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guad venegas, tell us whats happening where you are. >> reporter: chris, we have this camp that has been here for days, the camp has been growing in numbers, but border patrol has also been picking up as many asylum seekers as they can. so every day they arrive in vans and buses. they take them in groups of 20, sometimes in groups of 50. we were told the last large group was picked up earlier this morning, and we now see i think the biggest change today, chris, is more women and childr...

and its fuelling many more questions. what is in them, what is behind the empty folders and what really was going on there. meantime, theres this. americans taking to the skies and taking on turbulence before they even get up in the air. crowds at airports building and a lot of flights delaying. how you should be preparing. we got you covered with madison alworth in tampa on how flyers are holding up, grady trimble in chicago on those that prefer to drive are paying up and the inevitab...

In 2024, farmers in 31 states will pay between 50 cents and $1 more.

In 2024, farmers in 31 states will pay between 50 cents and $1 more.

The Postal Workers’ Rank-and-File Committee warns that a union-backed Labor government will deepen the assault on the working class, advance the drive to war and continue the homicidal “let it rip” COVID-19 agenda.

Economists said the government's newest numbers showed inflation's peak might be behind us.

>> so right now theres 77 ships basically offshore. another 25 arriving in the next three days, neil. a sign of course of our dependence, our trade gap with china, which went up 11% in august. trade deficit up 34% over last year. >> neil: incredible. thanks, william. and ed, i was thinking of you. i dont know what is worse for the fast food industry. labor prices are out of control or adele giving up fast food. she loses over 100 pounds. shes an iconic symbol. the worst of both worlds there, my ...

Number but the numbers are wobbly. and the reason for that is that youre basing that number often incredibly low base last year, economy was flat on his back. coronavirus infections were out of control in the country. so spinning was way down last year. and so if you compare the spending and prices rather, prices now to the two years ago, sub only 2.5 percent, still above the fence target rated some of that has to do with the fact that theyre coming back online and when that happens, you cant fi...

The border, immediate and long term impact by the caravan on the u.s. economy? >> that is a great question arthel. in the short term probably not. if however, this effort is successful. we essentially end up with a border that is so porous, basically no border at all, you are going to see influx of workers coming into this country. that will really, it is going to really drive down, labor prices especially for americans, that are not as skilled. so in the long term. it could be, it could have se...

Something you look at by a case-by-case, city-by-city basis? >> you made an slept point which is, basically, do you want government to tell you how to set your wages, or should a business set its own wages? i think the trend really is to raise minimum wage. its very -- in an election year its very positive. it gets a lot of votes. but the truth is that you have to look at it in a case-by-case basis. chicago has a huge unemployment rate. seattle, much lower. san jose, san francisco, which recentl...