are in pennsylvania, aishah hasnie in georgia and alexis mcadams is following the new york governor s race. first to rich edson live for us in pittsburgh. rich. reporter: good evening, jon. well, i guess western pennsylvania s going to have to be big enough for two former prime ministers. first it was former president obama, now 40 miles away and about an hour from now you re going to get former president trump. he will be campaigning in latrobe, pennsylvania, for a number of republican candidates including dr. mehmet oz who s running for senate and doug mastriano who s running for governor here. he has supported oz since the republican primary. he was the one, the former president, babbed in that backed in that primary in mayment. oz has trained his campaign on crime and inflation. mortgage rates are through the roof. couples all over the commonwealth, new families are worried about crime in their communities, and they re worried about fentanyl in their mailboxes. it d
the questions swirling around the commander in chief from supporters, independents and now the media as the president shocks the world once again this week with his own cancer diagnosis, leaving the white house to clean up yet another mess. that s why i and so damn many people i grew up with have cancer and why delaware has the highest cancer rate in the nation. maria: coming up, ben carson on new worries over monkeypox and polio. plus, hook or crook, joe biden claims he will push his climate spending and tax plan through. coming up, california congressman ro khanna on who is taking responsibility for the democrats failed climate change agenda. plus, what biden s record low approval numbers mean for america expect white house now. then, president trump campaigning for kari lake in arizona over the weekend. and look what has happened to our country in less than two years. our country is like a different, like a different place. it s so sad to see. but first, we have to wi
questions so to be answered on that front. a lot of questions still to be answered. and in a new column for the washington post, ruth marcus writes, quote, a select committee has performed a vital public service by amassing the record it has, amidst the place to continue. especially for those who doubted that this enterprise was worth the effort is the critical role of congressional oversight, for posterity as well as the president. but another lesson, one manifested during watergate, is that oversight has its limits. federal prosecutors possess unrivaled power to assemble evidence, and about testimony overcoming bogus assertions of privilege, and granting immunity when warranted. our justice department officials preparing to deploy that authority, when it comes to the events surrounding january 6th? joining me now to discuss, msnbc contributor and former u.s. attorney, joyce alene joyce vance. she is now a law professor at university of alabama. also with us, national co
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
griff: anita, great to see you. let s kick things off with lucas tomlinson from the white house. the labor department issuing a brutal report saying inflation is getting worse not better. in los angeles president biden says it s not just putin that s responsible, but exxon as well for 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 the reason they re not drilling, they re buying back their own stock. exxon made more money than god this year. when president biden was sworn into office he had a 57% approval rating, gas was just 2.39 a gallon. today s approval rating was presume plummeted to 39%, some lower in some polls. and gas nationwide soared across the country and the president s popularity has gone down. president obama once told him his popularity was tied to the price of gasoline and it s happening once again toda