governors for relocating those migrants to sanctuary areas. the president is accusing republicans of using those asylum seekers as political props. florida governor ron desantis is responding now by calling the president a hypocrite. biden would fly people in the middle of the night, dump them all across this country. there was no warning on any of this. the minute even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door, they all of a sudden go their virtual signaling is a fraud. bill: the white house is talking about taking legal action. california governor gavin newsom takes it a step further and considering he is asking the department of justice to consider kidnapping charges. got it all covered. we action from tom cotton. let s start at the white house with alexandria hoff. good morning, alex. this morning a meeting is reportedly taking place for possible litigation against governors will be discussed. the white house
bill: 10:00 in new york. early voting starts on monday in pennsylvania. there is a hotly contested senate race there. dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman going head-to-head. it is one of the biggest toss-up battles in the battle for power on capitol hill as we say. brand-new hour starts today. it is friday, i m bill hemmer. sandra: nice to spend friday morning with you, mr. hemmer. here we go. hour to. i m sandra smith. nearly 40% of pennsylvania voters cast their ballots by mail in 2020. early voters now will have to make their choice without a single debate as fetterman faces growing questions about his health, of course, after suffering a stroke back in may. dr. oz says fetterman is cheating voters by waiting to debate until the end of october and by using closed captioning at his request, which is not allowed on the senate floor. bill: some voters in philadelphia say fetterman s health problems are less important to them than his policy platform.
rate. the big story yesterday, bill, about the settlement between the rail workers and rail companies and the workers are getting 24% pay raise. i was thinking i m having deja vu. that s what happened in the 1970s when you had the double digit inflation and the unions were getting these huge pay raises but they weren t keeping up with inflation. so you are right, the people are getting poorer. the only reason those income numbers from the census bureau reported weren t worse is there is so much government money going into people s pockets. if you took out all the government welfare payments and all that people would have lost a lot more income. bill: fair points there. this is the number that stuns me. 30-year mortgage rate right now 6%. a year ago it was less than 3%. that goes back to the whole point about people every month now, robert, they re paying more for their home to live in. the white house is still blaming putin. this from just yesterday.
democratic mayor in el paso who bused migrants out of his own city and so far is escaping the criticism. we ll see whether it changes in time. sandra: meanwhile possible path to g.o.p. control of congress. running through new york state mike lawler appears to have an edge over democrat sean maloney in a blue district. lawler will be joining us right here next. you see, son, with a little elbow grease, you can do just about anything. thanks, dad. that s right, robert. and it s never too early to learn you could save with america s number one motorcycle insurer. that s right, jamie. but it s not just about savings. it s about the friends we make along the way. you said it, flo. and don t forget to floss before you brush. your gums will thank you. -that s right, dr. gary. -jamie? sorry, i had another thought so i got back in line. what was it? [ sighs ] i can t remember.
the global challenge of a war in ukraine started by the kremlin that has hurt food prices, oil prices, which is why we have done the work that we have done to lower gas prices over the last couple of weeks. this is why the president has made this top of mind and continues to make his priority tackling inflation his number one economic priority. bill: robert, you should work at the white house. your first answer was much more believable than that answer. don t you agree? well, i will agree that i shouldn t work at the white house, how is that? i would say. there is no question that ukraine has had a huge impact on inflation and commodity prices that has been passed immediately to the consumer. there is no question that steve is right on, you know, inflation that is going to