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Any relief anytime soon. >> reporter: add gas prices to the list of surging costs weighing on americans wallets. >> the price has been a little bit more each time. >> reporter: the national average now around $3.44 a gallon, up more than a dollar from a year ago and the highest since 2014. and its only getting worse roaching the record national average of $4.11. >> do you think we could hit that record in the months ahead? >> i think we have a very good chance. >> reporter: an issue of supply an...

Here is my take. there is a puzzle at the heart of american political life right now. why are people so gloomy about his economy that is so strong? i will get to inflation in a moment, but almost no economists predicted the force of the current recovery. growth in 2021 came in at 5.7%, the highest in almost 40 years. the unemployment rate is 4%. poverty has fallen below pre-pandemic levels. child poverty has decreased by almost 40% in 2021. new businesses are forming at a record rate. bankruptci...

Reopen the same time supply chain has been incredibly disrupted. the one saving grace will be the telltale story, we are seeing incredible wage appreciation which has been the highest in decades, about 5.7%. inflation the past year has been about seven and a half and wages are about 5.7 and yes, everything people are losing a couple of percents today on the dollar so in the second half of the year, will inflation taper off and wage appreciation continue? i think we also have inflation but i thin...

Mad that they didnt get an ice cream cone. how do you process susan collins going on national tv saying i dont think ill vote for him but i wont rule it out. what? >> oh, as i sat here preparing for this interview with you and very importantly with senator mccaskill i thought, what? i hold u.s. senators in the highest of regard. it was one year ago that i was working with the team of impeachment managers to take the trial to the u.s. senate including senator collins. i hold them in the highest r...

But also you want to get this episode finished with, draw a line under the cancer, god willing, and move on. millions like rosie want to get their operations done and move on. all the uk nations have seen rising waiting lists because of covid postponements and all are now coming up with plans to try to bring them down. hugh pym, bbc news. the oil giant bp has announced it made £9.5 billion of profit last year — its highest for eight years. its rival shell has also reported bumper profits. lab...

And the league title in 2019—20, but hes failed to make an impression at everton, overseeing just one league victory, leaving the side third from bottom in the table. before we move away from football, just a line on the manchester united striker mason greenwood. he remains suspended by the club, following his release on bail today. he was arrested on suspicion of rape, assault and threats to kill. lets take a look at some of the other sport news stories making the headlines... us open tennis ...

Soon to pivot that narrative so we dont keep talking about his failures. will it be another justus retiring? whatever leak is going to come out so they dont have to face the music? >> its true. 83% saying inflation is a serious problem. back in december inflation hits 6.8%. i seem to remember president biden saying this. >> i think you will see a change sooner, quicker, more rapidly than most people think. i think youre going to see -- youve already begun to see and youre going to see over the n...

The country has been on a roller coaster. gdp fell 3.5% from the prior year and swung all of the way back to growth and a 5.7% in 2021. with growth comes higher prices and comes inflation. you said it, we have the highest inflation since 1982. thats four years of the reagan administration and thats starting to weigh on consumers. we are seeing a big wage increase thats costing more for employers. they cant find enough workers and they have to pay them more when they did. its a tricky time even t...

The white house and the dnc. i remember wasserman schultz, i remember don fowler, terry mcauliffe. these people have always had friction because there are people out there raising money -- by the way, i just saw this morning that last month we had the highest -- broke a record last month for fund-raising. last year highest ever in a non-election year. does jamie get any credit for that? all im saying is jamie i believe is right in that generational gap that we need to be running the dnc. he has ...

Back of the bag man book, im also coming out in april. its also an adaptation of a different book that i want to make for tv as well. theres all the stuff that i want to work on and i want to work some more on. as you can tell, im nervous about all of this has a change in my life. but it is all for the good! i will be here through thursday this week and then the -- highest and im just going to be off for a few. weeks off and doing the shot, not really going anywhere. ill be back for the state of...