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motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america's election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade ...

inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week's debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. >> good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today's economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. >> great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. >> at first glance today's g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. econ...

cavuto. glad to have you on a busy weekend. let's go first right now to lucas tomlinson traveling with the president in delaware where the president's spending the weekend. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning from a breezy wilmington, delaware, neil. many pundits believe this is not a good week for the biden administration, mainly because of to peck if +announced cuts to oil production which is sending gas prices higher. first, let's look at the job numbers are released yesterday. about 23,000 jobs were added, but while unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, neil, economis...

in his son's scandals. >> sandra: september jobs report just out, which is now raising all sorts of new concerns about the direction of the u.s. economy. hello, welcome, everyone, sandra smith in new york. and trace, great to have you again. >> great to see you. i'm trace gallagher in for john roberts. this is "america reports." in a few minutes the president is set to make remarks on the economy at an auto plant in maryland. september jobs report shows a tightening labor market, unemployment unexpectedly falling to 3.5% from 3.7% after 57,000 workers dropped out of the labor force. ...

trying to avoid this outcome for months and paid a visit to saudi arabia in july after he vowed to make the country a pariah over its human rights abuses. >> dagen: the fist bump fell flat along with the president's promises to lower gasoline prices for americans struggling with inflation. >> president biden: i'm doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. i'm using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. i have a plan to bring down the cost of gas and food. i'm doing everything in my power to bl...