announce their participation. one of them former vice president mike pence submitted his government forms today. correspondent mark meredith is on the story tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening, like you said, it s getting bigger by the day. the three men jumping into the race this week are all former prominent trump supporters. clear candidates feel more comfortable taking on the frontrunner. the question remains will republicans want an alternative next year. hello, iowa. former vice president mike pence is challenging donald trump for the demonstration. today pence filed his paperwork with the fec and will formally roll out his campaign in iowa on wednesday. republican primary voters are going to look at the field, think very deeply about who can best carry our message and carry majorities to victory. pence will face considerable competition including from south carolina senator tim scott who tonight is generating considerable buzz after appearing on
cathedral. this is as you say his first visit here as king. his 40th visit to northern ireland, and his car pulled up, his window was a little bit down, he was behind the barriers, a few feet away and i was so struck by the way that the way the king waved at the crowd before he was even out of the car and he was opened the door and was out and he waved. this is sort of not the way perhaps people have thought of the monarchy in the past, it is somewhat stuffy and a little bit aloof. this was a king connecting with the people of his country. he was met by the lord lieutenant on the steps of the cathedral here. introduced so some other local dignitaries. but even as he walked up those few steps into this old cathedral here, the cathedral that is known for being a cross community cathedral, even as he walked up the steps before he went in, he turned and his queen consort camilla waved again at the crowd before they went in. and it is expected, you are hearing the trumpets playing
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
times, president biden has on both profits and about leases. take a listen. have you noticed big oil just reported its profits, record profits. last year they made $200 billion in the midst of a global energy crisis. they have 9,000 permits to drill now. they could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year. so, from the industry s perspective, can you respond to those two statements that really do make their way into a lot of speeches? we are in a commodity business. commodity market set prices. during covid the industry lost a lot of money. as we have come out of covid, we have been on the other side of that, so it s a big industry, the numbers can be large but they can go in both directions and they can go there quickly. the 9,000 permit point we really haven t heard that much lately. we don t have any understanding of where that comes from. we are not. bret: zero. we are not sitting on permits