prices up, taxes down? possibly the one good thing about inflation. the changes uyou could see in your paychecks on your tax returns. welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin in the world lead in a few minutes russian president s vladimir putin rule of martial law goes into effect. this despite the fact that putin s army doesn t have full control over the area. and as the campaign to plunge ukraine into darkness continues, energy officials said they had no choice but to introduce blackouts following days of devastating russian cruise missile and drone strikes. missiles hit at least three power stations just today, that s according to the ukraine. nick roberts is in kyiv. reporter: ukrainian civilians now under russian martial law. lined up to be evacuated in kherson city. potentially to russia. russian imposed officially, in illegally annexed kherson told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out, boats used to ferry them away from the fron
doep gas prices down now on those stories. butwn. didn t someone else get impeached for that? now after the saudis stood up despite his embarrassing courtship, the president s vowinge his em to reassesslationsh our relationship with the oil rich nation. looks like with th was wrong whe said nobody messes with abbud. we find ourselves in a positiona as beggars. posimost powerful country in the world. it s now in a position ofd. having to beg these third ratets countries. eep ga the democrats will do anythings to try to keep gas from increasing before the election. incrhe s going hat in hand to dictatorships like venezuela, pleading with them to produce more oil at the same time that pl s alienating long time partners in places likace saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. if you think the president su done reassuring the saudis to t help him, november, stay tuned for oh, we got a lot to talk to you later. what do you say to. but it doesn t stop there. biden straight up
saying. jerry, just remember, it s not a lie if you believe it. [laughter] brian: unfortunately, for us, the media has gone full castanza and refused to acknowledge that a midterm election red wave has been growing since joe biden entered office. americans have felt what it s like when republicans deliver and they are tired of the disappointments under the biden administration. frustration with the failure and direction of the country we have been heading. in even democrats began turning on each other. but, after a series of small victories for the white house, the left has a new talking point the red wave is dying because of all the liberal momentum. some of us have been trying to tell y all the supreme court nuking abortion rights has shifted the midterm momentum to the democrats. politics and the midterms there are some signs that democrats are getting some momentum back. red wave you have been hearing so much about. well it doesn t look like that s going to happ
the policies that they want. the president in massachusetts making the push for green energy. climate change i nation and . this is an emergency. i will look at it that way. i said last week and i ll say it again loud and clear, as president, i ll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis. not a single republican in congress will help support my climate plan. not one. let me be clear. climate change is an emergency. we ll make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an opportunity here. dana: that comes as democrats lay in to moderate democrat senator joe manchin with some claiming that he s doomed humanity. yes, doomed humanity. manchin pumping the brakes on half a trillion in climate spending. he says that they need to chill out. people criticizing me, i understand that. i understand their aspirations. i understand the criticism. don t you believe inflation is the number one thing in american right now hurting every human being? if they don t care about tha
behind the scenes. a specific meeting inside the white house is looming large. a meeting the committee says has been described to them as insane. a meeting that s preceded by hours, former president trump s tweet calling on supporters to be at a protest in jog on january 6th and that it would be wild. committee member jamie raskin who will lead today s hearing said when trump wrote this, he became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. committee says the hearing today will focus on how extremist groups were inspired by that tweet. how they mobilized in response, coming to washington that day. and also, what connections exist between trump s circle and these extremist groups. witnesses include rioter stephen ayres who talked about the civil war. and a former spokesperson for the oath keepers will also testify. we re also learning that the committee will reveal new information by members of congress to pressure fo