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The right combination of words to deflect the blame off of themselves for these rising gas prices and they wont have to contend with it as a problem in the mid-terms. what they have is a policy problem when it comes to the rising gas prices. biden is so boxed in by his liberal base. cant really pursue in of the options that would have a meaningful impact in gas prices right now. >> martha: you know, people are always surprising me. history with one thing you learn, how we keep repeating these mi...

Ukraine losing slowly? >> bill: or fighting to a draw. we got a new twist last night. oscars saga. academy says will smith refused to leave the premises that night when they asked him to go. chris rock addressing this for first time in front of a sold out crowd. what he had to say. >> dana: president biden may finally have a plan to get gas prices under control but he is walking a tight rope with voters. can democrats navigate the crisis before the mid-terms or will voters kick them to the curb....

Congressional committee. nomiki, former national surrogate for bernie sanders. i will come to you first and get your initial thoughts on why you think democrats in those particularly important categories for voters are leaning away from your party? >> listen, this is a very tough economy but when you look into those numbers in the polls and dig into a little more you see that a quarter of americans are blaming the pandemic. another quarter of americans are blaming corporate price gouging like th...

Highlights the pain that americans are feeling not only does that majority say those gas prices -- rising gas prices are a problem for their family but 7 in 10 put the blame for gas prices quairly on president biden. when asked if the administration possible for gas prices 68% say yes. the bad news doesnt stop there. the poll also finding that 56% believe inflation is not at all under control. while only 27% said somewhat. mere 5% said completely. in fact we also find in this poll a majority thi...

Population shifts will play out in the mid-terms? >> its a fascinating question, jillian. im a floridian. we play the license plate game all the time. its fun to do. but a lot of floridians will say are people bringing their politics. when you look at voter registration, republicans outpace democrats. so it doesnt suggest that voters are bringing their ideology. but how about mass migration from california to texas? it could be a shakeup in the election. well see how the ideology plays in. >> so...

Mid-terms. look at this half of democrats. so how concerned should democrats be at this point? joining me now cnn senior political annual it ron brown. ron always good to see you. you have also with the stellar jobs report yesterday, and yet that jobs report came on the heels of three different polls that found approval for the presidents handling of the economy was at a third. so two-thirds of americans say they dont like what he is doing with the economy, even if its strong. thats really tough...

Number one thing that people are focused on towards the mid-terms. thanks, sandra. >> sandra: thanks, martha. >> martha: so would a member of ukraines parliament have to say as president biden makes no apologies for suggesting that vladimir putin should be remove from power? well speak with them next. >> i want to make i clear, i wasnt there or nor am i now articulating a policy change. i was expressing the moral outrage that i feel and i make no apologies for it. ar insurance so you only pay fo...

The far left that put biden in a position now of basically going to lose a lot of seats in the mid-terms. there you go. take that for what you will. >> what makes you think vladimir putin will alter course based on the action youve taken today. >> president biden: i did not say the sanctions would deter him. sanctions never deter. >> do you believe the sanctions will help him change course in ukraine? >> president biden: thats not what i said. the answer is no. >> dana: president biden saying in...

When you talk about taxing people on gains that they have not realized or assets, that is the policy that could trickle down to other parts of the economy. to tackle people on assets that they have not realized. >> sandra: theyre proposing a new 20% minimum billionaires tax on households that are worth $100 million or more or over half of the revenues could come from those worth more than a billion dollars. take that into consideration while taking this into consideration. more han half of ameri...

Mary theresa, let me start with you. title 42. on may 23rd, do you expect title 42 to be lifted? >> we would hope that to be the case. im hearing its not going to be such a rush. >> if they find a reason to extend it -- >> theyre going to. and the challenge with that and heading into the new mid terms, they havent been able to define anything theyve been to the latina community very squarely, whether its been on extending student loan debt, immigration reform or actually feeling the latino commu...