The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Speak out on the stuff that you know . And they have shifted gears so much on that, i think that its interesting to say its from that investigation that develops, but at best, he spoke too soon. So the president has said he wants this russia thing to go away, he wants people to stop talking about it, stop asking about it, but hes the one whos bringing it up. So here we are a couple of months away from the midterm elections, so how important is it to get out in front, change the narrative, when the president keeps bringing it up. Every day, the news of the day is dictated by what the president tweets. One thing we can all appreciate about the president s twitter account, is that we dont not know what hes thinking in the more. I think as we were talking about in the previous segment, republicans want to talk about the economy, they want to talk
about jobs, the Unemployment Rate and yet the president is talk about other
join with 20 other attorneys general in the obama requiring car companies to work toward higher fuel standards, if the trump administration freezes it, it would join a long list of obama initiatives the white house has reversed. here s cnn correspondent nick watt. freezing a major plank of president obama s immigration pillar could be a long legal road for president trump. the earth is not flat and climate change is real. can someone please inform the folks at the white house? already 20 state attorneys general say they will challenge the administration s new emissions proposal to trim fuel economy standards. the ag from fix e
we re developing a near 100-year supply of natural gas. that s something that we expect could support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. and that s why we ve worked with the private sector to develop a high-tech car battery that costs half as much as other batteries and can go up to 300 miles on a single charge. think about that. that will save you some money at the pump. and that is why we are helping companies like this one right here and plants like this one right here to make more cars and trucks that use less oil. when i ran for office, i went to detroit and gave a speech to automakers where i promised that i was going to raise fuel standards on our cars so that they d go further on a gallon of gas. i said we should do the same thing on trucks. i have to tell you when i said it, i didn t get a lot of applause in the room because there was a time when automakers were resisting higher fuel standards, because change isn t easy. but you know what? after three d
so, there are some unique qualities in this particular gas price increase, isn t there? yeah, you know, you see in many gasoline price spikes, but what singles this out. it s occurring much earlier in the season before the summer blends are refined and often cause the price rises in the spring and summer driving season. take a look at the chart now. the steady rise in prices the last few weeks, and national average price rose 12 cents in the last week alone and now standing at 3.65. much higher than the national average from a year ago, 3.23 a gallon. and the administration repeatedly said it s based on all of the above strategies and alternative energy, conservation and higher fuel standards/or drilling. here is the president. that s why under my administration, america s producing more oil per day than at any time in the last eight years. in 2010, our dependence on
that is up nearly 3 cents from just yesterday. meanwhile, president obama and the g.o.p. both tackling gas prices in what is sure to be a fiery campaign issue. in the race for the white house. doug mcelway is live for us from washington with more. hi, doug. reporter: good evening, to you, heather. what makes the gasoline price rise unusual is that it is occurring much earlier in the season than the typical spike we see from the transition to summer gasoline blends. look at the chart. it shows the steady rise of prices over the last few weeks, the national average price rose 12 cents, in the last week alone, much higher than the national average of a year ago, which was $3.23, at this point of the year. the administration has repeatedly said that the energy approach is based upon and all of the above strategy. alternative and clean energy, conservation, higher fuel standards and more drilling. president barack obama: that is why under my administration america is producing more oil