escape from jail has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. authorities in indiana close inside on the fugitives. they were on the run for more than a week. also tonight the white house criticizing vladimir putin s remarks as, quote, patently false when he claimed that at moscow victory day celebration that nato and the west are to blame for the war in ukraine because he falsely claims they were threatening russia. and the senate passing a pill that ex spands security for supreme court justices after the draft opinion that would overturn roe v. wade. but i want to turn now to cnn s sam kiley for what it happening in ukraine as putin celebrates victory day in moscow. reporter: one man s parade for the many. the many on parade for one man. and on the eve of victory day, authorities here say 60 people died in a russian airstrike. the victory over german nazism once united the people of russia and ukraine. not anymore. this is what putin s modern campaign to de-nazify uk
mafia connections. welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we start with our money lead and a rough day for the american economy and your wallets. gas prices hit a new record today, with the national average for one gallon reaching $4.37, according to aaa. that s up 17 cents in one week and 25 cents in a month. to make things worse, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen was on capitol hill today where she warned this economic turbulence will continue. at the white house, president biden acknowledged americans are facing high sky-high inflation, although he tried to reassure the public, his administration is doing everything it can to bring prices down. but the president also did not lay out any new steps he plans to take, instead, spending a large part of his speech attacking republicans for what he calls their ultra maga agenda to raise taxes. mj lee starts off our coverage today from the white house. number one challenge facing families today. presid
about it all. and on the record about abortion rights, as protests continue outside supreme court justices homes. and the leaked supreme court draft opinion. soaring inflation, later this morning, president biden will lay out a new plan to lower costs for working families and attack republican policies that he said will only make inflation worse. gas prices are rising again. the national average, aaa says, the highest since it started collecting data in 2000. prices are up 4 cents from yesterday, and after the federal reserve hiked. and according to the latest numbers from april 24th, 40% of popular baby formulas are out of stock. making things particularly difficult for parents of infants. i have seen moms in the store crying, the formula aisle. they can t find their baby s formula. we keep plugging along. the social media, hopefully, you will find something. the dow jones industrial average is up. big losses in the last couple of days. arthor of what to do with
achieve it? we will explore. also, as america gets ready to mark a million dead from covid, bill gates says we re not out of danger yet, not even close. i will talk to him about the pandemic and the inevitable next one. but first here s my take. as the prospect of roe vs. wade being overturned looms large and races for another round of cultural wars i have been puzzled over why clashes over value seem to be more intense in the united states than elsewhere and why the competing camps seem more divided than before. one key to this might be found in a 2020 pew survey showing on many colonel issues the american political divide was the widest among rich countries surveyed. asked whether the country would be better off in the future if it sticks to its traditions and ways of life, 65% of americans on the right said yes, versus just 6% on the left, a 59-point gap. that compares with a 19-point game in tradition-bound france. as for the being christian is a crucial aspect of bei
the rubble. well, we hope that saturday may 7th so far has been good to you. i know it s early, but we re grateful you re waking up with us. you, too, alex. thank you for having me. so great to be back with you. always. we will begin with the stalled efforts to free more civilians from that battered steel plant that has come under attack by russian forces in the city of mariupol. right. evacuations were supposed to resume today after 50 civilians were freed from the plant in mariupol yesterday. so far there are no signs that process has restarted. we know at least 100 civilians, including a number of children by the way, are still trapped in underground bunkers. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has accused russia of using blockades as a form of torture, he says, because people are being starved. zelenskyy says organizations are not being allowed to get into mariupol to get the people there badly-needed food, water and countless other supplies. and presi