of a single party state. you know, the state had used to have a long tradition of democrats having a presence there, but really it boiled down to joe manchin and i think that result seems to indicate that the sort of joe manchin wing is very small and it certainly is not large enough to overcome trump s dominance in that state. but when you look at nebraska, you have the added factor here of an actual scandal, credible sexual assault allegations against herbster in the last several weeks of this campaign, and it seems that even trump can t overcome that. trump may be able to get away with a lot when it comes to those kinds of allegations, but he can t transfer that over to other candidates in a lot of cases. it is not the first time that trump has endorsed candidates who have been accused of misconduct, he did it in alabama, with roy moore, he did it in pennsylvania, prior to that his candidate chosen candidate dropping out of the race, and in this case, in nebraska, he
the president visits a family farm in illinois today. a new government makes clear that inflation is here to stay. it suggests the worst might be behind us. the consumer price index rose 8.3% compared with last year. that s a big number. 8.3%. it s down from a 40-year high from last month. look at it month to month. inflation 0.3% in april. that s down from the 1.2% gain in march. a closely watched data point within the report was up not down. beware of anyone who tells you they are certain things are trending for the better. even if inflation is retreating from the highest tide, prices are still up at the fastest rate in nearly 40 years. we start with a look inside these numbers and with cnn s christine romans. reporter: issue number one for the american family. the cost of living. so many categories it has been going up for almost a year now. those headline numbers in normal times would be very, very scary. they appear to be moderating, leveling off, peaking as one econom
feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help farmers
that s the part that, for me, i just say, let s do something now. let s be united and do something. yeah. i understand. i want to play for you something that senator chuck schumer said about this, about people showing up outside the homes of public officials, basically, he was saying it comes with the territory. so, listen to this. there s protests three, four times a week outside my house. that s the american way to peacefully protest is okay. and so, do you agree that peacefully protesting outside of a judges , say, or a supreme court justice s home is okay, or you re uncomfortable? listen, i respect senator schumer so much. i have a lot of respect for all members of congress. the fact of the matter is, judges are in an unique situation. we re on the front line protecting democracy every single day. the numbers have shown, this is not hyperbole, we are literally taking the bullets to protect democracy and the rule of law. my son paid for it with his life. judge left
general, eric holder, joins me live at this hour. new details of emergency landing by an airplane passenger incapacitated. we are going inside the harrowing ordeal. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. tonight ukraine is claiming several victories in the hotly contested terrains around kharkiv. a major city miles from the russian border. cnn s scott mechclean is on the ground for us. oren liebermann is joining us live from the pentagon with a new u.s. assessment from top u.s. defense officials. let s begin with scott for more development near kharkiv. this is highly important territory and ukraine now says it has the upper hand. reporter: exactly, wolf. they re starting to take back towns and villages outside of kharkiv. some places they are miles away from the russian border, a border ukrainians say the russians amassed a huge amount of troops, 20 battalion groups which is about