rising possibility of russian military action at any time. at the same time, president biden is considering moving troops within europe closer to russia s border as well as in the black sea and increasing bomber flights over the region. even as we re building up deterrence, even as we re building up defense for ukraine, we re also engaged in diplomacy and dialogue. that s the preferable path forward for everyone. it s the responsible thing to do, and we ll pursue it as long as we can. at the same time we ll continue to build up the defense and deterrence that is necessary. the optimism, the fight against the omicron variant is growing in the u.s. across the country as the national 7-day average of confirmed cases finally begins to shift downward after a record setting surge. there is still pressure on hospital workers in some western is southern states where omicron cases are at their peak, and vaccination rates are low. our nbc news poll contains bad news for democrats w
d.v.r. and watch it back later today. begin today with a new challenge in the red hot housing market as the average interest rate for america s most common home loan, a high not seen in more than a decade. hello, john roberts in washington, good friday to you. thanks for having me, john. i m jacqui heinrich. 30 year fixed rate mortgage is 5%, up from 4.27 last week, the average just over 3% a year ago. mortgage lending giant says the goal of home ownership is the most expensive in a generation. john: and economic woes for the biden administration saddled with 40 year high inflation, and the president placing the blame for increased prices on russian president vladimir putin and voters are not buying it. his approval rating all time lows with the midterms months away. peter doocy kicks us off this afternoon. live on the north lawn. peter. the first one of the polls you mentioned looks at the president s overall approval rating and it is down. all the way down to 33%, acc
glad you got back in time to do that crazy thing that i m not gonna do this year. i m sorry actually, i m planning on stopping myself in thy with a fork. i don t have time. among the reasons the skip it could be super waiting place. man, i will say though that looking at the list of people who have been boldface names who have been in the last two weeks and the 80 people in the last dinner. even the all-stars not ending up in the hospital as the best tribute that we ve got to the vaccines. i mean, if you have to be fully vaccinated, doesn t mean you won t get it. but if you do get, it you re probably not going to the hospital. and you re seeing that in the realtime. how about we get the fourth booster, and the second booster, and we go to the crazy thing in washington, and see if it works. i don t want to go. i know. no, i m afraid of people. welcome, back we are not coming that far back to actually go back. thank you rachel. thank you. u rachel there is
realtime. how about we get the fourth booster, and the second booster, and we go to the crazy thing in washington, and see if it works. i don t want to go. i know. no, i m afraid of people. welcome, back we are not coming that far back to actually go back. thank you rachel. thank you. there is a war raging with a murderous dictator armed with nukes. and it is very difficult for any other issues to compete with that. in our new cycle. it is very difficult to keep focus daily on any other developments. but, there is a development that we have never seen before in this country that we are going to be begin with tonight. and that is the single biggest most important and gravest scandal in the history of the united states supreme court. and it is time to call clarence thomas what he is. a politician. and as a supreme court justice, clarence thomas is now very much out of control. here is clarence thomas posing at the supreme court with a republican senate candidate who
good morning. i m victor blackwell. this is first of all and today we re starting in the middle east. iran is condemning airstrikes by the usa military in syria and iraq. the strikes are in retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers killed in a drone attack in jordan almost a week ago. president biden says this is only the start. cnn s katie bolillis is in washington. let s start with you and tell us about the targets. reporter: the u.s. military striking 85 targets associated with both iranian-backed militia as well as also used by iran s own forces. these targets included everything from intelligence centers to rockets and missiles and other munitions facilities, to command and control hubs to logistics facilities. now, at this point in the coming hours and days the u.s. military will be doing what is known as a battle damage assessment, to lean on u.s. intelligence to try to independently verify the toll these strikes took, both the damage that they caused t