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the latest developments. hello, cb. >> mike, good afternoon. the legal team is calling for upgraded charges and attorneys for penny say the mounting defense will exonerate their client. this insight shared last night by penny's attorney thomas kenneth during wabc radio show katz and cosby. and the attorneys say, quote, they were led to believe this case was head today a grand jury and caught off guard when d.a. decided to arrest him on manslaughter, a penalty up to 15 years in prison. he was released on a $100,000 bond. some legal crit exsay this process has been political. >> if the...

>> good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city's history. he's on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he's expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorseme...

a week. he finally did make the trip yesterday. he was looking a little more like a child dressing up for halloween than a cabinet secretary there to bring hope and help to scared residents. here's how repeat did eventually respond to his 20 day delay. >> when i tried to do is balance two things. my desire to be involved and engaged and on the ground, which is how i am generally wired to act and my desire to follow the norm of transportation secretaries, others, and thinking about whether i got that balance right. >> no thinking needed a pothole. pete, you absolutely did not strike t...

griff: despite new report prices surging in january. lucas tomlinson in january with the latest from the president's response. hey, lucas. lucas: the last hour, aishah interviewed and weighed jp morgan ceo jamie dimon having trouble heavy will with inflation. >> i wouldn't go that far. i think they got a late start. they should have started ticking interest rates earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. lucas: here is new economic data, rose .6% in january beating analysts expectations. this annual inflation -- the annual inflation rate rose 5.4% first increase in inflation d...

griff: anita, great to see you. let's kick things off with lucas tomlinson from the white house. >> the labor department issuing a brutal report saying inflation is getting worse not better. in los angeles president biden says it's not just putin that's responsible, but exxon as well for skyrocketing prices. >> they have 9,000 permits to drill, they're not drilling. why aren't they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one and number two the reason they're not drilling, they're buying back their own stock. exxon made more money than ...