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Romans has more in tonights before the bell. hi jim. new evidence inflation is cooling banking woes, raising the risk of a recession and the american consumer pulled back a bit in march. lets look at inflation. first, the feds tough medicine may finally be working consumer inflation, the slowest in almost two years. prices rose 5% on an annual basis in february, it was 6% marking the largest swing in more than eight years. meanwhile on the producer level, wholesale inflation slid dramatically as...

Good monday morning to you. im jim sciutto. hi jim. great to be with you. im jessica dean and happening right now. massive protests in israel, a crippling general strike and several mayors launching a hunger strike after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for opposing his plans to overhaul the judicial system . this as many israelis fear the united states closest ally in the region is moving further away from democratic principles. ahead we will have the very latest fro...

Expensive food. >> or d hi jim little political influence treasured trick as well. >> arrigo, coming up hillary clinton is still struggling to survive more than six years after she lost the presidential election. ♪ i was so afraid ♪ ♪ i was petrified ♪ ♪ thinking i could not live without you by my side ♪ ♪ crack stop, stop it, no really stop. why she is seeing carpal karaoke with chelsea her daughter. next on "the big saturday show", really big, really saturday. i brought in ensure...

Year they are taking place in the shadow of political tension in several countries . the in israel and the west bank thousands flocked to the mosque in jerusalem to offer prayers to commemorate god testing abrahams faith by commanding him to sacrifice his son but each had a political edge in ramallah where palestinian president mahmoud abbas lets the crowds but also vowed to establish an independent palestinian state. politics with part of the proceedings in india ruled kashmir to where muslims ...

Even though they arent allowing for people to leave, that they have decided that its time to bring this battle and this presence of isis on the ground to an end. jim, poppy. >> ben wedeman, it is remarkable that you are there covering it for us. our enormous thanks to you and cower team. stay safe. new information just in. >> richard quest joins us with details. flight control problems. thats concerning. >> reporter: i was just talking to the ceo of ethiopian airlines who have known for many y...

Allies on the ground making slow and steady progress capturing two weapons depots. smoke rising over what is left of the islamic state, ruined buildings, burned tents. ben wedeman has been on the ground for days now in the midst of this. tell us what the situation is on the front lines now and how close are they to grabbing this last bit of the caliphate. >> reporter: jim, poppy, today actually has been relatively quiet. there are occasional blasts and exchanges of machine gun fire in the backgr...

Work day began on the first hole in mara lago. was this in fact a working vacation as the white house likes to say. >> hi jim. the president spent five hours at the trump international golf resort not far from here. we heard from the white house that he was playing with two prks ga pga golf stars and a republican did want it to be done that he was out there with that republican senator making deals as he likes to do. >> how does the president match up with predecessors in number of days off in h...

Criticized obama whenever he would golf. how do you answer that contrast. >> sure. so back in the campaign, this was -- the president was the king of hyperbole, the notion he was not going to play golf and take vacations, i dont think anybody thought he meant what he said when he said that and i didnt and i worked for a different candidate to get elected. i think this is part of what people knew they were getting with this president and theyre getting it. for people who dont like his agendaa you...

Anything like that for the rest of this week? >> yes, because the snow is still falling and the temperatures are going to get colder. eerie airport, 62 inches. new york, 32 inches. this is an incredible amount of snow. but you also have to keep in mind its been incredibly cold temperatures. we have wind chill advisories from montana all the way to maine. the thing with that is were going to have multiple waves of cold temperatures. we have the one currently taking place right now, the arctic bla...

With the president trump in all this. >> jim, thanks for having me back. my issue is number one president trump made a commitment to the american people when he was running that he wouldnt take vacations and wouldnt golf and here he is, in his spend over 80 days on his own golf courses and over 100 days at his own businesses. so he is promoting his own businesses. i dont like the dishonesty. i dont like the hypocrisy and self promotion is absolutely contrary to the dignity of the office, to ethi...