today. first, here we go again. gas prices on the rise. the white house appears powerless to stop it. don t say we didn t warn you. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. big welcome back to sandra. sandra: couldn t think of a better way to start my tuesday with william hemmer. here we go. i m sandra smith, this is america s newsroom. enter the president s strategy of tapping the strategic oil reserves appears to be falling flat. we re watching gas prices up to $3.80 at the national average. if you live out west, that probably sounds like a steal. bill: california gets the worst, $6.41 a gallon ahead of an opec meeting tomorrow that could make prices higher. this hurts the poor people of california. california has the highest poverty rate in the nation. poor people in california are not the ones driving electric cars. they are in gas-powered gars and paying through the nose. this all started on day one of the administration when he ended america s energy independence.
sandra smith in new york. john, great to be with you. john: good to be with you, too. just when you thought it was safe to put your fingers back in your wallet, up go the prices again. this is america reports. dwindling supply along the west coast, and apparent causes for the uptick, ahead of a critical opec meeting, considering the largest cut in oil production in nearly three years. sandra: that big decision will be coming tomorrow. now five weeks to go to the midterm elections here at home, the biden administration has become quiet on the subject after repeatedly boasting how its actions led to falling prices this summer. john: fox team coverage to kick things off, charles payne is standing by, but first white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. what is the treasury secretary now saying, jacqui, about what this could mean for inflation? nothing, john. even though administration officials have consistently pointed to soaring energy costs, d
richest man to buy twitter. that s right. the legal battle is over and the deal is on. the shares after being traded most of the day surging 22%. many interpreted that as a sign that the deals are back and if it can win over the world s richest man, it s off to the races. buyers were in droves. we ll have more on that later. now there s this. nearly a week after hurricane ian hit, rescue crews in florida continue to comb through damaged home looking for anyone trapped inside. the number killed is 79, including 71 in florida. we re all over it with steve harrigan in hard-hit arcadia, florida where they re starting to pick up the pieces. madison alworth in charlotte county, florida where fema is distributing much-needed supplies. and pete buttigieg on the massive job of fixing cause ways and bridges. we have storms left and right and digging out from under them could prove the most expensive task in american history. we begin with steve in arcadia, florida. steve? neil, this
bret: we begin tonight with breaking news the u.s. is condemning north korea s firing of a ballistic missile over japan as dangerous and reckless. the weapon reportedly had enough range to reach u.s. troops in guam. so what now chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what else the u.s. is doing about this action. good evening, bret. the missile flew 17 times the speed of sound. president biden reached out and spoke with his japanese counterpart to assure him of u.s. commitments the defense secretary reached out to his japanese and south korean counterparts. kim jong un is again sending a message don t forget about me. sirens alerted japanese citizens to take cover in basements and bomb shelters after north korea launched a ballistic missile over northern japan its longest range yet. the ballistic missile firing by north korea was an outrageous act that was absolutely impermissible. we will respond as soon as possible with the utmost vigilance.
cbs elise preston is in jakson, mississippi, pressing the mayor for answers as the water crisis there moves in to day five. how does a city with a black mayor and black leadership fail its black residents? cordes: and cbs steve hartman is on the road as a community of strangers steps up. it makes me so happy. it mak this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cordes. norah o donnell is on assignment. tonight, the labor day travel rush is in full swing as americans take to the road and the skies for one final getaway of the summer. a.a.a. expects it to be the busiest labor day travel weekend in three years, bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.81. that s down $1.21 cents from the peak in june. airports are also crowded with passengers after a frustrating summ