weekend. beaches are packed and grills ready to be fired up. and fox nation host abby hornacek is gearing up for fox news big independence day show, out in west jordan, utah, right now. abby, how s it going? judge, it couldn t be better. kind of like you mentioned, we are here all weekend long, because obviously the fourth of july is meant to celebrate for the whole weekend. it s not just about the day of. it s about all the day beading up to it as well. our time kicked off at the stadium of fire, where patriotism definitely took center stage. tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate family, faith, freedom, music, and of course fireworks. the night started with a flyover by f-35s as fireworks burst into the air, people cheered, and even told me it was their favorite part of the night. there was a special performance by the legendary people band, which people absolutely loved. for the grand finale of the night, they did light things up with the largest stadium fire
here are tonight s top headlines. a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemned today s ruling. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. today s decision has closed one path. now we re going to pursue another. a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. tsa and airlines expect airports to stay busy all the way through next week. the storms and heat will continue into our holiday weekend. john: actors poised to strike. the current contract for the screen actors guild nears expiration, while the writers guild hits day 60 of their strike. we are here as actors today, standing in solidarity with writers. [applause] riots erupted across france, for a third straight night, following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. and the oscar goes to. alan arkin, in little miss sunshine. actor and broo
zelenskyy says his country will not see cede any territory and putin warns he s prepared to drag this war out. we ll talk with the former ukrainian president live. and right now, former trump white house counsel, pat cipollone, is testifying in person behind closed doors before the house january 6th committee. and we begin with the breaking and stunning news from japan. overnight, japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, was assassinated at a campaign event in nara. the moment captured on video. a warning, it may be disturbing. abe was shot in the chest and the neck while giving a speech. he was quickly rushed to the hospital before his death was announced at 5:00 a.m. eastern time. abe was 67 years old and had been japan s longest serving prime minister. police say a suspect was arrested at the scene and is being investigated for murder. the killing shocking the world as gun violence is incredibly rare in japan. joining us now with the latest is former cnbc tokyo burea
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
stations and the people that operate them. on twitter, biden proclaimed my message to the company s runnin gas stations bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you ar paying for the product and do i now. this tweet, so egregious that even the owner of the washingto post responded, inflation is fa too important of a problem for the white house to still keep making statements like this. it s either straight ahead this direction or a deep misunderstanding of basic marke dynamics. to be honest, it s probably both . just justice and from earlier today. watch. how do you go from leaming high gas prices from food into small business owners? here is the thing about that. when you look at as of this morning when you look at the crude oil. retail gas prices have early decline just about 3 percent over the same time period as we have seen with the crude oil prices and the wholesale gas prices. they are doing what is possible in bringing back the cost fo