toxic work culture inside the nfl. reports of a woman paid off to settle a sexual assault case against dan snyder, the owner of the washington commanders football team. what the league s commissioner roger goodell told congress today about the new allegations. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden s latest attempt to tame the insanely high gas prices plaguing americans. the president this afternoon called on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. a move president biden has resisted until today given that it is unlikely to pass congress. republicans widely oppose it, and even some leading democrats are skeptical that oil companies will actually pass that savings on to drivers. the proposed suspension is part of a larger plan introduced by president biden earlier today which the white house claims could save drivers up to $1 per gallon of gas. as kaitlan collins report
everyone including vladimir putin to see. you re in the cnn newsroom. extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you re going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the united states. and with that i want to go to our meteorologist in the cnn weather center. what do folks need to know so they can prepare and can stay safe? pamela, what they really need to do is take these heat alerts seriously. don t just think, oh, it s just hot. remember, the combination of temperature and humidity is what can really
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
general bill barr. last week, that focus will shift to the effort to pressure state legislatures to unlawfully result reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election. scheduled to appear as a witness on tuesday s georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. in the early 2021, raffensperger was thrust into the spotlight with audio and phone call between him and then president trump was released. remember, during that call, trump asked raffensperger and other georgia election administration officials to find some more votes for him. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. so we re gonna do to get those? i only 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. the call was made just four days before the insurrection of the capital. a few weeks ago, raffensperger also appeared before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference conducted by trump, and his associ
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