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17 days away, president biden pulling out all the stops to try and keep democrats from losing their jobs. good morning, everyone. glad to have you on what plans to be a very busy news weekend. were going to be seeing a lot of candidates everywhere, debating, meeting and pumping the flesh and getting ready to see whether in these next 17 days history itself can be changed and it can alter whats been happening in so many place abroad. right to it with kelly ogrady on all of those ceos wa...

in this case, it is quite jam packed. were covering whats gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. lets talk about what happened this week with the presidents trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. >> reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gul...

Booth, former dallas fed adviser. maybe it isnt such a great anomaly, but it is a reminder that the consumer is still very, very strong, still very intent on spending. not probably liking spending a lot more for stuff, but still spending. so what do you make of that, daniel? >> neil, if you -- danielle? neil, if you adjust for inflation which we havent had to do for 40 years or so, if you look at the actual level of retail sales, were actually at a six month low. and i think that that is a criti...