surrounding president biden s 2024 prospects, after brutal reports, that members of his own party see him as an anchor that should be cut loose. the times interviewing more than 50 democratic officials. a current dnc member saying, quote, biden should announce his intent not to seek re-election in 24, right after the midterms. oh, that s my prediction date, isn t it? it is. president biden getting no mercy from younger members of his party. listen to this about a second term. he s saying he s going to run again in 2024. will you support him? if the president has a vision, that s something we re willing to entertain and examine when the time comes. that s not a yes. yeah. you know, i think we should endorse when we get to it. democrats set on dumping president biden can point to a laundry list of reasons. national gas prices have sky rocked to over $5 a gallon, inflation on everything from shelter to medical care. some feels it s too late to change things aro
that event in just a few minutes. but, first, breaking tonight, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in this country is soaring past the $5 mark, a figure never before seen in the u.s. wall street took the skyrocketing inflation hard. the dow losing almost 3 percentage points today. the s&p 500 dropping nearly 4. the nasdaq losing four and two thirds. president biden continues to put the blame on others, vladimir putin, oil companies, but an increasing number of americans are blaming president biden, according to the latest poll numbers. that is now leading many democrats to both publicly and anonymously question whether the president should seek a second term. white house correspondent peter doocy leads us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. a quick check of numbers that have changed since president biden s inauguration day, gas prices are now twice as high and the average price, the dow jones industrial average stocks are
campaign manager now set to testify as members lay out the case against donald trump. what they say he did to stoke the fires of the insurrection. how he knew he had lost the election but chose to lie about it. the stunning arrest in idaho. 31 members of the far-right extremist group patriot front taken into custody, accused of planning to disrupt a local pride event. authorities say the group looked like a little army wearing shin guards and shields. local officials say they were coming to riot and had planned it out meticulously. the suspects are reportedly from several states and some as far away as alabama. the dangerous weather threats. 90 million americans on alert from california to alabama. potentially life-threatening heat now moving east. severe storms take aim from the northern plains to mid-atlantic and the increased fire danger in the west. meteorologist rob marciano times it all out. the navy s safety pause suspending nonessential flight operations for 24
participate in vent which is what they were planning. people don t want everyone to forget what happened in orlando six years ago. senseless. happens all the time. really we need to pay respect for things like that. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. . it is 19 days since 19 young children were slaughtered in uvalde, texas, with 2 teachers and the senate is taking a step to gun safety. here are the provisions under discussion. funding for mental health resources. red flag laws. expanded background checks. addressing the boyfriend loophole and straw purchasing and clarifying the definition of a firearms dealer. if there s attempt to filibuster the legislation you need ten members from the gop and the democrats to end it. saying we can t fail the american people again president biden is pushing for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, strengthening the background checks and enacting safe storage and repealing gun mrveers.
signaling it could be strong enough to overcome any threat of a filibuster. the new legislation comes in the wake of several mass shootings across the country including an attack on a texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 little children and two teachers. for the latest let s bring in daniella diaz on capitol hill. this is significant. what do we know about what is in this potential new bill? amara, i want to emphasize the point you made. this is just a framework. no legislative text yet. but important to note that there are ten republicans that supported this framework signed the press releases that were sent out when that news broke a little over two hours ago. i m going to talk a little bit about what s in this framework. it has proposals to support a state crisis intervention orders. investments in children and family mental health services. protections for victims of domestic violence. funding for school-based mengts health and supportive services. fundi