all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
the president out in farm country today pushing the same, tired talking points. blaming pollutant and those greedy corporations. bite and to take responsibility as we learn the surge in prices is stuck at a 40 year high. g.o.p. lawmakers calling out the president for his inaction. joe biden will blame anyone but himself for this. he s blamed chicken farmers, everyone else under the sun. president biden is flailing around, swinging blindly, hoping something will land. the truth is that the biden administration just keeps kicking its own after 14 months, nothing is built. nothingness back, and nothing is better. he was supposed to give his ideas on inflation yesterday. what were his ideas? it s everybody else s fault but his spirit biden gets blamed for record inflation. finding one group willing to defend. guess who? a democrat in office, the deficit goes down, the economy flashes, and the republican comes in and destroys it all. and they want the democrats to co
level the right to an abortion. it is about to happen here. you will see it live. with vice president kamala harris expected to preside. what can and what will democrats and president biden do next? and on wall street where the inflation report is top of mind for a lot of folks including the president who just spoke with farmers in illinois about the economy. also happening now, donald trump versus lettisha james. over whether the former president has to talk to the new york a.g. we have a pair of nbc news exclusives this hour including a one-on-one with the man running away with the senate primary in pennsylvania who says he s just a democrat. just a democrat, rejecting the progressive label. what else john fetterman is telling our team and who he says he ll disappoint if he makes it to washington. i m hallie jackson. let s start here at the capitol. allie is there. chief white house correspondent peter alexander is posted up on the north lawn for us. it is fair and safe t
thank you very much. that s for me. deadline white house starts right now. hi, everyone. it s so nice to be right here back with you. there s a lot of new news and new information to cover here today. i m in because former congresswoman liz cheney has a new book. after the extensive coverage of the work of the january 6th select committee as well as pointed coverage since the very debut of our program about the threat that the republican party poses to american democracy, i have a lot of questions for her. but we start with break news. a remarkable new look the at the case jack myth plans to bring against donald trump in the federal election interference case. that s thanks to a new filing just submitted a couple hours ago. prosecutors say they intend to introduce a sweeping trove of evidence in the case dating from years before the 2020 election. all in order to illustrate donald trump s criminal intent. the government will offer evidence reflecting the historical record
and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh