americans a break. but tonight, lawmakers, including many democrats with serious reservations. cecilia vega at the white house. tonight, the new images, the moments that passenger plane landed in miami. the landing gear failing. the plane catching on fire and tonight, images from inside the plane. and how old was that plane? sitting in a new mexico desert for years, then brought back into service. gio benitez covers aviation. the dramatic rescue in ukraine. a u.s. nuclear scientist escaping from russian-controlled mariupol, hiding in that city for nearly four months. james longman from ukraine tonight. the devastating earthquake in afghanistan. more than 1,000 people killed. the 5.9 leveling villages. maggie rulli reporting tonight. after the school shooting in uvalde, the schumermarket shooting in buffalo, news tonight on that bipartisan gun safety deal. will there be enough republicans in the senate to get this through? and tonight, republican leaders in the house a
bit of breathing room as we continue working to bring down prices for the long haul. reporter: the national average is now just under $5 a gallon. in los angeles, evelyn vargas, a mother of four, struggling. we don t know what to do, because the prices are increasing every single day. reporter: the president wants to suspend the gas tax for three months, which would save drivers about 18 cents a gallon, or $2.76 to fill up a 15-gallon tank. he also wants to suspend the roughly 24-cent per gallon tax on diesel. but the plan already faces stiff opposition on capitol hill, with many republicans dismissing it as a midterm election year gimmick. and even some democrats are skeptical. i m not a yes right now, that s for sure. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi concerned oil companies, not consumers, could benefit most. president biden blaming the rising fuel costs on the war in ukraine. and he s now calling on states to suspend their own gas taxes, too. and the white house callin