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house, but let's start with alexandria hoff who's tracking the races in three key swing states. >> reporter: hi, mike. let's start in pennsylvania, dre once-sizable lead that john fetterman once held. on tuesday the two are going to hold their first and only debate putting fetterman's health in focus. he spoke earlier today. >> you know, we had a stroke back in may. and it really -- [inaudible conversations] and despite all that, i survived to be back. >> reporter: fetterman will be relying on closed captions during the debate. oz has questioned whether fetterman is well enough to pe...

That makes you a dangerous man to head up the fed and it's why i will oppose your renomination. >> senator warren sights powell's record and restrictions on the industry in recent years. stocks plunged today amid concerns about inflation, a drop in consumer confidence and rise in treasury yields. the dow lost 569. it's now on pace for its worst month since october. of the s&p 500 fell 90. it's worst day since may. the nasdaq dropped 423. meantime, your gasoline prices are rising. the latest aaa average is $3.19 a gallon. the price of crude oil topped $80 a barrel a day first time in three year...

I don't let it bother me. >> we will have joe and mika's entire interview with joe and kristy coming up in a few minutes on "morning joe." oil companies are evacuating offshore riggs and shutting down refineries as isaac heads for the gulf. nearly 80% was shut down. let's take an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business. geoff cutmore live in london for us. jeff, what can you tell us? >> good morning to you. gas prices are going higher. i don't think that's a revelation given how you have introduced me. it is worth about a quarter of the u.s. gas consumption, this region...

>>trace: it was $4.25 this morning, coming in, and going up, up, up. california is not the only one suffering. >>jonathan: no, prices are increasing right now. look at the aaa average. today, $3.67 a gallon. a month ago, it was $3.38 a gallon. when we talked about this, i thought, are the prices surprising and have they risen much more than inflation? look at this: back in august of 1982, the actual price for a gallon of gas was $1.29. if you adjusted that for inflation today, it would be $3.303. so, yes, prices are, indeed, pretty were comfortably outstripping inflation. a lot of reasons, tho...