and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, that s coming up. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. now, it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency as well and residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rain. this is the calm before the storm, i ve seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they re taking it serious and i
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two
heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold
Welcome back to cavuto live we start this hour with donald trump the Libertarian National Convention News after holding a campaign event, on thursday, Heavy Deep Blue bronx, were best President Bidens policies, and from the economy to the border and Alexis Mcadams is in the nations capitol with more alexis. Reporter Hi David Blue big crowd your comments of her excited your the donald trump will be on stage here the convention in washington dc, later tonight but not everybody is abducted here from the former present just a site Vivek Ramaswamy was trying to hide him up and people started to move. Want to. Will team of democratic nominee and i think i will trip is an ambiguous like him, i mean, come on. Reporter the convention their kind of billing through some other speakers as well as trump is saying though that he was but a few times si, the presumptive are valid and president ial candidate set take the station about 24 hours after defendant Robert F Kennedy jr. Had this to during the
Noon here on cnn if you ever missed an episode of the lead, you can listen to the show from whence you get your podcasts. The news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer, right now in this Situation Hapappening now, the Biden Campaign launches a new Attack Ad Warning that donald trump has quotes snapped the president s team, sharpening its free Debate Strategy against trump. This as Robert Kennedy jr. Is potential as a spoiler, is on display today with his due appeal to the Libertarian Party also this our wide Defense Secretary, lloyd austin, is returning to hospital tonight and temporarily transferring power to his deputy the pentagon, sharing new information after the uproar over previous medical treatment that austin kept secret . And china unleashes a show of force around taiwan for a second day, sending an ominous message that the Military Drills or a test of beijings ability to seize power welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I will flips or a urine