everything he can to bring prices down. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. when the president gave the rousing speech about the economy today he never mentioned the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow. instead, he was looking backwards and talking about all the times that there were long lines of cars waiting to get boxes of food during covid lockdowns as he tried to make the point it could be worse. under my plan for the economy we made extraordinary progress. so dismal economic trends aren t the problem. the president thinks messaging is the problem. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies about reckless spending. three members of biden s inner circle head to the hill tomorrow. kate bedingfield, john o malley dillon and will talk messaging on the economy. inflation. it s sapping the strength of a lot of families. inflation is not isolated to the u.s. worldwide
memorial day. i m julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? i m griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but we also have more news to get to. that is go ahead. julie: i was just going to add it is a day we want to remind everybody not only a day to remember the fallen heroes, but also a day to give thanks for those veterans that were lucky enough to survive in place in war. those veterans today remembering and giving thanks for being alive but also remembering for those who did not be so lucky. we
happen? where in god s name is our backbone to the courage to deal with this and stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen in this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to a special edition of way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. thanks for joining us a little early today. i m jonathan lemire. we re going to start with the latest developments in this tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack about 80 miles west of san antonio is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the texas department of public safety says there are more victims both children and adults who are in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-y
who has the upper hand. we can see victory ahead and it is all because of you, so thank you, pennsylvania. increased forest fires in the u.s., leaving of corals in the oceans. time is running out. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, may 19, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in new york and washington. investors on wall street will be waking up after reporting the worst trading day in nearly two years, all eyes on the u.s. markets to see if the roller coaster ride continues as fears of a recession grows. let s take a look at how it is impacting life. gasoline prices are soaring. so are home prices. and if americans want to buy a car, with the supply chain shortages even the price of used cars has skyrocketed. in california, gas prices have hit $6 a gallon this week and experts warn that could be the national average before the summer is out. aaa has the current gas average at just a little over $4.50 today. the cost of grocerie
to the bitter end. but he is blaming the west for it. meanwhile ukraine slammed turkey s decision to release a russian ship allegedly packed with stolen grain. ukraine has asked turkey to detain the russian flanked vessel which sailed from the occupied port but the ship was released by turkish officials wednesday evening. grain feeds millions around the globe. in somalia, the blockade of wheat exports combined with years of drought have left the country facing a humanitarian catastrophe. clarissa ward is joining us live now. reporter: that s right, max, somalia is no stranger to hunger in 2011, a quarter of a million people here died in a famine that again in 2017, the international community and the