wry directions. the major issues inflation, economy, crime and in some places the border. all four of those the end to work for the republicans. those things are coming into play has we get to the end. as a result not going to be a pleasant night for the democrats. bill: we re on the ground in the key states. we are throughout the united states. starting us off this hour senior national correspondent rich edson live in langhorn, pennsylvania. rich, good morning. good morning, bill. dr. oz has an event at a firehouse tonight here in bucks county. a swing county. look at the last two u.s. senate races, they go for the republican and then the democratic candidate here. both campaigns are vying. we spoke with voters here who say the issues that are playing nationwide really matter here, too. cost of living, you know, with the medical and the food and everything going up. cost of living. it s getting harder and harder to support yourself. people are really upset with the i
biden aides and allies have been talking up key parts of the plan including prescription drugs, taxes and energy. lowering prescription drug costs is one piece. we can bring down costs burdening households like description drugs. pharmaceutical prices which will help health care and lowering the rate. long overdue tax reform. the parks repeal, not the full repeal, but the partial repeal of the trump tax cuts which would take some demand out of the economy. lowering utility costs by providing tax incensetives. the way in which we can assure reasonable energy expenses for households is to move to renewables to address climate change. freeing up fossil fuels in various ways in the short run, and making, with government support, the ultimate pivot to renewables. joining us now from washington, d.c., cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, happy monday. good to see you here. it looks like a new coat of paint perhaps on some key elements of build back be
testify next week and the role the white house supreme court justice plaidyed in overturning the election. the key moment in the fight against coronavirus. the cdc set to vote on recommending vaccines for young children. . good morning, it s saturday, june 18th. we are grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. it s always a pleasure to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. let s talk about the new fears that we re learning about about the u.s. economy and it is headed towards a recession. friday marked the end of a rocky week after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades in an attempt to tame inflation. the dow down, the s&p slightly higher but still the worst week since 2020. we also learned that wages in the united states are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 1980s, but inflation has climbed up so quickly that workers have been been handed a pay cut. america is in a stronger position than any other nation
is going to do a lot more for those children than just allowing them to not be vaccinated and rely on natural antibodies as it were. they are expecting in the next maybe, sounds like they have a lot of questions right now. maybe it s going to be a half hour to an hour before they wrap up. take that vote, and then move that recommendation on to the cdc director who is expected to accept their recommendation and then cities like new york will begin to deliver shots into arms as soon as next wednesday. these are two different vaccines, moderna and pfizer, slightly different regimes for both. the moderna is a two-shot regime, the pfizer is a three-shot regime. they are much smaller doses than those for kids or adults or older kids and adults, and they ve really gone through all of the process of how the vaccines will get from the manufacturers to the various places to put them into arms and they expect that they will start all next week. back to you. miguel marquez, thank you s
the worst drought in 1200 years . it is scary to think we cannot do this because we know have water to do it. there is this assumption that it will always be there, still, it s always not there. they might have been captured by the russians they have been fighting. we expect they were from the tank shooting with a blast. he had this and this big burden on him to serve the people however he can. i want to see him back safely. i am jessica dean in washington. pamela house tonight off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with your wallet, and the beating it has taken in recent days, weeks and months. the s&p 500 ended its first week since march of 2020. that is when the pandemic hit. for a second straight day, the dow closed between 30,000. americans are filling the worst inflation now since 1981. consumer prices shot up by 8.6% ending in may. record gas prices and skyrocketing airline tickets are battering summer travel plans. just a few days ago, the federa