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Board as we move into the mid-term elections. >> thank you. mark, real quick. just to make that point. you see the numbers, right, when it comes to what the approval rating is for president biden. hes got the -- you got the data piece. >> reporter: he needs to start weighing democrats back over right now. they have peeled away from him. you can then focus on the independents. thats the coalition they need to have to be successful in the mid-terms. >> thanks to you all, appreciate it. i want to...

And then it comes down to what will the justice department do if anything once we all get used to the idea that there could be criminal liability for a former president. will the justice department take action. that will depend on whether they feel like they can win a case beyond a reasonable doubt. and sort of political appetite for that. but of course, merrick garland will be attorney general regardless of what happens with the mid-terms. so thats the long run game hear. whether that will kick...

Iran. we cant trust them. theyve made huge nuclear gains. they cant unlearn what theyve already figure out and we even have the basics of any time, any place inspections so we might have a little bit of confidence that iran didnt have a covert enrichment program. this is riddled with problems but it appears that biden is going forward with it. >> dana: well see what happens on that. michael allen. thank you for kicking us off in the 10:00 hour. appreciate it. trace. >> trace: democrats are playi...

So three, four points. he was hovering 39, 40% approval. now its up a bit from that. its still low. really when you talk about politics in the big picture, its how you feel at home. part of this is feeling safe, worried about a nuclear threat and safety starts to factor in. by the time we get to november, you wonder how this will impact that. foreign policy doesnt translate much in mid-terms. i may this time. well see where we are. its more about the price of gas and what it means to your pocket...

Putins price hike. todays statement does not mention the pandemic anywhere, which was all over januarys statement about this. now the presidents promise at the time to lower the prices americans have faced from the global problem of inflation related to the pandemic. gas, up 38% since last year. fuel oil up 43%. neither one of those figures is fully factoring in the disruption caused by russias invasion of ukraine two weeks ago. so i asked the press secretary today to try to help us make sense o...

$4. $4.30 for today. >> neil: thanks, madison. lets go to chad pergram. you dont want to be the party in power when this is going on. dont democrats know it. chad, what is the latest there? >> democrat joe manchin opposes one of president bidens nominees to the federal reserve. manchin is a no on sarah raskin. he says shes not the right pick to flight inflation. some democrats want to suspend the gas tax that has been embraced why other gop members. >> hurting americans where they feel it the mo...

Committee last summer. where amy coney barrett had been about three years. so this isnt a new person that theyre not familiar. with she is eminently qualified. of course something comes up, there is no reason she shouldnt be confirmed. there is really no reason to wait. i dont know what would happen if you added a few more days. >> so it is the mid-terms. lets turn to an election in north carolina. the candidate for the senate seat, the retiring senator mr. burr, is leaving the seat open. and tr...

>> so odd. they forced him to retire before the mid-terms. >> they were calling for that and he did it so joe biden would be able to appoint someone. >> he didnt quite do it himself. you have a busy day of watching fox news channel. thank you very much for joining us. were back on the couch tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. >> have a great day. >> dana: 9:00 a.m. eastern on a busy morning following three big stories. first a deadly tornado hitting new orleans, a third day of supreme court confirmation heari...

He was rude. he was ruffling her papers. he wouldnt even give her the almost of looking her in the eye when she was trying to answer. it was a completely theatrical confrontation. >> and the mid-terms, of course, coming up. so how much do you think is playing into this? >> i think thats exactly what they were trying to do. throughout this, there have been certain themes. crime, critical race theory and parental rights. weve heard these over and over again. and abortion. she did a very good job, ...

>> harris: all right. i want to get to this. also a notable drop-off for support for democratic candidates among all groups who were polled. the largest drop-off was seen among black voters, down 13% from the 2018 mid-terms. what is turning black voters off, jason, in your opinion? >> well, again, i think, you know, right now i think after 2020 a lot of people said ding dong the witch is gone. and that witch was donald trump so they dont see him as much of a threat and again, i think some democr...