arguing that the doj must explain. the difference between a free republic and a banana republic is not whether the powerful could be held to account but whether the powerful are held to account legitimately. it s not a pretext for ulterior motives. does the department of justice understand this? the jury they stay is still out. that as representative jim banks and other members of congress travel to new jersey to meet with the former president. banks says on the issue of running in 2024, trump is resolved. i ve never seen the president as fired up as what he was tonight. martha: have a big line-up this afternoon. first, to lauren simonetti who is live outside trump tower here in new york city with the very latest in this case. hi, learn. hi, martha. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on attorney general merrick garland to give real reasons for the raid. the fbi and 30 agents spent over nine hours on monday at former president donald trump s primary resid
reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
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
every legal recommend dip is exhausted, a tone different than she reported in her interview before the january 6th panel. and the temperature yesterday underscored how ugly and scary it was to be an elections worker or public official who either came under donald trump s scrutiny or refused to bow to his pressure to overturn the results. arizona house speaker republican rusty bowers described the hoards of people, some with weapon, who would show up at his home. and pole workers shea moss and her mother ruby freeman gave gut wrenching accounts of the threats so unrelenting that they were forced into hiding. yes, a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. there is no where i feel safe, nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you, the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american, not to target one. wi
abortion pill. and tonight, the retired l.a. sheriff s deputy missing in greece amid soaring temperatures. the all-out search, and news coming in, a second american is now missing, too. first tonight, new storms now pummeling florida. authorities warning of life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flooding. dangerous driving, high water rescues. residents who say they have never seen this before. and now, the extreme heat moving into the east, right up the coast. washington, philadelphia, new york city. meantime, that heat helping to fuel a massive wildfire, destroying homes, shutting down a highway. from the air, the images coming in at this hour from arizona. tonight, new reaction here after the supreme court s unanimous decision today, leaving access to the abortion pill mifepristone unchanged in this country. many many states, women still able to get it through the mail. but what the justices signaled today, leaving the door open to future challenges involvin