questions if both were too slow to act. as mentioned, another tough day on wall street. the dow lost 237. the s&p 500 fell 23. the nasdaq dropped 30. today another new high for gasoline prices with the national average reaching $4.59 per gallon. the rising rates forcing some to cancel vacation plans this summer. we will address these issues and more with senate minority leader membership mcconnell in just a few moments. first, fox business correspondent grady trimble is in chicago where gas prices are soaring. good evening, grady. good evening, bret. on wall street, it wasn t as bad as yesterday but all three of the major indexes are down big this week. the nasdaq getting hit the hardest. dropping more than 3.5%. investors are worried rising costs and falling consumer demand are eating into company s bottom lines especially after disappointing earnings from two of the country s largest retailers. retailers are also concerned about the rising fuel costs which could in turn i
environment. finland takes the step of a nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not the way from anybody. like you, mr. president, said, nato is protective. defensive. not a threat to anybody. at the same time, we must not forget that at this very moment, the brave people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy but our common security. finland together with the eu and the united states stands firmly behind ukraine. so, mr. president, once again, i want to thank you for making history with us. thank you. mr. president, thank you for welcoming the prime minister and me to the white house. the bonds between sweden and the united states are strong and long standing. as you know, swedes first established in your home state of delaware in 1638. we were one of the first countries to recognize united states as an independent nation in 1783. since then, our
public reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the u.s. capitol as well as the house and senate office buildings in advance of january 6, 2021. they re talking about tours like the ones referenced by congresswoman sheryl in the days just after the insurrection. it was a shocking allegation in those ensuing days and one that raised some of the earliest questions about premeditation of that brutal attack on the capitol. the questions about whether or not sitting members of congress were involved in any way, shape or form in this nearly unprecedented attack on our country. here is congresswoman mikie cheryl back then. those that i saw on january 5th. those members of congress that incited this violent crowd. those members of congress that attempted to help our president undermine our democracy and i ll make sure they are held accountable and if necessary make sure that they don t serve in
transcripts of the interviews it has conducted in its investigation. the request came on april 20th with the doj indicating that some committee interviews may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting. nbc news has now confirmed that reporting. the doj did not indicate the number of transcripts they wanted or if there were any specific interviews they were interested in. so far the committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people, including many close to the twice-impeached former president. while attorney general merrick garland has received criticism about the justice department s response to the insurrection, this is the latest sign of the department appearing to escalate the scope of its inquiry. and as the new york times also points out several months ago the department quietly detailed a former federal prosecutor from maryland to the department headquarters. he s overseeing the politically fraught question of whether a case can be made
i m not sure if you are listening to kathy hochul they re getting some information, just about possible impeachment, and what we re hearing today is the latest in the series of attacks and reported leaks by what is dubbed white replacement theory. talk to us a little bit about with this conspiracy theory is, what is a keep leading people to commit these horrific acts, as we have seen now from officials we ve been hearing from that are using the word radicalization, and how that plays into where we have seen today. yeah, i mean, unfortunately when i read what i believe to be the excerpts of the manifesto, for quite a few impressions of it online, i think there s a few things that take away from it. one, the attack was stalled off a guy named brian taryn. he is the individual that shot up a mosque in new zealand back in 2015. why did he do? he livestreamed a shooting on facebook, again, what we ve seen this technique today was another version. a live stream of the shooting. h