show americans are spending 6.9% more last month than a year ago. making ends meet has rarely been harder. a new poll finds 45% of americans are dipping into their savings to pay for everyday goods like food and housing. not to mention those gas prices. bill: edward lawrence has the story from the white house on why this might be a flashing red light on the economy. what s the news? good morning there. you guys hit on the critical point for the economy. if consumers stop spending the economy slows down because it s 70% of the gross of the economy. we could hit the recession. retail sales numbers came out 30 minutes ago and showing .5% month over month. just a little lower than expected. when you take out autos, hotter than expected at 1.1%. people are still spending. the president leaving about 90 minutes for north carolina where he will speak at a technical college about training the next generation of workers to bring the supply chain home issues home to america. one of
Completely. the house is the only one doing this. senators have had to show up all the time. why is the difference here? nancy pelosi. dana: doug collins former congressman from georgia. great to have you on the show today and good to be back in touch. thank you. bill: elon musk is flashing his cash and he has a lot of it. he has put $43 billion on the table to buy all of twitter. what he has in mind for that platform and his plans to unleash free speech coming up. black lives matter co-founder complaining about financial disclosures laws after the i.r.s. after using the company s contributions to buy a multi-million dollar nome california. this is deeply unsafe. this is being weaponized against us, against the people we work with. thanks, dad. that s right, robert. and it s never too early to learn you could save with america s number one motorcycle insurer.
Crime like this one where the feds and the state both have jurisdiction so the feds can step in and keep a bad guy off the street. that s not every case. bill: the other thing the mayor said is tech companies and social media could have flanked these and the example use he can t listen to a song unless he subscribes to a certain website. he is right about that. but this guy is talking online on youtube for years. see you in court later today. former hillary clinton campaign lawyer michael sussman lost his bid to throw out a criminal case against him accused of lying to the f.b.i. in 2016 while pushing the now debunk steele dossier. sussman was charged as part of special counsel john durham s investigation under the origins of trump/russia investigation. the trial is on target and should start on the 16th of may. see what happens. dana. dana: democrat congressman s promise to fully represent his
bill: you guys were talking about this blm deal a bit earlier, right? she is triggered when the i.r.s. rule comes up. what s that all about? i would like to hear about it more on abc and nbc and cbs and cnn. we aren t hearing about it v. i think cheryl can explain a little more the business end of this as far as her being freaked out whenever you see this sort of thing come up. but as far as this mansion is concerned, this is barely being reported on. almost like the 11th commandment. thou shalt not report anything negative on black lives matter and one quick example. stan was an editor at the philadelphia inquirer and he had a story go up on that paper saying buildings matter. people are losing livelihoods and buildings are being burned to the riots and he was shown the door. he was there for 20 years and
H-e-l-l before i let the judge or state attorney say to the state senate. no. dana: everyone needs to know about it. catch part 3 of a natalee holloway investigation with nancy grace available on fox nation. bill: meanwhile a 13-year-old stabbed by another 13-year-old girl last year in california speaking out after the attack. the girl repeatedly bullied here online for a year and a half. she is afraid of being attacked yet again. what were you hoping the punishment would be? more than probation i m livid. the little girl is running around doing whatever she wants scot-free while my baby girl is home suffering from ptsd.