>> Sandra: PARENTS ARE SQUEEZED
FROM ALL ENDS, GERRI WILLIS,
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> John: SPECIAL REPORT ANCHOR
BRET BAIER, HERE TO BREAK DOWN
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID A LITTLE
WHILE AGO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT
DID, HE LOOKED AT THE INFLATION
NUMBER AND SAID WELCOME TO
PUTIN’S PRICE HIKE.
EARLIER ON THE PROGRAM KARL ROVE
BROUGHT OUT THE WHITEBOARD AND
FACTS CAN BE STUBBORN THINGS.
>> JANUARY, 7.48%, APRIL 8.25%,
AND THEN 8.52%, 41-YEAR HIGH.
WHY DID I MARK APRIL?
I MARKED APRIL BECAUSE THAT’S
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID IT WAS
TRANSITORY WHEN HE DISMISSED THE
FEARS ABOUT THIS AND SINCE THEN
IT’S NEARLY DOUBLE.
>> SO THE MAIN POINT KARL MADE
WAS IN JANUARY OF 2022,
INFLATION WAS RUNNING AT 7.4%.
THAT WAS A MONTH BEFORE PUTIN
INVADED UKRAINE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT
PUTIN’S PRICE HIKE?
>> IT SAYS WHAT EVERYBODY REALLY
THINKS, AND IT’S A TALKING POINT
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING
TO GRASP ON TO ANYTHING REALLY,
AND AS THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
GO UP AND PEOPLE ARE STILL
FEELING THIS, REALLY FEELING IT,
THE SPEECHES ARE GETTING MORE
DETACHED FROM REALITY.
THE PRESIDENT STARTED THIS
SAYING WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS BRINGING PRICES DOWN
FOR FAMILIES, SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS.
THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE.
THE STAT IS, ACCORDING TO
MOODY’S ANALYTICS, COMPARED TO A
YEAR AGO, PAYING $460 MORE PER
MONTH TO BUY THE SAME AMOUNT OF
GOODS AND SERVICES.
460 BUCKS.
SO WHERE IS THE SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS?
THERE IS NOT ANY.
SO THE SPEECHES KIND OF LOSE
TRACTION AND ALTITUDE QUICKLY
WHEN HE GOES BACK TO ATTACKING
RICK SCOTT’S PLAN, WHICH IS
REALLY STRANGE, BECAUSE NO ONE
IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
THAT.
>> John: RICK SCOTT IS NOT EVEN
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> AND SAYING THIS IS NOT YOUR
PARENTS’ REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> John: ANYBODY PUTTING GAS IN
THE TANK THINKING OH, THIS ISN’T
MY PARENTS’ REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I DON’T THINK PEOPLE ARE MAKING
THE CONNECTION.
>> Anita: 460 A MONTH EXTRA, 500
BUCKS.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE PULLING THAT
FROM IF THEY ARE ON A BUDGET.
>> Bret: THEY ARE NOT.
EVEN IF THEY GOT HIGHER WAGES
AND CHECKS WENT UP, THEY WENT
DOWN BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY ARE
SPENDING.
>> Anita: FOR SURE, AND I DON’T
KNOW’S POINT, THE PRESIDENT
BLAMING UKRAINE FOR ALL OF THIS,
WELL, WE KNOW THE SITUATION IN
UKRAINE DOES NOT HAVE AN END IN
SIGHT, IT COULD GO ON FOR YEARS,
RIGHT.
SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
PRICES?
>> Bret: IT MEANS BAD THINGS AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE WORLD
STAGE, GEOPOLITICALLY, A
POSSIBLE FOOD SHORTAGE FOR
AFRICA AND EGYPT AND THAT
AFFECTS THE WORLD IN A SUPPLY
CHAIN AND FOOD ISSUE.
IN FACT, YOU HAVE SOME ARAB
COUNTRIES NOW WORRIED ABOUT A
POSSIBLE ARAB SPRING BUBBLING UP
BECAUSE OF FOOD ISSUES, BASED ON
UKRAINE AND OTHER PARTS AROUND
THE WORLD.
LET ME POINT OUT ONE MORE THING
ABOUT THE SPEECH.
THE PRESIDENT STATES THAT CORE
INFLATION OVER THE LAST TWO
MONTHS HAS MODERATED OR GONE
DOWN.
THAT’S WHAT HE SAYS, USED THE
WORDS MODERATED OR GONE DOWN.
C.P.I. FROM.3% IN MARCH TO .6%
IN APRIL AND STAYED AT .6% IN
MAY.
SO, WHERE IS THE MODERATION OR
THE GOING DOWN?
>> John: AND THE INTERESTING
THING, AT THAT, ABOUT THE CORE
INFLATION, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE
FOOD OR ENERGY PRICES.
YOU MENTIONED WHERE ARE THE
PRICES GOING DOWN.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ALLUDING TO.
PUT THIS GRAPHIC UP ON THE
SCREEN.
GROCERIES, UP 11.9%.
HIGHEST WE HAVE SEEN.
GASOLINE UP 48.7%.
FUEL OIL, PEOPLE NEED COME
WINTER, 106% INCREASE.
NATURAL GAS UP 30.2%.
AND THAT MEANS ELECTRICAL COSTS
ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER.
NEW VEHICLES UP 12.6%.
USED VEHICLES UP 16.1%.
SO TO YOUR POINT, WHERE ARE THE
PRICE REDUCTIONS?
>> Bret: THERE’S NOT ANY.
AND THE PRESIDENT SAID INFLATION
MAY BE HIGH BUT EVERY COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD IS GETTING A BIG BITE
AND PIECE OF THIS INFLATION
WORSE THAN WE ARE, THAT’S NOT
TRUE.
IF YOU BOUNCE AROUND THE WORLD.
THERE ARE PLACES FEELING
INFLATION BUT NOT WORSE THAN WE
ARE.
THE PRESIDENT THEN GOES ON IN
THE SPEECH TO BLAME THE GAS
COMPANIES FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES,
AND THE SHIPPING COMPANIES FOR
HIGHER --
>> John: HE WANTS TO POP THEM IN
THE NOSE.
>> Bret: MY POINT IS, THEY ARE
GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THE
RHETORIC IS GETTING DETACHED
FROM REALITY AND PEOPLE ARE
SEEING THROUGH IT MORE CLEARLY,
I THINK, DAY-TO-DAY.
>> John: HIS COMMENT ABOUT THE
OCEAN TRANSPORTS, REMINISCENT, I
WANT TO TAKE DONALD TRUMP OUT
BACK OF THE GYMNASIUM AND
PLASTIC POOL CHAIN AND WENT
AFTER CORN POP.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
>> Anita: GLAD YOU ARE HERE TO
FACT CHECK FOR US.
TURN THE TOPIC TO AN INTERESTING
NEW DEBATE SERIES, THIS IS
CALLED "THE SENATE PROJECT,"
HAPPENING AT, WHERE IS IT
HAPPENING?
>> Bret: BOSTON, EDWARD M.
KENNEDY INSTITUTE AND IT’S GOING
TO BE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS
VERSUS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM,
I’LL MODERATE, A REPLICA OF THE
WELL OF THE U.S. SENATE.
STREAMING ON FOX NATION AT NOON
EASTERN ON MONDAY.
>> Anita: JUNE 13TH.
>> Bret: AND ALSO ON RADIO AND
TURN SOMETHING AROUND THE
FOLLOWING WEEKEND ABOUT THIS.
THE PREMISE TO GET THE OLD
SCHOOL OXFORD STYLE DEBATE, A
LOT OF SUBSTANCE, YOU HAVE TO
BACK UP WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND YOU
DISAGREE BUT MAYBE GET TO A
COMMON GROUND.
>> John: THE PAIRING IS
INTERESTING, MITCH McCONNELL AND
CHUCK SCHUMER, TED CRUZ AND
ELIZABETH WARREN?
>> Bret: YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU