in washington dc and here to help us break down what might happen is joey garrison from usa today and jarrell dillard from bloomberg news. host: there is another hearing, the focus on elections. what should they watch for in this hearing rather than other hearings? guest: today they are focusing on election officials. last week they focused on the pressure campaign on the vice president but now they are turning to state officials and one of the main one is brad rafflesburger who was told to find more votes for trump. as well as the arizona house speaker. host: have they said why a focus on elections is an important aspect to look at? guest: the committee is trying to prove that trump wanted to overturn the election and do was a multifaceted campaign on the state and federal level, that is what they are trying to prove with these hearings. host: let's turn to the white house, joey garrison, when it comes to the economy, can you fill in the blanks there? guest: he told reporters that he would have a decision on the gas tax holiday by this week. i think that surprised many that this was under consideration. the white house said this was on the table. sit it democrats on february put this proposal out there -- send it democrats put this out there. it would only save drivers $.18. there are questions about whether it would deplete funds that are earmarked for infrastructure road projects. president biden will have a decision this week and if he does take it, it will be his boldest step towards cutting back gas prices. host: the president is also expected to meet with oil executives to talk about various things, what is the nature of those meetings and what is he trying to get out of them? guest: the nature is high gas prices and the use of refinery supply and gas supply. biden wrote a letter to ceos to scold them for having record profits during the first quarter of 2022 and he told reporters yesterday that he wants to get an explanation to how oil companies have a $30 billion profit during inflation. biden says he is exploiting this. . it will be interesting to see how this plays out. host: our guest will be with us until 8:45, you can call (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8002 for democrats and for independents (202) 748-8003 you can also texas. text us. guest: the senate has been debating about gun control bills. they have been working out a compromise. they released a framework including funding for red flag laws, trying to close the boyfriend loophole, increased background checks for younger gun buyers. funding for mental health services and safety. sticking points proved to be the red flag laws and the boyfriend loophole. that refers to a law that prevents domestic abusers from buying guns, and that only applies if they were married to the victim, had children with the victim or some type of long-term relationship. there was also disagreement about red flag laws that john cornyn wanted the funding to be available to states that may not enact red flag laws but could use it for other purposes. host: what is the potential for seeing actual legislation this week, considering that after this week they should be out for two weeks? guest: they might be making some headway, but like you said, there is a short timeline on this. at the end of this week, congress is going out for a two week break for the fourth of july. and then in august they will go on a reset and then midterm elections will be the focus. host: if it were possible to see a debate, with the house be the same? guest: it depends on how quickly the senate can get this done. host: the numbers will be on the screen if you want to ask our guest questions. back to matters of inflation joey garrison, the president is still dealing with how to combat it. what is the strategy overall with dealing with inflation? guest: the president is facing a lot of criticism for not articulating what the vision is to combat this. right now, the big question is whether we will move into recession. you hear the big line that it is not inevitable. the treasury secretary, janet yellen, put it out there. two oil prices, they have tapped the strategic reserve and in terms of the strategy to fight inflation, the white house has been proactive to let the federal reserve to exercises independence. interest rates have been raised by the fed, last week another three fourths. we have had unemployment reached a low that could start to rise as a result of these strategies. the white house is walking this delicate line of telling the american people that the economy is better than when we took office according to job growth, but at the same time, there is a lot of anxiety out there in the public. president biden is also telling the american people that he hears them and understands them. going into november, this is not a good spot. it is just the bad spot right [captioning performed by thenat, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] >> we'll leave it this now to keep our commitment t