nor did he have any issues to order. joining me now from uvalde, texas is nbc s correspondent antonia hilton. walk us through these new details and revelations. who was actually in charge at the scene that they? good morning michael. that is really the question, right? i think one really stuck out to me about that interview with the was that he did not know that he was the incident commander. in other words he had no idea that he would be in charge. you also mentioned that he left his radio behind, he said that was because he wanted to hands free to handle his firearm. he also described praying as he tested a key, after key, and it took him a while to find one that would actually work for the right classroom. law enforcement experts when the tribune gave them all these details, they were pretty shocked. from their perspective they say that the leader of a school districts law enforcement, the chief of police should know that they would be incident commander in this kind of
we re talking triple digits and it will last right through the better part of the weekend. that is wild. derek, thank you. thanks so much for joining us. i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, june 9th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we begin with the price of gas, closer than ever to the dreaded $5 a gallon mark. the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $4797 up nearly 2 cents overnight and this is the 13th straight day of record highs for the gas prices, it s the 30th in the last 31 days, the surge hitting americans right where they live and drive. so it is worth noting that when you adjust for inflation prices are not at record highs, not yet, but they do keep rising with no real end in sight. this is what president biden said about soaring gas prices during his appearance on jimmy kimmel overnight. look, inflation is is the is the bain of our existe
adjust for inflation price right side not actually at record highs, but what is the white house plan for handling soaring prices and inflation that are affecting americans so severely. joining us is gene sperling, he is currently the white house american rescue plan coordinator and a senior advisor to president biden. he was a national economic council adviser in the clinton administration. gene, let s talk about maybe what can be done to take some of the edge off here. is another release of more barrels from the strategic reserve a possibility here? look, we re trying to do everything we can. you know, when you are talking about looking in real inflation adjusted terms, the day that putin moved troops to the border of belarus gas prices were at $3.31, that was actually below the average that we had over the last decade. as you say, it s now $4.97, that is $1.60 that s over $1.60 tax, putin tax, on the american pu public. little comfort that it s higher for families in
brett kavanaugh, why the california man says he made a cross country trip to the justice s home. and this photo highlighting the horrors of the vietnam war, turning 50 years old. the child and the photographer join new day. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is thursday, june 9th. this morning, something new, cnn has learned that the ceos of more than 220 u.s. companies will release a letter today, demanding the senate take immediate action to reduce gun violence. the letter calls gun violence a public health crisis that devastates communities, and costs american taxpayers, employees, employers and communities a staggering $280 billion a year. it does not endorse any specific policy proposals or make any new ones. connecticut senator chris murphy, the lead democratic negotiator in the senate gun safety talks, had this to say on new day moments ago, about the prospects for a breakthrough. i don t think you can be anything other than c
[ applause ] i think we, if you make the demand, here is what has ha to happen. all of you folks and i hope, and i m not being facetious when i say this, hopefully republicans hear as well, we got to make sure that this becomes a voting issue. that s president biden, sitting down with jimmy kimmel last night, after traveling to los angeles, to host the summit of the americas. we re going to have much more on that important gathering with world leaders. we are also following the latest in the debate of gun safety legislation as an 11-year-old survivor of the uvalde massacre and a parent to one of the students killed testified before congress. and it s here. a block buster night for the january 6th committee. as the first hearings into the capitol attack kick off this evening in prime time. we ll tell you what to expect. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, june 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it was an emotional day on c