a gas station in l.a. paul, how are people reacting to these very high gas prices in california? reporter: they re reacting with shock and they re in agony. if you look behind me, this gas station is considered a discount at $6.09 a gallon. as you articulated, here in california the average now, $6.42. what drives all of this, california has an extremely high gas tax at 51 cents per gallon. these taxes used to improve roads and infrastructure and whatnot. for these vendors we re talking to today, they re absolutely getting jackhammered by these prices. a family rental business, party rental business, busy time of the year, weddings, graduations, father s day around the corner, what takerhey re doing now is o filling up a partial tank at a time. it went up a dollar in a week. we only filled a quarter tank and it will probably last us maybe for the rest of the day. if not, we ll have to fill up later on today again, another 60. reporter: so if you do the math, that s abou
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two
which laid out the case of who they said is at the center of the insurrection. here s congressman benny thompson. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy. and ultimately, donald trump, the president of the united states, spurred a mob of tim aesthetic and the maze of the constitution. to march down the capitol, and subvert american democracy. any legal jargon that you care about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of a official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, boils down to this. january 6th, was the culmination of an attempted coup. a brazen attempt, as one wanted to put it, shortly after january 6th. to overthrow the government. who heard that right? quote. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy to overthrow the government. it also blew a hole into any idea that this protest would a march to the capitol that would unintentionally turn violent. instead, there was planning and strategy. including by the proud boys who skipped the r
hello, good to have you with us. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement. the timing of this cannot be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, they don t have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas with a positive
told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. mike pence deserves it. that s one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but that s not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. trump s attorney general bill barr told him, his claim the election was stolen was bs. ivanka trump testified she believed barr when he said that. and overnight a source close to former vice president pence told cnn that his team did not call the white house for help as the riots unfolded because they did not think the white house, that is the president, would help them. that s the vice president. capitol hill police officers who were attacked an