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
i m stephanie ruhle. it is a critical question, as important today as it was 50 years ago. what did the president know, and when did he know it? today, and its second public hearing, the january six committee tried to answer that very question. the panel laid out how donald trump embraced election lies, and ignored his own top aides, as they repeatedly debunked his false claims in the days, weeks and even months leading up to the attack. after the election, as of november 7th, in your judgment, what were the chances of president trump winning the election? after that point? yes. none. what they were proposing, that was not. the theory was also completely nuts. if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with he s become detached by the hour. when i went into this, and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were. there was never an indication of interesting interest with the actual facts. my opinion then in my opinion now is that
on gun safety. what is and is not in the deal, and does it go far enough? plus, another tough day on wall street, surging inflation, soaring gas prices, as the bears come out, who s really to blame? all this, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is a critical question, as important today as it was 50 years ago. what did the president know, and when did he know it? today, and its second public hearing, the january six committee tried to answer that very question. the panel laid out how donald trump embraced election lies, and ignored his own top aides, as they repeatedly debunked his false claims in the days, weeks and even months leading up to the attack. after the election, as of november 7th, in your judgment, what were the chances of president trump winning the election? after that point? yes. none. what they were proposing, that was nuts. the theory was also completely nuts. if he really
deal in the senate could be reached this week. we ll ask senator amy klobuchar about the possible agreement when she joins us live in just a moment. but we begin with the former head of the proud boys, enrique taria, has been indicted on seditious conspiracy. the ten-counts indictment which adds to previous conspiracy charges accused him of and others to direct, mobilize and lead the january 6 insurrection and to oppose the peaceful transfer of presidential power by force. the new charges each carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. tarrio is one of a hand full of january 6 defendants to face conspiracy charges. one the others is the head of the oath keepers. his name is stuart rhodes. he met on the january 5th to discuss january 6. this is documentary as it took place in a parking garage near the capitol used against one of the january 6 participants and was released at the request of nbc news. both that video and the meeting likely are to be a big part of the januar
i d vote for or what i wouldn t but we can t rush immigration policy. we haven t done anything serious on immigration since the 1980s. to do it under the auspices of a few republican senator negotiators and asking us to agree to that i think seems disingenuous. you mentioned tony gonzalez from texas hosting some 60 republicans at the border today. what do you think of what they are doing today and talk to me about congressman gonzales. do you think there are republicans from the border like you who do have genuine concerns about what s happening. absolutely and congressman gonzalez is a good present and i started the cauccus to deal wit issues like this and also others who represent border districts in arizona. there are ways we can come together. gonzalez and i have talked about technology at the border, for example, here in our port of entry we are scanning up to 80% of commercial cargo, installing