the united states where inflation remains stubbornly high. it still a problem for the world s biggest economy and that s because in the last hour or so we ve had the latest number of key measure of the central banks follows closely which is the personal consumption expenditures. it excludes volatile food and energy prices. as you can see, pc came in at an annualised rate of 4.6% in march which will maintain the pressure on the fed to increase interest rates when it meets next week. let s pick up with our correspondent in new york. just give us a bit more, what does it tell us about the health of the economy in america? it says those price increases that americans have been facing for many months now continue. that inflation number is starting to come down but inflation is still running much higher than the federal reserve s ideal target of somewhere around 2%. what it also shows is that despite the measures the us federal reserve is taking to try and cool down the us economy
nashville, the latest city where the unthinkable if it can even be called that anymore has happened. residents are grief stricken this hour following yesterday s mass shooting at an elementary school and new video released overnight shows the shooter arriving at covenant school monday morning, shooting that glass door and then walking the halls before killing three children and three adults. it took 14 minutes from the 1st 911 call for police to arrive at the school and killed the shooter who has now been identified as audrey hale. police say hail was armed with a handgun and two assault style weapons and exact motive has not been identified yet. but police say hails time is a student at that same school may have played a role. in the wake of the shooting president biden biden, renewing his call for an assault weapons ban, and a top white house official told cnn this morning. now is the time for congress to act. we can t do this alone. the president can t do this alone. that
what happened during the mass shooting at covenant school, that private christian school in nashville, tennessee, chilling security camera footage which you see right there, showing the attacker 20, who was 28 year old former student. name audrey hale , stalking the hallways armed with an assault rifle and two other firearms. that was just yesterday. police body cam video has also just been released, showing hail engaging with law enforcement. hale was killed in that shootout. we have to warn you that some may find this footage disturbing. take a look. just an update is going to be first four million lobby. well i m making injury on the front side. yeah. that we don t know where they are. okay? yes, ma am. yes my window. someone they re upstairs. hey. jimmy give me three. let s get three. all the way down the hall. department of this hospital chapel there. they just said they heard gunshots down there and then upstairs for a bunch of pit. let s go. i need . three. more go. me
continuing to be something of a drag on the economy. let s take a look at some of the numbers. for the 20 eurozone countries as a whole the economy expanded byjust 0.1% on a quarterly basis for the first three months. that compares with a 0.1% contraction at the end of last year before croatia join. among the blocknot biggest countries germany so no growth at all. that s despite an increase in exports and spending by companies because that was offset by companies because that was offset by a balance or balanced out by lower spending by households and the government. it was a similar story in france which nonetheless managed to grow 0.2% despite the impact of those strikes against government pension reforms. but the picture was better in spain and italy which both recorded quarterly growth of 0.5%.
one most loved thanking up ariana vogue at the supreme court, and this is cnn. some breaking news protesters once again taking to the streets across france. it is the 10th straight day of demonstrations over government pension reforms in that country. cnn s sam kiley is live in paris right now, sam , we re looking at the images behind you. we see police in what looks like riot gear. walk us through what the scene is right now. so you joined me on the boulevard. voltaire on the marks is supposed to be finishing at the plastic began at the place de la republique, and it really goes this series of demonstrations to the heart of what it is to be french for so many people here out on the streets. what they re officially protesting about is the government plans to raise the pensionable age from 60 to 64. now they ve been pitched battles from what are called ultras, otherwise known as the black box