to purchase to 21 years old. but the simple facts, once again, are this, those measures have no realistic chance of passages in the senate. republicans aren t even talking about gun restrictions. they are once again blaming mental illness for the nation s gun crisis. we have crunched those numbers before on this broadcast and that claim does not stand up. some states are, though, not waiting for congress to act. new york state lawmakers just passed several bills including one that raises the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle to 21. we will have more on those state measures in just a moment. first, let s look at the national or what remains of it. with us political anchor for spectrum news and you decide podcast. john, i want to be honest with our viewers because we will report on measures that pass of a democratic controlled house but don t have the votes to pass the senate and become law. what is the reality of the effort? wl what is still alive and might still ge
investigation in uvalde. then breaking this morning, nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. labor secretary marty walsh will join us with more on the new jobs report. and today marking 100 days since the start of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. we re going to bring you the very latest on ukraine s fight for freedom. hey, everybody, good to see you on this friday morning. we re going to begin this hour with this renewed message from the white house on gun violence enough is enough. in a rare primetime address from the east room, the president laid out specific policy proposals he says will, in fact, address this crisis head on. he s calling on congress to reinstate the 1994 assault weapons ban. and if not, raise the purchase age from 18 to 21. he s also proposing congress ban high-capacity magazines, extend background checks, enact red flag laws, repeal gun manufacturers immunity from liability, and address the mental health crisis. he called out sen
with our european partners to get more of the grain locked in ukraine right now out into the world market which could help bring down prices. there s ways to do over land which we can talk about at another time. but actions have already helped to blunt that what would have been an even larger putin price hike. as i said, i m going to continue to use every tool available to me to further blunt those price hikes as we move forward. but the fact is this there s more than one way to solve this problem. if food and gas prices are going to be elevated by putin s price hike, one way we can make things a little better for families is by helping them save on other basic items their family needs on a monthly basis like their utility bills, their internet bills, their prescription drug bills, and other costs like housing. my goal is to make sure that the end of the month families have a little more breathing room than they have now.
world market which could help bring down prices. there s ways to do that over land which we could talk about at another time. actions have already helped to blunt that what would have been an even larger putin price hike. as i said, i m going to continue to use every tool available to me to further blunt those price hikes as we move forward. but the fact is this, there s more than one way to solve this problem. if food and gas prices are going to be elevated by putin s price hike, one way we can make things a little better for families is helping them save on other basic items their family needs on a monthly basis like their utility bills, their internet bills, their prescription drug bills, and other costs like housing. my goal is to make sure that the end of the month, families have a little more breathing room than they have now. for example, here s something we can do right now. congress could help ease the cost for families right away by
here and that started with the covid locked down. get used to having not as much freedom, get used to not being able to get in your car and drive as far as you want, whenever you want. i think a lot of this felt like conditioning to a lot of people who were watching this take place because we knew it wouldn t work as a medical intervention and as we can see, the lockdowns didn t work. just finally though, kevin, on this build back better plan, which biden is still touting, i want you to react to this because he said this today. watch. president biden: i called on congress to move immediately to lower the cost of utility goes, prescription drug bills and more, the most impactful way congress can address inflation right now. i m doing everything within my power by executive order to bring down the price to address the putin price hike. we ve already made progress. since march, when inflation data was corrected. laura: it sound a lot like price control. yeah. you know, these guys ju