coming right up. sandra: begin america reports with the supreme court striking down a new york gun law that could have far-reaching implications for the nation s largest cities. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: john roberts in washington, welcome to the thursday edition of america reports. justices ruling 6-3, harder to carry a concealed handgun in public if you live in new york and similar laws in other big states will likely be challenged as a result of today s decision. this as the nation awaits another major ruling on abortion, sparked protests outside the home of conservative justices and attacks on pro life centers across the country. sandra: the latest incident in jackson, michigan, 80 miles west of detroit. congressman says several windows were broken and the front door smashed at the building he shares with a pro life group and the vandals left their calling card in a spray painted message on a sign outsid
athlete at that level and you just want it to be a fair level playing field, end of day. that s it. we will continue to cover that, john. biden s energy chief just wrapped a meeting with top oil c.e.o.s at the white house, all while this administration continues to ramp up attacks on that very industry. the energy secretary revealing that the president may resort to using his wartime powers even to ease prices at the pump. a move that has been widely criticized for overuse in the past. joining us now, charles payne, fox business network. i feel like all of america is in on this situation. we are all living it, we are all experiencing it. we have all seen the reporting on it. now we see these big energy c.e.o.s invited to the white house in a moment where they are being asked to produce more, they are demonized for too big a profit, absurd in a free market
to improve, if this administration is so detached from what is happening right now and what is causing it? the situation is improving for the wrong reasons. international prices of oil are coming down, they are coming down because demand is coming down because people are worried about the higher probability of a recession. i think you have to be really careful when you talk about these things. five distinct reasons why we have an inflation problem. the importance has varied over time, and the key issue today, i repeat, it s about the fed. if we are not careful, the other reasons are going to wash themself out of the system and we have to still get stuck with inflation, a new driver and that s inflation expectation. so it s a big statement, if we are here because of the fed, the point you are making, can we be confident the fed will fix
refineries have been choked down for many years and the last two years under this administration, they have closed about a dozen refineries and they could not get permits to reopening refineries is very expensive and costly, takes quite some time. starting a new refinery and modernnize, cleaner refinery, could not do it. sandra: do you have some idea what the future holds for you, the administration says they are doing away with fossil this is the energy secretary granholm who was meeting with the oil executives today, making it very clear what her policy is for energy, listen. the real truth is that as long as our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels, we ll feel these price shocks again. this is not going to be the last time. the next time there is a war, the next time there is a pandemic, another hurricane, extreme weather events we are experiencing, they will impact
washington, you want to be associated with this administration or someone from a state with no connection to the administration. jared polis of colorado is a governor to watch, gretchen whitmer in michigan, i would bet a governors, one of the governors. john: and the republican race is talked about for 2024, former president trump put this out on true social earlier, reminding people, saying donald trump, 54%, desantis 12%, he s trying to tell people he s the top dog. he s responding to the new hampshire poll that showed desantis ahead in new hampshire. he knows desantis is the elephant in the room that could challenge him for the 2024 nomination. sandra: thank you, new at 2:00, the president s plan to