o donnell: breaking news: a judge blocks president biden s plan to let migrants claim asylum at the border for the first time in two years. tonight s other top headlines: the u.s. says it will keep 100,000 troops in europe for the foreseeable future. secret service scandal: why two officers were sent home from president biden s asia trip. and, the w.h.o. confirms an outbreak around the globe of monkeypox, with 80 cases so far. tonight, the warning about the rare disease here in the u.s. and, on the road, with the story of one lucky cat, and the family that never gave up hope. this is the cbs eveng news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, you may have noticed that filling up your car or truck is especially painful right now. well, you re not alone, as gas prices are an all-time high. the national average for regular gas now stands at $4.
also the moment late today, the president caught on a hot mic cursing at a fox news reporter. what he said also tonight, the wild ride on wall street, the dow plunging more than 1,000 points before clawing its way back into the green what s causing the stock volatility the new signs omicron may be in retreat. infections down 14% in a week dr. fauci on when the wave might finally peak and the major new lawsuit filed over masks in school. the supreme court taking up a potential landmark case. could the justices overturn affirmative action at colleges just in, three firefighters killed in a row house inferno in baltimore. what we re learning. news tonight on the man suspected of killing an nypd officer and wounding another. the growing concern over rising violent crime in america s cities the first date to file your taxes. the urgent alert from the irs and how to get your refund faster
that this comes to nothing and putin doesn t engage and sort of backs off, in the face of western unity and western resolve, but at the moment as i say, i think we re in a very perilous instance in international diplomacy in which war is a realistic outcome in the coming days if not weeks. ominous words to be sure. putin no doubt has enhanced russia s standing in the world and his relationship with xi jingping of china something to watch. we appreciate it and hope you come back soon. still ahead, the wild ride on wall street continues. we ll go live to cnbc for a look at the markets ahead of the opening bell. plus, new developments in london. as police are now looking into parties thrown by boris johnson. .
to investors. you still see the wild ride on wall street is that when you have this rhetoric, it provides all this uncertainty. and then when people and businesses are taking the hit. let s not pretend that s the case. some businesses are winning but there are businesses like farmers that are getting hit hard and that has an effect to consumer spending and how jobs are being placed. and not only does white house trade adviser peter navarro deny a yield curve inversion even happened last week, he also told cnn that the trade war with china is not having an impact on the u.s. economy. fact or fiction? well, i mean, what he had said, and i saw that interview, you know, he just stuck to his talking points saying, well, that 10% of $300 billion is nothing. sure, yeah, it s nothing in the gdp percentage. but what he failed to state in that interview was, what about all the other tariffs that have been in place? you mentioned the spin job.
joining me msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki, stephanie ruhle. steve, you have numbers on the 2020 standing and it was now taken before the wild ride on wall street but still there are numbers of concern for the president, right? yeah. check this out. because you talk of the role of the economy. this is the president s overall an approval rating in the nbc news/ wall street journal. not good news for a president headed into the re-election. when you ask the folks do you approve of the job he is doing on the economy it flips around and suddenly he s in positive territory. 49% approve, 46% disapprove. 49, 46, in general on a question of if that was his job approval rating we d be saying he could win the re-election with the numbers but his overall job approval rating is running