the white house says that s simply not true but the sharp criticism comes after comments made by psaki in a podcast even as the nation continues to struggle with the surge in crime. on fox s jeanine pirro talking about soft on crime consequences. what does that even mean? so there s an alternate universe on some coverage. psaki s comments came on the liberal podcast pod save america in which she giggled, apparently bemused about the rising crime across the country. she may feel safe in the white house, one of the most protected buildings in the united states, but not everyone feels safe in their workplace. add patrick yost, the world we find ourselves in is dangerous and increasingly more so. to whit, the number of democratic run cities that have recorded a number of homicides last year, devastating trend that shows no sign of abatement
increase four or five times in the same year. you share that reporting in the segment. we ll put that up. not everyone sees on the national news what you re up against. december necessary to get a price increase. march, price increase, july, necessary to increase prices, august, we must increase prices. tell us what happens when you get hit with this. how do you as a small business plan for that? it is hard to respond. in certain products we can price that maybe increase the price with a few months notice, however, we re not used to this grade of inflation. our average in put costs are pushing almost 20% in a year if you take labor, materials, freight and average them together, our costs are up, you know, close to 20%. we ve only increased our prices about 12% because we don t want to lose customers, we re hoping maybe there is some abatement in the second half of the year so our profits actually last year
and lastly, the pentagon is well aware of that? absolutely. there is no abatement about the concern and worry about putin s next steps. they see the number of troops there. we re looking at 190,000. they see the buildup getting closer to the border. remember friday 45 to 50% of troops, russian troops near ukraine were in attack positions. and they have seen no signs that putin is deescalating. if you leave the forces in belaruse when the exercise is over, if they remain at a height ened level in crimea and the border of eastern ukraine there, what s the reason for that? the conclusion, the concern is the reason is an all out invasion. lloyd austin says the probability of rolling into kyiv is highly likely. lauren, m.j., colonel, jill, all, i appreciate it. next, i m going to ask a man that served on the national security council and testified
nato countries will have to be prepared for. and lastly, oren liebermann, the pentagon is well aware of that? absolutely. there is no abatement about the concern and worry about putin s next steps. they see the number of troops there. if you include the separatists, we re looking at 190,000. they see the buildup getting closer to the border. remember friday 45 to 50% of troops, russian troops near ukraine were in attack positions. and they have seen no signs that putin is deescalating. if you leave the forces in belaruse when the exercise is over, if they remain at a height ened level in crimea and the border of eastern ukraine there, what s the reason for that? the conclusion, the concern is the reason is an all out invasion. remember, it was defense secretary lloyd austin who said over the weekend the probability of tanks rolling into kyiv is highly likely. oren, m.j., colonel, jill, thank you all. i really appreciate it.
managed a, and it would be an extremely tough fight for the kremlin and rationality hasn t always been on this side. erin? no, how quickly they move to defend themselves and to fight as we just heard the kharkiv governor say for their dignity and for their honor. no abatement in that sentiment. nick paton walsh, thank you so much there from mykolaiv. i want to go to retired army brigadier general mark kifet, and ronald marx, former cia official who oversaw actions against russian spying operations and our reporter on the ground in kyiv, matthew chance. thanks to all of you. general kimmet, ide l d like to start with you. you heard that putin s appetite has only grown with the eating. we do know 10% of his military assets that he deployed have failed to do what they wanted