but we are so grateful to have you spending your morning with us. we re thrilled to have you with us. it is a bittersweet morning here at cnn. it is christi s last day with us at new day. we ll have a lot to say about that. share some good-byes later this hour. stick around for that. we do want to begin with the breaking news, what is happening in ukraine. yeah, because the war there is looming over a meeting of g7 leaders in europe right now. there were explosions that rocked the ukrainian capital of kyiv today. the ukrainian airport says between 4 and 6 missiles were launched at consekyiv. president biden is going to try to keep u.s. allies aligned against russia, even as he faces anger and frustration back home over inflation, the rising cost of food and gas and legitimate fears of a recession. he and other leaders will look for ways to punish russia, while also managing a global economy that has become shaky. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is expected t
amid pilot shortages. the efforts under way now to keep travelers moving amid the summer travel spike. hopefully no alarm for you today because it is the weekend. it is saturday, june 18th. thank you for being with us. always great to be with you christi. we begin with new fears that the u.s. economy is headed towards a recession. yesterday marked the end of a rocky week for wall street after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades. the dow closed down yesterday, s&p 500 finished slightly up. still wound up with the worst week since 2020. let s look at the brighter side for a moment. we learned that wages in the u.s. are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 80s. the push, the inflation has risen so fast that workers, it actually equates to being handed a pay cut because their pay is not matching up with the percentage of inflation that we re feeling and the things that we re buying. let s get a closer look at the political angle
children as young as 6 months. we know the white house says vaccinations could begin as early as next week once given the okay from the cdc and the fda. president biden already pledged to make 10 million vaccine doses available nationwide with the majority of states already preordering shipments since the beginning of the month. yeah. but many health experts are worried that parents of young kids may not take their kids to get those covid shots. the latest polling from the kaiser family foundation show that only 18% of parents of kids under 5 would want to vaccinate their child as soon as a vaccine becomes available. cnn medical analyst says that parents should remember the benefits of vaccinations still outweigh the risks of covid-19. more than 400 children in this age group of under 5 have died tragically during this pandemic. thousands have been hospitalized. it s really distressing for little kids to get sick, so that s what we re trying to do to prevent that kind of
prices for the american people. the white house projects optimism despite soaring inflation. the impacts costs are having on american s wallets and some summer staples. republican senator john cornan booed at a conference. where those negotiations stand now. a mega drought in the united states causing big problems for america s farmers. are we going to have water in two or three years out of our aqua nobody can say that. newsroom starts right now. it is so good to have your company here this morning. it s saturday, june 18th. i m christie paul. good morning. good to be with you. i m boris sanchez. after months of waiting the moderna and pfizer vaccines could get the green light as the cdc advisors get ready to vote on authorization in the next few hours. the white house pledged to have 10 million vaccine doses available says depending on today s vote, shots for kids under 5 could begin as soon as next week. this would mark a major smile stone for many parent
the main point there expected to zero in on this time around as they make their case. we have gone through our retirement savings more quickly than we had anticipated. plus, recognizing inflation putting the squeeze on senior citizens. a dire economic situation forcing some retirees to make sacrifices in order to survive. we are always grateful for your company and you take time to be with us this morning. thank you for being here. always a pleasure to be with you. we begin with this developing story out of utah where more than two dozen people believed to be members of a hate group have been arrested for conspiracy to riot near a pride parade. police say the suspects were all wearing similar clothing and they bore the insignia of a known white nationalist organization. patriot front. yes. so police in couer d alene, idaho where this happened, pulled as many as 31 men from the back of a uhaul yesterday afternoon. investigators believe those men were in possession of