1981 when ronald reagan was president and battling a recession that seemed endless. a guy names paul volcker was hiking interest rates a full percentage point at a team to squash inflation that proved relentless. when indiana jones was the hottest movie in the country and charles and diana, the hottest wedding ticket in the world. back then bacon cost $1.75 a pound. try more like $7 now. coffee was $2.46 a pound. closer to $6 now. a half gallon of ice cream set you back about $2. nearly trip that will today. some perspective on time and prices. lower and slower back then. faster and out of control right now. we are all over it with lydia hu at a new york city supermarket on how folks are holding up. hillary vaughn on capitol hill where democrats and republicans are digging in. edward lawrence in jerusalem on if those inflation numbers are weighing the president down. why house economic adviser jared bernstein on what costs he sees no longer going up. welcome. i m neil cavuto.
this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a
happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing
and other trash. the head of the school says that along with her students physical safety, she worries about their mental health. our kids have experienced enough trauma as it is and what they don t need is to be traumatized every day when they walk to school because there are aggressive dogs and people using drugs right next to the sidewalk where they try to walk. according to city officials property owners have refused to pay hefty fines for code violations and not returned calls and emails. the head of the school says it is probably cheaper for the owners to pay the fines than clean things up and keep the area secure. for now there is no incentive for anyone to leave which creates a frustrating and dangerous situation for the people at this school. three other schools nearby and the rest of the neighborhood. bill. bill: thank you, she is in california. thanks. dana: toronto raptors ford john porter now banned from the
that for a week or however long it took with evidence and proof and things to be cited. they didn t want people to hear that and why they blocked it but created a new precedent which is future senates are going to move to quickly dispose of impeachments that are not political and topics they don t want. that unfortunately means that most americans will continue to see what s happening at the border but with the opportunity the opportunity will not exist to present the evidence. you are a vulnerable democrat running for re-election in the states trump will win you are breathing a sigh of relief the border policies weren t put on trial starting yesterday. dana: if mike johnson speaker is able to get the foreign aid bills passed over the weekend when they come to the senate will they pass there, too? it depends. the one for israel will pass, taiwan will pass. the one for ukraine has been one even though i believe we need to