would he lift it if he takes over the company good evening fill her up is becoming a cringeworthy term for a lot of american drivers these days with it costing more than $50 to fill the average size car the price of gas reaching a new record average today, $4.37 a gallon, michigan, ohio and new jersey all places where the price at the pump has gone up between 17 and 24 cents a gallon in just a week the price of gasoline, the most dramatic symbol of inflation that s eating at the bottom lines for many americans with new inflation numbers expected to be released tomorrow, today president biden declared soaring prices a top economic challenge saying he understands the frustration while reminding of the global impact of russia s war in ukraine and the pandemic peter alexander reports now from the white house. reporter: for americans on
0 his top domestic priority and taking aim at what he calls the gop s ultra maga economic policies how republicans are firing back. also tonight the dramatic capture, the sheriff saying a fugitive inmate and an alabama corrections officer planned for a shootout with police before a car crash ended the 11-day manhunt. the officer apparently taking her own life the arsenal police say the fugitives had and the tip that led officers to them. the deadly missile strike in the critical port city of odesa. a shopping mall destroyed. our team inside ukraine tonight. celebrity chef mario batali, the verdict in his sexual misconduct trial the senate on the eve of a vote on abortion rights and now the growing battle can states block women from going out of state for abortions? the extreme fire danger in the southwest and tracking severe storms in the central u.s. and elon musk weighing in on donald trump s twitter ban, would he lift it if he takes over the company good evening fill h
points announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone president biden setting the stage for his face-to-face with russia s vladimir putin later this week, warning tonight the u.s. will respond if russia does not change its behavior the president with a stronger hand to play going into that meeting after cementing the fractured american bond with nato, meeting with fellow nato ministers in brussels today president biden declaring the military alliance and its core foundation of mutual defense are rock solid. as he works to nurture a relationship derided by president trump when he was in office. the president along with the rest of the world getting what may prove to be a preview of the summit. as we hear more today from president putin in an nbc news exclusive interview. but let s begin in brussels now with nbc s peter alexander. reporter: tonight less than 48 hours ahead of that high-stakes summit with russian president
saying he s prepared to confront vladimir putin, we now know that he will not be doing it in public the white house announcing that president biden will not hold a joint news conference afterwards with putin instead he ll take questions alone. lester peter alexander tonight. thank you. president biden reacted today to our exclusive interview with vladimir putin. what did he think of putin laughing off his criticism that he was a killer nbc s keir simmons also pressing the russian leader over whether he targeted his top critic reporter: tonight president biden with his own response to president putin, who in our exclusive interview laughed off the american president s suggestion that he was a killer when president biden was asked whether he believes you are a killer, he said, i do. mr. president, are you a killer translator: look, over my tenure i ve gotten used to attacks from all kinds of angles reporter: president biden was asked about that response late today. i m lau
good morning everyone. welcome to today on saturday. i m lester holt. i m amy robach. so sad to hear about gary coleman. dana plato committed suicide. her son recently committed suicide. such a charming show, but a horrible history in the wake of that. a lot to tell you about. we ll talk about the scene the nation continues to watch. officials at bp say they won t know until tomorrow if their latest attempt of top kill has worked. the federal government has now closed 25% of the fishing waters in the gulf of mexico. that s more than 60,000 square miles. everyone has been looking at the video. we saw it brown earlier in the week. it looked dark to me there. i m not an expert. we ll find out what they have to say. a lot of people watching on the internet. in december, amanda knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the murder of her roommate. italian prosecutors are headed back to court. there s also an issue over something amanda said that the prosecutors are