griff: i m griff jenkins, carley and todd have the day off. americans are losing confidence in the economy as they watch their budgets eaten away by gas prices. blames big meat, big oil, big tampon, everything else for shortages in this country. griff: doug luzader good morning, a lot of confusion coming out of the white house about the president s trip to saudi arabia, when he is expected to ask for help with high gas prices. will he or won t he meet with solamon? i think he will meet with the saudi crown prince, he has asked suppliers to increase production. they will have a one-on-one meet something that is my understanding. doug: they did tick down overnight with national average slightly bele$5 gallon mark, high inflation still an issue. president biden thinks we might be able to thread a need and he will thread a depression. i don t think a recession is at all inevitable. a recession is not inevitable. a recession is not inevitable, as policymake
violence in the united states. washington, new york, chicago and atlanta, some of the cities seeing deadly shootings as the country braces for a possible summer unrest. all of this ahead of a midterm election where crime will likely be a top concern for voters. anita: thank you so much, i m anita vogel in for sandra smith. a teenager is dead in the nation s capital and three others are hurt including a d.c. police officer during a shooting during a concert. the teen was screaming for his mother as chaos unfolded around him. john: a stampede as dozens attempted to escape. more than 100 officers were at the scene but organizers of the event were completely overwhelmed. park meredith to kick us off with more on the tragic events. another violent weekend in the nation s capital, and one shooting a lot of attention after a 15-year-old boy was killed and multiple other people were hurt. police have not identified the victim in the shooting but witnesses say he was calling for
my interview with ukraine s former president about what is going to take to end russia s brutal invasion of his country. why is florida governor ron desantis undermining covid ccination efforts again and endangering the lives of young children in the process? also, isn t it time for universal health care? good evening, i m mehdi hassan, what did the president know and what did he know that was the seminal question that drove the watergate hearings, amazingly current events make this weekend s anniversary since five burglars were caught trying to break into the headquarters at the watergate complex here in washington, d. c.. it makes that question as fresh and relevant as ever and if the arms of the senator beg the question about what nixon knew, was well nixon knew everything today he was implicated in it all, drawing parallels between the hearings and the january six public hearings that are now unfolding half a century over so far this select committees presenting compell
to being irrelevant in the state of american politics. yeah. maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but that time is coming. i agree. this is unsustainable. yeah. this republican party is unsustainable. we re going to explain that more because there s different strains of that that are really coming to light. also, when it comes to helping ukraine, a new report finds some countries are really helping while others are mostly talking. we will discuss the growing pressure on western europe to do more. with us, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius joining us this morning. national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan. and white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire is with us. and the host of msnbc s politics nation, president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us on this monday morning. we re going to begin, joe, with that poll that finds a
have because we won the state. tomorrow s hearing comes amid new and promising polling for the investigative committee. the marriage of americans now say they believe the former president should be charged with some sort of crime for his role in the insurrection. there is the polling right there. six in ten also say the panel has carried out a fair and impartial investigation so far. and the committee sights are still on two big names, including former vice president mike pence. they say subpoenaing pence is not off the table. and he also has eyes on the wife of justice clarence thomas. well, we want to know what she knows, what her involvement was in this plot to overturn the election. she has said that she is willing to come in and testify voluntarily. we re glad to hear that. joining me now is capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, want political investigate every reporter and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. everybody welcome. these hearings have been gang buster for