no response there from the crown prince. he sat back in his chair. some people say he smirked at the question. the question was eliminated from the broadcast in saudi arabia. that is an opinion column in the wall street journal put it this way. the saudis know that they host a humbled joe biden who spoke one way as a candidate but now is desperate for the king to open the oil spigot that the president has worked towards shutting down. jacqui heinrich traveling with the president? saudi arabia. hi, jacqui. the president of the united states on camera fist bumping with the man that u.s. intelligence believes ordered the death of a u.s. journalist, a grisly murder. u.s. journalists were allowed into the meeting and evidently upset the saudis by asking whether they would apologize for ordering that man s death according to u.s. intelligence. peter alexander that shouted that question said the saudi aide grabbed his arm tightly after he asked. the crown prince appeared to sm
reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
every legal recommend dip is exhausted, a tone different than she reported in her interview before the january 6th panel. and the temperature yesterday underscored how ugly and scary it was to be an elections worker or public official who either came under donald trump s scrutiny or refused to bow to his pressure to overturn the results. arizona house speaker republican rusty bowers described the hoards of people, some with weapon, who would show up at his home. and pole workers shea moss and her mother ruby freeman gave gut wrenching accounts of the threats so unrelenting that they were forced into hiding. yes, a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. there is no where i feel safe, nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you, the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american, not to target one. wi
yet another record high. the supreme court is back in session tomorrow. key decisions on abortion could come as early as this week. but first tied the latest on this to deadly mass shootings in philadelphia. three people were killed and others killed in a popular entertainment district. three people died 14 those hurt in a shooting in a bar near downtown chattanooga, tennessee. alexis mcadams it s live in our newsroom. police to believe a fight between three guys in philly led to the mass shooting in their downtown area. doubt new video shows that altercation at the center of this investigation you can hear dozens of gunshots running out, watch. [background noises] [background noises] you hear so many gunshots there. also this surveillance video shows the chaos people try to take cover. running in every direction. you can see those large crowds there on south street. overall at least 14 people were shot in three of those people were killed. the people range in age from 17