jared bernstein is standing by. but first to edward lawrence at the white house. >> martha, not long from now, president joe biden will be back here at the white house. in an interview with "60 minutes", he said basically inflation is flat. that's a message that we've been hearing from economic advisers out of the white house including ones that you've spoken with. >> you've had two months where it's been flat. yes, headline inflation has come down. the ppi came down again. it is still way too high. that said, it does not mean that we don't also recognize historic positives that are happening legislatively for this country. >> what the president is highlighting is that from july to august, inflation went up .1% overall. he failed to acknowledge that core inflation without food and energy prices went up .6%. that's a big increase. that indicates that inflation could be more entrenched in the economy. you can see where the president took office and where russia invaded ukraine. there's no denying the u.s. has an inflation problem that started the month after preside

we'll ask white house advisor jared bernstein.hen democratic governor blasts gop governors for sending migrants to democracies. >> what ron desantis is doing is a disgrace. >> it shows you their virtue signaling is a fraud. shannon: one governor's charge that this could be kidnapping. high stakes races in virginia and possibly pennsylvania. all right now on "fox news sunday" with shannon bream hello from fox news in washington. we are 50 days out from mid terms. headlines on huge issues like immigration, inflation and abortion are change diet ma'am is. this week the president made his case that's inflation will soon ease. and vulnerable candidates are forced to respond over my be grants being sent to democracies. and senator graham testified himself in an op-ed writing quote voters in key battleground states prefer a candidate that support protection to 15 weeks than a candidate who believes in abortion at any stage of pregnancy. we'll speak with senator graham and ask if his colleagues agree with him. let's turn to lucas tomlinso

joining us here in washington is white house economic adviser jared bernstein.ith you, shannon. >> new numbers this week as we discussed back in july, they're still at 40 year high. market watch says, do not be fooled by falling gas prices. inflation has spread far and wide through the u.s. economy. they say groceries, rent, home furnishing, new cars, auto insurance, education. all of this surged in august. what now? >> first of all, this is why easing inflationary pressures is the president's number one top domestic priority. on gas prices, in fact, they didn't surge, at least they didn't surge up. they've been falling. they've been falling for 96 days in a row. we're not talking about a blip. we're talking about a trend. down $1.36 per gallon. for the average driver that's about $70 of savings per month. if you aggregate that across all of the drivers in the country, coming close to half billion per day. that's a real bit of breathing room. now, the inflation reduction act is going to help reduce costs of prescription drugs, of health care, energy. very import

jared bernstein, the president's top economic advisors to talk about the ongoing problem of inflation. tomorrow 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. -- not ten, 2:00 p.m. we are back at 12 noon eastern. ♪ >> hello, i am anita vogel along with jason, nicole saphier and tyrus. welcome to the big saturday show. here's what's on tap tonight. >> after more than 200 days president biden sits down with news media. we got a sneak peek. >> among shocked to find a random stranger sleeping in her son's bed but she was even more alarms to learn what happened next and you will be, to. >> swipe right. going all in on a dating app designed for conservatives. >> everything is fair in love and politics. first, more busloads of migrants arriving in sanctuary cities causing quite the meltdown among democrats. today illegal immigrants were dropped off outside vice president kamala harris' home in washington d.c. an interview with vice news harris land texas governor abbott and florida governor desantis saying i think it's the height of irresponsibility much less just frankly dereliction of duty. meantime migrants are

joining us now jared bernstein, a member of the president's council of economic adviser and a friend i look forward to having you on, jared. because we could be, i think of us like at a bar, saddling up to a bar and we could talk that way. >> that is a very nice image >> it is and i kind -- some of your colleagues come on and i don't really get anywhere. but with you, i think you're in on it. i think you know what is going on, so that i could be -- >> where ware you going with this. >> i'm going to tell you here we go it is a brutal couple of weeks for the economy. awful inflation numbers and a hard landing and maybe even a global recession according to some the student loan forgiveness, in the middle of all of this, adding hundreds of billion dollars even a trillion dollars to the demand side doesn't that make the fed's job even more difficult. your allies larry somers, and jason ferman both warn that is a problem. the president once again bowing to the far left. does that justify increasing demand and making things worse right at this time, jared? i know you know -- there is no way

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not hold well for republicans candidates are having answer about that on the campaign trail, jared bernsteinadvisor as inflation does not seem to be going off will talk about what they can do going forward and how things have gone to this place we added illegal plano there's plenty of things to discuss in the fight over the special master and a political panel we've got just about everything covered if he wanted to know in. pete: not just like us, you don't ever want to say that next thing you know you be in the sumo suit resolute against each other. >> salsa dancing. >> the dancing was very impressive i have to say. >> it is national cheeseburger day. >> i do have a cheeseburger later. >> fish chicken wings out of a bowl of ranch you have "fox news sunday" let's leave it like t that. >> thank you. >> i think that's why she has the show. >> still ahead tropical storm fiona as puerto rico braces for heavy hurricane like storms. >> christianity on the decline in america franklin graham joined us with his message of faith many americans are turning away.oc ♪ k >> tech: my customer enjoys time w

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but yesterday jared bernstein kept saying gas prices are down. talk about the inflation number being up. if you said it enough, somebody will believe you. your final thoughts. >> it won't work this time. they did everything to trip up the oil and gas industry. took it up to $5 and brag about it coming down. got to call them out on it. >> trace: senator mike braun, great to see you as always. thank you, sir. >> you bet. >> fox is live in an arizona port of entry where agents are attempting to stop massive amounts of fentanyl from flooding the border as migrant arrests reach a new record. pete hegseth is standing by with more on that. >> personnel have encountered more than two million illegal immigrants and counting just this fiscal year. this is a larger group of people than the entire populations of 14 states. this record-shattering two million apprehensions counts the subset of people that were actually caught. woman tc: my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. doctor tc: ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. man tc: my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'

. >> martha: folks at the white house, gene sperling and jared bernstein says the inflation reductionmake things less expensive for people. they say we're going to soften the blow for people. doesn't that just extend the pain? in many ways when you put more money in to the economy? doesn't make the process take longer? >> it's probably inflationary. i don't know how they're reducing inflation. with regards to the drug pricing stuff, yes, drug prices will come down but at the expense of longevity, quality of life. now these pharmaceutical companies are not going to have as much money to allocate to research and development to come out with the next best cancer drug or ms drugs or diabetes drug. they're not going to be able to do that, so, you know, i would think most people would rather live longer and enjoy the quality of life as opposed to paying a little bit less for their drugs. >> martha: drugs are pretty expensive in some cases. thanks, mark. good to see you. >> thank you. >> martha: we're going to take you inside ukraine as putin calls up as many as 300,000 more fighters to come