the first covid vaccination given to children under five, what parents need to know the iconic art museum giving its own employees a chance to shine announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. americans determined to stay on the move this holiday weekend despite inflation headwinds finding frustration at every turn to yet another holiday marred by airlin schedule meltdowns and stubbornly high prices at the pump. but tonigh relief may be on the horizon for drivers. president biden enjoying his own getaway in delawar revealed he may call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax perhaps before july 4th. a gas tax holiday if you will would knock 18 cents off the price of a gallon of gas which remains just under $5 but such a move has its risks americans paying high airfares and finding no relief from airport chaos and ruined vacations we ll get to that in a moment first, kelly o donnell on lowering the cost of driving reporter: the great getaw
pence s life in danger during the capitol riot when he refused to go along. approximately 40 feet. that s all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. i ll talk to one of the committee members, democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. plus, the economy. prices everywhere going up. everyone had it up to here really. interest rates too. we re strongly committed to bringing inflation back down. leading to a sinking stock market. this week was brutal. today was brutal. over fears of a coming recession. my guests this morning, former treasury secretary larry summers, who says a recession is likely. also, thanks to the troubled economy and president biden s aides, democrats are worried about the president s 2024 chances and whether he should even run again. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander. maria teresa kumar president of voter latino. republican strategist brendan buck an
state party convention. the line in those negotiations that he says he will not cross. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this monday, june 20th. we ll start with the news. a new poll finds a majority of americans, nearly six in ten, believe donald trump should be charged for his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the abc news ipsos poll conducted this last friday and saturday after the first three hears in the attack, it found 58% of those surveyed believe the former president should be charged. that includes 91% of democrats and 19% of republicans. 60% of americans believe the january 6th investigation has been fair. and then on friday, former president trump spoke at length about the public hearings for the first time since they began. addressing a crowd at a faith and freedom coalition rally in nashville, trump continued to parrot many of his lies regarding the events on january 6th including his claim that the rioters were
democracy, and you claim you love america, you should love democracy as much as you claim to love america. yeah, and not bury your head in the sand when your being attacked by your own political party. i ll schmidt, it has been a pleasure, i appreciate your time and you coming forward to sharing your experience with the committee. it strengthens our democracy and lets us know what you went through. we appreciate it. thank you, ayman. a quick programming alert. tonight, you can catch an encore of foresees in its documentary film that delves into rudy giuliani s election lies and his infamous election lies at the four seasons. that is at ten eastern, right after the second hour of ayman that starts right now. coming up coming up , we ll break down the federal state actions of democratic congressman adriano espaillat. plus, making sense of our inflation and what is being done to right the ship. ginni thomas s plan to overturn the election was far bigger than we realized. w
stand? less than a week after the bipartisan framework was publicly announced, it now seems that the two sides, as i expected, still have a lot of work to do. this week, texas senator john cornyn who was booed at the texas gop convention for his role in those negotiations, walked out a meeting with democratic negotiators, saying, it s fish or cut bait through talking. at issue are too central provisions of framework. one, red flag laws and how congress should ascent the vice states to docket them. a so-called boyfriend loophole. what method should be used that would be barred from purchasing fire arms. at this point, it is unclear whether the sticking points could pose a fatal threat to negotiations, but blue states are not waiting to find out. this month, near governor kathy hochul signed a slew of bills into law designed to curb gun violence, including raising the age to purchase semiautomatic rifles. new jersey and california or are considering their own safety packages. n