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
yeah, and wolf, the ukrainians say it was seven missiles that hit an american sized mall, one of the biggest in southern ukraine. one person was killed but there almost surely would have been more if it weren t for the citywide curfew that kept the mall closed yesterday. also two hotels were hit. one owned by a pro-russian businessman, though it s not clear why or if it was the intended target. russia s bombing campaign in odesa comes just as the ukrainians make some progress in taking back territory around kharkiv. new drone video shows the moment a russian tank is destroyed just outside a village east of kharkiv. it s not clear when the video was taken, but it s an area where ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied land. at the top of the frame is what s left of an evacuation convoy of civilians attempting to reach ukrainian held territory. video posted to social media on friday shows the convoy was fired on. cars are riddled with bullet holes. stroller
most extreme political organization that s existed in recent american history. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. we begin this morning with a stunning supreme court leak. according to a draft decision by justice samuel alito the conservative majority is on the verge of overturning roe versus wade. politico obtained the draft opinion dated february but we likely won t know if it s final until the ruling is released next month. anti-abortion activists aren t ready to celebrate just yet, but supporters of abortion rights took to the streets to protest, and it hassh shaken democrats t their core. how dare they? how dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. this is going to fall hardest on, is going to be on poor women, it s going to fall hardest on those who have been molested. it s going to fall hardest on women who ve been raped. in the
including the u.s. fed takes historic action to quash inflation, and so far the markets like what they re hearing. how the interest rate hike would impact you. welcome to the show, everyone. it s 9:00 a.m. here in ukraine, and we are awaiting word on whether russia has made good on its latest pledge to allow civilians to evacuate from the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors announced by moscow are supposed to be open right now. but that promise d comes as russian forces have been doing the opposite. intensifying fighting on the complex, including 30 children according to mariupol s mayor are holed up along with the city s last remaining ukrainian fighters. here is how a ukrainian commander inside the plant describes the situation. have a listen. reporter: . translator: for two days now, the enemy has broken into the territory of the plant. these are heavy, bloody battles. i m proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain t
organizations, ahead with my guest. welcome to the show, everyone. it s 10:00 a.m. here in ukraine. we are awaiting word on whether any more civilians have made it out of the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors promised by russia are supposed to be open now to allow evacuations. we don t know yet if moscow is honoring that pledge. we have yet to hear from ukrainian officials on this. and mariupol official says that shelling, though, remains nonstop. and this is what the complex has endured over the past few days. just relentless as well as growing attacks from russian forces. civilians are trapped there, along with the city s last ukrainian defenders. and here s how ukrainian commander inside the plant describes the situation. for two days now, the enemy has broken into the territory of the plant. these are heavy, bloody battles. i am proud of my soldiers who are making super human efforts to contain the enemy s onslaught. about 30 children