welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino, good morning. bill: feel good to be friday? no travel this weekend. dana: for some. bill: for work. dana: true. bill: good morning. the biden administration giving the lone star state a friday deadline after the u.s. supreme court ruled that federal border patrol agents could remove razor wire installed by texas. this runs along a stretch of land near the border in eagle pass. the governor tells us on this program yesterday that the battle is far from over. jacque heinrich has the story from the north lawn today. good morning to you. good morning. texas governor greg abbott is citing his constitutional authority to defend against an invasion. he is also saying that the federal government broke its pact with the states to enforce laws on the books. now some democrats are pressuring the biden administration to establish sole federal control of the national guard and push back on this. the white house ha
The 76ers (25-13) will seek their third consecutive victory Tuesday, hosting the defending NBA Champion Denver Nuggets (28-13). The Nuggets will also seek their third straight win Tuesday, in the first of two meetings between Philadelphia and Denver this season. The Sixers will be facing the second night of a back-to-back, after notching a 124-115 win over Houston in a Monday matinee. Joel Embiid, who returned to play for the first time since Jan. 5, headlined the victory with a 41-.
gas prices are up in a lot of areas. take a look at this map from aaa. you ll see the dark red. it indicates states where the gas prices are the highest. the dark blue, that s where they re the lowest for regular unleaded. the cheapest gas has been found in the south with mississippi clocking in at $3.32. aaa finding the highest prices in the western states. in california, $5.13, and you ll pay a full $1.81 more than you would in mississippi. we ll talk now with patrick dohan, the head of petrolium analysis at gas buddy. we know that gas buddy is ing a rise in prices in some states this month compared to august of last year. we ve got this drop in other states. what do you make of that? is there a reason for this? as you look at it, some of these states are now starting to get back beyond where they were a year ago, and unfortunately with gas prices likely to see
economic growth. they see just a half a point of growth next year by way of comparison. normally the economy should grow around 2% would be what s thought to be potential growth in the economy. the other thing that was gloomier is the fed upped its outlook for how much it will raise interest rates. you can see they started off back in september, thought they d raise rates to 4.6% next year. now they re up to 5.13%. so that s a big jump to where they re going to go and how much more they have to raise rates. to 4.38% yesterday. they still have a lot of work to do, so whatever you think is going on right now with interest rates in the economy, your credit card, your car loans or mortgage, it could get higher from here. cnbc s steve liesman starting us off this hour. thanks so much. mika? to the latest on the possibility of a government shutdown. the house of representatives has passed a short-term spending
the current price, $4.98. last week that was $5.13. last month, $5.36. one year ail eighth it was $3.61. they expect prices to drop in the next few weeks. thank you very much. appreciate that. now to some big news out of capitol hill. this morning arizona senator krysten sinema announced she s changing her party afill kwags kwags from democrat to independent. with don t spend a lot of time thinking about is this a republican idea or this z this a democratic idea. is this a liberal or conservative. that s not how arizonans think. a senior white house official tells nbc news sinema will continue to caucus with the democrats. the party just secured a 51-49 senate majority in the midterms. this shakeup comes at a busy time for lawmakers racing to get things done before the end of