united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they re not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what s the explanation now? what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin s fault out of the president s hands. when the prices come down, it is the president s plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. there is no both way thinking here at all. i very m
for many americans, mount rushmore is one of the country s most patriotic and awe-inspiring symbols, like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock t-shirt, yee-ha. but for others, it s a reminder that this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it s become the epicenter in a battle over who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land currently known as the united states of america. i m letting you go first because i m a gentleman. but really, it s because i m afraid. and these two have a lot to say about all of it. this is nick tilson of and krystal two bulls of the northern cheyenne and lakota. she is also a military veteran. we met at the entrance of mount rushmore park there with the ndn collective, an indigenous nonprofit fighting to get indigenous lands back into indigenous hands. our people this
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. at any moment, the cdc s vaccine advisers will announce their decision on covid-19 vaccines for children, 6 months to 5 years old. pfizer and moderna are seeking authorization for their vaccines. if approved young children could begin beginning vaccinated as soon as next week. are we hearing anything more about how close they re getting? reporter: they are getting closer. they have been taking questions for an hour, and it sounds like several more questions came up. they were supposed to vote a half hour ago but they re going to take as many questions and time as need be to get through everything. after two and a half years of all of us dealing with covid, this is the last sort of big piece, you know, the last tool in the tool box to get all americans covered by vaccines and hopefully sort of squelch this pandemic to something near an end. several questions that they have been centering on and
with his 2:24 p.m. tweet condemning mike pence directly endangered his vice president s life. he d been told exactly how bad it was at the capitol. although the president s chief of staff, mark meadows, has refused to testify before this committee, mr. meadows aid, ben williamson and white house press secretary sarah matthews testified that mr. meadows went to the dining near the oval office to tell the president about the violence at the capitol before the president s 2:24 p.m. tweet. it was clear that it was escalating and escalating quickly. so, then when that tweet, the mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. congressman pete avril says the committee s investigation says that immediately after that tweet, the crowd inside and outside the capitol surges. two minutes later, the secret service evacuated the former vice president from the senate chamber, coming within 40 feet, according
senate chamber. retired republican federal judge j. michael luttig is expected to condemn trump for instigating as he is expected to put it a war on democracy so that he could cling to power. judge luttig is expected to say had the vice president of the united states obeyed the president of the united states, america would immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis. joining us now is democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a member of the select committee investigating january 6th. congressman raskin, thank you so much for being with us. i want to focus on the new revelations from the new york times starting with this email they report on between a pro trump lawyer and john eastman, who, of course, was working for donald trump and you focused on quite a bit. he writes, odds of action by the supreme court before january 6th will become more favorable if the justices start to fear tha