adjust for inflation price right side not actually at record highs, but what is the white house plan for handling soaring prices and inflation that are affecting americans so severely. joining us is gene sperling, he is currently the white house american rescue plan coordinator and a senior advisor to president biden. he was a national economic council adviser in the clinton administration. gene, let s talk about maybe what can be done to take some of the edge off here. is another release of more barrels from the strategic reserve a possibility here? look, we re trying to do everything we can. you know, when you are talking about looking in real inflation adjusted terms, the day that putin moved troops to the border of belarus gas prices were at $3.31, that was actually below the average that we had over the last decade. as you say, it s now $4.97, that is $1.60 that s over $1.60 tax, putin tax, on the american pu public. little comfort that it s higher for families in
we have a date for when kids under the age of five may be eligible for a covid vaccine get your calendars ready. the platinum jubilee for queen elizabeth ii. the royal family gathers. harry and meghan are there, but it s the queen s great-grandson, four-year-old prince louis, who steals the show. tonight, what we re learning about why the 96-year-old monarch will miss a major part of her celebration. gas prices up 52 cents in just a month. will a big announcement from the world s oil producers help at the pump? protecting the nation s food supply. why a group of scientists hope these killer bugs could help. and we end tonight with the inspiring story of a mother of nine children who just graduated from medical school, planning to become a neurosurgeon. tonight, her message to others: follow your dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us
covid vaccine. get your calendars ready. the platinum jubilee for queen elizabeth ii, the royal family gathers, harry and meghan are there but it s the queen s great-grandson 4-year-old prince louis who steals the show. why the 96-year-old monarch will miss a major part of her celebration. gals prices up 52 cents in just a month. will a big announcement from the world s oil producers help at the pump? protecting the nation s food supply, why a group of scientists hope these killer bugs could help. and we end tonight with the inspiring story of a motherov nine children who just graduated from medical school, planning to become a neurosurgeon. tonight, her message to others, follow your dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. as we come on the air, president biden is preparing to address the nation. you re looking at live pictures at the the w
not good. the average american household made less than $70,000 in 2020. think about how they will pay for that. you are watching fox and friends first. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. americans endure the most expensive memorial day on record. gas prices in california topping $8 per gallon. listen here. $140 to fill up my van, that is crazy. we re from florida on vacation. i printd and posted on social media, this is crazy. carley: appropriate reaction from the man in red. here is more on the economic disaster. good morning. the cost of gas hitting another high, not good news as school gets out and many americans hitting the road. $4.67, now 50% from a year ago. in washington, three words you don t hear often, i was wrong. the secretary downplayed inflation in october calling it transitory. i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy. yesterday biden hosting th
used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. this photo of two ar style rifles was posted on an instagram account tied to the gunman. just three days before tuesday s shooting. authorities are still trying to identify the victims, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn is in texas with more. reporter: late into the night, many family members were at a civic center in uvalde, texas. learning the grim news that their children didn t survive the shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, earlier on tuesday. a families were told to go to the civic ner where they could be reunited with their children. but as the hours have dragged on, many of the people left at the civic center are the parents and families of the at least 19 children that were murdered. senselessly on tuesday. we were told that authorities are using dna swabs of family members and parents to help ide