coming right up. sandra: begin america reports with the supreme court striking down a new york gun law that could have far-reaching implications for the nation s largest cities. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: john roberts in washington, welcome to the thursday edition of america reports. justices ruling 6-3, harder to carry a concealed handgun in public if you live in new york and similar laws in other big states will likely be challenged as a result of today s decision. this as the nation awaits another major ruling on abortion, sparked protests outside the home of conservative justices and attacks on pro life centers across the country. sandra: the latest incident in jackson, michigan, 80 miles west of detroit. congressman says several windows were broken and the front door smashed at the building he shares with a pro life group and the vandals left their calling card in a spray painted message on a sign outsid
federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden s problem few democrats don t see the point. i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to bring down prices at the pump. but evidently didn t nail down lawmaker support before making the public plea and congress is lukewarm. house speaker nancy pelosi writing: we will see where the consensus lies on a path forward. democrat senator joe manchin indicated the votes may not be there at all telling abc. i m not a yes right now that s for sure. even if congress gets on board, there is nothin
tomorrow. charles: the rules are going to change. he promised he would change the rules. who would invest in that environment. sandra: and this is jen granholm to bring prices down. the only way out of the boom and bust cycles is to break that sole reliance, diversifying our fuel sources by deploying clean energy. sandra: she maintains the only way out is clean energy. finish with this and quick thought on it, charles. this is the energy industry pleading with the president, inviting him to visit u.s. energy sites ahead of going to saudi arabia to ask for help. before you board air force one for the middle east we hope you will consider taking another look at made in america energy. u.s. energy reserves, produced to among the highest environmental standards in the world, are theens an in the global quest for reliable energy supplies. that s not what s happening. he s not going to visit those
energy secretary say this. i will play the soundbite. bret: okay. there is some nice pictures but the energy secretary said this. hold on. our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels. we will feel these price shocks again. the only way out of these boom and bust cycles is to break that sole reliance and that means diversifying our fuel sources by deploying clean energy. bret: aren t they saying really what the goal is there? it is a goal. it s a long-term goal, bret. we have 2 million a little more than 2 million electric vehicles on the road. 270 million vehicles. that s the fleet you have to replace. that s a 20-year process at best. that s not a tomorrow solution. bret: okay. kevin, as always thank you. thanks for having me.
failing to do the single thing it s supposed to do, which is to channel the money of savers into productive investment. $8 trillion of cash on the sidelines. you have boom and bust cycles, the worst crisis for 70 years. to me, the thing upstream of this is reforming and not further deregulating finance. tom, founder of staples, i enjoyed our time together. thanks a lot. thanks for having me. news about how the coke brothers are using their company to round up votes for romney.