on the leases that they already own, because we very much understand that it is a world supply of oil and gas that is so important for energy costs and he wants to ensure that those prices remain manageable for households. just to be clear, what s happening with russia and ukraine is compounding a problem that was already starting, right. so this is exacerbating something that was already in effect before the war. what about a national gas tax holiday? so, look, the president understands the uncertainty and the costs that rising prices pay for, the cost on families. all measures are on the table. he s focussed on these issues. so, one, he s trying to address oil and gas prices. i mentioned the spro, all other options are on the table as well. he s been focus odd on reducing the cost for families on really important items such as reducing prescription costs, making child care and home care more affordable, lowering the cost of housing which will increase economic growth an
northeast. car seats and strollers litter the highway after russian troops attacked a civilian evacuation convoy, again. civilians as targets there. officials say a 13-year-old girl was among several whom the russian forces killed in that attack. we ll have much more from ukraine in just a moment. we re also following the dramatic deadly end to this 11-day manhunt. escaped alabama inmate casey white is in custody this morning. former corrections officer vicky white is dead after police chase ended in a crash in indiana. officials say vicky white died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. casey white is facing extradition to alabama for arraignment. we ll get you an update just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in ukraine, cnn international correspondent scott mclean recording from lviv. scott, you know, odesa has been a big target in recent days. i heard from folks there about the danger they re facing. what do we know about the latest attack? reporter: the locations
domestic priority right now. he knows the pains that americans are feeling because of it, but the big question, of course, is what president biden is going to do about it. that s where the challenge comes in for the white house. the president today leaning on the federal reserve, saying he does agree with them that inflation is the number one economic priority here in the united states. and you ve seen interest rates on the rise, potentially more of those rises to come in the coming months. when it comes to what president biden is going to do, he talked about the federal reserve s actions and his domestic agenda which we should note is stalled right now on capitol hill. and he also talked about telling companies not to price gouge, but there are still big questions about other steps he could take that he has not taken so far. you did hear him at the end of the remarks say that they are discussing whether to remove the trump era tariffs on chinese goods. that is something that
the big plan to have 77 aircraft flying over red square to commemorate the 1945 victory over nazi germany did not happen. the kremlin blamed bad weather. regardless, this year s victory day is an ominous show of defiance and irony. the british secretary said putin and generals are mirroring the fascism of 77 years ago. ukraine s president releasing a video message as putin was speaking. volodymyr zelenskyy saying that his country will soon have two victory days, away from the pageantry and rhetoric, the russian military is inflicting more pain and suffering on the ukrainian people. 60 are feared dead after ukraine says russia bombed a school where nearly everyone from a village was taking shelter. a survivor told cnn s sam kiley how he escaped. i got slammed down by a slab, then another explosion, small rocks sprinkled darkness. i looked and the dust settled and a ray of light appeared. sergey crawled out, then he dug me out. dug uncle tolio out, aunt ira out, we crawled al
that did not happen. the kremlin blaming bad weather for that. as putin was speaking in moscow, ukraine s president released his own victory day message. translator: very soon there will be two victory days in ukraine, and someone won t have any. we won then, and we will win now. happy victory over naziism day. u.s. diplomats return to kyiv for the first time since the war began. it s a big step towards officially reopening the embassy. let s go right to cnn s matthew chance live for us in moscow. mat matthew, what stood out to you about putin s speech this morning is this. this morning? look, first of all, the atmosphere, the spectacle of the display of russian military might was as we expected it to be, quite dramatic. we saw thousands of russian troops on the cobbles of red square chanting patriotic slogans, military bans playing patriotic kind of war songs. there was a march passed and a salute taken by by president putin as the crowd cheered and applauded and t