john: another fox news alert to kick off america reports for this thursday. biden administration cancelling a massive oil and gas lease sale in alaska and the gulf of mexico. scrapping the potential to give drivers desperately needed relief at the pump. hi, i m john roberts in washington. gillian, good to see you again. gillian: great to be with you, i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. so, america s economic woes are continuing to mount. one red flag economists are pointing to now today, april wholesale prices. up 11% from a year ago. one part of the overall inflation problem. consumer prices up 8.3% from a year ago, a slight drop from march but still hovering near a 40-year high. john: filling your tank could drain your wallet. the national average of gas prices a record high, costing 4.41 a gallon. look at where it is compared to a year ago, gillian. gillian: tremendous pressure on the biden administration. americans are skyrocketing with the cost of everyday
else. i will not raise taxes, but do i want you to get back to work, that s what i ran on for governor let s get to work, and that s what i believe. get people back to work. safe to say if republicans were to take control of the senate and mitch mcconnell is in control of what legislation hits the senate floor, that this plan won t go to the floor? here is this is just my ideas, i ve told everybody. my ideas. let s have a fight over ideas. but when we win in november, i believe we will, let s do something. we have to rescue this country. 11% p.p.i., 8.3% c.p.i., g.d.p. is going down, stock market is going down, trillion dollar deficits, this cannot keep going on. we have to change things. and it s going to take dramatic change. it doesn t have to be my ideas, let come up with ideas how we are going to fix the country. in in this country, i grew up in this country. john: all of those things
and president obama makes some high school students cry. this hour, the inspiring against the odds story that brought the commander in chief to their school. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. first this hour, the shrimping republican presidential field. we ve seen prominent contenders opt out of the 2012 race in recent weeks, including former arkansas governor mike huckabee. say so long to the prospect with the biggest name, deepest pockets, and most outrageous remarks. that would be none other than donald trump. he announces an event to report the tv series, celebrity apprentice. after getting so many called from bob and from steve and everybody, i ve decided that we are going to continue onward well celebrity apprentice. we re going to continue making lots and lots of money for charity. i will not be running for president as much as i d like to and i want to thank everybody very much. thank you very much. it s been a great season. thank you. let s br