i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. when will prices start to fall? energy secretary jennifer granholm joins me exclusively to discuss ahead. plus, marking juneteenth. the nation celebrates a momentous day in american history. i ll speak to a democrat who worked to make it a federal holiday. congresswoman sheila jackson lee ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is worried about our democracy and our wallets, yet there is one bright spot this father s day. children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for covid-19 vaccines after more than two years of the pandemic. but this bit of good news comes as even president biden is acknowledging in a rare interview that americans are, quote, really, really down. here s why. americans are watching their 401(k)s plummet as the economy faces the highest inflation in decades and reported high gas prices. the threat to the economy is sharing a spli
also, did the commander-in- chief do on saudi arabia? do grass gas prices trump human rights? the federal reserve act boldly to try to get information under control. will it work? the first, here s my take. claire mack in 1942, tried to ready the british people for a long contact. he said this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. when we think of it in those terms, what phase are we witnessing in the war in ukraine? we are like me in the middle. explains gideon rose. the other of an excellent book. how wars end. he points out that every war begins like a chess game with a dramatic attack and the defense. if those opening do not produce a decisive victory, the war enters a middle phase. he told me during the middle phase, neither side is interested in negotiating because each side is trying to win outright. thus, have a stronger position from which to negotiate. this is when emotions run high. making it hard to
We are back talking about the war in ukraine with two of the smartest military leaders i know. jim, as you know the crystal issue is can they get their goods into the black sea and through that to the world? right now, the russians control the black sea. odessa is impossible to use because ukrainians have minded. the russians are blockading it. what is the way out? you and i have talk about this. you have some really interesting proposals. i want to simply agree with david petronius. my money is on the ukrainians as well. for another fact are.
Shortly it is worth searching for and endgame that avoids this bleak future. go to cnn.com for a link to my washington post column this year. let s get started. vladimir putin speaking at a conference on friday that russia would meet all of its objectives and what he called russia spell it s ukraine. this morning, nato secretary and uk prime minister warned that this war may try on for a long time. i want to dig into what stool to come. two of america s most distinguished military leaders. he is now vice chair of global affairs at the carlyle group. we also the new book. to risk it all. general david petronius was