biden desperately tries to deal with the skyrocketing inflation fueled at least partly, maybe greatly by record gasoline prices. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today president biden brushed off a gloomy forecast from former president obama s secretary larry summers says it s more likely than not that we will see a recession by the end of next year. biden has a different outlook after he says he spoke with larry summers this morning. but the white house is finding creative ways to ease pain at the pump. with sky high gas prices, team biden is reconsidering aned in they first tabled sending americans rebate cards. also eyeing a gas tax holiday. i hope i have a decision based on data i m looking for by the end of the week. a short-term solution one industry ceo says runs counter to the administration s broader strategy. they were really focused on demand destru
sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that wera show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality skpr, and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang onto power. but imagine just b
imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that were a show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality , and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang onto power. but imagine just because the attackers were americans, well, that didn t change the duty of the president. it didn t change the duty of the officers to protect congress and
i m jake tapper. just hours away from the first 2022 hearing from the house collect committee investigating the january 6th attack. in primetime this evening, they will present findings that they say prove president donald trump was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. this hearing, it s not just about the mob that stormed the capitol that day. this hearing is about a months-long campaign to undermine democracy in the united states of america. a president desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. even though a willingness to take away legal votes from american voters. this evening, we re expected to hear excerpts from taped testimony from some of trump s closest supporters, and also family members. and live testimony from a u.s. capitol police officer, who was severely injured fighting off the maga mob. also testimony from a documentary filmmaker who was embedded with the group the proud boys. membe
to the parents i say i m sorry. i tried my best. it s what i was told to do. please don t be angry with me. new charges from the biden justice department. the proud boys top leaders face ten counts including seditious conspiracy for allegedly directing the storming of the capitol. and shifting politics of crime and prices. san francisco voters decide whether to dere call a liberal prosecutor, and one hopes a tougher on crime message gives him a shot to be the next mayor of los angeles. up first, an important white house meeting as gun reform talks enter a critical stage. a democratic senator murphy, telling reporters there are no artificial timelines far deal and he says president biden is giving him space to broker a pact with senate republicans. but already what is possible seems more and more narrow. republicans say one democratic idea, raising the legal buying age to 21 for semi automatic reps is unlikely to get enough republican support. today senator murphy says d