today. first, here we go again. gas prices on the rise. the white house appears powerless to stop it. don t say we didn t warn you. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. big welcome back to sandra. sandra: couldn t think of a better way to start my tuesday with william hemmer. here we go. i m sandra smith, this is america s newsroom. enter the president s strategy of tapping the strategic oil reserves appears to be falling flat. we re watching gas prices up to $3.80 at the national average. if you live out west, that probably sounds like a steal. bill: california gets the worst, $6.41 a gallon ahead of an opec meeting tomorrow that could make prices higher. this hurts the poor people of california. california has the highest poverty rate in the nation. poor people in california are not the ones driving electric cars. they are in gas-powered gars and paying through the nose. this all started on day one of the administration when he ended america s energy independence.
it s true, there is going to be 400 more drafts between that, what you heard and what is going to the public. what i heard is still awesome. thank you very, very much. thank you for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. do you know how time magazine has person of the year, east we man of the year. time magazine invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figured they needed to do something because in 1927, the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically f
conversation this topic back to the front. while republicans you can hear what the the house, something they were talking about as they try to woo the voters. dana: inflation, economy and jobs, that is the number one issue. all states, national surveys. right now, we are looking at a dow jones with a pretty tough week. a lot of people who are watching their 401(k)s are thinking this is not the trajectory. they might have to put off their retirement. or as they were sating in the presentation, people are making tough choices at the grocery store. they don t see an end in sight. and they feel like the president of the united states when he says, oh, inflation has gone up an inch, he does not understand what they were going through. can the republicans maintain that kind of momentum over the next few weeks to bring these statements home? these polls have been tightening as you have watched closer than anybody. they talk about this on the show, they have been getting better
state. saying that those who disagree with him are threats to democracy! here s just a small sample of biden s rage filled rhetoric from last night. watch this. donald trump and the mega-republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republi. the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga forces are determined today today to take this country backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception. no right to marry who you love. maga republicans look at america and see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fear and lies, lies told for profit and power. tammy: wow, are you feeling the unity yet? last night s diatribe was dark and depressing and most of all delusional. all coming from the man who campaigned on just wanting everyone to get along. and what is not being exposed as one gia
us now from new york. good evening, connell. good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all the worries seem to be magnified right now in the minds of investors from the war in ukraine to the energy crisis in europe. but, really more than anything, it s the higher interest rates that we are seeing in the u.s. but also in places like britain, sweden, switzerland and norway. the day started with a report showing a sharp decline in european economic activity, which raises the risk of recession over there and the new government in the u.k. led by prime minister liz truss now unveiled a plan for tax cuts that really was not well recei