now james freeman pointed out one reason. it looked like he had been prepped with a one word to put into an answer that was in the question. fracking he said i agree with it but never did it before. he said universal health insurance was probably coached not to say the word socialized medicine but never in-depth answers. the left sided stroke has affected the parts of his brain that have to do not just with hearing and expressiveness but deeper comprehension. the frontal part of the brain is involved with executive function, with decision making, with handling a lot of details at once and putting together an answer. it was clear to me without an mri and without having examined him not video clips one hour he is not up to the level we need for a united states senator at this time. this is a medical problem, not a political one. >> dana: dr. siegel. people who experience a stroke, they might recover differently. some people bounce right back, others have a hard time. as bill said we're at the fifth month of his recovery. at thi

he's talking what he got done $5 trillion in spending, james freeman, that was for the progressives. i've got done for american people. james: trillions in debt and read on the economy is hard to take it seriously and this is part of the fundamental problem of presidency, he came in saying pretending the economy was in a shambles, it was growing 6% the first quarter of 2021 when he took office. all unnecessary spending that fueled inflation was based on faulty read of the economy or depending on how you look at it a dishonest read to justify all of those programs but that's -- that's why we have a problem now and i don't know why anyone would take him seriously as an economic forecaster. maria: but the media will mimic what he said today. dagen: i like how jake tapper had to pick up cheat sheet off the floor. biden dropped the cheat sheet. jake tapper had to lean over to pick up for him because the interview would go off the rails if he didn't have the cheat sheet i supposed. maria: you have imf saying global recession. yesterday jamie dimon talking about the market is going to sell

. >> bill: james freeman on deck with analysis. jacque heinrich is live at the white house where we begin this brand-new hour. good morning. >> good morning, bill. we're seeing the first reports of these cuts could be much deeper than expected between 1.5 and 2 million barrels per day. it is happening just as the white house is set to stop selling the country's strategic oil reserves this month, which would eliminate another million barrels per day from the global marketplace. the meeting is underway in vienna now. the announcement could come at any moment. despite considerable efforts from the white house to stop it. not least of them biden's fist bump with the saudi crown prince last summer that was not worth its price in political capital. top officials had no luck dissuading the saudis last month in a trip to the region. the white house reportedly asked the treasury secretary to tell finance ministers the impact would be disastrous for the global economy. >> we have to bear in mind we have no leverage with opec. the opec nation

. >> dana: james freeman from the "wall street journal" ahead with reaction but bryan llenas is live in the newsroom. >> the nbc reporter said during small talk before the interview without the use of closed captioning it was not clear whether john fetterman understood their conversation. when pressed as to why he has not released his medical records fetterman pointed to his campaign schedule. >> being in front of thousands and thousands of people and having interviews and getting around all across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters decide if they think that it's really the issue. >> the "pittsburgh post-gazette" in "washington post" editorial boards have called on both candidates to release their medical records. oz has, fetterman has not. mr. fetterman is showing a fundamental lack of faith in people's ability to put health into perspective and fairly decide his fitness for office. oz is reiterating his calls for forfeiterman. >> he has not allowed any legitimate questions by his team about his medical records. he delayed the debate until so late in the cycle the abs

maria: james freeman, what is this about? about the idea that he keeps making the fbi the victim. they were not the victim. they pursued a fisa warrant on carter page after knowing that the steele dossier was bunk. they still used it and they attached it to an official intelligence assessment. >> yeah. maria: they're not a victim. >> they're not. i think one thing that came out of this, we saw even more the wrong-doing at the fbi. we wrote in our book about james comey selling to the intelligence community the idea that christopher steele was a great source after the fbi had already fired christopher steele as a source. what we learned in this trial was that they had offered him a m million dollars. maria: unbelievable. >> if he could back up the garbage that he be put in that dossier. he left a million dollars on the table. and it's not because nobody wants a million dollars. maria: he couldn't corroborate it. >> he couldn't do it. he didn't have the goods. so i think that does go back to the fbi of. knowing this. knowing yo

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thank you. >> dana: we have james freeman of the "wall street journal." this was a story about senator grassley sending a letter. i want to read part of it. grassley letter says the documents in the fbi's possession includes details about non-government officials relevant to potential criminal conduct by hunter biden. these documents indicate that joe biden was aware of hunter biden's business arrangements and may have been involved with some of them. >> it's significant. we've seen in the e-mail evidence joe biden's claim that he never knew anything and never had anything to do with hunter's business. it has been blown apart. also the testimony. we have a whistleblower information. the senator saying, we assume people within the fbi sharing that these documents exist, potentially incriminating. what's really interesting is it's saying that the deal with the chinese entity began in 2016. joe biden is still vice president. that's potentially huge. >> bill: there are two phrases from the statements that dana read. was aware of his business dealings, the oth

james freeman, and robert wolf, thank you to both of you for being here. robert, will voters buy this? i'll put up the lending tree survey that now shows 63% of respondents say they are living paycheck to paycheck. it's a brutal environment out there for a lot of american families, and now democrats are trying to say this is our priority. we have this. too little too late? >> i think the economy should have been their priority and has been in many ways. inflation reduction act on prescription drugs was a real win. i think infrastructure was a real win. that being said, i don't think there is a focus on the deficit as a country, there should be. and the deficit has come down by 50%, by 1.2 trillion. those are just facts. i think we have to get offense on the economy and i hope it's not too little too late, two weeks to go seems a little late. >> sandra: seems this group of lawmakers in new england obviously see the pain so many are about to feel as they are going to start getting those heating bills this winter and they are going to be at record highs. a gr

james freeman, see you soon. "varney & co." starting now. stu, take it away. good morning, maria and every. this program is all about politics and money. we have the next three hours, there's a lot to go at and i hope we can get it all in. let's start with

james: hi, michael, james freeman, as we look at results from social media companies, how much of their just getting dominated by tiktok? >> there are 3 things that are going on. one is tiktok, tiktok is the most disruptive force in not just the media industry but it's going to affect a search, it's going to affect social. that's one piece of it. another piece of it for facebook and others is apple's limitation of what's called cross app but facebook could no longer follow you from one app to another on your phone and as a result it cuts back on their advertising revenues. then there's one other thing which is facebook's engagement encore facebook site is going down. we -- people are looking at other places and you take -- maria: i really like the point you make on crypto currency and on video games. you've been talking for individual video games, what's your prediction on crypto currency, number of consumers trading crypto will double in the next 12 months? >> as the prices on crypto go down and we certainly have seen -- we have certainly seen that. there are a number of people on a pe

dagen: james freeman, not james freeman but close replica -- >> good way to start the day.en: has a column and to paraphrase what james said is that they are very quick to brag about prices coming down and take all the credit for that even though they deserve none, again, gas prices fell in part during the summer because the economy was slowing dramatically in the first and second quarter of the year but on the way up it's complicated. they pivot to blaming big oil just like they blamed big meet for surging food prices or big pharma for any problems within the -- with food inflation. so what joe biden and company have done in terms of other than trying to make its own disaster with gasoline prices there at 6.42 a gallon, they begged opec pluump more oil, they got niet, rather than to ease a supply crunch which is why it's there. they are going to have to refill it at higher prices which will send prices higher but all along they were bragging about lower energy prices for which they deserve zero credit. maria: you're right. you know what, everybody knows the oil market is b

dagen mcdowell, michael lee, and james freeman, great show good to see you all.e time have a great day , everybody. keep it right here "varney" & company picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, maria, good morning, everyone. it's all about inflation that moves the fed and moves the markets and yes we all feel it. today it's prices at the

joining the conversation all morning long, james freeman, lee carter and ryan payne. this is what american families are feeling, the crime. james, your thoughts? >> yeah, this is a bed rock issue. like inflation, you have to have a stable currency. public safety, even more so, just the ability to walk down the street to go out in the city and not be under assault and that's why you're seeing these political ramifications, we expect all around the country. even you mentioned oregon there. for the first time in decades, you may get a republican governor. this should not be a competitive state in a normal environment. and the crime that has been tolerated by local officials for too long is finally i think triggering a reckoning here. maria: i think this is the issue that's pushing independents to the gop, lee carter. hispanics to the g of op because -- gop because of the wide open border. yes, inflation is also a major issue but crime hits people personally. >> i think inflation is the overriding concern right now. the secondary concern is safety. so if people don't feel

i p only bring this up because james freeman will certainly having to say about it.is that when she says that it's not about inflation, it's about the cost of living, this is how -- and joe biden's going to do this today. they've done it since last year. this is how they pivot away from the inflation to blaming corporations. when she says it's about the cost of living, they're going to turn and say it is candy companies making candy more expensive. it is meat companies can and meat processors making your food more expensive. so that's what they're going to do today is blame companies for raising prices when their own input costs have gone up. maria: she said it the other day. she said it the other day on sunday shows. she said we have to change the conversation man. she told us exactly what she's going to do, change the conversation. dagen: let's talk about your husband's drunk driving arrest, if you want to change the conversation. maria: and all the trading in options before legislation comes down. james: thank you on behalf of the teenagers in my household for poi

. ♪ ♪ ♪ gerry: james: hell low -- hello, i'm james freeman in for gerry baker.uction in florida to push a green agenda? and we watch democrats running for office now going from defund to refund the police. meanwhile, gerry baker brings us to singapore for the

. ♪ ♪ ♪ gerry: james: hell low -- hello, i'm james freeman in for gerry baker.emocrats using the destruction in florida to push a green agenda? and we watch democrats running for office now going from defund to refund the police. meanwhile, gerry baker brings us to singapore for the milliken shut where he takes a deep dive into the threat of china with the u.s. ambassador, nicholas burns. also this week vice president kamala harris making headlines with an error of global proportions. we'll be discussing this with our panel. but first, people in florida and elsewhere are just beginning to assess the tragic damage from hurricane ian, but -- and you probably knew this was coming -- elected democrats and friends in the media have already pronounced the guilty verdict on manmade climate change. even well before landfall, cnn's don lemon this week interviewed an official with the noaa and tried to lead the judgment. >> what does climate change have is as an effect on this phenomenon? that's the question. >> i don't think you can link climate change to any one event o

dana: bringing in our panel, james freeman from "wall street journal" editorial page, matt gorman forional republican congressional committee and vice president of targeted victory. and you all know jessica tarlov. one of my co-hosts, don't look now, james but the heading over past 5 days look really good for republicans, is it as it has been. >> i thought in spring it would be ain't inflation election. i think a lot of democrats maybe hoped for some glimmer of good news in last week's inflation report, they didn't get it, i think that voters done need that official government -- didn't need that official government pronouncement to note that prices have been brutal. looking at history that means a tough time for the incumbent. dana: you have been matt, involved in a lot of campaign cycles how does that compare to others, the feeling? >> very different. when dobbs decision came out the democrats got bullish over the summer. as we got into fall, into this last month, inflation is the hot topic, but crime, you see that in a lot of ads, i think that republicans in the last month have got

bill: i don't know what it like in dc, james freeman. air this past year, a writer for "wall street journal," said what daily conversation is about your daily commute and the incidents you experience it is real for you for voters. >> these are quality of life issues, the economy and crime. affectionate most everyone, on a day-to-day basis, you see most polls show 70% of americans believe that country is headed it wrong direction,. bill: from 60% onboard, maybe, maybe not. >> this year we have seen most diverse candidate pool in history. from both parties. how could it play out and what will that tell us? come on back. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less oral pain medicines. and improved quality of life. that's why we recommend salonpas. it's good medicine. >> tech: at safelite, we take care of vehicles with the latest technology. when my last customer discovered a crack in his car's windshield, he scheduled at safelite.com. safelite makes it easy. we're

joining the conversation all morning is todd pyro, mark tepper and james freeman. your reaction to this sun et -ling surveillance -- un-celt -ling survey. >> so much is because of how expensive college is. you come out of college with an absolutely useless degree and debt that is so much higher than previous generations because tuition has not tracked inflation. it has been way higher than it. so if you're starting out behind the 8 ball, what chance do you have of getting that start? this cripples your start right off the bat and so what does the biden administration want to do? put more money in the system ask raise the cost of college and perpetuate the cost of college and makes no sense. maria: and deciding whose student debt they're going to forgive and not forgive, mark. >> yeah, for the bottom 90% of americans, credit card debt is at an all time high and you mentioned home ownership being a challenging, can tell you specifically in cleveland for first-time home buyers, had has been almost impossible for them to purchase a home because you pretty much have to

just ahead of the midterm elections but for more on all the suspect and james freeman fox news contributorstor of the wall street journal. a lot of saber radley even nuclear war talk from vladimir putin. when you make of that, james? exits are concerned. obviously the ukrainians are include the in's looking for an exit strategy. let's hope he does not do anything desperate. the touch of the peptides go against potent interest. he had worn those pipelines what you think is most likely scenario that cap doing all this year. of course a former kgb officer from the soviet era would not rule that out. i think despite suspicions are saying let's not accuse anyone until we are absently certain. that is absolutely the right way to go. we do not want a miscalculation, a false estimate, a false diagnosis of what happened and who did it to lead into a confrontation. jon: let's get to politics in this country now. you are an astute political watcher. we have the latest information from a fox news poll about the issues that really concern america the most right now as it usually is in the elections the

. >> sandra: let's bring in our panelist, jackie deangelis and james freeman. from the wall street journal perspective, you look at key battle grounds and it's the economy, stupid, right? we go back to the pocketbook issues the american voter cares about the most. is it going to be that easy for republicans if they can transfer that message to voters? >> i don't think easy but i think what you are seeing in the public polling where the economy and inflation are the top issues, and voters give republicans the edge on those issues, i think it's clear that democrats are seeing the same thing in their private polling. you mentioned swing state senate race in arizona. mark kelly, the incumbent there, democrat, doing everything he can to separate himself from the president on the inflation issue. even though he voted for all the big spending, he is basically running a campaign saying i'm not with biden. so i think -- i think that tells you how powerful this issue is, and you are seeing this in other races around the country. >> sandra: jamie diamond sat down earlier

[laughter] james freeman, lee carter, ryan payne, great to see you guys.y turned around by the time we ended show, down 141 on the dow industrials, nasdaq down 64. have a great day, everybody. stuart takes it from here. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it's always good to start with a winner, and we have a big winner today. netflix, a spectacular financial report.

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james freeman, see you soon. "varney & co." starting now. stu, take it away. stu: yes, good morning, maria and every. this program is all about politics and money. we have the next three hours, there's a lot to go at and i hope we can get it all in. let's start with what everybody is talking about: the fetterman/oz debate. it was hard to watch. we'll show you fetterman's difficult performance and questions this morning if he's capable of assuming high office and why the debate was held so late. 635,000 people have already mailed in their ballots, they've already voted. in new york's gubernatorial debate, republican lee zeldin hammered cathy hochul on crime. in michigan, tudor dickson hammered gretchen whitmer on education. big picture: the democrats thought trump hatred, january the 6 and abortion would win the day. now they know inflation, crime and the economy are the winning issues and as you'll see, democrats are being forced to spend their cash defending once secure votes in deep blue states like rhode island, new york, california, and oregon. that's all

james freeman said achieving that content balance between liberty and order is an enormous task.ff the benefits for our society and public discourse will be much greater. steve hilton host of the next revolution. i've pictured a revolution to be freedom of speech. >> it is amazing when you think of how things have fallen when we have the conversation and really people out there who think the idea of letting people express themselves particularly on controversial political matters is somehow threatening to democracy. but yet that's what they seem to think. the other hilarious part of all this is the left wing people complaining a billionaire taking over an important media platform. there was nothing about that when the previously richest man in the world bezos took over the "washington post." if there was a left wing tech giant, someone like reid hoffman who puts millions into democratic campaigns. if he was taking over twitter i think there would be a different reaction. the whole thing is ridiculous. >> harris: let me bring up something that i questioned on "outnumbered" yesterd

he blamed the mars family as james freeman wrote in his column for the rise in candy prices. >> it'se. if he were to be honest and look into the camera and say we did some things coming out of the pandemic that we thought were helpful. they actually backfired and they per pet -- perpetuated inflation and now we have ideas on how to fix problems we created, his approval rating would probably go up. people respect honesty and accountability. they respect transparency and we've never gotten that from president biden, not once. dagen: abortion is the number one issue, when it's not the number one issue, it's not the number two shy, it's not even -- issue, it's not even the three or four issue for the american people. again, he is ignoring the financial suffering and ignoring the fact that people do not feel fiscally safe and secure and physically safe and secure in this country. maria: those are supposed to be the priority of any leader, make sure that people are safe. >> that's the democratic playbook. you heard governor hochul, mayor adams in new york you say crime is just a perception

. >> sandra: bring in james freeman, ok, it is not more nuanced than that, and this is not political,omics. asked a specific and great question from peter doocy i posed to charles payne at the top of the 1:00 hour and serious and relevant question. a white house on multiple times over the past several months has taken credit for the drop in gas prices, ok. we should note that's a mere drop from record highs, but still they took ownership of it, they took credit for it, they touted it. so is it a perfect market then because when gas prices go up they claim that this is a market that is fixed, that there are oil producers price gouging, that there are mom and pop gas stations colluding to drive prices up for the consumer. which is it? >> yeah, the prices go down, it's biden's credit, prices go up, it's those greedy oil companies and service station owners and we are seeing it again in this cycle, the president last week, the energy secretary blaming industry and this is part of why domestic production is not rising. it is this hostility from the white house where here we are. the white

tied pyro strategic will partner mark tepper in the wall street journal editorial page editor james freeman great to see everybody, thank you for being here, they keep pushing this clean green agenda and of course he's gotta keep tying everything to that. >> we know of course if democrats were voted into office hurricanes within. if you vote them into office on november 8 there will be no hurricanes and no fires and no nothing, that's what they want you to believe, we had a guest on and they said you know these hurricanes all began by and large off the coast of africa. how will destroy our energy independence influence the air over africa, none of this makes sense, were cutting off our nose despite her face and it'll have real consequences not just in the next month as gas prices skyrocket but into our future were hurting herself big time. maria: is having an impact already, on the one hand we can be rely on foreign oil on the other hand handicapping the u.s. >> yeah the knees begging saudi arabia for oil which is completely ludicrous, we need to reduce our reliance on foreign fossil fuels

[laughter] james freeman, lee carter, ryan payne, great to see you guys. markets completely turned around by the time we ended show, down 141 on the dow industrials, nasdaq down 64. have a great day, everybody. stuart takes it from here. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it's always good to start with a winner, and we have a big winner today. netflix, a spectacular financial report. they brought in over 2 million new subscribers, reversing a down trend. the stock is urging -- surging. susan will have details. here's a loser, the democrats. real clear politics projects the republicans will win the senate. fox power ranking projects the republicans will win the house. in the face of this defeat, what looks like a defeat, this looks like a hail mary prime minister he's going to release -- from the prime minister. from the president. you're at $84 a barrel. look at diesel, that's the industrial fuel, it just keeps on going up, averaging $5.32 a gallon. as for gas, down 2 cents this morning at $3.85. california gets a break, they're below $6, $

joining the conversation all morning long, dagen mcdowell, michael lee, james freeman. dagen, we're zeroing in on the races. you've got newcomers in the races, blake masters and and mehmet oz and herschel walker. >> dagen: speaking of oz, john fetterman did an interview with nbc news and the reporter who interviewed him said specifically in small talk before my interview with fetterman it wasn't clear that he understood what i was saying. and he was pressed on the issue of -- nbc we've asked for your medical records and you've declined. why. fetterman says our doctor's already given you a record saying i'm ready to serve. and nbc presses him and says that letter was six months ago. don't voters deserve to know your status now? and his response was, i do speeches and give interviews, interviews during which he has to use a -- not a teleprompter but closed captioning to understand what the reporter is asking him which is what will happen with the debate toward the end of the month. so i think that this is something that's not going to go away for fetterman and will get wo

dagen: james freeman brought this up as well last week, governor, that a lot of these illegal migrants places like venezuela or cuba and i know indirectly someone who is here illegally from cuba who managed to get his sibling in. he told his sibling in cuba, if you can come through mexico, boom, you will never be deported. and that's exactly what happened. but these individuals who are coming in from these countries, they've experienced the horrors of socialism and communism. and so that goes right toed's point, that -- todd's point that they're a natural down the road conservative voter, not a liberal voter. >> well, yeah, they're not as dumb as some of the people who are presenting themselves to be their great hope. the aocs and the rashida tlaib of the world and bernie sanders of the world who are touting the values and the virtues of socialism. these are people who have come from countries where an entire bucket of dollars in venezuela wouldn't get you a couple of pieces of bread, by the way that nothing would be in. the sold statement of a wish sandwich, two pieces of bread and yo

econ panel, james freeman and robert wolf here to weigh in on all of that. >> sandra: looking forward

dagen mcdowell, michael lee, and james freeman, great show good to see you all. we'll see you tomorrow, same place same time have a great day , everybody. keep it right here "varney" & company picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, maria, good morning, everyone. it's all about inflation that moves the fed and moves the markets and yes we all feel it. today it's prices at the producer level that is prices paid by businesses up 8.5% over the past year. that is up from the previous month's reading. month-over-month, producer prices went up .4%. the previous reading it actually showed a decline. this is really important because it shows the pace of inflation. at the producer level it appears to be speeding up. my reading of all of this report is inflation is still running hot. i'm quite surprised at the market reaction, however. it's kind of mixed. the dow up about what, 30 points , nasdaq up maybe 40. that's not a very strong reaction to what i think of as negative inflation numbers, but now look at interest rates on the rise. the 10 year treasury get

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