congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what some lawmakers want to do about that now. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. in a very rare public appearance. the chiefs of the fbi, the cia. nsa and odni and d.e.a. all came together on capitol hill to hand over their annual threat assessment to lawmakers. and it covered a wide variety of topics from the russia war on ukraine to iran s nuclear program, but china, they say, is the most consequential threat to america s national security right now. and lawmakers grilled them on this app. tiktok which even intel officials admit screams national security concerns. it may be the beginning of the end for tiktok as the nation s top intelligence officials testified on capitol hill about the dangers of the chinese-owned app. at a hearing on threats around the world. could they use tiktok to control data on millions of users? yes. could they use it to control the software on millions of devices given the
for the juneteenth holiholiday, the biden administration and officials around it are not taking the weekend off. yesterday, i spoke with energy secretary jennifer granholm who projected optimism despite economic challenges. the president is really focused on preventing these inflationary increases to the extent he can, inflation is happening globally, recession is in the inevitable, the president really wants to have a steady and stable recovery. but, of course, one of the biggest pieces of these infla inflationary increases we re seeing is the price of fuel. the growing number of experts disagree with that assessment. 44% of economists surveyed by the wall street journal now believe a recession is likely within the next 12 months. that is as the federal reserve raises interest rates, a move that should cool inflation at the risk of also hurting economic growth. among the top concerns when it comes to inflation, those record high gas prices. the white house says it is l
hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,