inflation as bizarre. this as the dow takes another plunge. we have fox team coverage. susan li in new york tells us what s going on with the markets. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, mike. in the president s first interview of any kind with a reporter since february and first print interview since may of last year, he says he thinks the reason that people are upset from this country right now is the pandemic and he says he does not believe a recession is inevitable. tackling inflation is my number one priority. also today he claimed that inflation isn t his part. the a.p. writes in an interview the president bristled at claims by republican lawmakers that last year s covid-19 plan was to blame for inflation reaching a 40 year high calling that argument bizarre. his treasury secretary it did contribute. that spending produced excellent rewards for americans at most it contributed modestly to inflati
another prisoner swap? then, the same kind of technology used for the best covid vaccines, mrna, is showing promise in treating other conditions, including some cancers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. prices are up and the stock market is down. president biden is trying to put a positive spin on the economy, today insisting that tackling the worst inflation the u.s. has seen in decades remains a top priority. during a speech in front of the afl-cio in philadelphia, the president touted his administration s coronavirus relief efforts, record new job creation, and low unemployment levels. sure, but that s likely little consolation to the millions of americans paying record prices for everything from food to gasoline. especially as many economists predict the federal reserve will drastically hike interest rates tomorrow to try to get control of the inflation. president biden will try to address one of those crises, gas prices, now avera
horrific state of mass shootings including racist attack in buffalo, new york and massacre of 19 children and two teachers at grade school in uvalde, texas, any new legislation would need at least 60 votes to pass in the senate and simple majority in the house. associate editor of the wall street journal and fox news contributor john busse is standing for analysis but first we go to lucas tomlinson with breaking news. lucas: moments ago the white house putting out a statement from president biden saying that this is a proposal, i want to thank chris murphy especially cornyn synema, there s the word again. does not do everything that i think is needed but reflects important steps in the direction. every day passes more children are at risk to be killed from mass shootings or shootings across the country. in 2020 there were 21,000 murders and after spade of mass shootings, buffalo, uvalde, chattanooga and philadelphia. our colleague mike emanuel has put up news, gop republican
a gas station in l.a. paul, how are people reacting to these very high gas prices in california? reporter: they re reacting with shock and they re in agony. if you look behind me, this gas station is considered a discount at $6.09 a gallon. as you articulated, here in california the average now, $6.42. what drives all of this, california has an extremely high gas tax at 51 cents per gallon. these taxes used to improve roads and infrastructure and whatnot. for these vendors we re talking to today, they re absolutely getting jackhammered by these prices. a family rental business, party rental business, busy time of the year, weddings, graduations, father s day around the corner, what takerhey re doing now is o filling up a partial tank at a time. it went up a dollar in a week. we only filled a quarter tank and it will probably last us maybe for the rest of the day. if not, we ll have to fill up later on today again, another 60. reporter: so if you do the math, that s abou
fentanyl from mexico. he probably does yoga and is riding his bicycle. peter does not seem like a criminal, much less a danger to this nation. and yet last friday federal agents arrested peter navarro a reagan national airport in washington. they did not call his lawyer as is customary in cases like this. they didn t even come to his house. it was feet from the fbi building. they could have walked, but the didn t. instead they took him down in public as you would a fugitive terror mastermind so everyone could see it and learn the lessons they were sending. they handcuffed peter navarro and put him in leg irons and threw him into a cell. he is now facing years in prison . so what did peter navarro do to deserve treatment like this? he resisted a subpoena from the january 6th committee. the january 6th committee is washington s latest inquisition run by nancy pelosi with help from liz cheney and adam kinzinger. navarro resisted that subpoena because he had nothing to do with ja