if you were to buy usda choice steak, it s up 8.6%. hot dogs are up 8.2%. american processed cheese, which you need processed cheese on your burger is up 3%, a big one, wine is up 10.9%. you have to grill it. charcoal is more expensive. propane is up 17.2%. all of this will cost us more this memorial day weekend if you re grilling. i went to the experts. stan hayes. he s a barbecue grand champion as well as the co-founder of operation barbecue. they bring meals and disasters to first aid workers. this is what he says about grilling on a budget. we see the prices rise and the shortages where you can t get the volume of meat, we have to again, we pivot into different areas where we may not be cooking all the same protein for the meals that we need to provide. so we look for those
manufacturing struggling, but the job market in general remains solid, and that s an important point. there are 17.2 job openings in america. that s essential. it s growing and adding jobs. the challenge for the administration is squaring that solid economy with the message that trump is demanding the fed cut rates to stabilize the economy. you don t need to cut rates in a. booing economy. there s a white house message that might be revealed in some of these poll numbers, dave. in particular if the president gets a cut and then assumes that s not enough. he s been blaming the fed, blaming the fed, and at the same time taking credit for your the economy. at some point the americans are going to say, you can t have your cake and eat it too. ahead, a major blow to the pennant race. one of baseball s best players,
that is where he will have to do his work. look at this up here. if you take a gander at lafayette county, 50%. he is down here at 17.5%. if you go down here to citrus county, down there once again 44% for her. andrew gillum was in third at 17.2%. the simple truth is if democrats don t want this to be a pyrrhic victory where they say we nominated the first african-american for this the party has got to get over this deep and obvious divide here. all the places that did not vote for him in a big way are going to have to come all the way around, 180 degrees to get behind him if they want to have an actual victory in november instead of this excitement now. it is interesting to win now. as i said, he has a lot of work ahead of him. what he just said bears that
phillip lavine 19%. andrew gillum was at third at 17.2%. the simple truth is if democrats don t want this to be a viblg where they said we nominated the first african-american for this, the party has to get over this deep and obvious divide here in their overall results and all the places that did not vote for him and did not vote for him in a big way are going to have to come all the way around, 180 degrees to get behind him to have an actual win in november. it s interesting. the win, you re right, now. but as i said, he s got a lot of work ahead of him. what you just said bears that out. i appreciate it. bringing inle mr. van jones joins me by phone. van, i assume you heard tom foreman, you heard our conversation. yes, i did. good evening to you. pointing out that he s got some stuff to do ahead of him. he won in the places in florida
so taking a look at some of the rain totals for you to get an idea of where we stand, in galveston from friday, about 7 inches of rain since yesterday. looking at since august 1st, the beginning of the month, at 10.61 inches and average rainfall annually about 50.76 so that means we are one fifth of the way already and in the next five days or so we might be close to the annual rainfall that galveston gets in one year. that shows you how much rain is expected and river gauges again could be reaching major flood stages. we take a look at what is happening, the guadalupe river at victoria, about 25 feet and forecasted to be at 31.9 feet by wednesday. and the records is about 34. so that is one we re watching and colorado river at bay city with 17.2 feet right now. forecasted for about 49.9. almost 50. so we still have ways away but again we re still continuing to expect rain, today, tomorrow and the way through wednesday of this week.