sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
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Office is trying to control the press, trying to designate specific journalistic cover his visit to mali tomorrow. Navy vet withu. S. Two prior arrests for driving while intoxicated has been taken into custody after his car plowed into 23 pedestrians in times square this afternoon, killing one of them. Witnesses say Richard Rojas appeared to be intoxicated. Witnesses also reported that he drove the wrong way and on a sidewalk for at least three blocks, mowing down pedestrians. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloombergs World Headquarters in your, im julia chatterley. The we are 30 minutes from close of trading here in the u. S. Julia u. S. Stocks rebounding from the worst daily say law of the year. Scarlet newfound credibility for the russian inquiry. Significant new phase in the investigation that has already roiled the white house. In about 50 minutes, Pres
Go, go go big or go home go, go welcome to power lunch. As melissa mentioned a major average is bouncing back a bit from yesterdays big selloff as we take a look at the dow right now, we are higher by about 40 poin points s p 500 up by 60. Walmart is up over 2 on the back of their Earnings Report out before the bell. Meanwhile, cisco down sharply. The Company Giving i a weak outlook for the Current Quarter and announcing 1,100 new job cuts. Shares of Athena Health up 20 . Disclosing a big stake in the company and saying its shares are, quote, significantly under belly. Tyler . Thank you very much, courtney. Welcome, everybody. We begin with breaking news. Sue herrera as your news desk, sue . Right now we know one person has died, 12 others are injured after a car slammed into a crowd of people in times square. It was the height of the midday lunch hour. At this point, it is not believed that this deadly crash has any link whatsoever to terrorism. Officials with Homeland Security tellin