tonight. a walkout by 60,000 workers could derail the u.s. economy. the biden administration is considering executive action to avoid a shutdown. let s get the latest from cnn s pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the brakes on a possible rail worker strike that could deal a major blow to the economy. bosses representing unions and railroads met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting everything from parts for cars to fertilizer for farming. transportation is a big part of the cost to the consumer and i don t believe there s one person in the country that it won t affect. reporter: starting thursday, some railroads will stop accepting shipments of grain critical to feed livestock and drivin
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two
In my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence, and i hope he gets it. I hope they throw away the key and he never comes out. Never to do this to anybody else again. Paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence when he attends court tomorrow. The maximum punishment is life in prison. Jeremy cook, bbc news. And join huw edwards for the bbc wales leaders debate. Applause good evening, noswaith dda, a warm welcome to the sse Swalec Stadium in the heart of the welsh Capitalfor A Special Live election debate, and welcome to people across the uk watching on the bbc news channel. This is where well be spending the next 90 minutes, testing the pledges and ambitions of five Political Parties in wales. As voters prepare to visit the Polling Stations on thursday of next week, well be exploring some of the biggest issues featuring in this campaign, from the challenges of the Brexit Process ahead to the questions raised by the terrible events in Manchester Last week. We asked th
Struggling with a shortage of attorneys, the Flathead County Attorney’s Office received approval last week to draw on the state Department of Justice for help prosecuting a trio of homicide cases.