times higher than when president biden took office. bill: threatening to make it worse a possible strike by tens of thousands of railroad workers. could happen as soon as friday. stoppage would cost the economy $2 billion a day. that leaves about a third of the u.s. freight in the lurch. dana: biden administration is working to broker a deal between unions and rail companies. the dispute is already impacting service with amtrak suspending some trains. kelly o grady has the latest on the possible rail strike and edward lawrence reporting on the inflation news from the white house. the inflation year-over-year 8.3% ticks down a little bit. the federal reserve would like to see the number around 2%. the federal reserve is going to be focused on the core inflation. inflation without food and energy prices. that number went up for the first time in five months and rose substantially to 6.3%. that will spook the federal reserve. the biden administration will tout the overall
agency is releasing some new crucial guidance about school reopenings. they now say classrooms can reduce their physical distancing rules from six feet to three feet, a game-changer for administrators and teachers. but there are some caveats. we ll talk about that. and a heat confrontation between the biden administration and china unfolding on camera. this is a rarity during these types of diplomatic meetings. we ll show you what secretary of state tony blinken said that caused such an uproar. we begin with cnn s steve zeleny and natasha chen. steve, first, who are the president and vice president meeting there with today? reporter: president biden and vice president harris arrived on the campus of emory university moments ago and they are meeting hyped closed doors with members of the asian-american community. elected leaders in the state and house who have been speaking out urging the white house to forcefully condemn these shootings and acts of violence, which the whi
ma ma haif, you ve done a deep dive into mayors races people are voting on today. focus on atlanta and minneapolis in particular because the political legacy of george floyd, the focus on police reform, they re really in the spotlight in these two places. yeah. so fascinating, kate, how much the pendulum has swung in that particular debate since just, you know, last summer when we were seeing all the black lives matter protests. in atlanta, the spike in violent crime they saw this summer has been such a concern for voters that you have the wealthy community of buckhead looking to break off from the city because they say that crime is not under control. and so that s completely changed the conversation among the candidates. you ve got former mayorca seem reed, trying to get another term as mayor, the city council president, felicia moore. reed is arguing that the city needs to hire 750 more police