he ll react in moments. john: begin america reports with the teetering economy, and with just 22 days now until the midterms, time may be running out to right the ship. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, great to be back with you. sandra: i speak for the whole team when i say great to see you. john: good to be back. sandra: brand-new comments from the white house. press secretary karine jean-pierre scheduled to take reporter questions about 15 minutes from now. this as record inflation remains front and center on voters minds. john: brand-new poll finds 71% of voters saying they have had to cut back on their spending to afford basic necessities. the president appears to be in denial. our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide, worse other places than the united states. john: fox team coverage. byron york joins us with more. sandra: white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn to kick things off for us at this hour. here in
he was the one who came out and said flatten the curve, and that flattening the curve kept going on and on and on. now, when it comes to schools, he s not telling a fib here. in july of 2020, i interviewed him and he said we have to get the schools open by the fall, but note he had already set a policy of lockdowns and closures that were extended to the schools. so the issue of collateral damage, mental health effects, socialization, nutrition, eye care, the mask overuse, the issue of not being with your peers that we were so worried about was extended and he talked about it in july 2020, but i think the horses were already out of the barn. we saw from other parts of the world that you could leave schools open and the spread did not increase. john: to that point, dr. siegel, it s one thing to say we want the schools to open, but it s another to set conditions or be among the people setting conditions that make it impossible for those schools to open. and at the same time, t
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