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
frustrating. from coast to coast. travelers are facing delay or canceled flights. treasury secretary pete buttigieg wants airlines to stress their summer schedules. airline problem in this country. time for a wake-up call. [cheers] and matthew fitzpatrick is a champion again. good morning, everybody. that says it s fire island new york. i think that could be the wrong location. ainsley: fire island is a island off the long island. the sky is kind of the fire color but nonetheless. good morning, everybody, it is monday, june 20th, 2022 it is juneteenth. this was a federal holiday signed into law last year by joe biden. it celebrates and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the united states first celebrated in texas back in 1865 after the civil war and slaves were declared free under the emancipation proclamation. that s what juneteenth is all about. brian: texas was the last to recognize it. so, they were the last state to understand that
biden desperately tries to deal with the skyrocketing inflation fueled at least partly, maybe greatly by record gasoline prices. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today president biden brushed off a gloomy forecast from former president obama s secretary larry summers says it s more likely than not that we will see a recession by the end of next year. biden has a different outlook after he says he spoke with larry summers this morning. but the white house is finding creative ways to ease pain at the pump. with sky high gas prices, team biden is reconsidering aned in they first tabled sending americans rebate cards. also eyeing a gas tax holiday. i hope i have a decision based on data i m looking for by the end of the week. a short-term solution one industry ceo says runs counter to the administration s broader strategy. they were really focused on demand destru
Every weekend join me at john. Com. I had to montgomery and tokyo. And this is cnn cnn Breaking News good morning. Im kasie hunt in washington. This is cnn this morning. Its 5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast and we begin with Breaking News. A helicopter carrying iranian president Ebrahim Raisi crashing early Sunday Morning in a remote area of the country. Iranian state media reporting overnight that he is dead, the Foreign Minister and other Government Officials were also onboard after attending an event near a rons border with azerbaijan rescuers reached the crash site overnight. There are no survivors prompting or rons government to convene an emergency meeting. Cnns Paula Hancocks is tracking the latest developments for us from abu dhabi polo. Good morning to you. What is the latest here . Okc. We know at this point that the conditions at the time of the Helicopter Crash were bad. We know that the weather was challenging. We have been told that the fog and low cloud reduced visibili