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44 past the hour. this morning the labor department announced the weekly number of americans applying for unemployment rose to 244,000. thats an increase of 9,000 from just last week. thats on top of another rough inflation report today showing wholesale prices rose near record 11.3% from last june. this comes after the announcement that the price of consumer goods increased by more than 9% over the year. joining us now, msnbcs lindsey riser at the largest food bank in new jersey and victoria so...

Jessica schneider, thank you so much. poppy. this just in another key measure out, it is tough. pr prices surging. and measures the prices paid to producers of goods and services, up 11.3% from a year ago. this after the consumer index what you and all of us pay at the pump, that hitting a 40-month high. our business reporter rahel solomon is here with the report. >> yeah, the reason why the report is so important, et cetera especially in this environment, the theory what is in this report giv...

>> scott, its incredible to have you in vinnitsya for us to walk us around and show us the breadth of the devastation. its incredible, looking at that scene, that anybody survived. >> to wait under that hood of the atm and that was enough. it is miraculous that that man survived at all with just a cut, as scott reported. >> skcott mclean, thank you ver much for being there. back here in the u.s., yet another sign that prices are still soaring. the producer price index jumped from 11.3% in june...

>> john: at least in the interim gasoline prices are headed the right direction. >> sandra: enjoy it while it last. economic front, does not look good for the white house. new data shows wholesale prices accelerating beyond expectations in june. the prices measure inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches the consumer. 11.3% up from the previous year. rich is live in washington. what is driving the high wholesale prices that eventually make their way to all of us? >> rich: its energy, s...

Anymore. i am not making ends meet. im spending my savings. i get paid tomorrow and already my whole paycheck is spoken for. >> reporter: its a perfect storm, rising gas prices for her 60 mile round trip commute, the cost to feed her kids as she applies for food stamps and her rent up from $1,200 a month to $1,500 which forced her to get a roommate. >> i started out a year ago with a good amount in savings because i was going to buy a home, i had $9,000 saved up and its something i have never be...

One does it help adults quit smoking, and what is the price to pay? how much do youth start vaping as a result? i can show you if you look at the data in terms of tobacco use overall, among youth, you know, you find 34% among high schoolers, 11.3% among middle schoolers, e-cigarettes were the biggest percentage of that. they had -- if you looked overall at the data, 12%, 11.8% of people using tobacco products were using these e-cigarettes. and it was around 2.8% for middle schoolers. juul was th...

It is welcome that there is a recognition that the 12% was going to be absolutely eye watering. but to say that 11.3 going up to upwards of 7% is not a change that is going to make an impact is just absolutely not correct. when we are in a setting where students and graduates are already struggling at a level we have not seen, you know, we have got more students and graduates than ever needing to access food banks, you know, struggling to make ends meet with rent costs, the cost of living rising...

October. secondly, they say are one 0ctober. secondly, they say are one of £250 payment should be given to 11.3 low—income households. this would cost £42 billion. the government say, hang on, we have already given billions of pounds to help people with energy bills, lowering the tapering rate on universal credit as well. but the institute pointed to the office for budget responsibility�*s analysis of those numbers that were given to us in the spring statement, the 0br is an independent bo...

>> reporter: tonight skyrocketing rents forcing a growing number of americans to think twice about where home is. >> definitely priced out of boston in general. >> it was 3,500 and which isnt now 6.8. >> reporter: from coast to coast, represents rising at the fastest pace in decades. a record 11.3% increase nationwide. the biggest spikes hitting the south where many moved post-pandemic enticed by remote work and warmer weather florida home to the top three cities where rents have risen the most ...

People say, i see what this is all about now. tracy, congratulations in your new role, welcome to newscast for the first time in your new gig. listening to andy, what do you make of that, it all sounded like a list of nice promises? well, certainly we were very excited in west yorkshire i to hear the prime minister finally nail down what - levelling up actually meant. i am sorry to say, i disagree slightly with andy, - that it was pretty disappointing. i there was lots in there that we knew alre...