first let's go to peter doocy live at the white house. peter. >> harris, we're finding out now that replenishing the reserves at some point down the line will cost about three times more than it would have a few years back when congressional democrats blocked a plan by the previous president to refill the reserves at about $24 a barrel. >> we'll buy back the oil that we sold at about $100 and buy it back when prices go down to about $70. that's critical because that's what the industry in the united states needs to know to invest today in increasing production. so we want to see as companies increasing production today. >> the financially irresponsible ones according to the white house are oil companies. the white house claims big oil executives are not passing along their savings to consumers. >> if president biden keeps going to the petroleum reserves when there are energy problems is he giving up on his campaign pledge to end fossil fuel? >> i want to be very clear on that piece. there is no shortage of opportunity or incentive for oil

she's answering that question, and peter doocy is in the room.en for a bit. >> continue to talk about that. again, we were just out west for four days so we are going to continue to go out there and the president will talk directly to the american people. >> one more about the hearing, i did have one, but do you have a sense of when the cost savings will begin to accrue? obviously it's not instantaneously, but you talked about prices lowering, is there a sense of when that happens and over what time frame? >> i don't have a timeline for you, i can talk to the team to get a specific timeline but what is important about this, the president took action, did an executive order, asking fda to find ways to lower costs for 30 million americans who do benefit from hearing aid, that's 30 million americans, going to save them thousands of dollars. so a deliberate action the president took and now we are going to see the benefits of that as i can get back to you on exactly how quickly that will occur, but again, this is a huge deal. a big deal and we talk a

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at the white house, peter doocy. fox news. >> trace: new reports tonight about the state of education in illinois and call it troubling would be a big understatement. matt finn has spent a great deal of time covering issues in chicago and digging into the details tonight. good evening. >> good evening, trace. that new report on illinois schools reveals a shockingly student performance numbers that "the wall street journal" editorial board left them speechless. showing in 2019 only 36% of illinois students could read at their grade level. that number dropped to 27% for hispanic students and 22% for black students. chicago's public schools, which is made up of 330,000 kids, only a quarter of the district students are able to read or do math at their grade level. "the wall street journal" editorial board writing in part "the extent to which that performance is betraying a generation of schoolchildren is hard to put into words. third grade children are eight years old full of potential with minds like sponges to absorb w

white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. white house officials are putting out the word that federal help is on the way for people who need it the most. race is not going to be a factor, despite what the vice president said. >> hello. >> surveying damage from hurricane fiona. president biden is already sounding the alarm about storms that won't hit for years. >> today i'm announcing more than $60 million in funding to help coastal areas in puerto rico. [applause] >> become better prepared for the glorm he says his response doesn't favor friends. >> times like these our nation comes together, put aside our difference -- our political differences and get to work. we show up. >> that's different than what vice president harris suggested that race could impact relief from the federal government. >> it is our, um, lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions. we have to address this in a way that is about giving resource

peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thank you.e hope to talk to the foreign minister from saudi arabia in just a bit. in tonight's midterm spotlight race the arizona senate race. incumbent democrat mark kelly and republican challenger blake masters debated last night in phoenix and even though president biden is not on the ballot, he was a major major topic of discussion. casey stegall. >> joe biden is spending like a drunken sailor and at every single blake masters my opponent on the have some leaks that are just dangerous in arizonans. >> a war of zones arizona two candidates running for u.s. senate participated in first and only debate of ahead of the midterms. democratic incumbent senator mark kelly at his republican challenger blake masters spard over everything from abortion. >> arizona women have totally lost the right to make a decision about abortion. it's devastating. it's wrong. >> i support the 15-week law with all the exceptions. i believe in federal limits. >> to the 2020 election. >> i suspect president trump would

>> bret: peter doocy, live on the north lawn, peter, thanks. petraeus ♪ not >> bret: attacks are escalating against ukraine's capital city of kyiv. to take another step to try to salvage his invasion of that country. putin has declared martial law the areas he annexed last month. correspondent trey yingst tellsm kyiv. >> ukrainian civilians kherson wait to be evacuated across the nip per river. >> i got a call from work saying we were evacuating today. however i knew yesterday evening already that there would be evacuations. >> as ukrainian forces advance on the occupied area. russian president vladimir putin announced that he along with three other illegalld territories enter a state of martial law thursday. >> we are working to solvescaleo ensure russia's security and safe future to protect our people. >> the people people refer to are ukrainians, and the protection he references could come in the form of nuclear weapons used. that according to kremlin spokesperson dmitry petov who responded to a question about moscow's nuclear umbrella sayin

asked a specific and great question from peter doocy i posed to charles payne at the top of the 1:00ious 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 house is basically hoping that russia and saudi arabia don't cut oil production tomorrow to save them from further hikes

. >> when pressed by peter doocy about the comments, the white house press secretary did the, you knowdodge. >> georgia, the president's endorsed candidate for governor stacey abrams is suggesting that one way to mitigate effects of inflation is to get an abortion. does president biden agree? >> i did not see her comments on this so i don't know the context on this. again, i want to be careful because this is a political debate and it is related to a midterm, an election, so i'm not going to comment on that. >> let me help her out. a member of the administration said the exact same thing, secretary yellen, and said it in a hearing on the hill. she said that black women in particular, remember that, if they can't get abortions, it hurts the economy. so even if karine jean-pierre hadn't heard this politician say it, a member of the administration said it, and it made for a bumpy week for secretary yellen. >> this is one of the most jaw dropping ways for the democrats to talk about both the issue of abortion and inflation, bringing them together at the same time. it is absolutely outrageo

we are all over it with peter doocy and a president yet again to tap the reserve for more oil a and colin mcshane on two races that could determine if the president succeeds or fails. and how he would put the saudis in their place. then, remembering this day 35 years ago today when a bull market was put in its place and capitalism itself seemed on the brink. funny thing, history. funnier thing, how they looked covering it back then. welcome, everybody. i am neil cavuto. this is your world, where we're ready to tap a reserve that's quickly running out of oil. that's a separate story. first, following the political impact. >> hey there, neil. there's a relationship between gas prices and electoral prospects. earlier this year, gas shoots up, the president and other democrats saw poll numbers plummet. over the summer, gas prices come down, suddenly the democrats are polling better. as we approach election day, it is worth noting the price at the pump started to creep up again. you look at the average price for regular 3.85, a month ago, 3.68. we're starting to move in the higher direction ag

peter doocy on the white house still digging in. shannon bream on if any party in power needs to listen up. and why jeb bush says he's fed up, not with just soaring prices, but right now falling school grades for our kids. attention, class. it's not dismissed. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. happy to have you on a busy news day. let's first get the latest out of london where the shortest serving prime minister has just announced she's out of there. alex? >> hi, neil. a dramatic shakeup of u.k. government today. after just six weeks the prime minister announcing that she is resigning. liz truss walking out of downing street earlier today, announcing that she will resign. citing the war in ukraine and the unstable economy as major problems coming in to this role. she had hoped to grow the economy with drastic tax cuts, which really only did the opposite. dropping her approval ratings to record lows. still, she says her time in office yielded some results. >> we delivered on energy bills, on cutting national insurance. we set out

white house correspondent peter doocy. peter. it's not just that democrats in tight races are not inviting president biden to join them on the campaign trail in swing states. it's that they're barely talking at all about his biggest ticket item to date that nearly $2 trillion american rescue plan. and that agenda has driven this inflation by spending trillions of dollars we don't have and driving up the price of energy costs for americans. fox news. paul is finding that 71% of americans have had to cut back just to afford necessities. that is a number that has grown steadily in this poll since march of this year. administration officials often blame most inflation on energy prices, but they claim they're bringing them down. i think the key story there is that is this administration doing as much as we can to help increase the energy supply? and i think the answer is unequivocally. yes even though domestic suppliers here in the united states say they can come forward and help increase supply here in the united states, so the presi

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first to peter doocy who joins us from the north lawn of the white house. hi, peter. >> good morning. as president biden was leaving here for florida to tour storm damage reporters shouted out to ask him about the production cut announced bio peck and he said he needs to see more details. his experts are already warning about higher prices ahead. >> a couple years ago the american producer could meet all demand and we met the growth in the world economy and we kept prices low globally. now we're being ham strung by this president and by policies specifically meant to transition away from oil and natural gas to what? nothing does everything that oil and natural gas do. >> the biden administration is pushing back on that. >> we absolutely do agree that we need to be less dependent on opec plus and foreign producers of resources like oil. and that's why the president did increase the draws from the strategic petroleum reserve to try to help stabilize this. this is a global market. >> the white house is also disputing that president biden failed to deliver on a

peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> good evening. three weekends to go before the mid-terms. president biden is not spending this one boosting democrats on the campaign trail. instead, he's trying to get in on the as a little closer to home. >> i will not yield. >> president biden field testing a new nickname for the republican platform. >> it's megamaga trickle down. >> president biden is celebrating that his plan to forgive or cancel some student loan debt is surviving court challenges. >> just yesterday, state court and the supreme court said no, we're on biden's side. >> and he's chastising critics. >> ted cruz, the great senator from texas, he said it's for slackers that don't deserve relief. >> who in the hell do they think they are? >> today's remarks in delaware where the president plans to stay all weekend. a fox brain room count finds that president biden spent 76 weekends away from the white house, outpacing president trump's 54 weekends away at this point in his presidency. >> we're here at dell state. it's a special plac

neil: peter doocy, connell mcshane is looking at some other issues the president is yet to address how it will respond to the opec cut in production, something is coming, we don't know what. >> reporter: back and forth has been interesting, fair to say the rhetoric is picked up between the white house and saudi officials, the saudi's say the white house wanted them to collapse the midterms, peter said it was different reasons and also that saudi arabia pushed opec plus to cut even though as they put it more than one other member didn't want to, didn't want to go and felt coerced so it has brought up questions whether the biden administration might turn to venezuela to fill the opec plus avoid. as for the price it is down today by $3. it is down for the week. most of this seems to be economic worries about the recession which -- in terms of demand and politics last week the president said the us was looking for alternatives to saudi oil and then he was pressed about venezuela directly but that we haven't made up our mind yet meeting the united states, what to do with that and national s

this is peter doocy, the star, i will never do it again. take you back some other time.n't know he is off. lauren: he's like what is going on right now? sorry. stuart: let's talk to the chair of the rnc, the president says inflation gets worse if republicans win, how do you deal with that? >> he is dealing with stages of grief and is in the denial phase because we know the midterms are coming, we are about to take over the house and when the senate and he is trying to do anything he can, flailing. it is going to get worse with republicans when it has gotten so bad under democrats. stuart: you sound confident you will win the house and senate in november. how is it going? >> we made 70 million voter contract ahead of where we were, voters are very engaged, republican voters are excited and the thing is hispanic voters, 38 community centers dealing with minority voters but the hispanic voter in nevada, arizona, texas, florida, they -- you can see a realignment. it is down significantly. we see it with venezuela and cuban voters, but we are seeing it with cassie garcia and

karine jean-pierre was questioned by peter doocy about the handling of inflation. this. >> who thinks the president is doing a good job on inflation? he received his lowest job ratings on inflation, minus 38 points. >> we understand there are challenges in front of us in this country. that is why the president has taken action to lower costs. neil: i don't think she answered the question. maybe doctor ben carson can answer it. great to see you again. what action has the president taken to lower costs that you know of? >> good question because i don't know, very tough but they talk about equity and making it fair for everybody and in a sense they have achieved that because they have made it difficult for everybody, black, white, old, younger, doesn't matter. it has become much harder to acquire a home because of the policies. neil: stuart: i believe wells fargo has given $7.5 million to expand equal housing opportunities for homeowners. it seems like we are trying to collectively shoehorn people of color into houses, special treatment, special conditions, back to 20

peter doocy is live outside the white house with more. rris, around here officials know there is really no way to put a happy face on this opec decision. >> what opec did the other day is not helpful. but it proves we have to be less dependent on foreign energy. >> that means a turn toward green energy but that will take a long time. there is no talk now about asking american companies to drill more in the united states. but we are told the president may continue drawing from the strategic petroleum reserve the keep the market table. some of his own parties -- senator dick durbin wrote from unanswered questions about 9/11, the brutal murder of khashoggi and exporting of extremism to the jailing of peaceful dissidents and conspiring with vladimir putin to punish the ashen us with higher oil prices the saudi royal family has never been a trustworthy ally of our nation. it is time for our foreign policy to imagine a world without this alliance with these royal back stabers. the secretary of state says they're working on it. >> we made clear o

peter doocy at the white house with the latest from that front. peter?eporter: and we just aren't seeing a lot of president biden out there trying to help his team hold the house and the senate which would make his life a lot easier for the next two years of his first term. officials say he is out there making the case every day, but that is not what we're seeing. no campaign events today. no campaign events over the weekend? president biden: i'm feeling good. i've been i guess now 36 constituencies either campaigning for a specific candidate or going with a candidate who is doing something like out at the bridge in pittsburgh. reporter: a lot of official events. not very many political events. democrats are making the closing argument almost exclusively about republican plans instead of their own. they're consistently warning if republicans get control of congress medicare and social security benefits are in danger but republicans aren't really saying that in the closing days. they're instead emphasizing specific policies they would like to put forward.

peter doocy asked him a tough question and he didn't have a tough answer. stu: governor huckabee, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, stu. stu: both parties criticized for not doing enough to connect with female voters. susan: 32 point swing from independents moving to the republicans for the female vote. now, it really depends on demographics. we had a recent poll by the aarp that found that women over the age of 50 are the more energized voting blocks. # 4% of them say -- 94% of them plan to vote, a little over half say they're undecided right now and you have to remember they're strong voting block and account for nearly a third of the ballots in 2020, 2018 representing 25% of registered voters, and they are sticky. they plan to cast that ballot. 80% did go to the polls and showed up to cast a vote in 2020. stu: i don't see how they're being neglected and that sienna poll showed there's a 32% swing in independent women voters swinging from democrats to republicans in six weeks. i've never seen a statistic like that before. susan:ive looked at topics

peter doocy is traveling with the president in california with us. good morning, peter. >> good morning, julie. people in this state paying more than $6 a gallon on average for regular gas. curious about what the president might be telling them he will do to help got this. >> president biden: the price of gas is still too high and need to keep working to bring it down. i'll have more to say that about that next week. >> a gas price plan is incoming but president biden's focus otherwise has been on plans he has already put into law. inflation reduction act, infrastructure law both on the books already for months. but neither stopping inflation yet. >> president biden: overall inflation was 2% over the last three months. that's down from 11% over the prior three months. that's progress. >> president biden is also continuing to look abroad for blame concerning these high gas prices as administration officials admit they did ask the saudis to push off production cuts until after the mid-terms but insisting their reasoning was about prices and not politics

. >> sandra: peter doocy traveling with the president today. is he saying about his economic plan as we head into another weekend, peter? >> sandra clement president biden came to calley looking for credit as he claimss economic plans are working very. >> overall, inflation is 2% over the last three months. that is down from 11% over the prior three months. that is progress. because of my economic plan, we are better positioned than any other major economy in the world to whether the challenges that come through this as a stronger country. >> we know president biden told donors at a fund-raiser in brentwood last night that "inflation is still out there. it is real and a lot of people are hurting." he is acknowledging gas prices are too high and in california that seems like something democrats and republicans agree on. as the biden motorcade weeds around southern california today, every gas station that passes has prices around $6 a gallon and that is more than $2 higher than the national average. he said he will talk about gas prices next week

. >> harris: peter doocy is live outside the white house wondering if any comment has come with regard to this, peter. >> no, harris. the vice president had a chance to clarify what she meant in this comment that sounds like race-based relief from the hurricane. but she didn't. >> vice president, can you clarify what you meant about equity for hurricane relief? >> now republicans in the florida delegation are wishing that she would set this politically charged rhetoric aside. >> listen, i couldn't disagree more with the vice president. now is not the time to be talking about who gets what based upon where you started. it is about helping people. making sure they get the resources they need as quickly to them as quickly as possible. helping them recover as quickly as possible. that's what matters. that other stuff can wait for another day. >> president biden has been striking a different tone tweeting the following. this is not just a crisis in florida or in south carolina or in puerto rico, it is a united states crisis. we'll do everything we can to get these communities back on their

peter doocy live on the north lawn, peter, thank you. the wall street rally that began yesterday continued today. the dow surged 825. the s&p 500 dropped 112 and a half. the nasdaq soared 361. that was the good news. here is the bad news. the u.s. national debt is now more than $31 trillion with a t. the highest it's ever been. the new record was revealed in a treasury department report it. comes amid run away inflation, two consecutive quarters of economic growth and surging interest rates. as we mentioned at the top, it appears the world's richest man may buy one of the world's most popular social media platforms after all. elon musk who faces a trial later this month over backing out of an agreement to purchase twitter now says he actually wants to do the deal. fox business correspondent kelly o'grady has the breaking details. good evening, kelly. >> good evening, bret. this is a stunning reversal after elon musk so publicly alleged twitter leadership has been lying about the number of spam boss to avoid paying $44 billion price. last

and peter doocy live with the very latest on this continually growing story from the north lawn, hi, we were listening to president biden live upstate new york talking about he wants the supply chain to start and end in the united states. maybe that is possible for that product but not oil. he is admitting still compliant on overseas providers. >> what is your reaction? >> disappointment and we are looking at alternatives we may have. >> there will be conditions and national security say no plans to change sanctions policy without stroke, constructive steps and well remains unchanged. we will continue to implement and enforce our venezuelan sanctions as we previously made clearer. we will review our sanctions policies in response to constructive steps by the madura regime to restore democracy in venezuela and alleviate the suffering of the venezuelan people. the plan to sell 1 million barrels a day from the strategic reserves for 180 days in a row. on monday, officials say that it's going to be it. but today we hear to keep prices low, they may dip further into the reserves that are a

. >> bill: peter doocy kicks off a new week from the north lawn. good morning. the president speaks at the democratic national committee in a few hours. what is his message? >> at this point, bill, president biden is use hoping that mid-term voters have some patience with him. >> president biden: a lot of what we've done and we've passed has not kicked in yet. for example, you know, we have all this money to rebuild the highways, bridges, internet, etc. it will take time. it is not all happening overnight like we passed a law and all of a sudden the highways and bridges are all functioning. >> the white house has been hoping that debate over abortion access will keep younger voters engaged in the process. senator bernie sanders is worrying that their side has a problem brewing with turnout. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people, working people voting democratic. again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. >> another issue this white house is hoping will keep young voters engaged is stud

. >> this week the white house peter doocy since he was responsible for falling prices also responsibleor the rise. jean-pierre said it's obligated. >> the president is responsible for gas prices coming down. if he's responsible for gas prices going up? >> it's a lot more nuanced than that. there global challenges involved that with, pandemic and putin's war. the war has increased gas prices at the pump. >> sometimes it's the war and sometimes it's not. it's a slap in the face. alarmed for higher gas prices ahead of the midterm elections, he begs sallies not to cut output but it seems despite this from diplomacy result is best how the crown prince he once called pariah the president got nowhere. in desperation biden plans to scale back sanctions on the regime of nicholas maduro in venezuela to allow the country to pump more oil and retaliate against the saudi's. new signs inflation is high it may be trending higher. new york post columnist karol markowicz philip levine, thank you both for being here. the president begged the saudi saudi's, his new best friends apparently not to restrict

. >> dana: peter doocy is live on the north lawn. peter, an interesting thing. the president hasn't given a foreign policy address in quite awhile trying to reassure the american people. how much do we need to worry about president putin and his look ott nuclear war. >> maybe we should be reassured just after the president said there is a threat of nuclear armageddon he went to his house in delaware for the weekend and not to the white house situation room. so maybe that's a good sign. as for the events overseas this morning, the russians are claiming they are not the aggressors here and they say they are just responding to what they see as a terrorist attack. the bombing of that bridge that connects the contested crimea to main land russia. >> if the terms to carry out acts of terrorism on our territory continue russia's response will be harsh and scale will correspond to that of the threat made against the russian federation. no one should be in any doubt about that. >> so it may get worse. ukraine's president zelensky said the russians are using iranian-made

goodies being planned by the president of the united states as he outlines a couple of them to peter doocye house on that. hey, peter. >> president biden is celebrating today that his plan to forgive or cancel some student loan debt keeps surviving in court. >> just yesterday, state court and the supreme court said no, we're on biden's side. [applause] i'll never apologize for helping working for the middle class especially not to the same republican officials that voted for a $2 trillion tax cut that mainly benefitted the wealthy americans and the biggest corporations that wasn't paid for and racked up our deficit. >> as the mid-terms inch choser, president biden is field deathing a new souped up ways to describe republican policies that he thinks won't work. >> ahead of the mid-terms, how big of an issue is crime? >> i think it's a real issue. i think we have a great record on it. >> and there you had the president talking about an issue, rising in importance in polls, but that we haven't heard him talk a ton about at least not lately. we do also have a bite of the president describing r

white house correspondent peter doocy has our report live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. president biden doesn't have any control over what opec does. he asks them to increase production. they decided to decrease it. and now gas prices back home may start rising at a terrible time for him politically. but, as international politics get tricky, the president has a surprising kind word for domestic rival ron desantis. >> i think he has con a good job. >> the president says no one f witness a biden. >> no one f's with a biden. but it appears opec plus has done just that the group of oil producing nations agreeing to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. >> it's a short-sighted decision. >> which could make inflation in america worse. >> america is going to be paying sharply higher prices for everything oil-related. >> while giving russia way to minimize global sanctions. >> it's clear they are aligning with russia with today's announcement. >> the president of the u.s. oil and gas association says the u.s. has one option le

white house correspondent peter doocy joining us live inside the beltway in front of the white house.er. reporter: david, we noticed two things in the homestretch of this economic cycle. one, democrats are not calling on president biden to on the campaign trail in competitive races. number two, those democrats are barely talking at all about president biden's biggest ticket item to date, nearly two trillion dollar american rescue plan. >> that agenda has driven this inflation by spending trillions of dollars we don't have, and driving the up the price of energy costs for americans. reporter: a new "fox news poll" is finding that 71% of americans have had to cut back just to afford necessities. that is a number has grown steadily in this poll since march of this year. administration officials often blame this inflation on energy prices but they're claiming they have a plan to bring them down. >> i think the key story there is that is this administration doing as much as we can to help increase the energy supply and i think the answer is unequivocally yes. reporter: even though dough me

peter doocy live at the white house as this escalates and gets more dangerous, peter. >> dana, whitebeen primarily blaming putin and this conflict with ukraine for rising energy prices, so there is greater urgency now that opec is also cutting production and there will be fewer barrels of oil per day on the global market. urgency to save lives and prices. we expect to hear something about that when there is a read-out of the call underway for more than an hour now. we're also hearing the russians, russian allies may be figuring out ways to poke back at the u.s. as there is a pro-russia hacking group taking credit for some disruption to u.s. airport web websites. >> we're grateful no airport operations were affected or no safety put at risk. we'll take it seriously. we don't understand fully who is behind it and what the motivation was. certainly what level, if any, kremlin officials were aware. we just don't know. >> amid reports that some putin advisors in russia are pushing back on him, dismayed by a lack of progress in ukraine, putin has backers. on his own security council the fo

>> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. ♪ ♪ in tonight's "special report" spotlight midterm watcher, we look at where things stand in the united states senate. the breakdown right now and what could happen after the november elections. currently, the balance of power is at 50 for republicans, 50 for democrats. vice president kamala harris breaks -- has the tie-breaking vote. what will determine that really are these yellow states. these are the toss-ups. pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada, other states could factor in. but this could be the change as far as whether that balance of power changes. as we look at the balance of power using our fox news power rankings, republicans hold an edge in 29 or 20 seats. they hold 29 seat not in play this midterm cycle. so democrats, basically, would have to win at least three of the toss-ups right here in yellow to keep their senate majority. in tonight's spotlight races, we focus on ea couple of races in the leadership position. expected to hold on to seats south dako

white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off lye tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: officials used to refer to inflation as transitory. but it hasn't gone away. now, democratic hopes in the midterms could be in jeopardy. >> who is going to benefit the most? working people, middle class. >> peter: as the president tries to forgive student loans amid lawsuits. >> litigation is underway and i don't think our legal judgment is that it won't but they are trying to stop it. >> the bigger concern on 89% of those surveyed in a fox news poll is inflation. >> people are tired of being broke. >> white house officials are hoping to reshape the race by talking most about the voters voters are sixth most concerned about abortion policy. >> the assault on women's access to reproductive officials is assault. >> improving up 3 points in a month and on a generic ballot democrats maintain a slight 41 to 40% edge. unemployment rate there is no recession that would prevail with that kind of employment. >> inflation remains high and critics are pointing to th

we are all over it with peter doocy on what the white house is sating now. on gas prices that the americans are facing now and democratic congressman on how many of his party will be handling it now. welcome, everybody, neil caboodle on a very, very busy news day on the oil front and on wall street because all rapidly rising. that is a front to you. how long does it last? first, peter at the white house with more, peter. >> neil, good afternoon. some biden officials who met with saudi counterparts about energy last month are expressing some surprise sagging they did not see the production cuts coming. >> you did not think there would be this big of a cut? >> no, i did not. i did not walk away with that understanding. but that was two weeks ago. >> that was two weeks ago and the president seemed to confirm a "wall street journal" report today that the u.s. may cut some sanctions on venezuelans maduro a potential source of oil if maduro irons out political issues of his own like talking to his own political rivals about 2024 fair election in venezuela. that wa

peter doocy live at the white house. hi, peter. >> the president's new proposals are designed to only nibble at the edge of the higher prices and inflation. yesterday a big announcement billed as a way to give people more breathing room. it wound up being a way to target junk fees at banks. officials here would much rather talk about republicans. >> congressional republicans aren't hiding the ball. they've been very clear about what they are going to do if they indeed take control, right? put medicare and social security on the chopping block. if you do that inflation goes up. >> the republicans many lawmakers are looking to to set an agenda for a new congress aren't focusing on that. their attention is on energy production in the u.s., particularly now that we know the biden administration tried and failed to get saudi arabia to cooperate. >> i think they should use the power of the purse to demand the kind of regulatory changes, new permitting, new leasing on federal land, open the alaskan national wildlife region back

hot commodity on the campaign trail but that is not the case this year white house correspondent peter doocy tells us why. >> of october of their first midterm cycles, trump had 26 rallies, obama had 16 rallies. that means president biden has some catching up to do because, on the campaign trail, with the exception of p.a., the president has been mia. >> my staff said to me, you realize how many times you have been to pittsburgh? i said no. they said 19. >> peter: this time to boost the senate candidate john fetterman again. [inaudible] >> peter: president biden claims he is helping more than a dozen democrats. >> there haven't been that many candidates campaigning with you. >> that's not true. there has been 15. count. take count. >> are there going to be even more? >> yeah. >> peter: it was even more three and a half hours later. >> 16 i have already done and a lot more after that. >> these appearances are often at official events. appearances that traditional campaign style rallies are rare. the last big one was in late august. in a state where none of the races are competitive. maryland.

peter doocy is at the white house. peter? >> there's so much attention in the closing days on just a handful of battle grounds. ohio, georgia, pennsylvania. the republicans who are trying to flip control of the senate say they see opportunities in some races that have not been getting as much attention. >> i think we clearly pick up georgia, clearly pick up nevada and a good chance in new hampshire. we have a really good chance in arizona. and joe day is behind. and levy is behind five points. depends on the night. i think we'll have a great night. >> the closing argument for democrats is all about republicans. warning if congress clips, social security and medicare benefits are in danger. the republicans say they want to undo the inflation reduction act even though they'll need biden's signature to do that. there's a new abc poll that shows 38% of voters will trust the gop more with handling inflation as 21% say they truth democrats. the president himself has had really limited exposure to the campaign trail lately. the only

peter doocy will stand by. >> john: dr. nicole saphier, and if you are not following her on twitter you should. has a lot to say and to learn. you tweeted out the latest pitch to get the vaccines, a one pager here promoting vaccines that said updated covid-19 vaccine recommended for everyone age 5 and older, you responded, i disagree. boosters offered based on an individual's risk and only when proper safety efficacy data are available. sounds like the white house is not following the science here. >> well, that's not surprising, john. first of all, i think the white house and the cdc must have the strongest pr campaign ever. they have secured about 180 million doses of this updated bivalant booster, they have to have the president go on television and get his updated booster to encourage americans to do it. this truly is a political stunt. don't get me wrong, john. the president is almost 80 years old and has a cardiac history. if anyone would benefit potentially from a booster, it would be him. he is in the highest risk c

>> bret: peter doocy on the south lawn. thank you.are awaiting the san francisco district attorney to come out in a matter of moment. when that happens, we will bring you there live. we do want to bring in fox news senior political analyst brit hume, good evening, you just heard peter's piece about the situation with the white house on the campaign trail who we are seeing most is the former president bouncing around. and using a familiar line in closing for democrats in years' past and that is republicans want to t take away your social security and medicare what about that pitch and tone right now? >> we have been hearing that claim about republicans slashing social security and medicare for as long as i can remember going back decades. recent election cycles there hasn't been any serious proposals coming from republicans to touch those programs. donald trump basically ruled it out and nobody seriously proposing it now. old saw use used by the democrats and comes out nearly every election cycle. those two things have not been an issu

>> peter doocy live at the white house peter thank you very much refresh it.suing warnings about looting in the aftermath of hurricane ian. listen. >> don't even think about looting. don't even think about taking advantage of people when this vulnerable situation, so local law enforcement is involved and monitoring that. i can tell you in the state of florida, you never know what maybe lurking behind somebody's home, and i would not want to chance that if i were you, given that we're a second amendment state. >> cheryl: joining me is republican florida attorney general ashley moody and attorney general, first and foremost, can you give us an update? have we seen more instances of looting since ian hit your state last week? >> yes, you know, we're still looking at intersections flooded , lights out, no electricity, no lights in some areas. businesses still closed and some areas you have just a few businesses open, and so looting is a real concern and yes, local officials have reported instances of looting and as soon as that happened, i asked the state attorney

white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side's midterm chances on abortion access. >> as they say in one of the times are good they ain't seen nothing yet. >> pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. >> the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. >> pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the "new york times" siena poll. >> abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about economic issues. >> but president biden's entire focus today was abortion. >> if you care about the right to choose, then you have got to vote. >> critics accuse the white house of lo

he is lashing out at peter doocy who has the patience of job. >> inflation or abortion? >> all important. unlike you there is no one thing. ask me about foreign policy too. multiple issues. they are all important. we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> [shouting]. >> sean: you can't even stand and read the teleprompter especially with a number. >> i signed into law once in a generation investment in roads and airports and so much more. over a billion -- a trillion dollars -- 200 billion dollars. this bridge tells a broader story. there are 45,000 bridges across the country in poor condition. >> sean: if you think that's bad. look right there. joe tries to retrace his steps following his speech. another sad attempt to find a way off the stage. could somebody put down little foot patches or something he could walk on? some path he could follow. maybe a little light or something. joe biden is not mentally capable of being president. everybody it's more and more evident. on this program we are not afraid to bring you those facts. we are honest about wh

peter doocy at the white house. are we going to see a red wave in november?> stu, there's new polls including from fox that show vovoters and independent voters breaking towards republicans on issues concerning the economy but that doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a wave election, especially as officials here at the white houssay top economic issues like inflation are top of mind. >> if president biden's top domestic priority is inflation, why doesn't he have more to show for it? >> so the president understands and we've talked about this many times, that inflation is an issue, high cost, cost is an issue for the american people so he's been very clear about making that his number one economic priority. he has done the work. he's done the work with congressional democrats. >> the house minority leader who is hoping to become the house speaker in a few weeks, kevin mccarthy responds like this. >> she thinks the border is secure, she thinks they always help when gas prices go down but have nothing to do with making gas prices go up. even larry summe

peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> good evening.biden is not spending this one boosting democrats on the campaign trail. instead, he'