[ ] hello everyone im dana with jesse and greg, 5 00 in new York City and this is the five. President Gardenton Vice president here is facing criticism about the delayed response, right now 120 people are confirmed dead and 600 remained missing after the category four storm left catastrophic Flooding And Destruction across the southeast. More than 2 Million remain without power for several days and thousands cut off from communication after towns completely wiped out. President biden pressed by a reporter about why he spent the weekend at his Beach House in delaware and not in washington dc. Why werent you and Vice President hairs here in washington. President Joe Biden i was on the phone for two Hours Yesterday and the day before as well. Kamala harris changing her schedule after Phasing Backlash for attending fundraisers. The vp will be receiving a briefing at the headquarters in washington any moment now. And the White House offended their responses. President biden at the Beach Hou
the situation room. breaking this hour president biden and the united states making good on their vow to strike back after three american soldiers were killed in jordan. the white house revealing moments ago strikes on three facilities and iraq and four in syria were successful. our correspondents are standing by as our live coverage continues right now. let s get straight to natasha ber trnd at the pentagon. what more are we learning about these strikes? reporter: we are getting more information in from the national security council as well as a senior official at the pentagon joint chiefs. we re told the reason why there was kind of a delay here in conducting these 85 different strikes across these facilities, these seven different facilities in iraq and syria is essentially they were waiting for good weather to present itself. and that window kind of opened today and it all came together so they would avoid, of course, unnecessary casualties according to the military o
rattled that they re lower than donald trump. the new york post has this advice for him. the u.s. loves a winner, not a weiner, joe biden. this comes after the reports that the president is frustrated with his staff fearing their cleanup campaign makes his look weak. just yesterday they walked back his comments again. this time on handguns. a 9 millimeter bullet blows the lung out of the body. so the idea of these high caliber weapons, there s no rationale basis for it in terms of self-respect. he support as ban on the sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazines and expanded background checks to keep guns out of the dangerous hands. kayleigh: that was the walk back. that was on inflation, the number 1 issue to voters. they doubled down on his take that it was just temporary. some folks have raised worries this could be a sign of persistent inflation. that s not our view. over time as the economy is turning back on, we see the transitory effects. that s wha
take about $70 to fill up. before, used to be 40, 45. this is insane. almost $100 to full my tank up. another 1 1/2 months before it really breaks me. i thought it was going down but now it s the same price as my coffee. my fun could go elsewhere. i m trying to live in my travels. go from work to home. biden can do so much. so i appreciate anything and everything that he tries to do. with the influx of gas prices also suggest is that president biden is going to have a similar legacy as jimmy carter. martha: president biden blaming putin again today, about an hour ago, pandemic and the newly coined ultra maga republicans for the prices that we re seeing. former vice president pence had plenty to say about that, the supreme court, elon musk and twitter and a lot more. we begin with john barrasso, the number 3 senate republican leader. good to have you with us. thanks very much. there s no better barometer to go different places than the country. those were from