as we speak, voters in seven states are heading to the polls in some critical primary races. the results, expected to give us some important clues about which party could control the house and more specifically, which wing could control congress. but what s driving voters to the polls? what is their motivating? a new survey shows americans frankly are fed up with politics right now. two-thirds of democrats and republicans think most candidates are thinking of themselves, not their constituents. one issue affecting everyone is skyrocketing gas prices. a gallon of regular gas is now more than $5 in states plus d.c. and some americans can t afford to fill the tank anymore. gas prices are killing us. i m trying to get a second job. i m trying not to follow all the politic, but i m starting to because of everything. we know a police officer will testify before the january 6th committee in its first prime time hearing. two sources telling nbc news that caroline edwards will t
but first to connell mcshane to where you re paying more at the store. bryan: we haven t seen these types of price increases in 40 plus years. anybody that has put together the family barbecue this weekend knows about that. going out to eat at a restaurant, that used to hit americans the hardest. we have seen a 7% increase in an index of what they called food away from home. but it s heading to the grocery store. food at home prices are up by 11%. it s the largest one-year jump since 1980. the ground beef for the burgers, up 16.5%. from 4.10 to $4.92 a pound. chicken, huge increase. the cost of boneless check breast up more than $1 a pound. 36%. we found these concerns almost always are top of mind. prices are gone up. there s so much going on. it s a hot mess right now. all the prices going up. eggs are going up 22 cents. milk is going up. puts a bill on everybody that has a family. higher food prices are not uniquely american, we should point out. the u.n. says the
world, they were able to produce nationwide results in a single night when they have tens of millions of people voting, but apparently not pennsylvania. recently, france determined a winner in their runoff presidential election in less than 24 hours despite over 82 votes being cast. as chair, candida managed to confirm the results countrywide during a single day in what was a very close election. and in 2016 it took united kingdom about a day to get the final results there during the brexit referendum despite 33.5 million votes cast in that election. but now it s taking the commonwealth of pennsylvania, watch, days, six days, maybe weeks, to count around a million votes in the senate primary? so what s happening here? how did we get to this point? for starters, the state s widespread mail-in voting is a big problem. in 2019 pennsylvania did pass a new law allowing no excuse mail-in voting, which, by the way, and interestingly, violates that state s constitution. constitution
country. is the speaker of the house and putting our institutions at risk? and leo per. elon musk pinpoints what is wrong with the work ethic in the u.s. in a reality check of four americans pray but first fox news alert. we are learning more about some of the ten victims of the shooting at a grocery store in buffalo, new york. a retired police officer ahead of a food pantry and x of fire chiefs mother are among the dead predict cues a government pleading not guilty we are learning he was hospitalized and underwent a mental health evaluation last year after making a threat in his hometown. now this attack is being investigated as a hate crime. it must all work together to address the hates there remains a stain on the soul of america for. alexis mcadams is live in buffalo, new york with the latest hi alexis pray. very tragic day here in buffalo, new york. people of this community are grieving the loss of ten innocent lives investigators telling us they believe thi
research for the bbc has found. analysts compared the prices of 23 items in france, germany, italy, spain and the netherlands. the uk is the most expensive place to buy ketchup £1.92 compared to £1.37 in italy. toilet roll is a whopping £3.80 here it s only £2.66 in italy. we re also the most expensive for mayonnaise, butter and margarine. but we have the cheapest nappies £5.57 for the average pack they re more than double that in france at £12.43. and we have the cheapest frozen pizza £1.92, again, it s most expensive in france. if we add up the whole basket of 23 items, france was overall the priciest, germany the cheapest you can see the uk in the middle of the table here. if you want to see more of this analysis, head to the bbc website and look for our tackling it together pages. now a look at some other stories