THIS IS "THE FIVE."
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PRESIDENT BIDEN THROWING A
TONE-DEAF PARTY FOR THE AGES.
ON THE SAME DAY THE STOCK MARKET
HAD ITS WORST DAY SINCE
JUNE 2020, THANKS TO A WORSE
THAN EXPECTED INFLATION REPORT,
BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HOLD A
MASSIVE WHITE HOUSE EVENT TO
CELEBRATE THE PASSAGE OF HIS
SO-CALLED INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT, WHICH ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
BIDEN BRINGING 2,000 OF HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS TO THE SOUTH
LAWN, INCLUDING A SOOTHING
PERFORMANCE BY JAMES TAYLOR.
>> AND HOW ABOUT JAMES TAYLOR?
A VOICE THAT HEALS OUR SOUL AND
UNITES THE NATION AND A GOOD
FRIEND, EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS AGO
TODAY, I SIGNED THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT INTO LAW.
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE
CONGRESS TO COMBAT INFLATION,
THE SOUL OF AMERICA IS VIBRANT,
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BRIGHT,
AND THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IS
REAL.
THIS WILL CUT COSTS FOR FAMILIES
FAMILIES.
HELP REDUCE INFLATION AT THE
KITCHEN TABLE.
>> Jeanine: BUT IT DIDN’T.
PRICES OF FOODS SPIKED TO THEIR
HIGHEST MARGINS IN MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES.
AND BIDEN’S TONE-DEAF EVENT
WOULDN’T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THE
INACCURATE RAMBLINGS OF GOOD OLD
CHUCK AND NANCY.
>> WHOA!
LOOK AT THIS CROWD!
SO, THIS IS A GREAT AND
CELEBRATORY DAY.
>> INFLATION REDUCTION ACT SO
BEAUTIFULLY NAMED FOR ALL THAT
IT DOES.
YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP
HAS MADE THIS GLORIOUS DAY
POSSIBLE.
THAT IS AN APPLAUSE LINE.
[APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHS]
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW, GREG,
INFLATION ROSE
HIGHER-THAN-EXPECTED IN AUGUST,
KEEPING PRICES PAINFUL FOR ALL
AMERICANS, AND YET, IT WAS
HIGHER, IN FACT, THAN PREDICTED,
AND THEY ARE OVER THERE
CELEBRATING.
WHAT ARE THEY CELEBRATING ABOUT?
>> Greg: I DON’T KNOW, IT IS
LIKE UNDERWEAR AT A FLEA MARKET,
I AM NOT BUYING IT.
JAMES TAYLOR AGAIN?
WHY ARE WE TORTURING PEOPLE?
THEY DID THIS TO THE FRENCH
AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK.
I MEAN, COME ON!
AT LEAST GET SOMEBODY
LISTENABLE.
I COULD MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS,
MAY BE THE MELVIN’S, SLEIGHER,
MISFITS, SOMETHING GOOD.
I AM PLEADING WITH REPUBLICANS
COMING HOW TO GET YOUR ACT
TOGETHER, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO
GET AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE INMATES ARE RUNNING
THE ASYLUM.
NOTHING THEY SAY IS TRUE.
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THESE GUYS,
THEN YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO WIN
AND IT IS SAD, SOMEBODY WANTS IT
MORE.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE
DEMOCRATS WANT THE STUFF MORE
BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST MORE
RUTHLESS, CALLING HALF OF
AMERICA TERRORISTS, THAT MEANS
YOU CAME TO PLAY, RIGHT?
THEY ARE MAKING IT SO IF YOU
DECIDE TO CHALLENGE THEM ON
ANYTHING, YOU ARE CONSIDERED
UNPATRIOTIC.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE
REPUBLICANS KIND OF GET AS NASTY
AS THEY ARE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT
WHAT THE DEMS ARE DOING WHICH IS
ELEVATING THE FAR RIGHT
CANDIDATES, REMIND YOU THAT
POLITICS, -- THAT IS FULL-TIME.
FOR REPUBLICANS, POLITICS IS
SOMETHING YOU DO WHILE RUNNING
YOUR BUSINESS AND FOR THE DEMS,
IT IS THEIR BUSINESS.
I’M VERY SANGUINE.
IS THAT THE WORD?
I LEARNED THAT YESTERDAY.
I FEEL LIKE THE DEMS ARE NOW
STEPPING IT UP AND THE
REPUBLICANS ARE ON THE BACK
FOOT.
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW, JESSE,
MEANWHILE, IT IS SCHIZOPHRENIC
WHAT GREG IS TALKING ABOUT, THE
SCHIZOPHRENIC APPROACH WHERE
THEY ARE PUTTING ALL OF THIS
MONEY INTO THE RIGHT-WING
CANDIDATES RUNNING AGAINST THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND YET
THEY ARE TRASHING THE RIGHT WING
CANDIDATE.
WHAT IS THE AGENDA HERE?
>> Jesse: THEY ARE TRYING --
PERMISSION TO MAKE AN ANALOGY,
JUDGE?
THIS WOULD BE LIKE YOUR WIFE
LEAVING YOU AT THE ALTAR AND
THEN BEING LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT,
LET’S GO DANCING AND CUT SOME
CAKE, RIGHT?
THIS WOULD BE LIKE
HILLARY CLINTON ON THE NIGHT OF
THE 2016 ELECTION FIRING OFF THE
FIREWORKS BECAUSE THEY WERE
ALREADY PAID FOR.
REAL PEOPLE SEE A NUMBER DROP
LIKE THIS AND THEY CANCEL THE
PARTY, BUT POLITICIANS CAN’T DO
THAT BECAUSE THE MEDIA COVERS
EVERYTHING THEY DO.
BECAUSE THE MEDIA WOULD THEN SAY
SAY, YOU KNOW, BIDEN CANCELS
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT PARTY
AFTER INFLATION SOURCE.
SO INSTEAD THEY HAVE TO PRETEND
LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
AND THAT IS WHY THIS COUNTRY IS
LOOKING AT THEM LIKE THEY ARE
CRAZY, BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A
RECESSION, THE DOW DROPPED A
THOUSAND POINTS, BUT IT DOES NOT
MATTER IF YOU LIVE IN FANTASY
LAND, JUDGE.
YOU KNOW, DOESN’T MATTER!
YOU CAN SAY THAT THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT REDUCES INFLATION
BY SPENDING A TRILLION DOLLARS.
YOU CAN SAY WE ARE NOT IN A
RECESSION.
YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
BE IT GIVES ME THESE VIBES ABOUT
PUTIN.
YOU HERE YESTERDAY, THEY JUST
LOST A TON OF TERRITORY IN
NORTHEAST UKRAINE, WHAT WAS VLAD
DOING?
HE WAS AT THE UNVEILING OF A
FERRIS WHEEL.
IT IS LIKE NOTHING MATTERS IF
YOU JUST PRETEND LIKE EVERYTHING
IS FINE, AND UNTIL TODAY, I
THOUGHT THE REPUBLICANS WERE
GOING TO LOSE THE SENATE.
NOT ANYMORE, WITH THIS INFLATION
NUMBER THAT HITS ANDY’S SENATE C
THAT ARE FALLING APART AND
ALL OF THE MONEY
REPUBLICANS ARE INJECTING INTO T
RACES, I’M A LITTLE MORE
CONFIDENT, EXCEPT LINDSEY GRAHAM
COMES OUT TODAY ON TALKS ABOUT
ABORTION.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS TALKING
ABOUT INFLATION.
>> Jeanine: BEFORE WE TALK
ABOUT THAT LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
THING, WE HAVE THESE DEMOCRAT
SENATE CANDIDATES, WHETHER IT IS
FETTERMAN, WHO IS REFUSING, IN
PENNSYLVANIA, TO DEBATE OZ, OR
MARK KELLY WHO FUMBLED THE OTHER
DAY, YESTERDAY I BELIEVE, AND HE
COULD NOT GIVE ANY KIND OF A
COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT
JOE BIDEN IS DOING A GOOD JOB
AND HE SAYS, I DON’T WRITE
REPORT CARDS.
WE HAVE THAT SOUND?
LET’S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IS HE DOING A GOOD JOB, DO
YOU THINK?
>> HEY, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL,
IT’S NOT MY JOB TO GIVE HIM A
REPORT CARD.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, MIXED
REVIEWS.
>> SO HE HELD IN THE THE AN EVEN
YOU WOULD ATTEND?
>> I WOULD CONSIDER.
I WOULD LOOK AT IT.
>> Jeanine: HE WAS FUMBLING
RIGHT THERE.
AND IT IS HIS PARTY.
WHEN WE’VE GOT THIS, HOW COME
THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT JUMPING
ALL OVER THIS?
>> Dana: I THINK THEY ARE PURE
I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD
NEWS FOR YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE
SANGUINE ANYMORE.
LAST TUESDAY, WHEN WE CAME OFF
OF LABOR DAY, HE DID FEEL LIKE
THE DEMOCRATS HAD THE WIND
BEHIND THEIR BACK AND IT WAS
LIKE WOW, THEY ARE DOING GREAT.
BY FRIDAY, ALL OF THESE OTHER
POLLS HAVE COME OUT, ACTUALLY,
REPUBLICANS ARE HANGING IN THERE
PRETTY WELL.
THEY HAVE LESS MONEY THAN THE
DEMOCRATS AND YET THEY ARE STILL
ABLE TO HOLD REALLY STUDY.
PEOPLE DON’T REALLY FOCUS UNTIL
AFTER LABOR DAY.
AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU
SCHEDULE EVENTS BASED ON THE
CALENDAR, OKAY, THE JOBS NUMBERS
COMING OUT THAT DAY.
THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE
INFLATION NUMBER WAS GOING TO BE
BUT WHY DID THEY SCHEDULE THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT ON THE
SAME DAY THE INFLATION IS COMING
UP?
THAT MAKES THEM LOOK RIDICULOUS.
AND EVERYBODY THAT IS OUT THERE,
A GREAT EVENT, LOTS OF FUN,
BEAUTIFUL IN SEPTEMBER, A LOT OF
THOSE ARE STAFFERS, OKAY?
THAT IS NOT AMERICANS THAT ARE
DEALING WITH THIS OR LOOKING AT
THEIR 401(K).
HERE YOU HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE,
THE JUXTAPOSITION IS REALLY
STRANGE, THEY ARE POPPING
CHAMPAGNE FOR A BILL THAT WILL
TAKE WORKING PEOPLE’S MONEY AND
GIVE IT TO RICH PEOPLE SO THEY
CAN BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
AND THEN THERE IS THE STUDENT
LOAN DEBT.
WE KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING.
AND A LOT OF THESE RACES ARE
TIGHTENING AND PEOPLE ARE
FORGETTING, REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED IN NEW JERSEY?
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE POLL IN
ALL OF NEW JERSEY, AND THAT
REPUBLICAN CAME THIS CLOSE TO
WINNING.
AND THAT HASN’T CHANGED.
THINK ABOUT YOUNGKIN, THINK
ABOUT EDUCATION, CRIME IS A BIG
ISSUE, THE BORDER, YOU HAVE THE
DEMOCRATS SAYING MAYBE OUR POLLS
ARE NOT AS GOOD AS WE THINK THEY
ARE BECAUSE THEIR OVERSAMPLING
DEMOCRATS, SO I’M NOT SAYING OR
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO RUN
AWAY WITH IT, BUT I DO BELIEVE
THEY ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE
THOUGHT A WEEK AGO.
>> Greg: I FEEL LESS SANGUINE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jeanine: YOU KNOW, JESSICA,
THE TRUTH IS THE DEMS SEEMED, AS
DANA SAID, THEY SEEMED TO BE IN
GOOD SHAPE, HAD A GOOD SUMMER,
THEY HAD A LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS,
BUT THE TRUTH IS, YOU KNOW, THE
INFLATION IS FIVE TIMES HIGHER
SINCE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE.
PRICES OF FOOD HAS NOT GONE
DOWN, EVEN THOUGH THE PRICE OF
GAS IS GOING DOWN, SO HOW DO
THEY PLAY THIS GOING INTO
NOVEMBER?
>> Jessica: WELL, I THINK THE
OPTICS OF TODAY WERE ABSOLUTELY
ABOMINABLE, AND I FEEL VERY BAD
PERCENT OF JOE MANCHIN WHO IS
GOING TO BE ON WITH BRET WHEN WE
GET ON OFF AIR AND TALK ABOUT
THE ACT HE SUPPORTED AND THEY
HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD TO GET
HIM ON BOARD WITH IT AND HE IS
GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
DOW TICKER VERSUS THE PRESIDENT
TALKING ABOUT THIS SO I WOULD
HAVE RESCHEDULED ESPECIALLY
SINCE IT WAS MAJORITY STAFFERS.
THURSDAY MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
BETTER DAY FOR THIS.
THE RACES WERE ALWAYS GOING TO
TIGHTEN.
THAT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENS.
PEOPLE WAKE UP AND START PAYING
ATTENTION.
I KNOW, DANA, YOU SAW THE PIECE
IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES"," ONE OF
THE POSTERS DID AN EVALUATION OF
THE RACES BASED ON THE MISTAKES
THAT WERE MADE IN 2020, SO
WISCONSIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
WIN BY LIKE EIGHT POINTS AND IT
ENDED UP BEING ONE POINT, AND
WHEN HE REDID THE TABLES, THE
DEMS PICK UP ONE SEAT, IT WAS
THE FETTERMAN SEAT, THAT IS
STILL A PICK UP, I WOULD BE
PLENTY HAPPY IF WE ENDED UP WITH
ONE EXTRA SEAT, I WOULD BE
OVERJOYED IF WE ENDED UP WITH A
COUPLE MORE, AND I THINK IT IS
FEASIBLE SOMEWHERE LIKE OHIO,
FOR INSTANCE, BUT WHEN YOU SEE
SOME OF THESE RESULTS, MANDELA
BARNES OF NINE POINTS OVER
RON JOHNSON, I DON’T BELIEVE
THAT.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A
REALLY CLOSE RACE.
I WILL SAY, TO JESSE’S POINT
ABOUT LINDSEY GRAHAM, JUST, I
GUESS, WAKING UP AND SAYING, OH,
I SHOULD GO OUT BY MYSELF AND
SAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
NATIONAL ABORTION BAN, WHEN I
SAW IT PREVIEWED LAST NIGHT ON
TWITTER, OH, NO, THIS IS GOING
TO BE TERRIBLE BECAUSE HE WILL
BE HELPING OUT WOMEN IN THESE
STATES WITH THESE HIGHLY
RESTRICTIVE BANDS, BUT NO, IT IS
EVEN WORSE THAN THAT.
THE HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE STATES
GET TO KEEP THEIR POLICIES AND
HE IS JUST GOING AFTER BLUE
STATES, OR PEOPLE WITH MORE
LENIENT POLICIES, AND THERE HAS
REPORTING AFTER REPORTING ABOUT
THE SPIKE IN WOMEN THAT ARE
REGISTERING, HOW ANGRY THEY ARE,
THAT IS DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENT
WOMEN, ADD REPUBLICAN WOMEN.
MITCH McCONNELL’S FACE SAID IT
ALL WHEN HE GOT ASKED ABOUT IT
AND HE WAS --
[LAUGHTER]
>> Dana: CAN I SAY,
LINDSEY GRAHAM DID NOT GO ALONE.
>> Jessica: HE DOES NOT HAVE
THE VOTES BEHIND HIM.
>> Dana: THAT’S FINE.
IF HE INTRODUCED THIS VERY BILL
EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS.
>> Jessica: IT USED TO BE 20
WEEKS AND HE HAS GONE TO 15.
I UNDERSTAND -- I DON’T WANT TO
HEAR FROM THEM AT ABOUT
ABORTION, CERTAINLY A MAN WHO
HAS NOT HAD KIDS ABOUT ABORTION,
HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS.
>> Greg: SOME MEN HAVE NO
OPINION ON ABORTION.
OKAY, YOU HAVE NO OPINION ON --
CAN WE PICK SOMETHING?
>> Jesse: VASECTOMY’S BEARD
>> Greg: ABOUT WAR?
WE SEND BOYS OFF TO WAR FOR
GENERATIONS.
I KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> Jessica: I KNOW MORE THAN