reporter: the video out there of the landing, pretty darn good. pretty much right on the runway, right on the center line. flying my entire life, nothing has ever happened before like this in my memory. pretty remarkable and incredible. listen, i m no pilot like you, pete, i ve taken lessons. easy to take a plane off. not easy to land it. that s remarkable. hard to land. yeah, yeah. pete muntean, thank you so much. good morning, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. moments from now, president biden scheduled to leave the white house, headed to illinois where he s expected to address concerns, continuing concerns over food supply and inflation. this as new data signals inflation may have peaked but the numbers are still high. we ll break down the numbers and take you to the white house in just a moment. plus, testing the power of an endorsement from former president trump after gaining support from him, two gop candidates split nights. a win and a loss. what that say
all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
dropping is the price of gasoline. national average hitting $4.40. some states approaching $6 a gallon. dana: that s having a big impact on american families. average household will spend an extra $5,000 this year on gas and groceries alone. bill: stock market dow coming off four straight days of losses amid concerns the federal rate hikes will trigger a recession later this year. dana: yet the president insisting this is not his fault. he is instead pointing the finger at republicans and what he calls their ultramaga tax plan. the architect of that plan calling the attacks a disingenuous attempt to distract. there is nothing that the president said that is in there. what i said is let s get people back to work so they have skin in the game. he was supposed to give his ideas on inflation yesterday. what was the ideas? everybody s else s fault but his. bill: larry kudlow is on deck. first to the white house, edward lawrence has the numbers and reaction there. hotte
the battle over abortion rights is moving to the floor of the u.s. senate. tomorrow, lawmakers are expected to vote on a democratic bill that would make those rights federal law. the first big political test comes just one week after the bombshell leak of that draft opinion, which would overturn roe v. wade. and senate democrats are making it clear, they re linking tomorrow s vote to the midterm elections. we are making sure that every, every senator will have to vote. and every, every american will see how they voted. the republican party, the maga republican party will suffer the consequences electorally, when the american people see that. we are going to remember everyone who votes against the right to an abortion. and this november, we re gonna use our voices and our votes. we re not gonna let anyone forget. they wanted on record for all our eyes to see. meanwhile, pennsylvania senator bob casey, a democrat was long supported abortion restrictions. today, he said he
the long haul in ukraine. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. good to be back with you. i am stephanie ruhle. in just a if you hours from now, the battle over abortion rights is moving to the floor of the u.s. senate. tomorrow, lawmakers are expected to vote on a democratic bill that would make those rights federal law. the first big political test comes just one week after the bombshell leak of that draft opinion, which would overturn roe v. wade. and senate democrats are making it clear, they re linking tomorrow s vote to the midterm elections. we are making sure that every, every senator will have to vote. and every, every american will see how they voted. the republican party, the maga republican party will suffer the consequences electorally, when the american people see that. we are going to remember everyone who votes against the right to an abortion. and this november, we re gonna use our voices and our votes. we