then-president trump launched at an agent and tried to grab the steering wheel of a presidential vehicle in an effort to make it to the capitol in january 6th. the agent, she mentioned her testimony, had spoken to the committee and wants to do so in public to refute the steering wheel claim. hutchinson s attorney says she stands by her testimony. the key metric to measure inflation is coming out. the price index is said to be easier for the federal reserve to determine for inflation, the price of gasoline and ranch, which has sent inflation skyrocketing. maybe that is why federal reserve chairman jerome powell is saying this. the u.s. economy is actually in pretty strong shape. if you look at the strength of the economy, households are in very strong financial shape. the same is true of businesses. the a decade-long high.
come government, essentially, to not have come quicker with some more suggestions to help ease this crisis suggestions to help ease this crisis. we ve had at least nine out of ten crisis. we ve had at least nine out of ten adults take part in a survey by the of ten adults take part in a survey by the office for national statistics and highlighted that they ve already had to make huge changes they ve already had to make huge changes to their food budgets sends, prices changes to their food budgets sends, prices increased in april, that was ust prices increased in april, that was just last prices increased in april, that was just last month, we are hearing of inflation just last month, we are hearing of inflation skyrocketing, double digits inflation skyrocketing, double digits later this year. so it begs the question what does borisjohnson and rishi the question what does borisjohnson and rishi sunak have up their sleeve, and rishi sunak have up their sleeve, real
aiming to protect, manage or restore millions of acres of land. and offering you more sustainably sourced products so you can become part of the change. so, can a company make the planet a better place? at walmart, we re working on it, every day. tile are time now for business. as expected, the federal reserve has raised interest rate force the second time this year. hiking them by half a percentage point. with the goal of getting inflation under control. nbc news business and tech correspondent jo ling kent has more. with inflation skyrocketing, willie price tells us she is
this solemn milestone in just a few minutes. but right now let s turn to the fight against inflation. the fed raising interest rates by half a percentage point, the most in more than two decades, meaning just about everything we buy on credit will get more expensive. jo ling kent has that story. reporter: with inflation skyrocketing, willy price tells us she s praying prices will come down soon. everything is high. everything is almost unaffordable food is high the gas is high. electric bills went up. reporter: like the majority of americans, she now lives paycheck to paycheck these realities pushing the federal reserve to take action yet again today, raising interest rates by half a percentage point, the biggest hike in 22 years inflation is much too high, and we understand the hardship it is causing. reporter: the fed s goal, slow down spending to bring inflation down, which
6th. not even to ask for accountability about that. if you can t do that, what else can you we shouldn t be surprised when we hear them cowering every day from donald trump. they cannot stand up for themselves. so here we are. but we are at a point where the women of america are going to have to stand up and vote in ways they never have before. figure out how to move forward to get our rights back, if they are indeed taken away. in other news, the federal reserve raised interest rates for the second time this year, hiking them by half a percentage point, with the goal of getting inflation under control. nbc news business and tech correspondent jo ling kent has more. reporter: with inflation skyrocketing, willie price tells us she is praying prices come down soon. everything is high, almost unaffordable. food is high. the gas is high. electric bills went up. reporter: like the majority of americans, is she now lives