People to not work, labor shortages and then declaring war on american energy, not producing energy through holding up permits, killing the keystone xl pipeline and then weaponizing financial regular regulation regulation through the environment aral, social and governance investing movement and through the security and exchange commission s rell regulation, depriving american energy of the financing that they need to make sure that we re energy independent. that supply/demand mismatch has pushed up prices, and as a result, the average more than family is spending $8,000 more for the same goods and services that they were paying for just two year ago. this economy is not working, it s totally unaffordable. that s why the voters are going to make a big change in november. mike: then there s the crime crisis across much of the country. new york city up more than 30 percent. of chicago up 39%. san francisco up 7.4%. how is claim playing in your
And it ends on december 7th. so whether you re looking to save money, or find better coverage. let s do this. let s go find your medicare plan. call us today and speak with one of our helpful, licensed hellomedicare agents. hellomedicare. say hello to an easier way to do medicare. mike: amid fears of a global food crisis, u.n. officials are calling on russia to reverse its decision on suspending the grain deal with ukraine saying the deal is a critical human atarian effort. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in kyiv, ukraine, with the latest. hello, greg. reporter: hey, mike. yeah, a lot of reaction about that decision by rush russia to back out of that very important u.n. grain deal.
The incumbent recently launched her own plan, and as the polls tighten hochul says she s confident. i always run like i m 10 points behind always. in every one of my 14 elections, i run like an underdog, and the voters are paying attention realizing what s on the ballot this year, what s at stake in this rex election. reporter: early voting is now underway, make. the lead is really tightening here, so a lot of eyes are now on new york. mike in. mike: alexis mcadams live in battleground new york? we ll see. alexis, thanks a lot. joining me now is live is kentucky republican congressman andy barr. congressman, welcome. mike, good to be with you. mike: of course, tomorrow is halloween, and inflation s also hitting the treats. we ve got skittles up 42%, star burst up 35%, m&ms up # %.
Johnson is urging voters to get friends and families to the polls. don t count anybody out. i don t care what their party affiliation was, i want you to ask them to join us. reporter: and like so many other republicans vying for votes, johnson s campaign is hammering home the economic pain most americans feel at the store and at the pump. mike? mike: lauren blanchard live here in d.c., thanks very much. the race for governor of new york tightening with both candidates rolling out high profile names on the campaign trail this week. alexis mcadams is live in new york with more. hi, iowa lek access. reporter: hey, mike. closer here than a lot of people thought because it s such a deep i blue state, and they re both bringing out big names hoping the extra help will give them the push they need to come out on top. last night florida governor ron ron desantis joined congressman lee e zeldin at a rally on long island. the well known republican leader hyped up the large crowd, there s zeldin there, and we ll
Senator chris coons on fox news sunday. the folks who i ve been campaigning with are running on our record. chair mcdaniels just said we re running away from it, but we re running on it because we ve got real accomplishments to point to. reporter: inflation s been over 7.5% all year, mike, numbers in the seen in this country in 40 years. inflation peaked in june when gas was over $5 a gallon. the numbers have come down a little since, gas now $3.76 a gallon, still about 60% higher than when biden was sworn in. the latest inflation data says inflation is now at 8.2%, it was only 1.4% when bidenning took office. colorado s one of the states republicans are looking for an upset pick-up. we re dead even with the independents, that s who matters here in colorado. 45% of our electorate is independents. reporter: the wall street journal says that economists think there s a 6 if 3% of a recession in the next 123