his burst is strong for political vengeance and he wants to stop jordan from issuing a subpoena to a key attorney in the d.a. s office. the judge denied a request for the restraining order setting a hearing next week. in bragg s lawsuit he claims jordan is perpetrating an unconstitutional attempt to undermine the case against donald trump. chairman jim jordan says bragg is trying to obstruct the congressional investigation and it is getting personal. alvin bragg used federal funds to indict a former president for no crime and then when we ask questions about it and want to investigate he takes us to court. we want to talk to someone who left the d.a. s office a year ago who wrote a book on this very subject. did all kinds of interviews. we aren t allowed to talk to him to do our duty. they are obstructing our constitutional duty to do oversight. harris: bryan llenas on the story for us today. in the lawsuit bragg s office is asking a federal judge to issue a court order
scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a
christina, let me start with you with nuts and bolt, where do things go from here and what we re seeing in the market so far. that had been a question mark. i guess i should reference your song. i saw the sign. they saw the sign the fed was going to hike. the markets are reacting positively at the moment. the dow is up 1%. you re seeing the nasdaq in positive territory. the s&p 500 in positive territory. the concerning point is jerome powell, the chair fed is speak and they changed course and became more aggressive once they received the inflation data we got last friday showing our prices have climbed 8.6%. that s the highest we have seen since 1981. because of that big jump in inflation, the fact it s continuing to climb higher, the fed needs to get more aggressive and seems like they are most likely going to continue on this trajectory even a month from now. that will have a trickle effect on the economy. he s still speaking at the moment but here is what he had to say
that s troubling. not only does china and grady reported that make most of the batteries, there is a reason for that. china controls the resources not only in china itself but also in africa. they ve been making deals there in terms of controlling mineral resources with governments for years. and try to get a mine in this country. this whole thing going electric requires massive amounts of mining to make that kind of change. and so it is just physically not doable. the administration the other day put in rules make lithium mine proposal mute in this country. they want to go electric but not supply the needs to do it and a real question whether going e.v. will help the environment when you see what it does to mining and ripping up the earth. harris: and grid problems in epic proper potions that we already have. we are already having them. they wrecked the grid by forcing the so-called renewables that don t really work very
corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a problem with tail pipe emissions in the united states. it s a war on the car. e.p.a. says the rules would cut 9 billion tons of co-2 emission through 2055. but critics point to problems with the country s electric grid as seen during last year s winter storm in texas and california s summer blackouts. and they warn it will deliver huge profits to china which controls the rare earth mineral market needed for ev batteries. administration the other day put in rules make lithium mine proposal moot in this country. climate goals while also moving forward on its other goal of reducing reliance on china. this proposal doesn t kick in until model year 2027. in the meanwhile, when you look at the benefits of this proposal, from an energy security standpoint, this will reduce our dependency on foreign