folks are coming from all over the world. funeral on monday. bret: 2,000 guests are expected to attend. what s going on in chicago. mcdonald s ceo difficult time getting people to come back to work. rising crime and tough economic conditions made it harder. mcdonald s executive relocate to chicago. tipped off at the out in front all the way for the touchdown. it don t get better than that. ainsley: good morning, ocean city, new jersey. look at the american flag flying there on the left side of your screen. beautiful lights. and it looks like it might be on the water i would assume so if it s ocean city. it is going to be # 7 degrees there today without a cloud in the sky. a perfect sunshine if you look up the weather. brian: i was there in the winter, it is lonely in ocean city. ainsley: yes. everyone moves out. brian: foot as you will tournament went in there. ainsley: why were you there without all the people. brian: a foot sul tournament. ai
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
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primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
Military are operating without Senate Confirmed leaders. Or Chief Of Staff. 300 top nominees are also on hold. Because of this one lawmaker. Alabama senator, Tommy Tuberville. His objection to the new policy that will reimburse Service Members or their families for travel. If they have to go to another state to get an abortion. After six months of frustrating paralysis. The secretaries of the army and the navy and air force wrote this opinion piece. Officers in the millions of service they lead are the foundation of americas enduring military advantage. Yet, this foundation is being actively eroded by the actions of a single u. S. Senator, Tommy Tuberville. Joining us now is the secretary of the air force. Air force secretary frank kendall, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth , and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro for this joint interview. Let me start with you. Air force secretary frank kendall,. How is america less safe and less prepared than it was just six months ago . First of all, we