here s louise lear. hi there. we quite literally have had everything bar the kitsch sink so far this march. it is often nope as the transition from winter into spring and it can be turbulent so i want to start off with a snapshot of newcastle throughout the week, this could be any city across the country, and look at this roller coaster ride. today mild wet and windyer tomorrow the cold air is set to return, we could see further wintry showers and then mild wet and windy by the time we head towards the weekend. what an earth is going off? well, at the moment this is frontal system is the dividing line between very mild and very windy weather down to the south and some what colder with a northerly component returning and pushing down from scotland, that is going to move steadily southwards as we go through the remendser of day. yes it is rain and snow, across scotland, at the moment, it is a showery mix, some of the showers sharp, across england and wales, and northern ireland
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
to torrestaurants in italy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with ken brunhuber. there s a growing sense of urgency among members of congress ahead of monday s second hearing on the january 6 insurrection. they say their investigation paints a tdamning portrait of former president trump. trump and his supporters have been pushing back hard against the narrative. we get more from jessica sh th needer in washington. reporter: they set the stage tor for what s to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings, while the former president is responding to this. the president responded with this sentiment. maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. reporter: today trump responding. i never said or even thought of saying hang mike pence . this is either a made-up story from someone looking to be a star or fake news. we want trump! reporter: and his months-long efforts to discredit the election, leading to what t
but first to connell mcshane to where you re paying more at the store. bryan: we haven t seen these types of price increases in 40 plus years. anybody that has put together the family barbecue this weekend knows about that. going out to eat at a restaurant, that used to hit americans the hardest. we have seen a 7% increase in an index of what they called food away from home. but it s heading to the grocery store. food at home prices are up by 11%. it s the largest one-year jump since 1980. the ground beef for the burgers, up 16.5%. from 4.10 to $4.92 a pound. chicken, huge increase. the cost of boneless check breast up more than $1 a pound. 36%. we found these concerns almost always are top of mind. prices are gone up. there s so much going on. it s a hot mess right now. all the prices going up. eggs are going up 22 cents. milk is going up. puts a bill on everybody that has a family. higher food prices are not uniquely american, we should point out. the u.n. says the
this is about hungry babies. hungry babies and parents. i never thought i would see this in the united states. we ve been struggling as parents to find formula now for months. this is a top priority. president biden says getting baby formula to american families is a top priority. now getting the u.s. military involved. welcome. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. with us now, pentagon press secretary john kirby. thanks for joining us. now that the president has in fact invoked this act, what is the role? how will the military respond? right now the principle job for the military will be to work with hhs, the department of agriculture, the fda to help provide contract commercial air to move formula from overseas, particularly europe to the united states. we re working in close consultation with those agencies to better determine what the requirement is and we ll work with our contract commercial air carriers to actually go pick up the baby fo