advisers about what that means for him next. this morning many americans are on edge over the economy, coping with the rising cost of food and other goods including high gas prices. the average price for regular gas sits at $4.98. aggravation over traveling extended to the airport this weekend. folks facing a nightmare, to us of flights canceled. on sunday alone, yesterday, nearly 1,000 flights were canceled as airlines struggle with increased demand, bad weather and staffing shortages. the white house trying to tackle concerns about the economy and inflation as americans begin to feel the fallout from the federal reserve raising interest rates. janet yellen touting optimism, echoing president biden by saying a recession is not inevitable and even suggesting that a federal gas tax holiday is worth considering. joining us now nbc news white house correspondent and nbc news correspondent at newark liberty airport, the dean of the clinton school of public service at the unive
keilar. broken laws and broken lives, the case being made by the january 6th committee in its latest round of hearings with new revelations about individuals threatened and harassed because of lies. lies the committee suggests that broke the law, including submitting slates of fake electors that simply did not win the vote. lies the committee says about election fraud in which trump allies did not produce evidence, in fact, admitingly according to the testimony without evidence. at some point did one of them make a comment that they didn t have evidence but they had a lot of theories? that was mr. giuliani. and what exactly did he say and how did that come up? my recollection he said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. witnesses revealed how the pressure campaign from trump world became dangerous. republican arizona house speaker rusty bowers said people often show up to his house, some calling him a corrupt politician and a pedophile. bower
federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden s problem few democrats don t see the point. i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to bring down prices at the pump. but evidently didn t nail down lawmaker support before making the public plea and congress is lukewarm. house speaker nancy pelosi writing: we will see where the consensus lies on a path forward. democrat senator joe manchin indicated the votes may not be there at all telling abc. i m not a yes right now that s for sure. even if congress gets on board, there is nothin
gun safety legislation in the senate tonight. it is minimal legislation by anyone s score. but it is the only legislation that has moved through there they are in the last 30 years. 14 republican senators voting for it, including senator mcconnell, and john cornyn, after he got booed in texas this weekend, for exactly this, either publican state convention in texas. so, something is definitely gonna happen and everyone who was advocating for this cause we ll go back to work advocating for more. as soon as this passes. but it is a very big moment in the history of the subject, and the senate tonight. literally, it s been decades of nothing. and this may be a small something that it is not nothing. and that is big news when it comes to that issue. thank you, lawrence. rachel, you ve worked too hard. get out of here. i ll take it for the rest of the day. thank you, rachel. tonight s other breaking news is that the january 6th committee has secured the cooperation of a docu
it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. ahead not next 15 minutes i ll speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president biden s top allies. and relief at the pump, that s president biden s goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but it s already facing stiff resistance from democrats and republicans. why is that? we ll break it down coming up. and this hour on the hill, roger goodell is testifying virtually before a house committee. what he is telling lawmakers about the league s handling of work place misconduct allegations in the washington commanders franchise. what we are learning about the next hearing for the january 6th committee and the new revelations from the latest one. ali vitali is on capitol hill. and i want to bring in reporter kyle cheney and cha