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israel, his message to the israelis had been, look, you shot down 99% of these take the win. whether or not a ron can be convinced to do the same given that perhaps this was rather late limited and the incoming may have been shot down. it seems at this point can iran be convinced to do the same and just let sleeping dogs lie all right. scott mclean there in istanbul. >> appreciate it. good to see scott now reports of these explosions in iran sent oil prices surging merely 4% us oil prices climbing above $85 a barrel. let's have a look at the prices they're at right now. brent crude, the world benchmark at $1.79. that sorry, up. 1.7 but 9% at ada dollars 67 floating with $90. and wti crude is at $84 so both of them up one and three quarter percent. meanwhile, the news
communities that could happen to other parts of the country as well. lucy, keep us posted on how the suit goes. thank you. so inflation cools last month but the prices at the grocery still are still up. egg prices up 60% in the last year. >> cnn's vanessa yurkevich is following this for us. so there has an avian flu. what is the main factor behind this spike. >> i think when we go to the grocery store, we get our milk and our bread and eggs and don't think too much about the prices. but just in last year we've seen a dozen eggs go from about $1.79 all the way in just the last year to $4.25. and this is in part because of the deadly avian flew -- flu th killing and it started in the spring and it is catching up with us now. in chilly palmer alaska, the demand for chickens and eggs is heating up. >> was already sold out before the egg shortage.
year. cnn has more on why the cost of eggs is exploding. >> reporter: egg prices also jumping 11% in just one month. that is a huge increase. so a year ago prices were about $1.79 for a dozen eggs. today, they are about $4.25 on average. and we're seeing prices at almost $10 for a dozen next hawaii, $11.49 here in new york city. listen to the supervisor of a morton williams grocery store here in new york city who says prices are up 70% in his stores in the last year, about why eggs are so pricey. >> a perfect storm of things to happen all at one time. from the flu to the increases in inflation all combined together with the shortage, it is a perfect storm. >> reporter: and that avian flu is the big factor here. nearly 50 million birds died last year because of this highly
his thoughts on the special counsel investigation in moments. also you probably are feeling this at the grocery store. it shocked me. trying to buy eggs they cost more than twice as much as a year ago. that's according to the consumer price index and what you feel at the store. it was 425 -- it is $4.25 now an average, it was $1.79 a year ago. it's blurry but check out this price in hawaii, $9.99. almost $10 for a dozen eggs. joining us is vanessa yurakavich, i was thinking the same thing. and don brought eggs. >> how much did you pay for those? >> i don't know. we got them from the cafeteria. >> these are expensive whole foods organic. >> this is -- everyone is talking about the price of eggs. >> true, why, what's going on? >> and prices jumping 11% in the
breathing room. >> president biden talked about inflation this morning, which continues to move in the right direction. the consumer price index now shows that in place is at 6.5% compared to this point last year. that is down for the sixth month in a row. once again, though, the drop is largely due to a drop in gas prices, which are now about $3.36 a gallon. when it comes to almost everything else, life is still a lot more expensive. bread, milk, chicken, tomatoes and especially eggs. look at that. $4.25 from $1.79. all up nationwide. joining me is nbc news business and data reporter brian cheung. eggs. eggs. >> expensive. >> that's a huge price increase. >> what's going on? >> when we talk about eggs specifically, there is avian flu that wiped out about 59 million chickens nationwide and that's why the pipeline for eggs isn't there and prices go up but broadly speaking that hasn't the story for overall inflation and a big reason the prices went up in 2022 because there is a lot
Seoul [South Korea], November 24 (ANI/Global Economic): South Korea's total fertility rate, which refers to the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime, fell to 0.79 in the third quarter, hitting a record low.
solutions and don't want their wallets and energy access to be part of a political game. >> we need energy, period. let's get it in a sensible way is my point. >> if they want to get rid of it they have to do it slowly and do it right so there is not a million mistakes. >> the white house trying to tweet away the problem. reality is if you fill up at the pump you see the higher prices. this gas station that i've been to before, the price today is $3.79 if you pay with cash. well above the 3.19 number. >> dana: good to see you. thank you. elon musk's twitter revamp hitting snags. the company delayed its plan to charge users $8 for a blue check until after election day. twitter is asking recently fired workers to return. here to talk about it is jimmy failla. the "washington post" headline. democrats developed elon musk
high. the jobs market is impervious. the forecast is it shows a solid 200,000 jobs added. layoffs this week in tech. job cuts at lyft. expecting big ones at twitter and amazon is freezing corporate hiring. gas prices rose a penny overnight sitting at $3.79 a gallon. let's bring in mark redman. what are you expecting? >> i think, christine, we'll continue to see some signs of moderation in hiring, but this is in the context of a still strong job market. and as we listen this week to federal reserve chairman jerome powell, you can see he's somewhat amazed and perhaps a little dismayed that the job market has remained as robust as it has. it's an unusual situation again where there's a bit of a disconnect between what workers want to see and essentially what the central bank is looking for. we need to sort of diffuse this
price. it came down dramatically. we're seeing easing on inflation. inside that also was a measure about real incomes after inflation. that was negative last quarter -- two quarters ago. it's positive in this new report. incomes up, prices down, economic growth. and the thing that's most visible to people is what they're seeing with gas prices. two weeks ago the most common pump price in america was $3.79. it's down to $3.39. we're seeing improvements. secondly, we know there's more work to do. inflation remains the number-one economic challenge. the president has put meshes in place to address that, to improve our progress on inflation, like the inflation reduction act, which takes effect january 1st. a few weeks away from that relief like the actions he took yesterday to bring down everyday costs. that's quantitative easing people and we're addressing that. the third point he'll make today is what's choice here? republican leaders in congress have said if they get control of
syracuse, hundreds and thousands of jobs that are $100,000, good paying wages, looking at the investment in the community. that's part of what has come out of the chips and science act that went forward and was passed earlier this year. and then on top of that, as you're saying, how do we ensure that we're focusing on lowering costs to the american people? that was the signature part of the inflation reduction act that went through this summer that the president has been talking about all across the country, lowering costs on things like prescription drugs, health care, energy costs. and then gas prices, obviously the president is very clear, has been clear that they continue -- inflation continues to be high and there's more work to be done. he's using every tool at his disposal to bring those costs down. i think $1.30 down since june for gas prices, continuing to in the last two weeks going from an average of $3.79 to $3.39. he's going to continue to focus on that, but he is exactly talking about what you're