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los angeles. well watch for it and cover it if it happens. im harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the inflation rate last month rose 8.6% from one year ago. the fastest pace since december 1981. thats up from 8.3% in april. it is hot. i told you, its running hot. the energy sector hit hard. prices there for gas, heating, electricity have skyrocketed. prices of meat and eggs surging the double digits. the white house is ignoring the people its supposed to serve and they...

uphill battle against ever-rising inflation. were seeing the playbook is to try to turn around the perception of his performance. heres the problem. as record gas prices, the yellow line here goes up and up, his approval is a mirror image on the way down. here he is just moments ago with an upbeat message as he tries to convince the american people. >> the job market is the strongest its been since world war ii. millions of americans are moving up to better jobs and better pay. since i...

was the number 1 song. "on golden pond" was the number 1 movie and "fantasy island" was one of the best tv shows. back then, inflation was out of control. fears that its out of control all over again. nothing like the 20% mortgage rates we saw back then but not like the key players we had fighting that either. think about it. pole volcker aggressively hiking interest rates to stomping out inflation and ronald reagan cutting taxes to bring the economy back after that inflation. that was...

costs putins putin price hike. as republicans point their fingers to the administrations policies, specifically. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich traveling with the president in los angeles. good evening, jacqui. >> the president left the ground of this summit to go to the port of los angeles to highlight his work, his progress, unsnarling supply chain with shipping containers. the problem it hasnt made a dent in inflation. >> another devastating inflation report stealing the ...

a possible reprieve on tariffs. united states presidentjoe biden says his administration could drop the trump—era tariffs on china. that comment from mr biden comes against the backdrop of surging inflation in the us. in remarks at the white house on tuesday, mr biden also blamed the rising cost of living on pandemic disruptions and the war in ukraine. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the latest inflation reading is due out this wednesday, economists...

Over the next half an hour well bring you some of the exclusive interviews and original stories that we have brought to you over the last year. First, to the conversation that left lily allen in tears. The singer had never visited a refugee camp before. She met unaccompanied Child Migrants living in a makeshift camp, in calais, and it overwhelmed her. Her apology to one refugee, on behalf of the uk, became front page news. Here is some of what she saw there. Calaiss makeshift refugee camp, theju...

Over the next half an hour well bring you some of the exclusive interviews and original stories that we have brought to you over the last year. First, to the conversation that left lily allen in tears. The singer had never visited a refugee camp before. She met unaccompanied Child Migrants living in a makeshift camp, in calais, and it overwhelmed her. Her apology to one refugee, on behalf of the uk, became front page news. Here is some of what she saw there. Calaiss makeshift refugee camp, theju...

Close to graduating. it wasnt something that we were thinking, "0h, lets form an international organisation that will do this globally," or anything like that. it was more like, if we want to be consistent with what we think and believed, we thought we couldnt say no. in december 1981, the el salvador army entered into the hamlet of el mozote, as well as another five hamlets that were nearby, separated children, women and men, execute them, burn their houses and everything. removing any possibil...

On human rights cases since 1984 when democracy returned to argentina after quite brutal military government. i was a student. most of us were, just finishing, very close to graduating. it wasnt something that we were thinking, "oh, lets form an international organisation "that will do this globally," or anything like that. it was more like, if we want to be consistent with what we think and believed, we thought we couldnt say no. in december 1981, the el salvador army entered into the hamlet of...

In december 1981, the el salvador army entered into the hamlet of el mozote, as well as another five hamlets that were nearby, separated children, women and men, execute them, burn their houses and everything. removing any possibility of civilian support of guerrillas. at the time when we arrived, you could still see human bones in different parts of the houses. translation: these red flags indicate where we found - all the spent cartridges. this wall here was where the victims were probably lin...