members of congress were arrested at an abortion protest for blocking traffic. they were warned three times to move, including you alexandria ocasio cortez who you see getting arrested by capitol police. and here is what member ilhan omar taking the same position. both have their hands behind their back acting like they were handcuffed, but the handcuffs were invisible. you can see for yourselves, they were holding their hands behind their back seemingly to appear they were handcuffed for a photo op. thanks to the media, they got their wish. abc and nbc, of course, plastering their pictures all over with their hands behind their back. let s pull up the slo-mo video of aoc, julie, this is amazing. i have watched this a few times. i really like the one where they have braveheart and lift up her fist. freedom, like from the movie braveheart, you see the hair top. then you see dutifully resume the position of handcuffs and then a free frame of her smiling at the camera because
languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe
government and now we have two new bubbles, one in housing, one in assets, slowly drained as we hike interest rates and i want to return the power back to the people. bitcoin strikes at money and power. we are fascinated by it, love to learn. thanks to everyone, here is america reports. sandra: the board president of a california school district under fire for suggesting students who don t want to mask up should stay home, this as the district reimposes covid mask requirements until the end of summer. john: not the only place where mandates are starting to return. rand paul joins us to sound off just ahead. sandra: america reports with president biden hitting the road to pitch his clean energy plan as his legislative agenda