yesterday. the fear for democrats, that voters frankly have had enough. the price of gas is just outrageous. these gas prices are crazy. luckily i m close to my business, so i don t have to spend as much. i used to fill up with 60, and now it s like 100. we ll have fresh reporting from the white house in just moments. in uvalde, texas, we re hearing from the school district s police chief in several days. he says, in spite of reports to the contrary, he is in touch with state investigators. also live this hour, we are keeping tabs on a briefing at the pentagon. we will cover a big announcement from the president, that the u.s. will provide some longer-range rocket systems to ukraine, although those weapons come with a condition. and hurricane season is here, and it could be a busy one. we just got a brand-new briefing, and al roker will join me in studio with what we should expect. i want to start with rising costs and the uphill climb the white house faces. jus
where it hurts right now. i think every single american feels it it every single day, when they re pumping gas, buying food, when they go out to eat, for example, all of that is biding into the family budget. home prices up 20% in march? that s on top of, as you know, food up 11%, gasoline prices surging across the country. we talk about the national average of 4.67. it s $6.20 in california, which has higher costs because of refinery differences and taxes. i ve got to tell you, you now have the federal reserve raising interest rates. they ve already had two hikes. he expect to race rates by a percentage point sometimes over the summer, and jamie dimon today is warning of what he calls a hurricane on the way, an economic hurricane, in part because he thinking the fed is