u.s. federal holiday. tonight it is going to be extraordinary. a concert that s uplifting and educational and only seen here on cnn. enjoying an extraordinary display of black talent of genres and generations here. the all-star lineup with earth wind and fire with september and the legendary chaka khan live on stage with ain t nobody. that s michelle turner next to me. and khalid with talk and ne-yo performing and also featured special messages. michelle obama and the first black vice president of the united states kamala harris and will hear from president joe biden. we ll set the stage for the show in less than an hour by talking to the woman known as the grandmother of juneteenth which is opal lee. amazingly young at 95. played a leading role to push lawmakers to formally recognize this holiday. so happy to be with you. it will be a production unlike anything we have seen. the first thing you hear groaning is next to me, michelle turner. i want to know who authoriz
there s no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. incoming! who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. there s so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. i think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter? for quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. people watch a show because you re partly a [ bleep ]. i think what we learned through shows like the larry sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television. there s somethin
i m using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. when will prices start to fall? energy secretary jennifer granholm joins me exclusively to discuss ahead. plus, marking juneteenth. the nation celebrates a momentous day in american history. i ll speak to a democrat who worked to make it a federal holiday. congresswoman sheila jackson lee ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is worried about our democracy and our wallets, yet there is one bright spot this father s day. children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for covid-19 vaccines after more than two years of the pandemic. but this bit of good news comes as even president biden is acknowledging in a rare interview that americans are, quote, really, really down. here s why. americans are watching their 401(k)s plummet as the economy faces the highest inflation in decades and reported high gas prices. the threat to the economy is sharing a spli
patrol falls with the migrants, thousands of pounds of illegal drugs are flowing freely across the southern border. dad jokes may be good for your heart, the impact is having a father figure in her life this father s day weekend. aishah: first americans at a breaking point struggling mightily for food and at the grocery store and gas for their cars but don t worry treasury secretary janet yellen is predicting that inflation is going to get better. i expect the economy to slow, we expect to transition for steady and stable growth. i don t think every session is inevitable that i do expect in the months ahead that the place of inflation is likely to come down. aishah: here s the thing, she s been wrong about inflation before and even apologized for it. remember this. i think it was wrong about the fact that inflation would take as i mentioned as anticipated large shocks to the economy that have boosted energy and food prices and supply bottlenecks that has affected our ec
last tuesday. another difficult weekend for air travel and airlines canceled or delayed thousands of flights. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is pushing airlines to make sure they can operate their plan summer schedules and since his department could take action against airlines that failed to meet consumer protection standards. wall street journal global economics contributor is standing by with his reaction we have fox team coverage tonight jonathan serrie with airline delays and cancellations, first to lucas tomlinson live at the white house right now. president biden says a recession is not inevitable. the top economic advisor disagrees and calls us federal gas tax gimmick. i think the likelihood is that in order to do what s necessary to stop inflation, the fed is going to raise interest rates enough that the economy will slip into recession. we call the grave warning before passing a 1.9 trigon dollar covid stimulus bill saying it would cause skyrocketing in