mafia connections. welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we start with our money lead and a rough day for the american economy and your wallets. gas prices hit a new record today, with the national average for one gallon reaching $4.37, according to aaa. that s up 17 cents in one week and 25 cents in a month. to make things worse, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen was on capitol hill today where she warned this economic turbulence will continue. at the white house, president biden acknowledged americans are facing high sky-high inflation, although he tried to reassure the public, his administration is doing everything it can to bring prices down. but the president also did not lay out any new steps he plans to take, instead, spending a large part of his speech attacking republicans for what he calls their ultra maga agenda to raise taxes. mj lee starts off our coverage today from the white house. number one challenge facing families today. presid
about it all. and on the record about abortion rights, as protests continue outside supreme court justices homes. and the leaked supreme court draft opinion. soaring inflation, later this morning, president biden will lay out a new plan to lower costs for working families and attack republican policies that he said will only make inflation worse. gas prices are rising again. the national average, aaa says, the highest since it started collecting data in 2000. prices are up 4 cents from yesterday, and after the federal reserve hiked. and according to the latest numbers from april 24th, 40% of popular baby formulas are out of stock. making things particularly difficult for parents of infants. i have seen moms in the store crying, the formula aisle. they can t find their baby s formula. we keep plugging along. the social media, hopefully, you will find something. the dow jones industrial average is up. big losses in the last couple of days. arthor of what to do with
order to be confirmed. as outrage continues, new thinking about the mysterious source of the supreme court abortion draft, plus, desperate attempt to stop the republican power grab. civil disobedience over the mobs in ohio. and checking in on the maga by mary in the next big senate race. president trump offered to buy greenland from denmark. but did you think about that? i thought it was an awesome idea. because he s a deal guy. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we know the closest evidence yet that the president was possibly just one degree of separation from the violent armed insurrection. and it comes to us from a federal filing from the department of justice. but before we get to that, and understand what this means, we need to keep in mind how many people had access, of course, did i know workings of the trump white house. particularly in the last few months. we know from mark meadows text messages that fringe conspiracy theori
families. what could and should be done plus, exclusive details tonight in the sinking of the russian flagship, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, the president and his party are coming under growing pressure to launch a new fight to protect abortion rights. a leak supreme court draft signaling justices were set to overturn roe v. wade has sent americans into the streets and rocked the political landscape. the senate is now on track to vote on an abortion protections bill as early as next week. we are going to see where everyone stands. it is the first time that there is a vote like this in a very, very long time, when the actual rights are at stake, it is not an abstract exercise. this is not just one vote and then the issue goes away. you will hear a lot from us in the next months, all the way through november. no one gets to hide democrats don t have the votes for this to pass. and republic
the russians are not letting up. this drone footage shows the devastation of air strikes from a small town. overnight, six people were injured. at least three buildings significantly damaged including a kindergarten. you are right there. what are you hearing. we heard missile strikes this morning. this is the result of them. trees decapitated by the blast. this building behind me now in ruins was pumping the sewage station. it could not have been big enough to hold any military assets they ve been digging out the sewage plant the effort being made has been felt. ripping through th e buildings probably similar to what happened here, they are waiting here. those wounded and dead atrocities. this was not impact that came from an aircraft. this was missile to missile. not from a rocket but a guided missile. it was really more a deliberate act it may be a possibility that they could achieve some kind of a victory and advance at some point. they believe they could advance and c