pm in history. with one of our closest allies facing a new level of political chaos on top of the worst economic disaster in a generation, what s at stake for a new prime minister? and what about britain s impact on the global economy or its support for ukraine? we ll go live to london and check on reaction here in just a minute. plus a federal judge reveals donald trump may have provided a paper trail leading to crimes of obstruction and conspiracy. coming up, the lies trump swore were true, even when his attorney, john eastman, told him that wasn t the case. and whether that could prove once and for all that the big lie was a crime. and finally, if you stopped worrying about covid, this winter could come as a rude awakening. we ll tell you about the new variants out there and whether so-called covid immunity can stop them. but we start overseas, where liz truss came into office just 44 days ago, promising to help turn the british economy around and provide relief for
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
finally getting to it. we re getting it done. we finally decided instead of being ranked number 13 in the world 13 in the world in united states, 13 in the world in infrastructure we should be ranked number one. so, instead of infrastructure week, which was a punch line for four years under my predecessor, it s infrastructure decade, a headline on my watch. with the help of your members of congress here today, i signed into law a once in a generation investment in roads, highways, bridges, ports, airports, and so much, over $1,200,000,000,000. it s called the bipartisan infrastructure law. and it s the most significant
jacqui: obama once called a gas tax holiday a gimmick to allow people in washington to pat themselves on the back without much of a return, and the treasury secretary said it s unclear how much americans could benefit, because federal taxes are lower than state taxes and a worry it could increase demand, thereby increasing inflation. and the federal gas tax revenue is used for infrastructure maintenance. president biden brushed off concerns it s going to impact projects. giant, giant, 1.2 $1,200,000,000,000 dollars. worth it for you sure, it s not like before. look, it will have some impact. but it s not going to impact on major road construction and major repairs. so, a senior administration official told us the president is going to ask congress to make sure that the federal highway fund still gets money from other
the exception of many of the tea party folks forgot why they were sent to washington to shrink the government not to do business as usual. this threat from the white house to shut down the executive branch of the government is fear among gerring by the white house and the congressional republicans should call out the president on it. the federal government collects over $1,200,000,000,000 a month. surely the president can run his part of the government on that. if he can t he shouldn t be the president. if he puts all of that money in the bank because there isn t enough of it instead of enforcing the laws congress has written he should get another job. if congressional republicans let them get away with this they will be looking for work. where does all of this lied us? it recalls for us the culture in this country is that the government will take care of the people t. rejects the jeffersonian approach that that government is best which governs least. it remind us the government from t