wanting to raise the taxes on working families by an average of 1,500 a year. put medicare and social security, medicaid social security and medicaid on the chopping block every five years. every five years they will no longer exist unless they vote them back into existence. i disagree with that. what in god s name are they doing? i ll work with everyone who has real solutions and real savings for the american people. not take money out of their pockets. now, the other element i like to address that has impacts on inflation is to lower the deficit. the reason this matters to families reducing the deficit is another way to ease inflation. my friends the republicans like to paint me as the big spender. let s look at the facts. facts matter. under my predecessor the deficit exploded rising every year he was in office. under my plan we re on track to cut the federal deficit this year by 1.7 trillion. hear me now? this year by 1.7 trillion. that s a fact. the largest decline in
approach to crime which critics say is a culture of lawlessness. we will be joined with thoughts. john: brand-new numbers, a pulse on the u.s. economy. latest jobs report beating expectations, but still head winds from the highest inflation in four decades and record high gas prices. welcome to you today. anita: happy friday to you, the u.s. economy adding 390,000 jobs for the month of may one employment rate of 3.6%. number of job openings remains near record highs, 11.4 million positions going unfilled. john: gas prices keep climbing, more expensive to top off the tank. national average for a gallon of gas increasing another $0.05 overnight to 4.76. up $0.17 from a week ago, and 1.72 higher than last year. president biden speaking on the may jobs report and acknowledging the toll inflation is taking on american families. the president putting the onous on congress. anita: karl rove in a moment, but first white house correspondent peter doocy live from the north lawn
u.s. capitol, a fake badge, body armor, and high-capacity magazines. 100 days of the war in ukraine. meet the ukrainians using drones that can carry powerful explosives. soaring gas prices. watching me pump my paycheck away. o donnell: why drivers might not see relief any time soon. royal celebration: prince william and kate, prince harry and meghan all attend the queen s jubilee. why the guest of honor was missing. and tonight, we go on the road with a family reuniont s yearhe ming. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, a major storm system is bearing down on florida as the atlantic hurricane season gets under way. the system is expected to make landfall around noon tomorrow. but it s already lashing cuba with torrential downpours. two people were killed in havana when flooding turned streets into raging rivers. in florida flash
being taken into custody earlier today. a law enforcement source familiar with the arrest confirms to nbc navarro did not surrender himself. the committee subpoenaed him back in september then, remember, he got another subpoena from the fbi to comply with their investigation just last week. you saw that live shot of the courthouse. those microphones set up. we are watching to see if he makes comments outside that building and will bring it to you. we know the january 6th select committee will hear its public hearing in prime time just six days from now on june 9th as today we re also learning new and important details about another big hearing set for next week. this one on gun violence. survivors and parents of victims of the uvalde and buffalo shootings set to testify in front of the house oversight committee. it s a very busy friday afternoon. i m hallie jackson in washington and i want to bring in justice correspondent pete williams. capitol hill correspondent ali vitaly
we have you covered on that. first to edward lawrence with how they re dealing with this latest uptick that doesn t end. edward? it doesn t seem to. the president said basically he does not immediate action that he can take that will bring gas prices back down to $3 a gallon setting up the fact that this could take awhile. the president hearing louder cries, louder voices that he needs to act and to something in order to handle inflation. we re seeing voter anger in the polls for his poll numbers. some democrats are even starting to distance themselves from the message coming out of the white house. this is what voters are looking at. gas prices at record highs again. $4.76 a gallon for regular unleaded. the price of gas has set a new record every day since may 10. this pushes up inflation, eats into every one s paychecks. now finally a change in tone. listen here to secretary janet yellen. i think i was wrong then about the path of inflation would take. there s been u