reporter: pete buttigieg s city, south behind, indiana, is vibrant again. for many folks that is a sign of sort of the beginning comeback of south bend. reporter: the studebaker plant that was once the heart of this mid western industrial town, now at the center of the comeback story. during buttigieg s eight years as mayor, he not only led what he calls a turn-around city but also deployed to afghanistan and announced he s gay and is now setting his sights on the white house. south bend is back. reporter: his small town accomplishment, 3.7% unemployment and 200 million in private investment downtown, a reinvigorated stadium and tackling urban blight are a big part of his presidential campaign. washington experience is not the only experience that matters. reporter: then there is what is happening outside of downtown south bend. they don t, is 100% don t
on, but first of all i thought we could talk about the cost of living which lewis has been looking out on newsnight. inflation is 5.5%, the highest it has been since you were born probably! i think that is literally true, certainly since the early 1990s. i don t think, since you were born, it is a different story, but let us not dwell on that. it is 5.5% and that is the highest level and if we use the oldmeasure of inflation, rpi it is even higher and the scary thing is for millions of people across the country, who are already have had a decade of standard of living slips, the worst is yet to come on the bank of england is saying we would expect a peak of inflation around 7% in the spring and although the general expectation is that it will then start to obey after,
the former director of intelligence under president obama, james clapper. there is a lot of uncertainty over how the moment will unfold. do you believe the sanctions imposed today by the u.s. and western europe will impact putin s calculations? not right away. one of the frustrations people have with the imposition sanctions, it does not result in instant gratification. what you are looking for it is a change in behavior. we are not going to see that right away. the other thing, the administration is trying to parse out sanctions in anticipation of further action by putin. so, the sanctions won t, i don t think, directly affect anything right away. but their impact will be felt over time.
interest in retaking. yes, and we have heard within the last hour. interest in retaking. yes, and we l have heard within the last hour or two of this apparent separatist appeal to russia which could be the pretext that obviously i wonder if these from pages will actually change because this is clearly moving at the moment, but honestly we also had to be very careful about the information that s coming out. yeah, and if you say is difficult to know yeah, and if you say is difficult to know exactly what s going on on the ground know exactly what s going on on the ground when we are clearly not there ground when we are clearly not there but ground when we are clearly not there. but very concerning reports about there. but very concerning reports about the there. but very concerning reports about the letters that had been sent to president putin asking for help to president putin asking for help to deal to president putin asking for help to deal with ukrainian aggression and t
who held off on mobilising troops has called up the reservists and we hear ukrainians are buying more guns, and some world leaders i met in munich last week said, i don t think president putin is going to attack, they are changing their mind and their language. the big, consequential questions are still hanging over kyiv tonight. how far is president putin prepared to go? how far is the west prepared to go to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our chief to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent. much to ponder. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.