commentator, thank you so much, catherine. thank you. now to the nba star, ennis canter not backing down from his critics in china. they are issuing a personal challenge to the founder and long-time head of nike for staying silent about oppression in china against uighur minorities. let s go live to beijing and bring some cnn s steven zhang. he s not backing down at all. other players have done this. he s taken a hard stance. reporter: that s right. in this latest video message, not only he mentioned phil knight, the long time head of nike, but also nba legends and nike ambassadors lebron james, challenging them to go to china in person to check out what conditions nike shoes are being made. canter is trying to shine a spotlight on this issue we have been covering a long time. that is allegations of widespread abuse, and ill treatment of the uighurs and other minorities in western china, including allegations of forced labor where the u.s. government actually assessing 2
welcome back. families across america are paying more for basically everything right now. and part of the reason is the supply chain bottlenecks. it means it costs more to get goods where they need to go. now some prominent economic voices worry this could go on for a while. let s bring in cnn economics commentator catherine ranpel to help me break it down. catherine, inflation is ramping up at the worst time. you have thanksgiving turkeys, christmas trees. everything is going to be more expensive. how should families prepare for these price hikes? i think they need to manage expect expectations and figure out what they can and can t do without and a time frame. some families are already beginning their shopping for christmas gifts so they don t have to worry about last-minute stock outs for little jimmy s favorite toy come early december.