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>> plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if that's where the evidence leads them. listen to what else attorney general garland just told nbc's lester...

you are watching "fox & friends first" on this friday morning, i am carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro and you are noticing a theme from today show, a band that is from england. the band you may have heard of them called the beatles. and today is the rolling stones. some attention there on the great city of london and the second day of the queens platinum jubilee. >> carley: yesterday was about the trip in the colorado's, this elaborate military parade with queen elizabeth at the balcony with the other working members of the royal family. she was wearing a blue dress. she looked ...

one of the factors driving inflation is this nationwide labor shortage. it continues. take a look at these brand-new job numbers. a mere 128,000 added jobs to the private sector just last month. this is less than half what was expected. it marks the slowest growth since the start of the pandemic. >> bill: if that doesn't make you feel better this won't, either. gas prices hitting another record high, $4.71 a gallon. we have hit a daily new high almost every day over the past month. >> sandra: people are feeling it. president biden saying there is no near-term solution to the problem ...

a local doctor who delivered two of the 19 murdered children spoke out reflecting on this profound loss. >> those lives are gone and we'll never know what they could have done for the world and their families. it will never be the same. you know, we're not innocent anymore. >> also this morning, in an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie, she spoke to an off duty border patrol agent who rushed to the scene with only his barber's shotgun to rescue his daughter trapped inside the school. >> what was that moment like when you saw your daughter? >> oh, when i saw my daughter, it was...

washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. >> i can't outlaw a weapon. i can't change the background checks. i can't do that. >> the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests latest put it, he's behind a deade's long effort to block gun control. so what is really on the ...