maria: and we begin this sunday morning on the eve of the iowa caucuses as republicans in the hawkeye state are preparing to cast their vote for the party s nominee this november. former president trump comes into iowa with major momentum having maintained a double-digit lead over his rivals since fox news began polling the race last february. today he is holding the largest lead in des moines register history, and in a new poll just released by rasmussen reports, trump is beating pruden by 8 president biden by 8 points in a potential matchup. inflation up a higher than expected 3.5 last month and up 17.6% overall since biden took office with food up a stunning 3 3%, and and energy up a whopping 32.8%. in joe biden s administration.
year-over-year inflation has had a three in front of it since may of last year. nowhere close to the federal reserves 2% target. the progress is getting from three to two will prove much slower than the fed or markets anticipate and we re seeing evidence of that today. the white house spinning this report picking a time frame that works for them. in a statement saying the jobs report remains strong but more work needs to be done on prices. the reality is, since president biden came into office and started instituting his policies overall inflation is up 17.6%. all food is up 33.7%. shelter costs including rent accounting for half of the increases in the report up 18.7 percent. energy is up, electricity itself increased 27.1%. fiscal policies at odds with inflation. we doubled the deficit at full
of students in england, wales and northern ireland got their gcse resulls today. the proportion getting top grades has fallen from last year but is still higher than before the pandemic. pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland are down for a second year running, with just over 68% of exams marked at grade four that s a c grade. in wales and northern ireland the drop is slightly smaller. in england, nearly 27% of this year s results were grade seven or above, but regions varied. in london, it was 28.li%. in the north east, 17.6%. almost 400,000 certficates were awarded to students studying btecs and vocational technical qualifications taken in schools and colleges alongside, or as an alternative, to gcses. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. setting up for a celebration, not knowing what to expect. the build up to these gcses disrupted by covid, then strikes. as they waited for pupils, senior teachers scanned the results.
ever took a dime from his son s work. bret: meantime, you know, you have the lawsuits and the court trials on the republican side. you have these investigations, juan, on the democratic side. the rcp average for the g.o.p. primary, the nomination has former president trump at 53.1 and his nearest opponent at 17.6. this is the average of recent polls. i mean, it seems like it s going one way it. could obviously change but it seems like it s going one way. i think that s right. i don t think there is any other way to read it that even with these indictments and trouble what you see is former president trump gets a bump and kind of, you know, it s all about donald trump constantly now on the campaign trail. people have to react to the latest indictment and what trump says and doesn t say. the bigger issue here, i think, on the hunter biden side with the release of this devon archer transcript is where s the proof?