kicking in to high gear. even president biden out there pushing his jobs agenda. >> there's a lot of politicians that don't know how to say the word union. they talk about labor. it's union. i'm proud to say union. i'm proud to be the most pro union president according to the experts in american history. by the way, i make no bones about that. >> but a brand new "wall street journal" poll is shaking up the trail and giving democrats concern. it shows president biden and former president trump ted even. the journal's editorial board says there's a number buried in this poll that should be setting off alarm bells. peter doocy is on the north lawn. high, peter. >> as voters are starting to shop around for candidates, seems like everybody has an opinion about joe biden's age. that same wall street journal poll has 73% of voters

including 2/3s of democrats saying that president biden is too old for another term. today in pennsylvania, he said he's going to be there next year right at the top of the ticket. >> i tell you what, someone said, you know, that biden, he's getting old, man. i tell you what. well, guess what? the only thing that comes with age is a little wisdom. i've been doing this longer than anybody. guess what? i'm going to continue to do it with your help. >> that seems to be a subtle response made by an author that interviewed biden world for a new book. they said president biden could bow out. >> based on all of your reporting, how much of a surprise will that be to you? >> i'd say it would be a surprise to me, but it wouldn't be a total surprise. >> the re-election strategy is starting to come in to focus as well. president biden wants to talk

about trump without naming trump. >> guess what? the great real estate builder, the last guy, he didn't build a damn thing. under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punch line. on my watch, infrastructure is a decade and it's a headline. >> that's what president biden is trying to do, focus on issues instead of indictments. back to you. >> thanks, peter. for more now on that new polling from the "wall street journal," it shows that president biden's age and poor approval ratings are dragging down his chances to beat former president donald trump in a potential rematch. the poll found 39% held a favorable view while 73% said president biden is too old to run for office. joining me now, fox news contributor and former white house deputy chief of staff, karl rove.

really great to see you on this holiday weekend. thanks for being here. let's begin with the age. we're talking about it a lot. the "wall street journal" poll found that people are concerned about former president trump's age, but not nearly as much. >> sandra: >> yeah, absolutely. you're right. biden starts with a 39% personal favorable number and a 42% approval rating. though he's 80 years old, 73% think he's too old and trump, who is 77, only three years difference, 47% think he's too old. it's how president biden is handling himself as an 80-year-old that is causing people to look at him and moments like you just showed and said, saying to themselves, i think he's too old. to me, it's amazing. you think his sister, valorie and his 0 wife, jill, valerie has played a role in every one of his campaigns. you think they'd say hang it up while you're ahead.

you can be the figure that transitions instead of being beat by any other reasonable democrat. the reason you're in a tough race, 73% think you're too old. that problem is not going to get better. it's only going to get worse with the passage of time between now and november. >> so many members of his party really are not feeling confident right now and there's a lot of analysts out there -- a lot of people disagree that they think he would make it or bow out or something. >> well, look, the way i put it is, if i were a betting man and i'm not a better, but if i had to bet, i'd bet on trump and biden being the nominees. i'd take the field against them. doesn't make good for either party. whoever has a new face is the party likely to win the white house. polls show these are the two most unpopular candidates for president. frontrunners for presidential nominations of the respective parties since we began polling.

it's not going to get better. if it's these two men facing each other in november of next year, making a decision about the lesser of two evils. people don't want this to happen. yesterday right now both biden because there's no democrat jumping in to the race and trump because his numbers have been inflated by the indictments against him. both of them are the frontrunners for their nominations. >> let's talk about gop primary voters. the "wall street journal" asked about the indictments and whether or not they were more likely, less likely or have no effect to vote for him. for gop primary voters, the indictments are helping the former president. they said it's more likely. the "wall street journal" does have a warning. they say the republican peril is more than one 1/2 times as many voters say the indictments make them less likely to vote for mr. trump than more likely. this reflects the tilt of independent voters as well as

the 16% of gop voters that say the indictment makes them less likely to vote for mr. trump. i mean, getting past the hurdle of the primary is one thing. when you get to the general, it's a different ball game. >> yeah, the number of among all voters is 37% are less likely to vote for donald trump because of the indictments. 24% say they're more likely. the more likely, that 24% are overwhelmingly republican. the 37% are largely democrat and significantly end. you know, you go into a general election with independents going against you, strongly because of the indictments, that's a problem for the republican nominee, if it's donald trump, again, you know, it's not going to get any better. the new york hush money thing may go by the wayside. these other cases are very serious and will present problems for the sitting president. you mentioned 16% of republicans believe that he's done something

illegal in at least one of the three major cases. as a result are less likely to vote for him. 2020 he received 91% of republicans. he lost 8% to either voting for biden or voting for a third-party candidate. what happens if he loses 16% or 20% of republicans in 2024? he's dead at the polls in november as is the gop. >> both sides, boy, they have their problems heading in to next year. karl rove, really good to see you and talk to you. >> thank you, alicia. >> anita? >> 70,000 people still stuck in the mud at the burningman festival in the nevada desert. a few lucky ones including big celebrities managed to hitch their way to civilization. for more on when those still stuck can get out, let's bring in max gordon. when is the weather going to provide safe passage for these folks? >> well, folks here in the nevada desert are getting a

little bit of a break. we're seeing clear skies today. sunny conditions. that's starting to dry things out. we're here in the town of gurlock. the closest town to the burning manifest value. we've seen a steady stream of muddy vehicles and muddy burners coming through here. some escape routes are being opened up today. that's allowing folks save mass single as tens of thousands have been stuck here in the muck and the mess of burningman. this all started friday when monsoon storms started to push in. it was a very rainy weekend. all that dry dust turned to mud with all of that rain. roads had to be shut down. the local sheriff's office said they're investigating one death during the rain event. officials are not provided many details. the victim's family had been notified. organizers say mobile cell

stations have been put around the area. the contracted firefighters and ems officials that were originally just going to stay through the end of the event are going to stay a few extra days just for everybody's safety. it's been a real tough go for a lot of folks, especially when it comes to getting out of here. here's one a tendee on the road conditions. >> it was pretty bad. it rained for a solid two days. coming out, it's a good thing we didn't try to come out. a lot of people these made it luckily because they're running into each other and stuff because it's so slippery. you have a bunch of people driving rvs that they're not familiar with. so it's crazy coming out. >> know, we've got clear skies right now. again, conditions are starting to dry out. things are looking positive for those that want to get out of here. for those that are not burnt out on burning man, the festival will go on. they're going to be burning the

famous wooding burning man tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> listen to you. love it. those poor people stuck in the mud, will they go back again? that's the burning question. >> we'll have to seen. seems like it worked out for the famous folks that got out. >> thanks, max. alicia? >> folks are lining up in airports across the country looking to head home after a long labor day weekend. major air carriers, will they rise to the occasion and keep up with the demand? we know the biden administration wants to move towards a gas car-free world. what about a car-free world in general? pete buttigieg put together a transportation equity task force. some members have eye-raising views. fox news contributor and the messenger calmness, joe concha takes a detour on that topic next.

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>> u.s. air travelers are set to take to you the sky throughout the day. with labor day weekend continuing to a close, many are wondering if the airlines with keep up with demand. garrett tenney has all the fun from chicago o'hare.

hi, garrett. >> hi, alicia. today was the last big test for the airlines for the busy sum travel season. so far so good. no major delays or cancellations this weekend. today a few dozen cancellations. 3% of flights delayed. there's no question. the demand for travel is growing. this summer travel season has been the busiest summer travel period that tsa has ever seen. more than half of all americans were expected to get out of town for labor day. most of them road. 15 million are expected to fly. most have been surprised with how smooth the flights have gone. >> we wanted to get here, get in and hope nothing gets delayed. busy. we just got here. so far seems like it's been smooth. >> no, i expected more. more than what there is. >> so far so good. >> so far so good. >> folks who are driving home

today might not be as lucky. more than 85% of triple a members in one survey said they plan to drive to their destinations this weekend. so the roads are expected to be crowded. >> we do anticipate a lot of road trips, especially a lot of shorter road trips. so many people want to get back in to the fall routine and not wanting to travel as far away. that means local roads will be congested. >> two other big reasons a lot of families are traveling closer to home this year, inflation and gas prices. the average is $3.81. slightly up from last month. while travel plans look didn't for americans this year, they're making a priority to travel especially as one last horah before the season ends. >> thanks. we'll take it. garrett tenney, thank you.

>> all right. despite another summer packed with flight disruptions, near misses and overall chaos in the skies, transportation secretary pete buttigieg is setting his sights on improving diversity and equity on our roads. buttigieg has appointed 24 members to his newly revived transportation equity panel, which is set to convene in the fall months. it appears some members are set on phasing out cars entirely altogether. citing their role in promoting climate change and systemic racism. joining me now, fox news contributor and the messenger columnist, joe concha. joe, pete buttigieg is talking trans importantation equity. he's putting together a panel on transportation equity. one of the panelists is a

spatial scholar. he said all cars are bad. take a look at this. this is what she said when it comes to -- put that back up. when it comes to transportation problems -- the previous one. she thinks all cars are bad. she thinks it's causing all of these problems. she says this isn't an anti car propaganda but vehicles have wreaked havoc on the environment and communities what do you think about this? is this going a little too far? >> i think, anita, if you asked 100 people on the street what is transportation equity, 99 could not answer that question any coherent way. this is washington speak that doesn't connect with the american people. look, if the administration wants to move to an ev environment, they need to explain how you're going to charge all of these vehicles, particularly in urban environments in apartment

dwellings, hotels, on the street. did you know there's 280 million registered vehicles in the united states? you're telling me if you're going to ask pete buttigieg or the president or anybody in this administration how are you going to magically charge 280 million vehicles particularly when we're talking about apartment dwellings and hotels, i wish a member of the media would ask pete buttigieg about this logistical nightmare. that's a rhetorical question at this point. so yeah, they talk a big game when it comes to moving our transportation system to this environment. but none hoff it is based in any sort of real reality that it can impossibly be accommodated. >> yeah, especially when there's so many cities that don't have great public transportation systems. i am thinking about l.a. right now. you have to have a car in these cities. their goal is to introduce this notion of equity in to transportation. they want to move away from cars and reimagine the streets.

these are their words, to make them prioritize people with modes of transportation other than cars. people have to take their kids to school. people love their cars. they don't want to part with their cars, right? >> not so much want. they can't. it's a need like you said. there's so many cities and towns that don't have any sort of infrastructure as far as getting around without something like that. again, it's all based on logic and common sense and numbers. the average electric vehicle right now cost something like $60,000. you have 60% of the country living paycheck to paycheck. they can't suddenly say, okay, i'm going to buy an electric car. $60,000 isn't laying around. $20,000 isn't laying around. and then you look at the national average for regular gas as you just showed earlier, it's up to $3.81 a gallon. the all-time high is $3.84.

we're three cents shy of a national average all-time. gas prices are up 60% when this president took office. but pete buttigieg, joe biden, they don't have any interest as far as offshore drilling or the keystone pipe line, drilling in anwar. instead, we're depending other countries for oil. i'd like pete buttigieg or the president to hold a press conference and have decent reporters to answer these basic questions. how are you going to get there at a cost that people can afford and an environment that is in reality? i have a feeling that press conference won't happen a knee that. >> if it does happen, i'm going to send you in, joe. you have all the questions. >> thank you. >> remember last christmas, all kinds of travel snafus with southwest airlines. pete buttigieg said he will have these things fixed by this christmas. are you confident about that? have you made your christmas travel plans? >> that's the thing.

we see that labor day things are going smoothly. that is great in airports. as you know, most people don't fly to other places during labor day. most of the country is warm. you don't have to get out of your environment to enjoy a day at the lake or beach or so on. in this case, anita, i just don't see at this point -- we've seen the last two christmass go poorly. unless there's been major changes to infrastructure as far as redundancy in case a system goes down and you have a backup on there to take over, unless the changes have been made, we don't know. i'd love to ask the transportation secretary if those changes have been made, if he's seen any progress, if you can get a record on that unless we know then it's mere speculation. >> martha: he's busy talking about banning cars. we'll ask him at another point. joe, always great to see you. thank you so much. we'll see you soon. >> great. same traveling. >> alicia? >> thanks. pennsylvania police now saying that they may be closing in on the convicted murderer who

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him. >> pennsylvania officials give an update on the man hunt for the convicted murderer. he's been spotted four times all near the prison he escaped from last week. lauren green has more on this search. hi, lauren. >> hello. law enforcement officials in pennsylvania are intensifying the search for the prisoner. in the most recent sighting yesterday, a trooper off him in the distance but was unable to get to him before he disappeared because of the terrain. they believe they're closing in. >> i want to push him hard. he will make mistakes. he will show himself. he's shown himself a few times. we will contain him and catch him. he doesn't want to be caught. he has very little to low. if he's not actively surrendering deadly force is authorized. >> the massive man hunt has the chester community on edge. pennsylvania state police asking

people returning from the holiday weekend to check and see if anything is out of place. if so, call authorities. the 5 foot tall 120 pounds man can be seen in the grain any security video. he's wearing a white t-shirt and sneakers and carrying a backpack. authorities are getting help from his mother, broadcasting her voice with pleas to turn himself in. >> maybe he has a change of thought. here's his mother telling him to surrender. his family cares about him. he's desperate, hungry, been in the woods. maybe this puts him over the edge to get a peaceful surrender. >> the brazilian native convicted of the death of his ex-girlfriend. she was stabbed 38 times in front of her two children. prosecutors say it was to prevent her from telling authorities that he was wanted for a 2017 murder. anybody that sees him should not approach him.

instead, call 911. anita? >> hopefully they catch him soon. lauren green, thank you. alicia? >> this is a failure of democratic policies. open borders, sanctuary cities, cashless bail and a refusal to cooperate with immigrations and custom enforcement. it's a joke. voters are across america are seeing the result. >> new york congressman mike lawler slamming democrats handling of the border crisis as the migrant influx rattles american cities. in new york city, the shelter system is out of room and the "new york post" reports that a female migrant was arrested after slapping a police officer and has now been released with zero bail. joining me now, retired nypd inspector, paul morrow. thanks for being here. really good to talk to you i don't know how these cities

are supposed to continue to manage with this stream continuing to flow. >> alicia, you're right. cities, of course, have limited resources especially now. we're somewhat in the post covid era. right now in new york city, we have what is likely the most expensive six words in world history. we're no longer a sanctuary city. according to mayor adams own populous, those words are worth $2 billion each. the projections that new york city will have to spend $12 billion over the coming years to house and feed, shelter the current numbers of migrants that we have, never mind what might be coming, this originates at the federal level in the southern border.

right now democrats are experiencing some real cognitive problems. the dem run cities are experiencing the results of democratic policies at the federal level that are wreaking havoc at the city level. as a result, should be a major part of the upcoming election not only in the debates but the general election. >> the biden administration says they are sending teams of people to help with permitting. a lot of criticism by the gop on that feeling that's not the point here. however, on the politics side, the "new york times" had a piece about this. we're going to put this up. the headline is new york's migrant crisis is growing. so are democrats anxieties. the quote reads republicans made crime the defining issue of the mid-terms in new york fanning fears about public safety to route suburban democrats and help secure the party's house

majority. barely a year later as another critical election season begins to take shape, they're testing a similar strategy hoping the state's growing migrant crisis will prove as potent a political force in 2024. i spoke to the congressman. we talked about a venezuelan immigrant. he's been arrested and released six times after two months accused of accosting three strangers and two police officers. "the new york times" is hitting on the problems here. but for so many people that live in this city, it's a problem problem. >> it is. and i live here. my family lives here. just walking around town has become a lot more of a lottery than it used to be. every block seems to have -- >> looks like we lost detective morrow. paul morrow, we do thank him so much for assisting us. just talking about all the

problems that cities are dealing with right now, especially the city of chicago. there's residents there that are furious. now resources are being put into areas for one black americans aren't getting the resources that they need. they make up a majority of the homeless that live in that city. we'll continue to cover. people are so frustrated and just fed up. >> in chicago in particular, you know, you see these migrants sleeping on the steps of the police station. it's an unbelievable irony to see that piece of video, isn't it? >> yeah, absolutely. it was just incredible. >> all right. moving on now. groups of military gate crashers have on this officials worried. why officials believe they're not just lost tourists but foreign adversaries looking to do harm to the u.s. small businesses are struggling to survive. how they say president biden's policies are setting them up for even harder days ahead.

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>> u.s. officials are warning about a espionage threat targeting our nation's military bases. according to reports, there's been more than 100 incidents in recent years where chinese nationals dressed as do you rememberists have attempted to break in to military bases. this june a group claimed to be staying at a hotel on ft. wayneright in alaska and tried to push past guards. anita? >> bidenomics is a blue collar blueprint for america. it's for you. for example, last week, we announced a new proposal, a new rule that would extend overtime pay to 3,600,000 workers. now it's $36,000. after that, you don't get overtime.

now it's 53,000, man. >> president biden speaking in pennsylvania today touting his new plan to get for workers overtime pay. he told union workers the economy is improving despite what they hear on the news. polling shows americans aren't sure. small business owners still say they're uncertain about their future as threats like inflation and retail theft loom. gene marks, cpa, small business expert and president of the marks group joins us now. great to have you here today. we just heard the president touting his new proposal to pay worker whose make less than $55,000 a year overtime. that's a bump of about $20,000 from the current levels. quick thought on what the president said and how that might impact people. >> so what is brutal, anita, let me -- let me explain to you what's going on with small businesses right now. the people across all industries that i speak to and my clients, right? since the pandemic, small businesses are looking at costs

of 15 to 40% higher, costs of construction materials, food, costs for utilities, shipping, manufacturing. on top of that, anita, our interest costs. the prime rate used to be 3.25%. it's now 8.5%. which means that if you're a small business looking to borrow money, particularly from a traditional bank, you're looking at a giant increase in your cost of capital. because of that, a lot of banks are pulling back on loaning to banks. we have a higher cost of materials to run our businesses. we have much highest interest costs and costs of capital. the national federation of independent businesses reported that job openings among small businesses are now at the lowest level in the past two years because they're struggling understood these costs. so raising more costs with this new regulation for overtime, it is just -- it's brutal, anita. it is.

it will impact a lot of small businesses around the country. >> seems like a long list of things is impacting them. the jobs report came out friday. that was deemed as positive. that is the way it was received but many small businesses, restaurants in particular, are still struggling since before covid. there's some examples that i read about restaurants in philadelphia that have only added 1,100 jobs since before the pandemic. they can't hire anyone. they're looking for qualified managers. they can't pay people the salaries they're demanding. so now they're offering other perks like health insurance, retirement benefits. they can do so much. are these things going to entice people do you think or are people mostly just liking for the highest salary that they can get? >> first of all, that was my article when i thought of the inquirer. they're good hard working people that i interviewed for that piece. they're struggling with compensation costs. only so much a restaurant can

pay. food and rented have gone up significantly. one of the things that a lot of businesses are doing, they're working hard to retain their employees. rather than adding them, how can we get more out of existing workers. the other thing i learned, anita, the really smart restaurant owners were providing a really good workplace for their employees. you know, listening to them, giving them feedback. one advantage that a lot of small businesses have and it's a big one, we're more flexible. we have a chance to work for the boss. we can offer a better place to work. not enough small businesses take advantage of that. they need to. they're competing against the big corporations in an area of high compensation costs and materials costs. they have to do what they can do to keep good employees around and make their workplace a friendly place to work. >> that's one way to do it. people do want to enjoy their workplace. they have to spend a lot of time

there. so if the business owners can't offer the higher salaries and things, they can at least offered a nice place to work. the president, we heard him. he keeps talking about how bidenomics is working for people. we hear from people saying actually it's not working and business owners saying it's not working. what is the president talking ant when he says it's working? how is it work something. >> i think he means that he's spending trillions of dollars right now on infrastructure, on chip manufacturing facilities, on climate friendly and green environmental projects, which is supposed to generate more jobs. most of my clients are not seeing that yet. it takes awhile for the money to get out there in circulation. what we have been seeing from this administration is a very, have pro worker administration. you mentioned earlier in this discussion about the overtime rules, which is more costly for small businesses. this year, the department of labor is likely coming out with more rules will force more small

businesses to reclassified their independent contractors as employees, which cost them a lot of money. ocean, for example, has increased the fine on businesses and increased the types of penalties they're doing. the eeoc is active in discrimination and harassment rules and giving employees the ability to report small businesses directly on their website. you mentioned earlier about unionization. the national relations board made it easier for unions to organize and to attract employees to them, which increases costs for obviously businesses. it's a very pro worker administration right now. it's a lot of challenging issues that presents to small businesses. they're not seeing the benefits of whatever he's calling bidenomics right now. it's just -- they're seeing more regulations. that's what i'm seeing with my clients. >> quick answer on this. you talked about before all of the costs that small businesses are having to incur, particularly with inflation. they have to pay more to get their good.

any sign of that coming down? what do you think when you look into the crystal ball? >> i can see right now, the good news is that inflation is tempered. producer prices are around 3%. they're up near 10 or 11% over 1 1/2 years ago. so that is a sigh of relief to a lot of businesses. we're in disinflation period right now. costs are not coming down. it's the rate of inflation is less than it was before. so amidst all of these increasing costs, they're still going up. if you're a customer and going to a small merchant or a restaurant and looking at the menus, or the prices, please know that these merchants and businesses are dealing with much higher cost structures now because of this environment in washington. a lot higher regulatory costs as well. it's very tough right now. >> no doubt. hopefully we'll see some improvement in the future. >> i hope so. >> gene, thanks for coming in today. we appreciate your insight.

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>> 86 years after she vanished, a new lead in the search for amelia air hard's plane. the daily mail shared a picture of what looks like a lockheed electra engine cover buried under water. the same type of plane she was flying when she vanished. the picture was taken in 2009 between new zealand and hawaii. a group of california jewelry store employees banned together to stop a thief who tried to ransack their shop. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on this story. christina? >> hi, anita. i want to warn our audience footage is graphic, a man

dressed in all black ripping out wearing a donald trump mask goes inside the family-owned business and starts smash ago glass display with a hammer. the family members tried to stop him. the owner of the business that said during the terrifying moment, she thought more thieves were going to bush in like the smash and grabs like we've seen in california. there was one suspect. this guy that blasted bear spray at multiple people as he tried to steal jewelry from this family-owned business. >> he sprayed it in to my eyes and my brothers and my uncle's again. i was very scared. i didn't know what to do. my body was burning. it was chilly on your body. >> the employees used a stick to beat the guy and kicked him in a desperate attempt to keep their merchandise from ending up in his hands. during the scuffle, the man's shirt gets ripped off as he breaks away and running down the

street with his pants falling off. the stat says this the guy, they seen him before. he was in the store three weeks before. the security footage helpful. unfortunately he's still on the loose. >> thanks, christine is that. >> finally, my favorite story of the day. people in london gathered their pet corgis outside buckingham palace to commemorate the queen's death. many of the corgis in crowns and other royal attire. the breed was a favorite of the queen and she was accompanied by several corgis throughout her historic reign. i love it. so cute. >> it dough remind me that we saw the queen with her dogs. >> yeah, we did, a pleasure to

see her with her dogs. so it was wonderful working with you today. >> a treat, a labor day treat. >> absolutely. just so nice. and that does it for us here. i'm alicia acuna. >> i'm anita vogel. a special of edition of "your world" with charles payne starts right now. >> charles: as we're celebrating workers, more americans are saying the economy isn't working for them. hello, everybody. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto, this is a special labor day edition of "your world." the latest fox news polls showing 80% of voters think the economy is in fair to poor shape. more than half think president biden's policies aren't helping things. so with the 2024 race heating up, is the economy going to be a key issue for voters