past 11 days in a row. american families forced to spend an average of $5,000 a year on gas compared to $2800 a year ago. interior secretary deb holland refusing to concede it is too big a burden to bear. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events that are making things difficult for all of us. so it sounds like you are unwilling to say that gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. dana: grady trimble is following the story from chicago. good morning. good morning. gas prices are expected to keep rising this summer so when interior secretary deb holland wouldn t acknowledge in that hearing that gas prices right now are too high, it certainly raised eyebrows. we re doing all we can, senator, production on federal lands is up. it s a 45% increase from 2020. that s new drilling. that s up. but the production is also up. it s at an all-time high. president biden is allowing drilling on federa
american history for gasoline is unprecedented. the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded $4.59. only a month ago, we were paying 50 cents less. republican lawmakers want answers and action. senators hitting the biden administration at two separate senate hearings. now aaa is projecting that gas prices will hit a national average average of $6 a gallon by the month of august. is this acceptable to you? no, it is not and you can thank the activity of vladimir putin for invading ukraine and pulling us nonsense. with all due respect that s utter nonsense. what are you doing to reverse this administration s policies that are drawing down our own supply of energy in this country that are throttling oil and goss production in the united states of america. what are you doing about it? do you believe gas prices are too high? senator, i completely understand the crunch that so many americans are under right now. i think that americans are still recovering from thi
john: america reports, waiting for a federal judge s ruling on the fate of title 42. decision could come down any minute as border states brace for a bigger crisis if the trump era immigration order is allowed to expire on monday. i m john roberts. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra smith. border areas are seeing a big surge in activity in anticipation of the title 42 decision in the del rio sector in texas, 1800 migrants in 24 hours. a large number of those people were single adults. that s the migrant demographic that is likelyest to be expelled under title 42. john: texas governor abbott says it will only get worse. it would surpass the population of houston if title 42 is not renewed. 18,000 pouring into border states every day. bill joins us from the border in eagle pass, texas. what are you seeing there? john, good afternoon to you. del rio sector getting hammered with activity, nearly 2,000 illegal crossings in just 24 hours, an
wyden it to include protections for court employees. both senate republicans and senate democrats are getting increasingry frustrated. they want to expand the categories of people covered. i m all for that but they shouldn t hold up the whole process to achieve that goal. we ought to be working on this actively. it should have been done a long time ago. when pressed by fox business when the house might be able to vote on what the senate passed already, house speaker nancy pelosi dodged the question. i think that any need for protection should relate to whatever threat is there and that s a judgment that is made by our law enforcement people. do you have do you a plan to bring it up for a vote in the house? protection depends on the threat. that s up to the law enforcement. this week attorney general merrick garland finally called
unanimously passed legislation to increase protection for those judges. and for their families. speaker nancy pelosi is dodging questions on a house vote for the bill. i think that any need for protection should relate to whatever threats that are there and that s a judgment that is made by our law enforcement people. it passed unanimously. do you have a plan to bring it up for a vote in the house? protection depends on the threat and that is up to law enforcement. harris: however, dick durbin the second most powerful democrat in the senate is asking what s the hold-up? they want the span i m all for that but they shouldn t hold up the whole process to achieve that goal. we ought to be working on this actively and it should have been done a long time ago. first of all it was the best transition in television this week. second of all, they do not need