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years, marking the central bank's most aggressive move yet to bring down the soaring costs of food and gas and almost everything else. inflation is not easy. just days ago we learned it's at the highest level since 1981. the fed released a darkening forecast projecting more inflation and higher unemployment. joining me now matt egan. we heard from the fed chairman. he signalled more rate hikes. what did you learn? >> reporter: well, victor, clearly inflation is on fire. today the federal reserve officially called in help for some reinforcements. taking aggressive steps to raise inter...

president biden continues to defend his performance on the economy. why fact checkers say the numbers don't add up. the spike in crime could be worse than we think. we'll look at a new report that finds 40% of the country's law enforcement agencies have failed to report crime stats to the fbi in 2021 leaving us wondering what the real picture is. we begin with team coverage of another primary election night. mark meredith is in south carolina where there's a split decision to the two g.o.p. representatives who face off with two trump challengers. and bret baier joins us live in studi...

a republican can win. skipping over competitive and going red. mayra flores won. the first mexican born woman to serve in the house. >> bill: this is a heavily hispanic district that shares a border 80 miles with mexico. it was created 10 years ago and until now it has been a democratic stronghold. >> dana: what changed? critics are pointing to president biden's border policies. voters witness the crisis firsthand in donna, texas, thousands were held in squall or. >> bill: the world's richest man weighing in. elon musk tweets the following. the first time i ever voted republican. mas...

next month. that visit coming as his administration is facing mounting pressure following record inflation and, of course, a surge in gas prices. president biden spoke about the trip at the joint base andrews in the last hour. take a listen. >> everything i'm doing in the middle east, lays it all out, i'm focused on labor -- >> all right, the president there also the major story we're following this morning, the january 6th committee set for another public hearing tomorrow morning. it was president trump's false election fraud claims that were the focus yesterday. several witnesses p...

the president's visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we're seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation's national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. >> also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we're also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president b...