also moving in stealing food gas or other supplies, occupying whatever is left of it. joining us now is christopher miller. buzzfeed news correspondent. he joins us from outside kyiv where he has been four months. christopher, what have you been seeing today, what s the situation there now? the situation is really grim, lawrence. for the last few days i have been in kyiv and and some of the surrounding towns, including the town of irpin today, which has been hounded by russian artillery and airstrikes for several days. as you can see and some of the photographs that you are showing now, there is just incredible destruction, devastation, this is a really quiet veteran community northwest of the capital of kyiv. people here felt very, very far away from the conflict in eastern ukraine that has raged for eight years.
administration is celebrating the 16 sent drop in inflation the president gave all of us permission to gather in small groups for fourth of july. we do this together and by july the fourth there is a good chance that you and your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard in your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue to celebrate independence day. that doesn t mean large events but it does mean small groups will be able to get together. let s get into this now people are talking about the food gas is incredibly important i know my parents are visiting family today now it is $3.13 on average. that is up from $2.18 last