future of the program remains in jeopardy for hundreds of thousands of people that call america home. we ll talk to one of those dreamers later this hour. we begin with the efforts to bring down the skyrocketing prices we re paying for gas, groceries, and many other items. in a few hours from now the federal reserve is expected to announce its third interest rate hike this year. raising a key interest rate by three quarters of a percent. that s the largest increase since 1994. this comes as president biden looks at other steps to try to reduce the highest priced spikes in more than 40 years. the president sent letters to seven energy companies asking them to explain their record profits, as well as a drop in refining capacity helping to drive up gas prices. he also says he s prepared to use emergency authority to increase refinery capacity and output in the near term. the new york times reporting the president is also considering rolling back some of the tariffs preside
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
could badly affect access to sexual health services. an unprecedented spring heatwave hits part of spain, with temperatures of more than a0 celsius in some places. two people are taken to hospital after a stand hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the australian opposition labor party leader, anthony albanese, has said he is humbled by his party s victory in australia s general election. addressing supporters, he pledged to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower and to work towards lifting wages and profits. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. this is the labour party s first election victory in almost a decade and it will be led by one of australia s longest serving politicians. we should be making change and, you know, that s what we hope that this government will do. it s been a long time in the darkness and now, finally, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised voters safe change as he worked to kick
america are hurting because of inflation. donald trump loved west virginia and west virginia loves donald trump. there is a passenger flying a plane that is not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, may 11th, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. more help could be on the way soon to ukraine to fight off russia s brutal invasion. u.s. house lawmakers have approved an aid package worth about $40 billion in addition to the nearly $14 billion already provided to ukraine earlier this year. if the senate approves, u.s. president joe biden is expected to sign it into law. meanwhile in eastern ukraine the mayor reports missile strikes on two areas of the city of of. but russia is not succeeding on many fronts. ukrainian forces claim that they destroyed a russian tank near kharkiv. the u.s. director of national intelligence says that russian failures could lead to a dangerous new phase of t