today. first, here we go again. gas prices on the rise. the white house appears powerless to stop it. don t say we didn t warn you. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. big welcome back to sandra. sandra: couldn t think of a better way to start my tuesday with william hemmer. here we go. i m sandra smith, this is america s newsroom. enter the president s strategy of tapping the strategic oil reserves appears to be falling flat. we re watching gas prices up to $3.80 at the national average. if you live out west, that probably sounds like a steal. bill: california gets the worst, $6.41 a gallon ahead of an opec meeting tomorrow that could make prices higher. this hurts the poor people of california. california has the highest poverty rate in the nation. poor people in california are not the ones driving electric cars. they are in gas-powered gars and paying through the nose. this all started on day one of the administration when he ended america s energy independence.
along. dana: it s the brand-new fox news power rankings predicting republicans will win 225 house seats. it would give the gop a seven seat majority. bill: factor in the toss-up seats. many by the way. that margin could grow to as high as 37 as of today. dana: feeling that potential red wave is a lack of enthusiasm for the president and his policies. that is me having the gift of understatement. a new poll shows a mere 13% of americans say the country is on the right track. bill: more than 60% of democrats do not want joe biden as the party s nominee come 2024. dana: we re covering this from washington and we kick it off today. when we talk about the nomination, we have to talk about age. right now president biden is preparing for his trip to the middle east which is controversial in its own right but this trip was originally supposed to be combined with his visit the europe next month. 10 days was considered too taxing for the 79 yeerd. peter baker wrote mr. bide
there is a lot going on right now. but the idea we are going to be able to flip a switch to bring down the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near term nor is regard with food. paul: joined the palace week also journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel. at editorial page writer monet. before we get to inflation just want to take a quick word about the jobs report on friday at 390,000 new jobs, higher than many expected. the job market is pretty good, very solid. but there is still this unhappiness people have with the economy right now. how do you explain the disconnect? personally jobs numbers i think we can say guess they re a little stronger than a lot of people anticipated. but still this number represents a drop off at the pace of hardwood seen over the course of the past year or so. that is would been the biden administration only bragging point about the economy because inflation has run so high which means that wages actually down in real terms. that is
Welcome to the journal editorial report, im Edward Lawrence in for paul. Donald trumps New York Criminal Trial Ajuniored for the week on thursday with the prosecutions star witness, mike cohen, undergoing a bruising crossexamination if by the defense. Trump attorney todd blanche trying to paint cohen as a serial liar with a grudge with against the former president. Here with a look at all of this Courtroom Drama and where the case is likely to go is Wall Street Journal columnists kim strassel and bill mcgurn as well as Editorial Board member kyle peterson. So, kim, i want to talk to you first. From what weve been seeing here, there are questions over whether the t. A. Actually provea crime. But you have a favorable judge, you have a favorable new york pool there. There may be a case for an appeal, but the damage if theres a conviction is already done politically, right . Excuse me, yes. No, i think you make a really good point, and this is what they have been aiming at doing ever since
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