the dock was startled away and accidentally head butted martha. she says francesca was as upset as she was and these are photos her staff took and put on her blog. how about that. consumer prices rose 0.5% last month. wholesale prices rose by more than 1%. it sounds like small percentages, but there are lots of negative implications here for, you know, your average family. cnbc's melissa francis joins me now. especially if we see that, what, month over month? >> absolutely, contessa. it kind of cuts both ways. producers are either able to pass these prices along to consumers like you and me or they' not. either way we end up footing the bill for it. either the price of a box of cereal goes up, or the manufacturer can't pass that