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>> reporter: its bad news. and prices are up five cents a gallon in just the last month. that makes an impact for drivers here in the state. those coming to the state, driving through the state. and we saw maybe a glimmer of hope, prices stabilizing over the holidays. now these prices are right back up. the price of gas on the rise again. >> we use a whole lot of fuel. >> reporter: when youre filling up 500 trucks a week, it gets expensive. >> diesel fuel is one of our single biggest expenses to...

States decide when they want to have their elections and how they want to have voting take place and the votes counted and not have it dictated by washington. thats the talking point you hear from republicans. there are very few pieces of this large voting bill that could pass muster with republicans who essentially are in favor of allowing states which many republican-led states rolling back voting rights, theyre happy with that and dont want washington to sort of try to reverse that. so even b...

>> and it will not, of course, change the ideological balance of the court which is now decidedly conservative because of those three trump picks, one of them, the last one replacing ruth bader ginsburg stirring all the pressure from democrats who wanted her to resign back when when president obama was president. a joint event with the president, which is interesting, because the press secretary keeping her cards close to her vest tweeting just moments ago, jen psaki, it has always been the deci...

Been so far been able to heed off the calls for a challenger coming from trump world right now. >> thats one of the reasons hes so circumspect i guess. up next. covid and its numbing math. record hospitalizations and a case explosion in the path month. it sure is. and i earn 5% cash back on travel purchased through chase with chase freedom unlimited. that means that i earn 5% on our rental car, i earn 5% on our cabin. i mean, cmon! hello cashback! hello, kevin hart! im scared. in a good way. i...

Annualize that, $6,000. that is something that if we can provide a break to those families to help them with the hard times theyre having with the increase in inflation, seems like the right thing to do. but the majority wont offer a tax break. even though as you know -- >> charles: when we have -- when covid, the most recent massive economic crisis came out, around the world, one thing every country did was lower taxes. almost every country universe sally lowered taxes. that knew that the would...

Im good on history but not that good. >> ohio studies show students lost up to a year of academics. in california half the students dont meet state english standards and 2/3 fail in math. >> one of the consequences of this is you wind up letting lots of kids into college who havent mastered the skills they need who dont know the content they need who struggle in college and drop out with student loans. >> the bottom line, bill, academically for many students distance or virtual learning gets an ...

>> todd: hoyers office walkd that back saying leader hoyer does not believe the 2022 election would be illegitimate or claim ballots ought to be thrown out simply americans have been disenfranchise friday our democracy by gop election suppression legislation. the uphill battle for democrats to hold slim majority, which is slim nest decades got one seat harder as rep jim cooper just became the 29th democrat to announce retirement. you do the math, todd and carley, democrats have 222 seats and rep...

Harder than ever. >> weve lost parents of students in our school, weve lost spouses of our staff, weve lost grandparents. >> reporter: new mexico has seen over 22,000 new covid cases since the weekend forcing about 60 school districts and charter schools to switch to virtual learning. the governor not only brought in the guard, she did double duty, too, by teaching kindergarten in santa fe. >> we did math, we learned about syllables, we did a water color art project. >> reporter: while its the f...

See the president and congress pressuring the senate. tuesday the president heads to atlanta where hell call again for passing of federal voting rights legislation. right now the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act are stalled in the senate. math of course is not on the dems side, 60 yes votes needed, and little hope that ten republicans getting on board. if that calculus doesnt change by martin luther king jr. day, january 17th, majority leader chuck schumer wan...

Next generation of law students. he talked about the united states as a miracle and an experiment but held up the constitution. he talked about how this is a country based on the rule of law. he knows full well because of trumps big lie, because of some forces of the republican party that still want to dispute the last election, that actually is a live question in american political discourse right now. the rule of law respect for law, respect for democracy, respect for voting rights and respect...