federal reserve. bill: that is only more bad news for americans trying to pay for gas and groceries. it comes after opec slashed oil production. the economy seen as the achilles heel for democrats in november. the president now admitting there may be more pain on the horizon to come. should the american people prepare for a recession? president biden: i don t think it will be a recession, if there is one a very slight one. aishah hosley live from the state department and we ll begin with edward lawrence on the north lawn of the white house. we hear the beep, beep, beep of messaging here at the white house. not the construction truck over there. the president a year ago was saying we won t have a recession. and then about three months ago the president ended the message out of the white house was a recession will not be likely. now we re hearing a recession is possible but still could be shallow. listen to the president. you just said a slight recession is possible
then i saw three people laying down. officials say that peyton gendrin, a white 18-year-old was wearing body armor and military-style clothing when he pulled up yesterday at the top s friendly market and started shooting. he picked that spot specifically for its demographics. officials say he drove for more than 200 miles to carry out that attack in an area with a significant black population. this is a community where people love each other. the shooter was not from this community. in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. a day, when people were enjoying the sunshine, enjoying family, enjoying friends. all manner of happy activities. people in a supermarket shopping, and bullets raining down on them. people s lives being stuff snuffed out in an instant for no reason. i have to say that this particular top supermarket is near and dear to my heart. it s one that i worked years ago, to help bring to
Were continuing to follow the breaking ns in The Middle East, where the israelhamas war is poised to enter a new phase. Just one week after hamas executed that horrific and seismic Terrorist Attack on southern israel, 1400 people have been killed in israel so far. And more than 2300 in gaza. 29 americans were also killed, and 15 remain missing, according to the state department. Today, the Prime Minister conveyed his emergency israeli cabinet, and said that hamas thought wed be demolished. Its we who will demolish hamas. Thats after three senior Israeli Military officers were telling the New York Times that Israeli Forces are preparing to invade the gaza strip in the coming days. Their ultimate goal, according to the reporting, is to capture gaza city. Destroy the enclaves current leadership, and wipe out the top political and Military Hierarchy of hamas. The risks are high here, for israeli troops, as they face the challenge of Urban Warfare and a narrow and tightly packed gaza. They
U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a classified report detailing extensive efforts to manipulate the American political system by the United Arab Emirates, an influential, oil-rich nation in the Persian Gulf long considered a close and trusted partner.
Already rising before the war in ukraine. they ve been rising again right before the mid-terms here. they are up $0.20 in the last month to $3.92 a gallon or regular and the wall street journal reports the administration pleaded with the saudis to delay the oil cuts by another month, which the saudis viewed, of course, as a political ploy right before the mid-terms. republicans, oil industry experts lobbying to unleash american energy. frankly the administration is out of options at this point. the last place they can turn to is the u.s. producers. we re more than willing to reengage with them on the policy and regulatory issues. so far no timeline offered by this administration as to when we might see some action against our gulf ally. dana. dana: aishah hosni, thank you. bill: tom cotton with us now. senator, welcome back. good morning to you.