set of hearings. plus flying in without a covid test, why the cdc is dropping a international testing requirement. and the embattled uvalde, texas, police chief defending his actions over his department s response. you ll hear from him just ahead. good morning, it is saturday, june 11th. thank you so much for starting your day with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you so much. each when we have to talk about what we re talking about now because this is effecting every single person watching us. no question about that. we begin with painful economic news. the national average gas price surpassing $5 a gallon for the first time ever. this is unprecedented. according to aaa. that is a 60 cents increase, the biggest price jump since 1981, more than 40 years ago. it triggered a massive sell-off on wall street and biden officials have admitted that inflation is uncomfortably high and we continue to pay more for everything. the president tried to shif
here are the top stories for you now. starting tomorrow, if you are traveling into the u.s., you no longer have to test negative for covid to enter. at midnight on sunday, the cdc will lift the testing requirement, experts say that based on the science, it is no longer necessary. the cdc is going to reassess its decision in 90 days and only reinstate the rule if it is needed. the travel industry has been urging the biden administration for weeks to end the testing requirement arguing that it is hurt tourism. so operation fly formula will bring nearly a million pounds of baby formula into the u.s. but experts say this is a fraction of what the nation s families really need. this week united airlines flew in the first of 12 donated shipments over the next ten days. the 960,000 pounds is coming in
of facebook, saying the social media giant has a responsibility to stop the spread of covid misinformation on its platform. my hope is that facebook, instead of taking it personally that somehow i m saying facebook is killing people, that they would do something about the misinformation, the outrageous misinformation about the vaccine. and leading us off this hour, nbc news correspondent cal perry in los angeles, nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez in jacksonville, florida, and ucla professor in epidemiology and director for the center of global and immigrant health, dr. ann ramojn. welcome to the three of you. cal, you re in los angeles county, the most populous county in the nation, some 10 million people now reinstating its mask mandate after just a month. what, hearing from people there? yeah, midnight on sunday.
jerusalem. we have seen a clash as well. this is a unique knew government with a range ranging group will have to tackle. it could be very short lived as well. texas republicans are one step closer to sweeping new voting restrictions. they agreed on a bill that will make it harder to mail in ballots, ban after hours votes and drive through options. the final vergts of the bill needs to be voted on by midnight on sunday. gallagher has the details. lawmakers are one step quicker following in the footsteps of more than a dozen
that s something we have seen across the country. it also makes, again, those partisan poll workers empowered, this is something that president joe biden hit on saying it reminded him of other state legislation that s restricting vo voting rights. the republican sponsors of the bill say this is about ballot security and ensuring uniformity. the clock is ticking, they have to get something done by midnight on sunday. boris, christi, the expectation is governor abbott if approved will sign this into law. dianne gallagher, thank you, we have breaking news we want to fill you in on right now. police are at the scene of an apparent mass shooting in northwest miami-dade county florida. miami-dade police say two people are dead and 20 to 25 people are hurting after