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
and so much more in the xfinity app! and don t miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. let s go to you first here. get the reaction from the president, to this major development. and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members
Shes great well, from sharing the stage, stage fright to taking the stand, a nervous any motion . Phil hope, pick spaces for longtime boss and friend donald trump in court. Welcome to a Special Edition of Laura Coates Live alongside abby phillip, right here in new york. And it was a dream madix de in the manhattan courtroom for trump, who now is seven days sitting and Hearing Testimony in his criminal trial. And you know, today i got to see it in with my own eyes and let me just tell you, when she was speaking, the president and missouri and myself were listening very intently and yes, she did cry on the stand. Now ill tell you what happened there and just the moment, but what the defense is is the answer to the final question she was asked here my transcript in 2017, while you were focused on your job at the white house, you didnt have anything to do with the Business Records of the Trump Organization. Some 200, 200 plus miles away from new york city. Did you her answer no so hicks, t
thank you john and sandra, good afternoon, and for martha maccallum, this is the story . we are live out of the trump trial in downtown manhattan where the jury is still awaiting right now behind closed doors, the former president charged with falsifying business records to cover up a payment to born stars stormy daniels before the 2016 election he s facing up to five years in prison on each count and he says you did nothing illegal. mr. trump: mother teresa could not meet those charges, this whole thing is rigged. where the judges so conflicted he cannot breathe, he has to do his job. it s a disgrace and i mean that. mother teresa cannot be those charges but we will see. the five cohosted judges with me here at the courthouse, what has struck you, in the final argument, the jury instructions now we wait. judge jeanine: so much that strikes me, on the one hand up and saying continuously that michael cohen it is the linchpin of this case, the judge gave an instruction
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Disapprove. The numbers are shifting for the president . Talked about it for a long time. A bit of narrow casting. But this is about as narrow casting as it gets. Willie, all i can say for donald trump and republicans who are hoping, like a special election in ohio tonight, the republicans hoping that hes somehow going to get them over the finish line, even in strongly republican districts lie this ohio 12. They better hope that their small slice of the electorate comes out, because, i mean, donald trump is sacrificing just about every other group in america for this one group of white, noncollege educated voters that, again, just there just arent enough to get him over the top or to get his candidates over the top in