that. ainsley: biden says we are making progress. is that progress when everything is so expensive, when if do you get a pay raise maybe it s 1%, max, maybe 3%? it s not 7%. this is costing everyone. we are seeing gas prices going up. electricity going up. exactly. and if you compare, he says we are making progress? inflation was 1.4% in january. when he took office. disease, 7%. we have food up, apparel up. rent up, energy up. you have saw those numbers. labor shortage, the supply chain crisis. we have omicron, a border crisis. our grocery store shelves are empty. if you want a new car, you have to wait six months. if you want to sell your used car you can get a lot of money for that but then what do you drive? because there is nothing else on the lot that s available right now. we are seeing it across the board and people are tired of it democrats and republicans are tired of it. brian: i don t want to throw you off but cantaloupe is the most overrated fruit.
homicide spikes. now, a professor who studies homicide, called using one or two years of data to highlight a trend essentially useless since homicides are rare, relative to other crimes. and she insisted multiple years of data is needed. and, in fact, older data actually suggests that local crime rates cannot be predicted by officer strength and police budgets alone. so let s be clear about this. and what this is. it s members of the conservative media, cherry picking data, to fit their narrative. that much is clear, since they seem to be ignoring the host of experts who point to other possibilities for the rise in homicide rates, like pandemic related factors, including the rise of firearm sales or economic stress. but here s one thing experts do agree on, it s too soon to single out just one reason for the recent rise in homicides. the facts here aren t up for debate. homicide rates are spiking across the country. that much is clear.
budgets alone. so let s be clear about this. and what this is. it s members of the conservative media, cherry picking data, to fit their narrative. that much is clear, since they seem to be ignoring the host of experts who point to other possibilities for the rise in homicide rates, like pandemic related factors, including the rise of firearm sales or economic stress. but here s one thing experts do agree on, it s too soon to single out just one reason for the recent rise in homicides. the facts here aren t up for debate. homicide rates are spiking across the country. that much is clear. but despite what you may read in headlines, the reason behind that spike is not. and we gott. that spike is not. [limu emu squawks] woo! new personal record, limu! only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty.