good morning. it is saturday may 14th. according to the latest survey, americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country right now. this is no surprise as the price of everything is rising. there s a lot more going on behind the scenes. i want to get in to it with gas prices. it rose averaging $4.42 a gallon, according to the automobile association. a top $4 per gallon in every state, well above $5 a gallon in california and hawaii. this leads us to the discussion of crude oil prices. the biggest factor that affects how much you pay at the pump. over the past 20 years, it s important to look at it overtime. the price of crude has had peaks and values. you can see the rise starting in 2002, then the fall after the 2008 recession, then another sharp fall in 2014, and then another in 2020, the beginning of the corona pandemic. oil falls when people use less than the world produces. now let s go to socks. i prefer to focus on the s&p 500. it is a better representatio
Northwest washington. A vigil held tonight to remember a transgender woman shot on the fourth of july. Found out what police in maryland had to do to protect people from this black lives matter protest. Thousands of people in turkey flood the streets and answer their president s call to show support for his embattled government. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. The show of support comes a day after the uprising, but the governments victory comes with a cost. As Richard Engel reports, the crisis has spread to the united states. Reporter its a brazen and treasonous attempted coup by a faction in the military and today supporters erdogan were cheering victory. The crackdown is now under way. More than 2800 soldiers and officers, alleged conspirators, have already been arrested and the extradition of a cleric, fethullah gulen, that erdogan has called the head of terror. Tell obama, president erdogan said, either deport gulen or give him to us. Turkey suspended all military fl
Conditions on all major roadways. Now, we monitoring conditions on the parkway as you come to and there the front area, that will be near morning side lane. So be prepared it is blocked in both directions. Getting that clear, 395, between the belt way and the 14th street bridge, you can see things moving right along. I will send it back to you. All right, thank you. Our top story this morning, six people are hospitalized after an Early Morning Apartment Fire in southeast washington. Thats right. Our John Gonzales live this morning with the very latest. John. Well, jummy and scott, one thing is for sure, d. C. Firefighters here in southeast d. C. Knew they had to move very quickly this morning because not only were they dealing with a raging fire, but people were trapped inside. Fist of all, we want to show you the red cross, they are already here at the scene. They are assisting people that are displaced from what we can see, at least, at least six units inside destroyed. You take a lo
Interaction with a foreign leader included a promise that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the u. S. Intelligence community to file a former whistleblower complaint with the Inspector General. Who also said it was deeply troubling and then the Justice Department squelched it. At that point theyre supposed to automatically get information over to congress and the Oversight Committees, but well talk to the reporter behind that. Right now theres a coverup. Straight ahead. It is thursday, september nine teeth. Along with joe, willie and wee we have economic analyst steve radnor. Elise labott, and columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius. And theres just a little bit more of that border wall discussion, the president but wait, theres more. You can fry an egg on it. You can, really, its that hot. It was kind of disturbing, all most, to hear him sell this wall. Lets hear a little bit more President Trump speaking to the Southern Califor