For education reform and energy production. This is 45 minutes. [applause] oh, okay. All right. Thank you. Good morning. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Well, good morning, here it is truly an honor to be here. President driskill, speaker sommers, members of the 67th legislature, jennie. Ginny and i thank you for this invitation to be here, but before i begin, i would like to take a moment to remember two remarkable people, senator john hines is served in this chamber, and bobbi a barrasso, the belovd wife of our senior senator john barrasso. Lets take a moment. Both of those individuals lived each day for wyoming, and i thank you for honoring them. Secretary gray, auditor was seen this, treasurer meier, superintendent taken felder, chief justice fox, i think you will win this one again, but i do look forward to your remarks, hopefully they are longer than mine. Justice boomgaarden, justice gray, justice fenn, and Justice Kautz, i would like to ask Justice Ka
line, the stakes could not be higher. republicans need to pick up one senate seat and five house seats to take control on capitol hill. a new nbc news poll finds registered voters are tied at 47% when it comes to which party they want to control congress. the poll also finds democrats are closing the enthusiasm gap in this election. voters from both parties highly interested in the elections. we have already seen the enthusiasm play out as more than 41 million americans have already voted by mail or in person through early voting. but that s not stopping the heavy hitters from hitting the campaign trail for one last effort to rally support. president biden will travel to maryland to push for democrats, while former president donald trump will rally republicans in ohio. we re also keeping a close watch on two states that could determine control of the senate. pennsylvania and georgia. that is where we begin this hour. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent mora barrett from
the prices down. first, what more can we expect with this decision from from the fed next hour? bottom line what does it mean for american families? reporter: i think hearing from powell will be highly scrutinized. i think economic projections. we will hear how fed officials are feeling about the state of our economy, not just right now but also for years to come in terms of things like gdp growth, inflation for sure. also unemployment, the battle of the bar here for short is interest rates. if you take a look at interest rates over the last few years, you can see they were pretty much at zero during the pandemic as the federal reserve tried to encourage borrowing and spending. now rates are on the way up. the first hike was in march. then we saw rate hikes last may, last month. we know they are on their way up. i think what s parent to know is there is wide consensus there is much more ram to go in terms of where we see notes go. we put out a note yesterday ultimately it e
weanthe country off fossil fuelw for fuel outrage over historically high cost. that outrage is reflected in the latest fox news poll being released right now. and could become a huge factor in the midterm elections for which primaries were held gled a handful the states. the president s approval rate stands at 43% with 57% disapproval will. just 18% consider the economy in good or great shape. 82% believe it is only fair or poor. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. good evening, shannon. the president is not ordering oil companies to drill more in the united states. he thinks they have got enough oil already. and, instead, need to just work harder at getting it to the pump. we see it as a patriotic duty. pressure to be a patriot on oil producers from a president who once made this promise. i guarantee you, i guarantee you we are going to end fossil fuel and i m not going to cooperate with them. now biden writes to oil re
inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone forecasters are using terms like heat dome and atmospheric rivers to describe what is driving extreme weather conditions across the country tonight, from dangerous rain and flooding to crippling heat many will see triple-digit highs in fact over the course of the next seven days, over 250 million americans can expect temperatures 90 or hotter. and while drought-stricken parts of the west can t seem to buy a drop of rain, too much of it has fallen in montana and wyoming. it s been wiping out bridges, roads, and literally carrying houses away. yellowstone park closed tonight a crushing start to the park s busy vacation season. from tornado sirens blaring in chicago to fires in the west, this is already shaping up to be a summer to remember our team is in place to cover it all, starting tonight with gadi schwartz. reporter: tonight, weather extremes as destructive as they a