it could cost her team the gold medal. the latest untold story podcast is out today with enes kantor freedom. he told us his amazing story of growing up in turkey and why the olympics should not be in beijing at all. we ll see you back here tomorrow. have a good day, everybody. sandra: consumer prices surging 7.5% last month. the liest in 40 years. americans are feeling it. i m seeing prices increase. i use my charge, keep track of it. it s up 10, 15% the last several months. you see the signs, help wanted, $18 an hour. in and out burger. so i think it s filtering down. it s hard on businesses, hard on consumers and it s a tough
relief. listen. i know food prices are up. we re going to bring them down. as i said, i grew up in a family where price at the pump went up, you feel it. i understand. these things are necessities. we re working to bring down prices where they re not totally what the families in fact have to pay now. so how much more are families having to pay now? well compared to 12 months ago, take a look at the figures here. meat and eggs are up over 13%. poultry up 10%. milk up 6.8%. bread up just under 6%. coffee, wow, up 8.6%. consumers paying a whopping 40% more more gas and 10% more for electricity. just sticker shot, sandra, across the board, putting more pressure on consumers. sandra: thanks, claudia. how much longker americans put
even in delaware, his hometown state, sandra, is pulling the restrictions away. so the dominoes are falling. democrat governors one by one are starting to see the writing on the walls and they re giving up on the mask mandates. as extremely unpopular with americans across the country and frankly extremely unpopular mask mandates in schools. so joe biden has the power to lift the federal mandate across all federal facilities. he has the power to lift the mandates in the air, public transportation, et cetera. i think it s time for him to really do this. sandra: kristin, admiral giroir was talking to martha last hour. it struck me when she asked about the cdc and their guidance, whether or not it s still respected based on the fact that these democratic-led states are rolling back the mask mandates. it gives the appearance of them following, not leading.
the judiciary has no reporting. the supreme court has no disclosure. it has no reporting of stock transactions. and it makes important decisions every day. she s right about this. the judicial branch does not have a ban on stock trading. the executive branch bans stock trading for cabinet members. members of congress, there s no ban but they have to report their trading under the 2012 stock act. that is prevent any conflicts of interest. it s not working because according to recent media reports, 55 members of congress violated that law and were slapped with fines. so right now we have a number of bipartisan proposals in the house and senate. there s some pushback from a couple of democrats that don t like this idea. there s questions about whether lower to middle class americans might be discouraged from serving in government if they can t build a nest egg.
president. also jared bernstein. it appears that s the strategy. they re telling the american people that that is the solution to spend more. brian did talk about how important it is that the fed maintains its independence. so the fed s next move is key. as far as making matters worse, if we continue to spend more, what is the impact of that? what does inflation look like a year out? yeah, it s going to be rougher than now. it s not just the government spending in build back better. there s crippling tax hikes that will slow investment in the u.s. including in to the plants and investment in the technologies that can help us work through the supply chain problem. they also have several programs that together discourage americans from working.