families can t buy baby formula. bill: 40% of brands are out of stock nationwide. one republican lawmaker saying she is hearing from border agents who say their facilities have entire pallets of formula set aside for illegal immigrants crossing the border. these agents themselves have families and they have family members that can t get this baby formula in the stores. in texas and arizona, new mexico. the richest nation in the world and we re scrounging around for baby formula? the formula crisis is just one of many disasters facing biden s administration. americans scrounging for gasoline money as inflation is running at nearly a 40-year high. today the average price hitting yet another all time high, $4.43. bill: crime is another concern. the president will meet with police chiefs and mayors today to talk about it in cities across the country see a staggering rise in homicides. let s go to the white house where peter doocy is reporting live from the north lawn. w
dropping is the price of gasoline. national average hitting $4.40. some states approaching $6 a gallon. dana: that s having a big impact on american families. average household will spend an extra $5,000 this year on gas and groceries alone. bill: stock market dow coming off four straight days of losses amid concerns the federal rate hikes will trigger a recession later this year. dana: yet the president insisting this is not his fault. he is instead pointing the finger at republicans and what he calls their ultramaga tax plan. the architect of that plan calling the attacks a disingenuous attempt to distract. there is nothing that the president said that is in there. what i said is let s get people back to work so they have skin in the game. he was supposed to give his ideas on inflation yesterday. what was the ideas? everybody s else s fault but his. bill: larry kudlow is on deck. first to the white house, edward lawrence has the numbers and reaction there. hotte
Lifestyle. Also ahead, the starstudded event with an obama cameo. How a state dinner for kenya became a showcase for the allies who President Biden is keeping close during the heat of the campaign season. Plus, they were bitter rivals, but is donald trump warming to the thought of nikki haley on his team . Also could he be reading too much into her comment that she would vote for him. And the Memorial Day Rush is on. What you need to know if youre planning to skip town for the weekend. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian on that hearing for hunter biden. Just got a slew of rulings from the judge about what can and cannot be referenced at trial. What can you tell us as this wraps up . Reporter thats right, chris. The hearing does appear to be over now, and the judge worked through a series of motions by the prosecution and the defense to admit or deny certain evidence. This is a w
dana: it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. tonight two governors gets the chance to settle one of the biggest political debates which state doesn t vest? florida s ron desantis and california s gavin newsom facing off in the red versus blue showdown we ve all been waiting for. sean hannity monitoring the big event at 9:00 p.m. eastern. it s a chance for high-profile leaders to reshape the political landscape and cement their status as the future of their parties. they have been trading shots for months over who runs their state better. what he s done in california, causing a mass exodus out of the state. you ve seen cities collapsed there, that is what he would want to do for this entire country. i would tell him to pack up and wait a few years. actually do some of the hard work which includes governing, not just identity and culture war. we will never surrender to the woke mob. our state is where woke goes to die. human beings used as pawns for a guy
deeply rooted amid american conservatism for decades, but the attempt to root it into mesh government has new energy sparked by donald trump s first presidency and now fueled by his promises for a second. they want to tear down crosses where they can. and cover them up with social justice flags. but no one will be touching the cross of christ under the trump administration. i swear to you that will never happen. never happen. what more exactly do christian conservatives want in government. we see hints at the congressional level. the separation of church and state is a misnomer. mike johnson, the speaker of the house said shortly after he was made speaker last year, people misunderstand it. it s not in the constitution, he says. we see it in legislation at the state level from laws that ban abortion based on religious opinions of when life starts, to louisiana s just passed mandate to prominently display the ten commandments it every public school classroom. rulings from