campaign trail for the first time more than 50 days since announcing his re-election bid. there are renewed concerns among democrats tonight over the president s age, the 2024 primary schedule, and the possibility of a third party candidate derailing his re-election effort. correspondent mark meredith is following it all. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. president biden told a crowd in connecticut today he is far from finished when it comes to addressing gun violence. also far from certain he will win re-election next year. tomorrow, he is going to take his biggest step yet to try to shore up support among democrats. kick off of your campaign tomorrow? i kicked it off a while ago. 52 days after announcing his re-election bid, president biden is set to campaign for the first time. saturday s rally in philadelphia comes only hours after he won dual labor endorsements from the american federation of teachers and the afl
poll. his age is the top reason. opinion page publishing this. joe biden is too old to be president again. the white house circling the wagons. we aren t going to pay attention to polls. not what we ll do here. we ll focus on is delivering for the american people. bill: the trend lines for the president heading in the wrong direction. approval rating on a downward slide since last year. the biggest concern among americans inflation. it continues to rise crushing americans every time they head out for groceries or gasoline. dana: former trump advisor kellyanne conway standing by. first mark meredith live at the white house. good morning to you. the white house says it is not focused on polling, interest groups and lawmakers running for reelection sure are. as you talked about the recent polling shows the president is facing political head winds here. he insists the country is in better shape than when he took office. the new york times says it its latest survey 64% o
united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they re not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what s the explanation now? what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin s fault out of the president s hands. when the prices come down, it is the president s plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. there is no both way thinking here at all. i very m
Destruction still raging today. Later this afternoon President Biden will hold his first News Conference since hamas carried out the Terror Attacks and escalating threats from iran target u. S. Forces in the region. A bunch of things moving on that front as we say hello. Im bill hemmer. Here we go today. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Hamas terrorists also trying to infiltrate israel from the Mediterranean Sea and foiled by the israeli navy. A whos who of top officials of hezbollah, hamas and Islamic Jihad holding talks how to achieve total victory over israel. The pentagon revealing more than 14 attacks, one more than yesterday against u. S. Forces based in the middle east in the last week. The white house trying to connect the dots saying all these militia and all these Terror Groups are working hand in glove with tehran. Iran is certainly complicit here. Without them there is no hamas or hezbollah, without them there is no Militia Groups firing rockets at our tro
No pride in anti-catholic bigotry. so they are expecting several thousand protesters. they can see additional buses arriving right now. now if about one hour, bret, they are going to hand over to the entry to dodgers stadium where they will greet 50,000 fans attending the game here with the giants both groups say they are compassionate. we will find out if they treat each other that way. game time about 7:00 local time. back to you. bret: okay. william la jeunesse in l.a. thanks. there are growing concerns tonight about just how vulnerable our nation s power grids may be to physical and cyberattacks. tonight, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for answers after a major cyber intrusion on several government agencies. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has the story. tonight, democrats and republicans on the house energy and commerce committee are calling on the biden administration to brief them on the major cyberattack that hit multiple federal agencies