he joins us to talk about possible solutions, all new at 2:00. sandra: welcome back as america reports starts hour two. still in shock, not one student at that school reading at grade level, that should be a four alarm fire for most and a big red flag for the district, john. john: absolutely, looking forward to hearing from him in a few minutes. john roberts in washington. also new, young americans falling behind on home ownership, financial independence, even a full-time job and living not at home. all things that make up what we know as adulthood. could low marriage rates be driving it. a professor helms the national marriage project what s driving this generation to fly solo. but start with a fox news alert on the economy. sandra: all right, any moment now, a live look inside the briefing room at the white house, karine jean-pierre set to brief reporters any moment now. it has been pushed back just a bit, some activity in the room after the may jobs report blew pas
ian now stands at 109. all but four of them in western flo florida. today people who evacuated from sanibel islandone of the hardest hit in the state, will be allowed to return to survey their losses. it s going to hit home. it s going to be emotional when they see their properties up close and the amount of damage that this storm inflicted upon them. more now from cnn s carlos suarez. he is in fort myers. reporter: the need for help in florida, immediate. at one food distribution site in north fort myers, the line of cars grew by the hour. the cajun navy foundation on the ground in florida for days handing out crucial supplies for residents without basic services. we got diapers. i know there s water, food. reporter: thousands so far have been rescued from destroyed or flooded homes with harrowing stories of survival. i got pushed away and went around the building and i was able to find some bushes. i grabbed onto it. pulled myself in. halfway in. and i just stay
militia were secretly recorded by one of the attendees they discussed bringing weapons to washington d.c. and being prepared to fight on on behalf of the former president donald trump. whitney wild is here with the latest. reporter: it was a bombshell moment that the defense and the department of justice agree is one of the most important cases in decades. a new recording released by the department of justice of an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right militia group, the oath keepers. you re going to see a street fight. don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the audio during the second day of the trial of five associates of the oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence presented at the trial that prosecutors used to support their allegations that the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful trans
of the 11th hour, stephanie rule, tom costello with us, white house correspondent carol lee and host of public radio s full disclosure. the news is in, stephanie, three quarters of a point. we thought originally it was going to be 50 basis point but jay powell is in a situation. we are in a serious inflationary environment. normally the fed likes inflation to be around 2% and it s currently approaching 9. so 75 basis points is a big move but it s still tricky because what they don t want to do is move so much so quickly that they push us into recession. but if they don t do something aggressive, prices will likely continue to rise and the economy is suffering for it, especially right around gas prices. this is a big move. it s not unexpected. it s the thing that people have been waiting for. most economists across the board have said this should have happened months ago. markets are going to take this as a positive. robin, it is hard to thread this needle, though. the
next month. that visit coming as his administration is facing mounting pressure following record inflation and, of course, a surge in gas prices. president biden spoke about the trip at the joint base andrews in the last hour. take a listen. everything i m doing in the middle east, lays it all out, i m focused on labor all right, the president there also the major story we re following this morning, the january 6th committee set for another public hearing tomorrow morning. it was president trump s false election fraud claims that were the focus yesterday. several witnesses painted a picture of how trump and his allies used lies of election fraud to allegedly scam his supporters out of $250 million. question, though, this morning, will this committee make any criminal referral to the justice department? we ll have much more on that in a moment. a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month, but prices remain uncomfortably high all across the board. our chief bus