spending pools, that move is gonna force desantis to file paperwork within the next 15 days. that s officially acknowledging his intentions to run for president for the first time. even though he hasn t officially announced yet, he has been acting like a presidential candid for several weeks. yesterday, travel to the early republican primary state of iowa. where he attended a pair of events and met with voters. super pac backing him had to santa s 2024 signs, merchandise available yesterday s event and during a speech, he turned his attention to the election. as bad as things are going right now, if things do not go well for us republicans in 2024 it s gonna get a whole lot worse. we must reject the culture of losing that isn t affected our party in recent years. the time for extra races is over. we gotta demonstrate the courage to lead and the strength to win. if we do that, if we make 2024 election a referendum on joe biden and his failures. if we provide a positive alt
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
world, it is wednesday, june 8th. cnn has learned the most prominent republican in the senate supports raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon like an ar-15 from 18 to 216789 mitch mcconnell has said that in private we are told, but he won t say it in public, and it is not likely to be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks heat up between democrats and republicans. republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming said two weeks ago that she doubted that any plan to curb violence would be welcome in her pro-gun state. now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. let s bring in cnn s pamela brown about some of the latest reporting we re hearing on these negotiations and where this discussion goes from here. what are you learning, pam? so i m learning, me and my colleague manu raju have learned that the senate minority leader mitch mcco
constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. as negotiations continue, cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju pressed lawmakers about ar-15s and why people need them and he got a range of responses. here it is. why do you think that people need to have ar-15s in this country in. you re talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. people who are law abiding citizens are in good mental health and aren t a threat to the public. in my state, they use them to shoot prairie dogs and other types of varmints, so i think there are legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. that s used for sporting events, for sporting activities all the time. why not raise the age to 21 for people buying semi-automatic rifles? we re talking about a lot of things, and what we re talking about most are background checks, juvenile records, the areas where we can get consensus, that came into the discussion. but right now we re trying to work on things w
i am thinking about that drawer you just described. at home it s filled with those cords. oddly enough, they are never where i need them when i need them. there is that little problem. it s a common problem for us, my friend. you have a great show, i will be watching. thanks, ali. well, matthew mcconaughey did something at the white house press briefing room today that we have never seen before. we have seen visitors step up to the podium. we have occasionally seen actors do that. but what s matthew mcconaughey had to say in the white house briefing room today may turn out to be the most important speech that an actor has ever given. and i mean ever. because it might it just might save lives. it might it might stop a school shooting or more than one school shooting in the future, if it helps move washington. helps them and act new laws on washing gun safety. it was matthew mcconaughey as you ve never seen him before, standing there with no makeup, no help, no ligh