wallet taking a hit as a result of spiking gas prices. they are now up more than 60 percent is the same time las year is difficult to believe. reports say they are considering another pipeline airport and officials initially denied before backtracking and admitting they are looking at it. he is now facing pushback from his own party. we are standing by and will weigh in. but first we talked to jackie. the president pushed the world to cut back on fossil fuels. while pressuring opec to increase oil production abroad. the white house is now facing questions about the future of a domestic i plan crisis. peter this is inaccurate. are they studying the impact of shutting it down? yes we are. i thought you said we were goin to shut it down but yes we are studying it it is not inaccurate. the pipeline it needs to be replaced the pipeline needs right now but they are studying this for the impact. a shutdown would mean at 45 percent less cruel oil to michigan and pennsylvani
about the president s abilities. she says she s ready to serve in an interview. she said there s no question that she s ready. it goes on to insist in this piece, she does, that anyone who sees her on the job walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead, says the vice president. gerry baker looking at this in the wall street journal asks this. does anyone doubt does she inspire confidence in the party there would be a loud chorus of calls from democrats urging biden to step aside? so all of this newly stirred up after the doj s special counsel labelled president biden in a torching report, an elderly man with a poor memory. diminished faculties. now you ve got a wide swath of political prognosticators pitching off ramp strategies. we ll talk to bret baier in moments. first jacqui heinrich. hi, jacqui. good afternoon to you. house republicans want to keep this issue front and center. requesting the president s interview transcripts with special counsel. axios cited one
are fleeing new york, new jersey, california, illinois. these liberal states. there is a reason to million americans left america s big cities just in the last two years. high income taxes, high property taxes, punitive regulations and for what? the roads are covered with potholes. the streets are littered with tons of trash. the homeless crisis is worse than ever. the public school systems are in disaster. by the way, for example, look at baltimore. 23 baltimore city schools, zero students. not one is proficient in math. 23 schools. not the single student. that is what $1.6 billion or 20 grand per student or the taxpayers of baltimore. forget about public safety. here is what public safety looks like in chicago. mob beatings in broad daylight. last weekend hordes of teens taking over the streets, smashing cars, assaulting pedestrians and breaking windows. in a statement chicago s radical incoming mayor responded, quote, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have other