to increase oil production. most experts say biden s plan will make inflation worse. even some democrats don t support it, but apparently no one told joe that. calling on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days through the busy summer season, busy travel season, to the company s running gas stations and setting those prices at the pump this is a time of war, global peril, ukraine. these are not normal times. bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you are paying for the product. do it now. do it today. i m doing my part. i want the congress and states and industries to do their part as well. biden always using this speech to bash his usual suspects for soaring inflation, republicans and vladimir putin. i know my republican friends claim we re not producing enough oil and i m limiting oil production. quite frankly that s nonsense. for all those republicans in congress criticizing me today for high gas prices in america,
centers and churches across the country. the pro abortion group jane s revenge is behind many of these targeted attacks. the group is now apparently declaring open season on pro lifers. the attorney general a facing growing criticism for the doj s inaction. and now tom cotton is calling for merrick garland to resign. he said if you re unwilling to protect americans from these attacks, you should resign. he said you should resign in any case. now the doj is taking action. they re now investigating these crimes. rob, since may 2020, over 130 incidents have occurred across 29 states and the direct of columbia. this is out of control. until now, dead silence from the attorney general. yeah, i think that we have so sort of draw a direct line between what is going on now and 2020. we re two years out of the summer of love. remember when rioters destroyed cities across the country? this inaction emboldened them. even so far kamala harris tweeting out a bail fund to bail out th
the country after he certified the 2020 election results for president biden. they held dueling rallies last night. that s why we re in the fight for the soul of our state. we re doing this for a reason. we got more wood to chop. let s bring this home. i m asking for your vote and your help and your support. this has been a race of people versus politicians. you see pence coming in and all the other governors, the rhino establishment politicians, career politicians coming to georgia to make their case. we ve taken our message to the people. i m running against an incumbent governor struggling to get to 50%. harris: the winner takes on unopposed democrat stacey abrams and it could mean a rematch with governor kemp who won in 2018. abrams is still hearing it from angry voters after she called georgia the worst state to live in. i wouldn t say it s the worst place to live in. i lived in chicago and i think it s a lot more expensive and a lot more dangerous to live in.
carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with congressman madison cawthorn, as trump s pick in that race is voted out. steve kornacki is standing by to break down the results from last night s top races and what they mean. and developing overnight, finland and sweden formally submit their applications to join nato. we will be joined in our third hour by sweden s ambassador to the u.s. and clint watts will take us to the maps at this hour. plus, another sign the justice department is expanding its investigation into the january 6 attack of the capital. it s now trying to get access to the transcripts of witnesses who have met with the congressional committee, investigating the insurrection. we ll bring in one of the reporters who broke that story. and president biden consoles those who lost loved ones in the deadly mass shooting in buffalo, as he vows to, quote, expose the people who use powerful platforms to spread hate. jonathan lemire has some new re
By spf, has testified in his own defence. Faces several charges including defrauding his customers as much as 10 billion. Charges that he has denied. My colleague erin delmore has the latest. It was a stunning beginning. This is the most eagerly awaited moment in this trial. We expect that he would take their trial in front of a jury today. That was surprise number one. Judge lewis kaplan dismissed the jury, saying there is something they need to work out. He then told the rest of us that there were topic areas that the defence wanted to introduce. He admitted it was an unconventional way to move forward. He said his solution was to hear it for his ears only, so they did put Sam Bankman Fried on the stand. He answered questions from his own defence lawyers, but the jury wasnt in the room. A lot focused on what advice from lawyers made mr bankman fried think his companys actions were legal. They got to the research of Customer Funds and the loans that Alameda Research doled out to mr ba