of our democracy by one political party. former president trump tightened his grip on the republican party. his lies have been embraced so fervently that republican leaders continue to remind us that they basically are shrugging this off. are you concerned at all, comfortable with your party embracing the former president who used his morally responsible attack? well, i do think we need to be talking about the future and not the past. i think the american people are focusing on this administration, what it s doing to the country and it s my hope that the 22 election will be a referendum on the performance of the current administration, not a rehash of suggestions about what may have happened in 2020. you know, unpack that quote in so many ways. he says he has no interest in helping the president govern the country. he says he hopes it s a referendum which he is foreshadowing how he plans on working fourr with the senate democrats for what it s worth. the other point is
top of the hour. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. we re starting with two pivotal meetings at the white house. first, last hour, president biden met with nine progressives, i believe it s still going on. they re members of congress who are pursuing more programs and spending as parts of their social safety net package. now, later today, he ll meet with a group of moderate democrats who do not want all of those programs, certainly not all the spending. we know that the climate change provisions have been on the chopping block for some of the moderates, so today, senator joe manchin said flat out, he will not support a carbon tax in the bill. are you okay with a carbon tax? no, we have to talk about that. we re not the carbon tax is not on the board at all right now, okay. with us now, we have cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju, and cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. we understand you have new reporting about what happened at
hough starts us off tonight from the white house. alex, good evening. good evening, trace, yeah, president biden had an address today and this is less about announcing new negotiating to combat inflation more so providing update on strategies already deployed. my plan is already in motion. from releasing oil from the strategic reserve to combating food price gouging, president biden says his efforts to combat inflation are working. i want every american to know that i m taking inflation very seriously and it s my top domestic priority. and i m here today to talk about solutions. but the president was also there to talk about alternatives plan. one that he says has been proposed by republicans. they don t want to solve inflation by lowering your costs. they want to solve it by raising your taxes and lowering your income. there is no republican tax plan. president biden was referring to an individual proposal by florida senator rick scott. i can t believe that t
minutes or so as russia commemorates the soviet victory against nazi germany in world war ii. these are live images coming to us from red square in moscow. mr. putin wrapped up his remarks about 45 minutes ago or so during victory day ceremonies, and during his speech putin defended russia s invasion of ukraine as necessary, claiming the west was creating threats next to russia s borders and preparing to invade. he also said that russian soldiers fighting ukraine are inspired by soviet troops who fought during world war ii. have a listen. translator: in kyiv they were talking about the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons. the nato bloc started developing territories adjacent to us and, therefore, in a planned way were creating an absolutely unacceptable threat immediately next to our borders. everything pointed to a collision with the nazis, with the nazis and that was inevitable. and that was supported by the west. well, the annual victory day holiday is also mem
about imperial college is saying there could be halfi million deaths in that verse lockdown. actually, they hadn t taken into account the precautions that people retake themselves. the thing is we didn t know. it never happened before. yet. let s look at the metro, martin. putin gives boris a buzz. injust let s look at the metro, martin. putin gives boris a buzz. in just a few hours after that phone call, where do you see things moving at the moment in terms of language? it all seems to be escalating in terms ofjust all seems to be escalating in terms of just the sheer volume all seems to be escalating in terms ofjust the sheer volume of military equipment and troops there. what are you reading into any diplomatic climb down? it’s you reading into any diplomatic climb-down? you reading into any diplomatic climb-down? it s hard to know. i su ose climb-down? it s hard to know. i suppose the slight climb-down? it s hard to know. i suppose the slight danger- climb-down? it s