tight united states senate. so in trump s corner, you have tv show dr. oz neck and neck with former bush official dave mccormick and commentator kim barnett who has been coming up the side on the rails there. really squarely in contention. they have three gop candidates, right? you would have those this would have whittled down. they re all around 20%. then you have about 20% that haven t decided yet. so this is fascinaing to watch. president trump asking voters in north carolina to get behind this the re-election for a controversial young member of congress, madison kawthorn. he said give him a second chance. he s made foolish mistakes. you can check out what s going on there. kind of interesting in that story. so charles watson is live in charlotte, north carolina where action will be going on tomorrow with more on that. first we go to rich edson. he s in the keystone state. he s in pittsburgh. hi, rich. good afternoon, martha. you know, you only get one endorsement in
all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
dropping is the price of gasoline. national average hitting $4.40. some states approaching $6 a gallon. dana: that s having a big impact on american families. average household will spend an extra $5,000 this year on gas and groceries alone. bill: stock market dow coming off four straight days of losses amid concerns the federal rate hikes will trigger a recession later this year. dana: yet the president insisting this is not his fault. he is instead pointing the finger at republicans and what he calls their ultramaga tax plan. the architect of that plan calling the attacks a disingenuous attempt to distract. there is nothing that the president said that is in there. what i said is let s get people back to work so they have skin in the game. he was supposed to give his ideas on inflation yesterday. what was the ideas? everybody s else s fault but his. bill: larry kudlow is on deck. first to the white house, edward lawrence has the numbers and reaction there. hotte
take about $70 to fill up. before, used to be 40, 45. this is insane. almost $100 to full my tank up. another 1 1/2 months before it really breaks me. i thought it was going down but now it s the same price as my coffee. my fun could go elsewhere. i m trying to live in my travels. go from work to home. biden can do so much. so i appreciate anything and everything that he tries to do. with the influx of gas prices also suggest is that president biden is going to have a similar legacy as jimmy carter. martha: president biden blaming putin again today, about an hour ago, pandemic and the newly coined ultra maga republicans for the prices that we re seeing. former vice president pence had plenty to say about that, the supreme court, elon musk and twitter and a lot more. we begin with john barrasso, the number 3 senate republican leader. good to have you with us. thanks very much. there s no better barometer to go different places than the country. those were from
Maga plan. it s the ultra maga agenda. i never expected the ultra maga republicans who seem to control the republican party now to have been able to control the republican party. martha: what is the impact of that label for you in north carolina? how do you define that ultra maga or does it help or hurt you, sir? if maga means lower inflation, it means lower prices at the pump, if it means baby formula, your parents have of infants can find, i m all for that. look, when you look at what president trump did, when i had an opportunity to work with him when he was president, we didn t have these problems that joe biden has. so you already see the radical opponent that i m likely going to face in a few days, sherry beasley running away from joe biden. so whatever joe biden wants to label me, we ll take that