roof. this is biden administration attempt to deliver final death mroe to oil and gas. they re making it exceedingly hard. this is a time the gas prices $4.40, record high, inflation 8.3%, 40-year high and we have the eu looking at shutting down russian oil and gas coming out of russia, driving the price of gas higher. the answer is to increase american production, biden administration will not get out of the way or take the cuffs off oil and gas companies and let them do their jobs. they are saying one thing, buts behind the scenes they are doing something drastically different to stop the process. todd: nobody wants leases is misleading. keep your eye out for the congressman s upcoming book, holding the line. thank you, we appreciate your time. todd: white house insisted your tax dollars were not bing
and crash test controversy. are the dummies used in safety tests putting the lives of women and girls at risk announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the best you can say about today s new report about inflation is that it may be leveling off the inflation rate now 8.3%, showing little change over a month ago but still close to a 40-year high the war in ukraine, the fallout from the pandemic, all playing key roles in driving up many prices like food, up over 9%. new vehicles up 13%. electricity up 11% and by the way, these latest numbers from april aren t reflecting the current record gas prices you re seeing at the pump now reaching an all-time average high of $4.40 a gallon according to triple-a. today president biden on the road, looking to demonstrate his commitment to beating inflation, as rising prices cascade across virtually every corner of the economy and onto american kitchen tables, as jo ling kent explains.
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agreement within their own party. as much as and this is something a number of democrats said to me the last couple days they understand schumer s instinct to get people on the record for this vote here and say, hey, here s where people stand, but it is reminiscent of the democrat voting rights act. democrats are in control. they re putting up a vote and are losing, they can t get democrats all in line. it is not a show of force. it makes them look impotent, like, we can t get anything done. that s the fear. democrats had control of congress with the presidency and have not nearly completed what joe biden s agenda was going to be. yes, it is narrow margins in congress. he doesn t have fdr size majorities but more could have been done that adrienne, you ha running crazy. gas at $4.40 a gallon. whoever the president is will be held responsible in some way for that. republicans are making sure of
expecting. and while the increase was slightly less than the annual gain in march, inflation remains near a 40-year high. americans are still squeezed by higher costs in just about everything, which includes gas, which hit another record high yesterday, jumping 3 cents from tuesday. the national average for regular gas is now $4.40 a gallon. in a statement, president biden said quote, while it is heartening to see that annual inflation moderated in april, the fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high. as i said yesterday, inflation is a challenge for families across the country and bringing it down is my top economic priority. joining us now, to talk about this, and so much more, business reporter at axios, hope, great to see you again. so americans are continuing to reckon with this historic inflation. the numbers cooled a little bit in april, but they re still really high. what sort of trend does you see? is there an end in sight? as you can imagine, a lot,