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17 days away, president biden pulling out all the stops to try and keep democrats from losing their jobs. good morning, everyone. glad to have you on what plans to be a very busy news weekend. we're going to be seeing a lot of candidates everywhere, debating, meeting and pumping the flesh and getting ready to see whether in these next 17 days history itself can be changed and it can alter what's been happening in so many place abroad. right to it with kelly o'grady on all of those ceos warning of turbulence ahead pretty much everywhere. >> reporter: yeah. right now it's not a good si...

in this case, it is quite jam packed. we're covering what's gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. let's talk about what happened this week with the president's trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. >> reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gulf leaders to boost oil production capacity because he thinks that might help lower gas prices ba...

Booth, former dallas fed adviser. maybe it isn't such a great anomaly, but it is a reminder that the consumer is still very, very strong, still very intent on spending. not probably liking spending a lot more for stuff, but still spending. so what do you make of that, daniel? >> neil, if you -- danielle? neil, if you adjust for inflation which we haven't had to do for 40 years or so, if you look at the actual level of retail sales, we're actually at a six month low. and i think that that is a critical element that's missing from people's equation. that's the math that they're not doing. a poll...