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the i says the death sentence has breached the geneva convention and says russia accuses them of being mercenaries despite their membership of the ukrainian army unit. and finally, theguardian leads with a different story, highlighting the knock on effect of rising food and fuel prices which are causing low—paid workers to call in sick because they can't afford to drive to work. good evening to you both. thank you for coming on. will start with the story of ukraine just because it dominates so many of the front pages, it was our top story at ten o'clock this evening. the front page...

That because the economists and the treasury and the government knows that they are going to have to protect against any sort of wage spike which can spiral. an increase in put inflation up even higher, were an incredibly difficult situation. i suspect it will be energy cottage. there will be blackouts and factory closures, it really will feel like a winter of discontent. the only people that have been saying it for the last few months and sort of sounded like chicken little saying the in a fall down and nobody could really see it. i think were beginning to see the reality of what is coming ou...

Because the number is lower than anticipated. but at full employment, when are we going to see that real wage spike? >> i'm not sure we are, stephanie. there is some pressure. in fact, the wall street wrote an interesting piece yesterday about how in indiana you're starting to see labor shortages result in higher wages. now, we did see actually a decent wage number this morning that's run at about 2.7% annually. if indeed we continue to see these labor shortages, there are 6.3 open jobs, 6.3 million unemployed individuals in the united states. that could put pressure on the fed to raise rates....

That. do they react poorly and stop buying burgers for one more cent or absorb that cost? >> i think the reality is that a lot of it gets absorbed easily. the idea that it is going to create a wage spike -- wage price spiral, while you are increasing the wage for, you know, 7% of the work force, is just -- really doesn't makes sense can we go back to the purpose of the minimum wage? when congress enacted the federal minimum wage in 1938 it said it was doing so to eliminate substandard conditions and to make sure work coarse survive and make sure business that's paid their workers weren't being...