past months. remember, we are still hotter than $2 ahead of where we should be. the biden administration still won t take responsibility, though, for why the prices were surging in the first place. we have seen gas prices go down in the past 34 straight days. it s higher when you took office, though. first of all, we have to look at how we got there. if you think about the war that russia has taken on in ukraine harris: kayleigh, where is her binder? kayleigh: she needs one. [laughs] harris: let s take a look at the numbers of ourselves. on inauguration day, gas costs in average of $2.39 a gallon. now it cost $4.59. that s with that plummeting after hitting a record high of all time, $5 a gallon, just last month. now the president has never taken the blame for any of it. he s been leading the charge pointing fingers at the russian president. well, watch. the current spike in gas prices is largely due to vladimir putin. his price hike pugin s price hike
economy into a recession which is what we don t want. the gang is here. good morning. dana: good to be here i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. all that economic news coming this week with the administration, they re swirling as well as the news. they re swirling and spinning. the central back is expected to announce a rate hike again today. it would be the fourth one in five months that will pour cold water on an economy already slowing down. bill: the feds trying to pull us back from the brink of record inflation as the white house tries to redefine the r word. president s economic advisors are saying there won t be a recession. are you sure? let me just say this. we look at a range of data. we assess that data and we lay it out for ourselves and for the president. dana: team fox coverage. connell mcshane is with analysis but let s begin with jacqui heinrich from the north lawn. good morning. as you mentioned the fed is expected to raise rates toda
Today to overturn the 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Meanwhile, the u. S. Supreme court heard arguments on whether a neartotal abortion ban in idaho violates federal lab. A Growing Number of protests forming over the ongoing war in The Middle East at campuses across the country. The movement has never been bigger than it is right now. New american weapons are finally on the way after President Biden signed the nearly 100 billion foreign aid package. It will make america safer, it will make the world safer. In arizona, Where A State Grand Jury indicted 11 republican officials wednesday for their unsuccessful ploy to a ward of the state electoral votes to mr. Trent, despite his Collection Loss to President Biden. Liberal justices expressed concerns about a president having total immunity. Im trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the oval office and you know the seat of Criminal Activity in this country. President s have to make a lot of tough decisions. He
To do with the central bank. And we get the inside track from the boss of dulux paint owner, akzonobel, on why hes fighting off a 23 billion hostile takeover. Tonne buchner also tells us what the rise of populism in europe means for big business. Also in the news, amazonsjeff bezos says hes selling 1 billion each year, to get into the space race. Today were asking, for your next space holiday, which entrepreneur would you trust to get you there and back richard branson, elon musk orjeff bezos . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The worlds two biggest economies come face to face later today, when us President Donald Trump hosts his chinese counterpart, xijinping, in florida. It will be the first time they meet in person. As well as north korea, trade will be at the top of the agenda for theirfirst meeting. Its already an issue thats created tensions between the two. Lets look at it in more detail. Atjust over 659 billion of goods and services in 2015, its one of
One of the moms in that picture saying, quote, my baby would have died if she had stayed in venezuela. Important reminder of the struggles that country is still facing. The photographer here, nachos doche from reuters. You can send me a snapchat or instagram. More news nor from ali vels who only has good things to say. Good afternoon. Ill probably catch you later this afternoon. Thursday august 23rd, lets get smarter. Michael cohen, tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for me for one of many. They would say the lawyer and they would add the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. Yo i dont know where that term came from. He didnt do big deals. Small deals. Turned out he wasnt that good,
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