what they say he will, rising prices and inflation. charles: peter, people that are victims of this don t care who is responsible. they just want solutions. forget the finger pointing. there s so much focus on covid from this administration because of the risk that it presents and as presented to the american public. crime and murder presents a risk to the american people as well. we have not seen the president spend nearly enough as much time on crime as he has on covid. charles: peter doocy, thanks so much. meanwhile, the ukraine ripping the state department for urging u.s. citizens to evacuate there. how is the state department responding? meantime, inflation soaring. president joe biden minutes away from a meeting focused on lowering prices. are more government moves the right answer? some of my best memories growing up were cooking with mom. so when she moved in with us, a new kitchen became part of our financial plan.
court. the white house tonight brushing off speculation that president biden might nominate vice president harris the president has every intention, as he said before, of running for re-election and running for re-election with vice president harris on the ticket as his partner. reporter: the pick will not change the balance of the conservative court but for president biden, with inflation soaring, his agenda stalled, and poll numbers sinking, it s a chance for a much needed political win peter, is the white house giving any indication about how quickly the president will move on a decision reporter: yeah, lester people familiar with the process tell nbc news that president biden will try to put forward a nominee quickly. it is something the president has thought about since before taking office. even during the transition, top advisers gave him formal presentation about the best potential candidates lester peter alexander at the white house, thanks. as for the confirmation
inflation is costing americans $250 a month, and that was before thursday s hotter than expected report wiping out any pay raises and forcing some shoppers to cut back. higher prices in just the basic things like bread and milk and yogurt. just are careful as to what we buy and make sure [inaudible] it is a little painful. and maybe i ve reduced in some areas but not the wine and fresh produce. a lot of our suppliers are shorting us on 10-20% of our orders. we re talking about hundreds of cases every week of product that we re not getting can and staple items, distilled water, cereal we haven t been able to get lately. reporter: the president sounded sympathetic and promised relief. i know food prices are up and we re working to bring them down. price at the pump went up, and i understand. but these things are
goods. that blockade also forcing the auto industry on both the united states side and the canadian side to have to roll back major production. now, last night the police told everybody you have to leave that bridge by 7:00. when that deadline hit, the crowds didn t go anywhere. and take a live look again here in ottawa, right in front of us, this crowd isn t going anywhere. they actually moved more supplies in just in the past few hours and more crowds are coming out here as well. the weekend has been the busiest here for the canadian convoy coming from all over the country to try and show their support. once again, they say this is not about vaccines, this is about hair freedom, and they don t their freedom, and they don t plan to go anywhere until the prime minister listens. edward: another week of rampant crime, former nypd commissioner howard safer on who needs to step up, but first, inflation soaring, so why is president biden still pushing spending?
l.a. or cincinnati? come on, christina. l.a., you know? this is the hometown, aim i m a hometown baby. l.a. rams. edward: bill hemmer may have a problem with you. and folks at home not feeling as excited as the fans there at the stadium. not just because they won t see the game in person. it s more about seeing the super high prices for those super bowl supplies. fox business s madison allworth has more on that. edward, with inflation at its highest rate in 40 years, your super bowl spread is going to cost you more this sunday. chicken wings, for example, they re up in cost by 53%. it s not just wings, all of your super bowl favorites are costing more. that soda that you re stocking up on 5% more. and the cost of meat up over 13%, and poultry as a whole,