now closed on another critical primary day. results are coming in just as we are coming on the air. steve kornacki is breaking all down for the big board. and only two days away from the first january six hearing. new reporting about the former presidents plans. that sent secret service scrambling that day. plus the emotional and powerful plea from uvalde native, matthew mcconaughey. to get something, anything done, on gun safety. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we are 154 days out from the midterm elections. and tonight, we are tracking all the results from the biggest primary day so far this year. seven states held contests today from new jersey to california. where the polls have just close. all eyes are on two key elections there. the race to be mayor of los angeles. the leading candidates, six from congresswoman karen bass, and billionaire developer rick caruso. in the ballot measure to recall progressi
attention? is there an economic hurricane coming? the president admits there are limits to what he can do to fight inflation. the idea we re going to be able to bring town the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near term. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. politics. i m abby phillip. in uvalde, portraits of grief are impossible to escape. the funerals of the 22 victims began this week, and makeshift memorials continue to grow at the scene, bringing family and friends of the victims, even mariachi bands comforted the grieving. since uvalde, though, 12 days ago, there have been at least 26 mass shootings in this country, including in philadelphia just last night where three people were killed and 11 more were wounded. and now, families are calling on washington to do something to curb the seemingly endless stream of gun violence. on capitol hill, senators are considering small changes, like addressing mental health and joe biden
tropical storm system closing in on florida. it s bringing heavy rain. there s already some flooding, as you can see, from these pictures we re getting in. there are 10 million people under tropical storm warnings right now. the timing and potential impact coming up. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations that are under way today. we are so grateful you re starting your weekend with us. it s saturday, january 4th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about the two former trump administration officials. they will not face charges for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. now the department of justice says it won t indictment former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former jeopardy chief of staff dan scavino. it could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of
joe biden seems to think our economy has never been better. earlier today he strode in from the beach and announced that america is on the move. we laid an economic foundation historically strong and i were moving forward to a new moment where we can build on that foundation. the challenges on the phone minds of most working families are prices at the pump, the prices at the grocery store, an both of these challenges have been directly exacerbated by th boot more in ukraine. prices are up $1.40 since the beginning of the year when he began amassing troops at the border. this is the prudent price hike. his war has raised the price of food, because ukraine and russi our two of the worlds major. baskets. they cannot quit russia, russia, russia. as you can see, joe biden wants all of the credit with none of the blame. it s no wonder the world s richest man has a super bad feeling and quote about the state of the economy. according to our incredibly intelligent president, eve go
there s a need for bold action to fight is pandemic. we re still facing a very dark winter situation and when it comes to gas prices, we re going through an incredible transition that is taking place and god willing, when it sng over , we ll be stronger w. the idea we re going to be able to, you know, quick switch, bring down the cost of gasoline is not likely in the near termik . we aren t likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had over this past year. that s a good thing. yeah, that s a good thing. and remember, record high gas prices are good too because it means that more of you are going to be forced to take out a loan to buy some electricff car that you can t afford and you don t want the fact that americans are getting poorer under biden s kind of european style socialism. it s also a good thing as far as the elites are concerned. let s face it, they ve always preferred countries like france and germany over the united states an