testify next week and the role the white house supreme court justice plaidyed in overturning the election. the key moment in the fight against coronavirus. the cdc set to vote on recommending vaccines for young children. . good morning, it s saturday, june 18th. we are grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. it s always a pleasure to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. let s talk about the new fears that we re learning about about the u.s. economy and it is headed towards a recession. friday marked the end of a rocky week after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades in an attempt to tame inflation. the dow down, the s&p slightly higher but still the worst week since 2020. we also learned that wages in the united states are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 1980s, but inflation has climbed up so quickly that workers have been been handed a pay cut. america is in a stronger position than any other nation
amid pilot shortages. the efforts under way now to keep travelers moving amid the summer travel spike. hopefully no alarm for you today because it is the weekend. it is saturday, june 18th. thank you for being with us. always great to be with you christi. we begin with new fears that the u.s. economy is headed towards a recession. yesterday marked the end of a rocky week for wall street after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades. the dow closed down yesterday, s&p 500 finished slightly up. still wound up with the worst week since 2020. let s look at the brighter side for a moment. we learned that wages in the u.s. are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 80s. the push, the inflation has risen so fast that workers, it actually equates to being handed a pay cut because their pay is not matching up with the percentage of inflation that we re feeling and the things that we re buying. let s get a closer look at the political angle
children as young as 6 months. we know the white house says vaccinations could begin as early as next week once given the okay from the cdc and the fda. president biden already pledged to make 10 million vaccine doses available nationwide with the majority of states already preordering shipments since the beginning of the month. yeah. but many health experts are worried that parents of young kids may not take their kids to get those covid shots. the latest polling from the kaiser family foundation show that only 18% of parents of kids under 5 would want to vaccinate their child as soon as a vaccine becomes available. cnn medical analyst says that parents should remember the benefits of vaccinations still outweigh the risks of covid-19. more than 400 children in this age group of under 5 have died tragically during this pandemic. thousands have been hospitalized. it s really distressing for little kids to get sick, so that s what we re trying to do to prevent that kind of
prices for the american people. the white house projects optimism despite soaring inflation. the impacts costs are having on american s wallets and some summer staples. republican senator john cornan booed at a conference. where those negotiations stand now. a mega drought in the united states causing big problems for america s farmers. are we going to have water in two or three years out of our aqua nobody can say that. newsroom starts right now. it is so good to have your company here this morning. it s saturday, june 18th. i m christie paul. good morning. good to be with you. i m boris sanchez. after months of waiting the moderna and pfizer vaccines could get the green light as the cdc advisors get ready to vote on authorization in the next few hours. the white house pledged to have 10 million vaccine doses available says depending on today s vote, shots for kids under 5 could begin as soon as next week. this would mark a major smile stone for many parent
electors. make no mistake that the vice president s life was in danger. the committee is going to reveal the details of the pressure campaign. i am telling you, if it is coming we are going to drag him through the streets. [inaudible] remember the word wimp. he said that you are a win. when is the word i remember. it is a different tone tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what s she said, if i recall. that the key word. good morning. it is saturday, a june 18th. i am michael steele sitting in for velshi. we begin this morning with a special hour on another stunning week of revelations from historic public hearings of the january 6th select committee. we have the clearest picture yet of a president donald trump s farfetched plot to overturn the 2020 election loss in a run up to the attack on the capitol and his role to induce violence. they presented evidence that trump was told numerous times that he had lost the el