with the people. right now on early start what president biden calls a defining moment for democracy. air raid sirens pierce the air as north korea tries and fails to test a missile. it all adds up to baseball history. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden about to head to mexico to campaign with the governor and other democrats. expected to strike the same fee. american democracy is under dire threat and laying the blame at the feet of his predecessor. you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter
we know consumers switch to store brands, switching to smaller items that doesn t cost as much, a smaller bottle of ketchup. nathaniel myersohn, thank you. i m christine romans. thanks for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. your this year we are. this year i hope you ll make the future of our democracy an important part of your decision to vote and how you vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to the program, i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. can i say good morning. good morning. this is down to the wire. yeah. this is for all the marbles pretty soon in just a couple days. it s notable that is the speech president biden chose closing the race in the final few days. that was president joe biden putting democracy front and center and warning of the dangers of election deniers. the question is, is this the right closing argument for his party? better be. former president trump returns he will make his closing pitch to vot
without. chocolate recession proof is what we re saying. how are shoppers making changes? there s one main way customers are changing their habits and that s more shoppers are going to aldi. aldi is a german discount grocery chain. their prices are about 50% lower than traditional supermarkets. we see more customers going here. aldi says that a million new shoppers have visited their stores in the past year. aldi is a pretty quirky store. it s a cousin company of the store. you have to deposit 25 cents to use a shopping cart. you re not going to find big brands like coke or pepsi. it s all of their own labels. 90% of their own labels. their stuff is displayed in cartons, not stacked nicely on shelves and you re not going to find many workers. these are all cost-savings tactics that aldi can use.