deciding their vote. with numbers like that in mind, republican lawmakers are ramping up their attacks on biden s handling of the economy. has no idea how to deal with inflation, has no plan to deal with inflation. all he does is blame everybody else, including putin, for his inflation. even some democratic lawmakers are now urging the biden administration to do more. i support everything the president is doing, but i don t think it s enough. my constituents don t think it s enough. white house aides pushing back on accusations that the president isn t doing everything he can to lower prices. president biden gets up every day and goes to bed every night thinking about what can we do to get a lid on inflation. now, jake, today officials here at the white house are also noting that this is not just a united states problem. it s a global challenge when it comes to higher prices, higher gas prices. of course, they said they don t have anything to announce when it come
in primetime this week, laying out their evidence in the first of a series of public hearings. what we re learning about how this could all play out. and celebrating 70 years on the throne. we ll take you live to london as the final day of queen elizabeth s platinum jubilee gets under way. it is sunday, june 5th, we re so grateful you are starting your week with us. great to be with you, christi. you as well, boris. listen, we do have some developing news that we need to tell you about this morning. another mass shooting in the u.s. and we re so sorry to have to say it. this time, it is in philadelphia, we know three people have died. 11 people were injured. let s get to cnn s evan mcmorris santoro. evan, apparently multiple gunman firing into a crowd. what more are you hearing? reporter: that s right. good morning, boris and christi. this is a developing story. we re getting more information in as to what we know now. shortly before midnight, in a busy entertainmen
where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down at robb elementary school, the president address the nation about guns and mass shootings. pleading with congress to do something. more kids than soldiers killed by guns, for god s sake. how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough? enough. the president took to the page of the wall street journal to outline his plan for tackling inflation and rising prices. in a new york times op-ed, he announced his approval of advanced rocket systems and munitions for ukraine as it battles russia s invasion. russia s war as contributing to high gas prices here at home. and then there is the baby formula shortage, which the president said he did not personally know about until april. now, despite good jobs numbers and low unemployment numbers, his job approval rating remains low. on friday, the president reminded the country that finding a solution to rising prices
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. president zelensky has marked 100 days since russia invaded ukraine with a defiant video message, praising his country s resistance, and insisting it will be victorious. in the past week, vladimir putin s forces are said to have made significant gains in the eastern donbas, but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have now recaptured 20% of severodonetsk. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of the next towns in russia s sights. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around bakhmut, is still in ukrainian hands, for now. but the enemy is encroaching from two sides. troops prepare to face one more day of war, seasoned veterans, tempered by fire. distant explosions they ve been fighting russian backed separatists here in the east since 2014. amo
saluting the class of 2022 from the president to the fonz. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight, a dangerous tropical threat taking aim at florida, parts of the southern coast getting pounded by heavy rains. the tropical cyclone with warnings issued for a large part of the state, including south florida and the keys also on alert, parts of the bahamas and cuba where at leas one person already died dangerous rains expected to continue overnight, causing torrential downpours and possible tornadoes. just this week the national weather service predicting an above average hurricane season we start tonight with meteorologist bill karins tracking this dangerous storm. bill, what are you seeing reporter: tom, i m very concerned with heavy rainfall overwhelming flood control systems in south florida. they re thinking the possibility for water into homes, evacuations and rescues in the next 24 hours. let me give