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toxic work culture inside the nfl. reports of a woman paid off to settle a sexual assault case against dan snyder, the owner of the washington commanders football team. what the league's commissioner roger goodell told congress today about the new allegations. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden's latest attempt to tame the insanely high gas prices plaguing americans. the president this afternoon called on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. a move president biden has r...

inflation was high before, certainly before the war in ukraine broke out. >> martha: senator john kennedy was in that hearing with jerome powell. he's here to react to that and respond to it in moments. first, we're glad to be joined by james spurling, senior adviser to president biden. thanks for making time for us today. what is your reaction to what jerome powell just said about the real driver of u.s. inflation? >> there was no contradiction at all with what president said and your tape of federal chairman powell. president biden is talking about what has happened with gas prices...

federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden's problem few democrats don't see the point. >> i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. >> president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to br...

president trump, partly out of concern it would give the appearance of pressure on the attorney general. politico argues that the first three hearings essentially did that for them, laying out stark evidence that trump and his allying now the election was not rig, but they pushed the big lie anyway. there's new evidence that the department of justice may be growing frustrated against the committee as well. we learned of a strongly worded letter by the doj, in which the department accuses committee members of complicating investigations by withholding transcripts of witness interviews...

moment where you have more than satisfied your burden of proof. there's no room for any reasonable doubt. last night's hearing was the tell them what you're going to tell them part. now, there were moments where they teased the actual telling, the testimony of prominent figures who were relevant not just because of their proximity to then-president trump but also for the role they played within the government, maybe as a member of congress or as a white house aide. or maybe they were playing the role of lawyer in a courtroom, trying to convince a judge of a big lie. i wonder if it su...