highest level in more than 40 years, but there are some signs in the report things could be turning around, at least a little. senate democrats will move to protect access to abortion, and this preliminary vote expected to fail. more from capitol hill ahead. the house also just approved $40 billion in aid to ukraine. right now ukraine says it s making progress in the northern city of kharkiv and we will go there live. but we will begin with our team covering today s inflation report, and joining us is our panelist, and stephanie, let me start with you. people are getting excited saying it s slowing and not going up as quick as it could, and it s a positive, and it is positive and just because it s not going up it s not going down. as we head into the summer and the conflict with ukraine continues we could see gas prices go back up and that s going to hurt again. people need to be ready for that. carol, the president is on his way to illinois to talk high prices. what