appreciate it. john. john: big statement indeed. less than 30 minutes away from ukrainian president zelenskyy s visit to the white house, his first trip out of ukraine since russia s invasion began. live when it happens. sandra: border cities not only impacted by crime, drugs, smuggling, and dropping land values. we will talk to one texas rancher who says no one wants to buy there because of all the crime. john: and a sweet story about the spirit of christmas. a bakery owner opening up his heart and his oven to help his community bake their christmas cakes. the honor of that bakery joins us live, coming up next.
members of her family, and she was very proud and happy to do it but with the energy costs she was really just struggling, the thought of having the oven on for 4 or 5 hours was pro prohibitive, we stepped in. sandra: you are paying high prices as well, i m sure, not exempt from them because you are a bakery owner. what have the high prices been like for you, chef? our prices have been eye watering. increases have been absolutely massive. you know, more than doubled just to run the bread oven. used to cost me 1,000 pounds a month to run the big bread oven, now 2,000 pounds, over 2,000 pounds to run the bread oven. but if we can use that heat sorry. john: i m sorry, what i really love about the story, you
federal and state assistance run dry. volunteers chop, stack and deliver the wood, and this year it is all hands on deck. because they are worried about what this winter will bring. right now, they are able to keep up with demand but once winter sets in and the cold sets in, they are concerned. there is some good news, there was a natural gas shipment that should be reaching new england soon. bad news, gas trading 5% higher today. sandra: thank you, john, we have been hearing about it for months and a lot of people are having a hard time, prices are high. you go to the u.k., the story we heard there with the bakery owner, the chef saying that it s costing them twice as much to heat their ovens this year than last year. that s huge. john: even more than twice. he s paying 2200 pounds, in u.s. dollars, $2,500 a month for
the holidays, with the cost of the heating so high in the u.k., many cannot afford to warm their homes, let alone bake their traditional christmas cakes this year. that s where one bakery owner stepped in. joining us now is ed hamilton truit, owner of the brickyard bakery in england. good to be with you as we approach christmas. in terms of how did you get the idea to do this story, you were talking with a woman in the community there who was lamenting to you the high cost of energy, and that s when the light bulb went on. that s absolutely right. thank you so much for having me on. yes, it was one of our customers who was who is quite upset because she traditionally made christmas cakes for lots of