world, it is wednesday, june 8th. cnn has learned the most prominent republican in the senate supports raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon like an ar-15 from 18 to 216789 mitch mcconnell has said that in private we are told, but he won t say it in public, and it is not likely to be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks heat up between democrats and republicans. republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming said two weeks ago that she doubted that any plan to curb violence would be welcome in her pro-gun state. now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. let s bring in cnn s pamela brown about some of the latest reporting we re hearing on these negotiations and where this discussion goes from here. what are you learning, pam? so i m learning, me and my colleague manu raju have learned that the senate minority leader mitch mcco
primaries today including california. bill: topping voters concerns is the price of gasoline. another day and all-time high. $4.91. we hit 28 new highs. the number more than doubling since biden took office. dana: 6 in 10 people are pessimistic on achieving the american dream. we begin at the white house with peter doocy. imagine, peter, the white house is you would think they re feeling some pressure. are you seeing any evidence of that? if they are feeling pressure, that s not exactly what they are saying at the microphone because as many americans including those polled are wondering what more can be done to lower gas prices, officials here are saying we ve already done it. like tapping the strategic reserves. a million barrels a month for six months. that is a big, big deal to be able to do. the home grown biofield, e-15 will help families in the midwest. we understand there is more work to be done but we re continuing to take steps and encouraged because of wh
white house this tuesday. and fox news is also learning that president zelenskyy will also brief members of the u.s. senate. that as a congress debates whether or not to send more aid to defend ukraine from the illegal and barbaric invasion continuing by vladimir putin opinion. more on this in just a moment with general jack keane on what this means, but first,s israel [gunfire] eric: israeli forces pushing against the terrorists of hamas, striking more than a 250 hamas targets in gaza just over the past 24 hours. the idf has ordered urgent evacuations in the southern city. well welcome to fox news live, i m eastbound shawn. arthel: a hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. the idf even publishing a map of the area it plans to hit hard underscoring the harsh reality that with hamas if operating from civilian areas, there is no safe place in gaza to take shelter. meantime, u.s. forces in the middle east shooting down three more drones that targeted two bases in syria accord
the governors race down, and ignoring issues that people feel all the time that does not mean it will be the most important issue, but not acknowledging real fear is a dangerous way to the politician and if you look at what is going on in l.a. mayor s race with rick caruso and karen bass, that is because of crime and feeling it is being ignored, crime and homelessness, frankly. jesse: did they get invited into the squad by the squad? or do we just say jessica: i did not want to say that but you said jesse: who put them in the squad? greg: that is what we do. dana: the tyrants. jesse: the tyrants. jeanine: but the squad greg: from sized tyrants. jeanine: the squad picked or promoted them. jessica: they are, too far left for the establishment party, but they are going to be up there with aoc at every press conference and rashida tlaib and jesse: that she called herself squad, or did we make that name up? [laughter] dana: in the commercial
broader conversation about how the party is positioning itself on crime and trying to deal with being tagged by soft on crime by their opponents. in san francisco should the district attorney be recalled? yes. the san francisco da is out of his job, voters have recalled him and not by a slim margin, 60% yes, 40% no. go look at that l.a. mayor s race where the issue of crime and homelessness has been central to the campaign. progressive congresswoman karen bass was the front runner for much of this race. rick caruso the billionaire republican turned democrat real estate developer who has made cleaning up l.a. and getting the crime rate down a key part of his campaign, they are headed for a november general election in california you know everybody runs in one primary ballot and the top two finishers advance to a general election. nobody got over that 50% threshold so caruso versus bass