with all on this. sandra: a big line-up, but an economy in crisis. americans are looking for solutions to those surging gas prices and the highest inflation in decades. but it has democrats staring down a red wave in november as more and more voters are coming to the conclusion biden administration is not up to the task. hello, and welcome as we begin a brand-new week. sandra smith in new york. john: great to see you back after a long weekend. john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . the price of gasoline setting a record high the tenth day in a row, an average of $5 a gallon. the cost to fill up the tank up 103% since president biden took office. sandra: and people are certainly taking notice. those numbers putting democrats hopes in jeopardy in november, 83% of the american people in a new abc news poll say the economy is the top issue for them heading into the fall. now desperation setting in at the white house as word comes, president biden might
Its 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. May 8th, 2024. Our lead story this morning is a fox news alert. Cops in d. C. Clashing with protesters, arresting at least close to 3 dozen as they clear the encampment at George Washington university. [bleep] [bleep] [shouting] [bleep] [bleep] of course, all this happened just hours before d. C. s mayor and police chief head to capitol hill to testify about why they didnt clean things up. Steve, its just a coincidence. Probably right. Plus, a fox weather alert, tornadoes causing all kinds of chaos for our friends in the midwest, for a second day in a row. Even trapping 50 people inside a fedex facility and in a bit of a segue stretch. Stormy on the stand. The judge denying a mistrial but warning prosecutors during her prejudicial testimony and that the view by the way is giddy over the thought of donald trump going behind bars. I dont want this to sound like im doing wishful thinking. Yes. But, which prison would be best . What about Guantanamo Bay .
It is 7 00 a. M. On the east coast. Police clashing with protesters arresting at least 35 of them as they clear the encampment at George Washington university. [bleep] [bleep] get back [bleep] [bleep] this just hours before d. C. s mayor and the police chief are heading to the hill to testify about this. Brian plus, Happening Today, President Bidens campaign is in chicago in a new push to win over minority voters. This as yet another poll shows the president s poor performance with the key group. Steve thats not good for him. And after 144 years, the boy scouts is going to change its name from boy scouts to Scouting America because it is a move to be inclusive. We will include will and pete. They are going to go off the grid on that. Ainsley i bet they will. Steve yes they will. Second hour of fox friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. Its a fox news alert. Propalestinian protests in our Nations Capital turning violent this morning as officers begin t
government says it s investigating claims by a hackers that they have stolen the details of 560 million of its global customers. it could be a fresh crisis for the company s owner live nation whichjust last week was hit by a us government lawsuit accusing it of having a monopoly over the live music business and seeking to have it broken up. the bbc s monica miller is looking at this for us in singapore. this news just breaking, this newsjust breaking, what is the latest? we this newsjust breaking, what is the latest? is the latest? we know the u-rou is the latest? we know the grow) that is the latest? we know the group that emerged - is the latest? we know the group that emerged is - is the latest? we know the i group that emerged is named shiny hunters and online later they have stolen data including they have stolen data including the names, addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card details of customers and in the post it said the data was available for $500,0
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a trump sitdown with mueller. One, why trump fired fbi director james comey. Two, what trump said to comey about the investigation of former National Security adviser michael flynn. Tonight, bloomberg has also spoken to giuliani and also reports that those two topics are off limits. According to bloomberg, giuliani said, quote, if asked the president would tell the Special Counsel that he didnt urge comey to stop Investigating Flynn and Didnt Fire Comey to cut off his investigation into russian int