constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. as negotiations continue, cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju pressed lawmakers about ar-15s and why people need them and he got a range of responses. here it is. why do you think that people need to have ar-15s in this country in. you re talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. people who are law abiding citizens are in good mental health and aren t a threat to the public. in my state, they use them to shoot prairie dogs and other types of varmints, so i think there are legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. that s used for sporting events, for sporting activities all the time. why not raise the age to 21 for people buying semi-automatic rifles? we re talking about a lot of things, and what we re talking about most are background checks, juvenile records, the areas where we can get consensus, that came into the discussion. but right now we re trying to work on things w
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
ukraine says it s taken out a top russian general. so who is really winning the war tonight? and a game changer, 14 patients all with cancer given the same drug and every single one in remission. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, momentum, a very small group of senators, two democrats and two republicans are meeting tonight, and apparently are on the cusp of something when it comes to an agreement on gun laws, an agreement that can get 60 votes in the senate they say, news from senator john cornern the republican in the group, chris murphy who is also in tonight s meeting telling cbs news my goal is to have an agreement by the end of this week. look, it s been years of nothing, decades of nothing, but it appears that some sort of momentum may be building in washington. a key red state senator says he s open to a number of pro poepzales including raising the age to buy a semi automatic to 21 and what may surprise one opened to a ban on as
Ashley Benson never thought that, at age 32, she would be told she has colon cancer. The Pennsylvania woman is spreading awareness about warning signs.