president biden looking for a gas tax holiday but will it pass? the senate passing the first gun legislation in years as frustration grows in uvalde. that s what we re watching this hour. we begin with the house insurrection committee revealing new evidence of donald trump s personal involvement in a coordinated effort to target and intimidate state election officials. the committee highlighting the courage of the people who refuse to be intimidated, who continue to do their jobs and to stand up to those efforts. the committee used the fourth public hearing to highlight just how severe the threats to our democracy is. that threat that was faced in the days and weeks after the 2020 election, as the former president and his aides promoted the big lie to put forward slates of fake electors in key battleground states. we also learned in the hearings that trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani admitted they have no evidence of fraud to back up these dangerous claims, and the pl
at the border, power outages said to be coming. and of course the russian invasion of ukraine which just added $40 billion to america s tab. we could debate whether any one of these items is truly the fault of the president. but the reality is they are all unfolding on his watch. and here come the midterms. typically the party in the white house sees the loss of two dozen of its congressional seats. this year democrats seem headed for much worse. there just aren t enough ultra maga doug mastrianos that could allow focus next november to be taken off this national funk. a few an moreent tkweurgzs to be sure, but too few to stop the tidal wave in the forecast. americans are really feeling the pinch with inflation at a 40-year high. until recently, there had pwhrpb some consolation for the 58 million americans in the stock market because it was still doing well. but that s no longer the case. this week the s&p and dow had historic down days. friday the s&p 500 briefly fell into
This sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with growing pressure on the u. S. Congress to avoid a crippling u. S. Government shutdown this week. Time is running out. Lawmakers now have just six days to pass a Spending Bill to fund the government. Federal agencies have already started the formal process of preparing for a shutdown. If that happens, millions of federal workers could have their paychecks withheld until a deal is reached. But with the clock ticking, it is clear House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy doesnt have the votes to pass a stopgap funding bill and House Republicans are engaged in Open Warfare Over who is to blame for the stalemate. The hold outs keep saying to Kevin Mccarthy, dont bring bipartisan bills to the floor. We dont want you to use democrat votes to try to avert a shutdown. But theyre using democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown. These individuals, these republican hold outs are voting with nancy pelosi. We should have separate single subject Spending Bills. K
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted 58-year-old Mark Adams Prieto of Prescott on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime, and possession of an unregistered firearm. According to the indictment, between January and May 2024, Prieto had been in discussions