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Position where eventually they will move to alternative energy, renewable energy and they don't want to get stuck. but there is a logical transition to be made and i want an explanation as to why they aren't refining more oil and finding more oeil. >> reporter: and so there we heard from what he wants to hear from them. a crucial meeting as they face down the high prices and prospect of a looming recession. and the president said that again he did not believe that recession was inevitable. and so the price of gas slipped again overnight, ament a a national average for regular gas now down to...

And now president biden is considering a federal gas tax holiday. so, joining us now to talk about this is cnn chief business correspondent christine romans. christine, tell us what this would look like. >> sure. >> and how it would feel for us. >> well, let's unpack this. first of all, this is urgency at the white house. when you look at numbers, $4.97, holding steady below $5. a years ago, $3.07 for a gallon of regular. so this is something that's hurting american families every si single day. and it shows distress of public opinion polls. what is the federal government indicating? a gas tax...

97. gene sperling tells cnn the administration is doing everything it can to bring down costs. >> oil prices rising around the world. cnn's gabe cohen, live for us at a gas station in virginia. tell us what prices you're seeing there and how that fits into the national average. >> reporter: well, jim, and poppy, gas is $4.85 a gallon. i suppose drivers here should consider themselves lucky because just five miles up the road in washington, d.c., they hit the $5 a gallon mark days ago. now that national average gas price is right on the cusp of that at $4.97 a gallon. it has been rising even fa...

Violence and mothers we have to comfort are losing children due to the guns and the carnage on the lawlessness unleashed by those states. this is blood money. >> carley: new york city seeing percentages of crime and shootings jump by double digits just this year. >> todd: democrats in congress push bills to roll back the second amendment, new poll shows twice as many americans are worry body inflation compared to gun violence and shows president biden's approval rating hitting a record low as gas prices hit a record high. >> another record- setting price for gasoline on the virge of $5 a gallo...

Behind closed doors from officers who were sent to the school during the massacre. >> we have a duty to do what we can because our children's lives are on the line. >> reporter: back in uvalde, patience wearing thin. >> worried about my kids. >> reporter: simon alvarez, keeping one of his sons home from summer school, telling us he doesn't trust student safety under the district. >> my confidence isn't there. >> reporter: and tonight, a federal source close to the investigation says a hellfire trigger was recovered inside a classroom. that's a device that allows a semi automatic rifle to fire ...