done. we are part of that sees inflation is a real issue. i get it. i do grocery shopping for three kids in diapers. and our house. but we ve attacked it inflation. the president went after the oil companies and worked with countries that produce oil. you are seeing gasoline, it s been down 32 cents over the last four weeks. the republicans pages pander the grievances. actually, this election is about freedom. our freedom problem to macron health care decision. our freedom forecast to be free from gun violence. warfare gun violence. and the freedom for you to have your vote counted when you cast it. those two freedoms on the line with republicans in the majority. no pun intended, do you think those things will trump the economy? you are seeing right now. right now, the democrats of surged ahead in the generic ballot because of what republicans positions are as on guns, women s reproductive rights, and showing that they prefer violence over the vote. thank you congressman, i was a
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economy and americans are hurt, they are being hurt by the inflation and being hurt by the economy. in fact, 65% say that we are already in a recession and now 60% report that they are living paycheck to paycheck, whether or not the federal government, whether or not the democrats want to admit it inflation is having impact on everyday americans. griff: let s show the number that we have been showing, 9.1% when president biden was inaugurated it was at 1.4%. eggs up 23%, butter 23%, gasoline up 59% and airfares up 34%. pretty much, jonathan, anything that you can put your wallet out and pay for is up. yeah, that s the hidden cost of inflation, griff, it isn t that we are paying more but investing less. the economy runs on production and not consumptions and americans are eating into their savings and piling on credit
brianna, at the beginning, not only is it inflation, real wages as we were talking about earlier, real wages, what you feel like you re taking home hourly workers they re lower, down 3.6% over the last 12 months. you feel like you re making less, you are realist he can clee and you are spending so much more. you re spending more and the savings is going out the window. and then these student loan payments will start again in a month. poppy, thank you so much. we will be tuning into you at the top of the hour. first on cnn former president trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was talking with the january 6th committee. our new reporting on this ahead. . [ sfx: submarine rising out of water ] minions are bitin today. liberty. libeberty. liberty. liberty. minions: ththe rise of gru, only in theaters.
to why we see prices going up 9.1%, the worst since 1981. so, you know, we hope it s the peak. don t know. so the white house, robin, said that core inflation is down. what do they mean by that? it s hair splitting at this point. i think if you poll a man on the street, woman on the street, you take kind of a holistic misery index, no one would imagine we re still creating hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. they would say we re in an economic calamity, whether you want to call it inflation, recession, stagflation. if you strip out volatile food and energy prices, it ain t so bad. he does have a point, biden. this is kind of rear view mirror looking. we ve seen a decent decline in gas prices, yes, it s not at the $3 level but if you re already hearing on trading floors this morning the once unthinkable