the news adele and all her followers had been desperately hoping for. graham satchell, bbc news. it s 9:54. are you ready for a new ear worm? the bbc has chosen the official track for its commonwealth games coverage. . .and it s rather catchy. it s a brum ting by the friendly fire band is also on a new album of music which celebrates the city of birmingham. ben sidwell has the story. # it s a brum ting, it s a brum ting # it s a brum ting, it s a brum ting - # it s a brum ting, it s a brum ting #.j a musical love letter to birmingham. friendly fire band s it s a brum ting is one of 11 tracks that have been recorded by an eclectic mix of artists to celebrate the city they call home. it s a song you will be hearing an awful lot of during the commonwealth games, as it s the music the bbc have decided to use
innocence. the former ceo of walmart says inflation is driving the national labor shortage which he called the great resignation, listen to this. where you could have found somebody at 12 or $14, you are now paying 20 or $22 an hour to do. while that s good for the worker, it s not great for the business. and from the workers perspective, when ground beef is touching on $7 a pound, even $20 an hour is not really enough. carley: he says leaders like president biden are prioritizing things like the federal election overhaul rather than inflation. and do you remember this ear worm? baby shark doo doo doo baby shark doo doo doo doo baby shark doo doo doo baby shark. carley: baby shark taking a huge bite out of the internet the first video who hit 10 billion views on internet. the song holds the record for the most views the most
frustrated resident, ali. that song is a catchy little number, isn t it? it gets right in your ear, doesn t it? it s a right ear worm. you can t get rid of it, can you? could give adele a run for her money. maybe it ll be number one. i doubt it, though. it s definitely a niche subject, isn t it? adele is not singing about sinkholes, and neither is anybody else right now, apart from yourselves. yeah. # i haven t always been mean # i started life as a street # then sank the road and broke a sewage pipe.# one of the residents has told me that nature has reclaimed this road and it s tough to argue with that. look at the state of this! there are all kinds of plant life here. one of the bushes is even growing tomatoes. i would not want to eat those! even worse than that, it s become a home for rats. it s literally a rat sanctuary right now. cheshire east council says this is an extremely complex piece of work and that it s continuing to work hard on how to address the problems. we can t use
health side but also on economic recovery. he s focused on helping small businesses, helping the community, getting support to hospitals. we re united behind the governor and california is a model. you look at what s going on right now in places like florida which is a mess. we re happy to be out here in california. thank you, mayor. and thank you for putting that ear worm in my ear, i ll be hearing that music for quite some time, the music playing behind you in the background. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thank you so much. i want to bring in senior cnn political analyst ron brownstein. ron, you don t have that music. i don t have the music. you wrote the book, rock me on the water. which has music in it. thank you so much for joining us. you ve been keeping us up to date on what s happening out there, top operative with the newsom campaign telling reporters, quote, there is no scenario where we lose tomorrow. they re confident. when does this stand right now?
thank you, mayor. thank you for putting that ear worm in my ear now. i m going to be hearing that music for quite some time, the music that s playing behind you in the background. thank you very much. i appreciate it. i want to bring in cnn political analyst ron brownstein. ron, you don t have that music. i don t have the music. you wrote the book rock me on the water, which is about music. which has music in it. thank you for joining us. we appreciate you. you ve been keeping us up to date on what is happening out there. a top operative with the newsom campaign telling reporters, quote, there is no scenario where we lose tomorrow. they re confident. where does this stand right now? i think the late polling and the early returns on the mail ballot, both point to newsom being in a commanding position. as we talked about before, as you kind of alluded to with your question with the mayor, the arc of impact of covid on this race is striking. as john king noted, the recall