state with same e-day voter registration, for eau there's

still plenty of time for those who haven't cast a ballot in several years to get out on election day. we're at the nevada gol la -- gop latino office. at laxalt's first stop, he was accompany by senator tom cotton and border patrol union head brandon judd. and right now laxalt is in a statistical tie with democratic incumbent senator catherine cortez masto. he said that focusing on the economy and crime has paid off. here's what laxalt told us. >> we have, if we get the rural vote out, then we can win the state. the numbers look great with, and that's why we're campaigning in every county in this state to close out this race, and we're going to win on tuesday night. >> reporter: cortez masto will hold an event later today. she has served since 2017 following the retirement of late

senator harry reid. yesterday she did bring in some help from hollywood with actress kerry washington coming out to rally young voters. >> we absolutely have to get out and talk to our friends and neighbors and make sure they understand. your voices are the most powerful. i'm looking around, your generation and your voices. >> reporter: arthel, this is interesting, cortez masto was the first latina to be elected to the senate in the united states, but according to the latest usa today/suffolk university poll, she is only polling 10 points higher than laxalt when it comes to hispanic voters. arthel? arthel: very interesting race there as well. thank you very much, there in las vegas. of take care. eric? eric: and let's go from nevada right down to arizona where voters there say the border or security issue is one of their top concerns, second only to inflation. republican candidates for governor and senate there are taking up their credentials and

slamming democrats over the crisis. meantime, a controversial measure about election security also on the ballot in the state. kelly o'grady live in phoenix with much more on all of that. hi, kelly. >> reporter: hi, eric. yeah, i mean, it is really a toss-up in both races right now. on that senate race, you've got democratic incumbent mark kelly trying to make this about abortion, but blake masters -- who we're about to see speak at this rally -- is really focusing in on that border security issue that both gop candidates have been leaning into. both lake and masters toured the tucson sector. our team has had the opportunity to go on ride-alongs, we've seen fentanyl just soaring in, constantly seeing migrants coming into the country illegally. just to give you a few numbers in the tucson sector alone, over 260,000 encounters this fiscal year, roughly 4600 pounds of fentanyl.

once it's here, it makes its way to other states. here's masters yesterday on that border security issue. >> joe biden and mark kelly worked hand in hand with the mexican car el to traffic more than 4.5 million human beings into our country. >> reporter: another issue that we're seeing constantly come come up this election -- is election integrity. proposition 309 seeks to change the requirements for voter identification. so for mail-in voting, you would now immediate to provide your date of birth as well as voter id number, and your signature would need to be matched to your voter registration records. the big one is for in-person voting, you would have to show a photo id. it would eliminate the two alternate forms of id you're allowed to show. so both gop candidates have really been drumming up support around that and trying to get people to go to the polls in person on tuesday, eric. eric: it's quite a charge that he made there, saying that the senator was working with the

cartels. you can take on their policies, but, wow. >> reporter: yeah. eric: kelly, thank you. arthel them? arthel: thank you. let's go to the midwest where some high profile names are making a final push for both ohio senate candidates, j.d. vance and tim the ryan. while our latest fox news power rankings show the race leaning in favor of republican vance, mark meredith is live in ohio with the latest from the trail. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon to you. well, ohio democratic congressman tim ryan insists this race remains competitive. he just wrapped up an event here in columbus, campaigning with members of the congressional black caucus, trying to insure that black voters show up to the polls on election day. ryan has kept this race competitive while focusing on more moderate voters, trying to reach union voters, also those in the middle class. he insists he's running as an outsider even though he's been

in congress since 2003. still, fellow ohio democrats tell fox they believe he's got a real shot even in a state which has trended more conservative in recent elections. >> specifically, we want black americans to understand what's at risk. we remind them of what they've gotten when democrats are in charge. we got them the american rescue plan, we got them shots in their arms and checks in their pocketbook. >> reporter: but ryan's opponent, republican candidate j.d. vance, says those checks aren't going to go very far due to inflation. his campaign has been focusing heavily on the economy, also encouraging, wants to encourage domestic oil production as well as cut back on federal spending. we had a chance to catch up with some vance supporters who tell us they believe this race will come down to economic issues. >> it hurts every time you pill up your car. it hurts to go to the grocery store. i don't know how many people i see on their phones checking their calculators, seeing how much money they can spend.

it hurts. it's got to stop, so hopefully this helps. >> reporter: but, of course, despite this, you can see the bus with tim ryan, more events on the horizon. he is also barnstorming the state, and j.d. vance is going to have a big event on monday evening, so we're, of course, going to see more national headlines come in. when we talk to folks on the ground, they say this is all about the issues impacting ohio which, essentially, is the economy. arthel? arthel: mark kerr -- meredith, thank you. eric: the senate race in new hampshire is a toss-up. some polls last month showed maggie hassan ahead by double digits, but republican challenger don bolduc has been gaining ground in the final days of the race. fox business' hillary vaughn is live in manchester, new hampshire, with the very latest on that race.

hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, this race is a lot closer than what democrats were hoping for and what republicans even thought was possible. republican retired general don bolduc has been eating away at incumbent democrat maggie hassan's lead in the polls, and this race is down to a dead heat. so d.c. democrats have been flying in to hit campaign trail. hassan campaigning with a member of labor secretary marty walsh who was here in his personal capacity and yesterday hassan campaigned with progressive senator elizabeth warren. how does having a progressive like senator elizabeth warren here on the campaign trail with you actually help you leading up to election day to win over moderates? >> you just heard her talking about getting out the vote, and she's a great fighter for families. look, i continue to talk about my work across party lines. i will work with anybody on both sides of the aisle to get things

done. >> reporter: bolduc told his supporters that warren does not instill confidence that hasan's going to invest in change for a second term and that, in fact, she's going to double down on every policy that has hurt granite staters. >> she's all about status quo. that's why she has the secretary of labor with her and others that are just going to rubber stamp and continue to rubber stamp. and think about another six years of rubber stamping joe biden's or any of joe biden's policies that have failed. this is wrong. this is about heating and eating. this is about granite staters who can't pay their bills. >> reporter: and the general will be campaigning with former ambassador nikki haley tomorrow. he also in the past has campaigned side by side with former democrat tulsi gabbard, and bolduc today made the case look who he's bringing on the trail, a former democrat, former ambassador. he's trying to make the case that he will reach across the

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northern part of the state right on the border with oklahoma. >> reporter: here in texas clean-up efforts are underway after one of around 18 tornadoes touched down here. the damage is extensive. behind me you can see what's left of a workshop. you can see pieces of that workshop strewn all over the place. the siding wrappedded around this tree. you can even see pieces of this workshop high up in the tree just incredible to think about how strong these winds were, how strong this tornado was as a it ripped through this community. of course, this workshop wasn't the only thing that was ruineded. this house, the roof torn off. a family was actually inside here at the time of the tornado. i spoke to the homeowner, he said he's lucky they're alive. >> you could hear glass breaking, you could hear things, of course, we didn't know

exactly allowed bad it was until we stepped out. >> reporter: if you were to just sum up what it's like to be you right now and what it's like for your family to people out there, how would you sum it up? >> looking at what we're looking at right here, i would say blessed because we're alive. >> reporter: also notable, just seeing all these trees that have been snapped in half like toothpicks. again, these winds were very powerful. we don't yet know what category of a tornado this was. the national weather service says they are on the grounded today and later today, by this afternoon, they should have a preliminary report out. in texas, max gorden, fox weather. arthel: all right. voters are saying the economy is their top concern just days before the midterms. the federal reserve hiked interest rates in hopes of cooling down inflation that has not been seen in decades, the fourth straight hike of that size. meantime, layoffs began at

twitter. elon musk is defending the -- defending the firings. and with energy costs a major issue for voters, democratic senator joe manchin is slamming president biden for saying he wants to shut down coal plants across the country. at at an event in california yesterday. senator manchin said today, quote: president biden's comments are not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the american people are feeling because of rising energy costs. it seems his position's changed depending on the audience and the politics of the day. politicizing our nation's energy policies will only bring higher prices and more pain for the american people. let's bring in now jon hilsenrath, global economics contributor at "the wall street journal" and fox news contributor. first of all, timing is everything. why did senator manchin attack president biden's comments three days before the midterms, and will this change any votes? >> well, i mean, i can't speak to senator manchin's intentions,

but obviously energy, energy prices and coal particularly in west virginia are hot button issues for a lot of voters right now. is and president biden looks like he did something which was kind of tone deaf, which was attacking the industry right before the election. you know, i think a lot of americans can agree that in the long run the u.s. and the rest of the world needs to be moving towards less carbon-intensive sources of energy, but you can't do it overnight, and it makes no sense to attack the people in the industries that heat our homes and run our plants and fuel our cars. it's a long-term problem that has to be dealt with also, you know, with some compassion. arthel: this week the federal reserve increased the short-term borrowing rate by three-quarter withs of a percentage point, a 14-year high, and they're not

done yet. this is not good for consumers are folks with credit card debt, reinvolving loans and stuff like that. given the timing of the increase, is it just as damaging for democratic candidates? >> this is certainly a hard time for many americans in the economy, and democrats control congress and they control the white house. and as a result, they're going to get the blame for it. you know, arthel, you also, you mentioned credit cards which i want to make a point about that. you know, a lot of of people ask themselves, well, you know, how can i invest my money in an environment like this where the stock market's going down and interest rates are kind of going all over the place and there's a lot of uncertainty. one of the best things a person can do with his men or her money in an a environment where interest rates are very high is pay off that expensive debt, pay off your credit card debt. that's the best return you can get on your investment right

now. arthel: all right. that's great advice are, jon hilsenrath. thank you very much for joining us, and we'll talk to you again soon. take care. we'll be right back.

eric: well, the houston astros could win the world series

tonight. you know, they're back home with a 3-2 series lead after winning game five in philadelphia. casey stegall outside of minute maid park with with the latest on what we can expect. hey, casey. >> reporter: eric, good to see you. we were just out talking to some of the fans out here at minute maid field, as you said, in downtown houston, and to say they are pumped up may be an understatement. remember, they were really close to winning the world series last year, but they ultimately did not. they got home from philadelphia yesterday here to their hometown ready to secure a victory tonight on their home you are of after -- turf after an incredible comeback over the last two games. remember, on wednesday they broke a world series record, the first team to have combined no-hitters. the astros did make it to the world series, as i said, last year but ultimately lost to the atlanta braves, so those fans tell us it is time the finally take that win. >> yeah, we're excited. we were just in the stadium shop, we got loaded up with some

gear. [laughter] so, yeah, we're looking forward to it. >> reporter: of course, if philadelphia wins tonight, then we move to game seven tomorrow in houston, but they're hoping here, the houstonians are, to send those people from philadelphia packing of after tonight. eric: wow. quite a game. casey, thanks so much. and, of course, you can watch game six of the world series tonight on fox, the big network, at 8 p.m.. you know, arthel, no matter what team you want, dusty baker, you've got to root for dusty. 73 years old. in the game for 55 years. he didn't have 2,000 wins, now he has them. the only thing he doesn't have is a world series ring. arthel: give dusty the ring. no, it doesn't matter. give it to him. give casey stegall a ring are. he's my champion. we're back in one hour. eric: all right, dusty.

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