refining capacity. the administration estimates the moves could lower gas prices by at least $1 a gallon, if they can get it all through congress. i should say, this faces steep opposition from some on capitol hill, even from some of the president s own party, and members of the administration have even conceded there are significant downsides to do this, jim. plus, significant new evidence in the latest hearing from the january 6th committee, witnesses testify that former president trump and sitting gop lawmakers were directly involved in pushing fake slates of electors in multiple states to attempt to overturn the 2020 election while the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani admitted they had no evidence of widespread fraud to back up that plan. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors. did you also receive a call from u.s. representative andy biggs of
months as americans hit the road for the summer. plus i didn t want to be used as a pawn. republican elected officials go point by point through donald trump s efforts to throw out the 2020 election. now the january 6 lt committee calls on a key west wing insider to share his story. and is the trump brand fading. voters say yes to very late trump pick in alabama, but georgia republicans again defy the former president. this time in two house races. up first for us, new white house push to lower gas prices through the summer driving season. today president biden will ask the congress to suspend the gas tax for three months, july, august and september, and he will call on states to do the same. at an event this afternoon, the president will demand oil companies do work to lower gas prices including ramping up production. it is a big white house play on this year s dominant economic and political issue. high gas price asks the much broad problem with inflation and economic a
takening a pivotal step in restocking the low baby formula supply. the first palets of emergency formula arriving from europe via a u.s. military plane just a short time ago. and now going through inspection. the product is a specialty formula for infants who are intolerant of protein in cow s milk and will be distributed to pharmacies and hospitals and doctor s offices. we are live in indianapolis where the first shipment landed. p polo, this is just the first of what s expected to be many baby formula flights? reporter: and it is more than just a drop in the bucket. you re talking about 35 tons of the prescription baby formula that landed in indianapolis today. manufactured in germany. transferred to germany and air lifted yesterday. flew all night to get here. as you mentioned, this will not serve the general needs of parents who have been looking for a solution. in fact, asking the biden administration to act. we did see a representative of the biden administration, tom
victory for the u.s. women s soccer team in their years long battle for equal pay announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone with many american families bordering on desperation in their search for baby formula, the white house has just announced a major step to increase formula availability, invoking the defense production act. that will prioritize manufacturing resources and ingredients for formula production it comes as a network of milk banks report a 20% increase in demand for donated milk, but tonight, some parents are pursuing their own alternatives, in some cases leading to trips to the hospital. our kate snow is here with late details. first of all, what are you learning about the white house s move tonight? so this is the biden administration, as you say, announcing that it will push private industry to ramp up production of baby formula and they re launching operation fly formula using defense department aircraft to bring
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