sweden also expected to announce its intention to join the alliance. the kremlin reacting this morning, by calling finland s joining nato a threat to russia. on the battlefield in ukraine, ukrainian armed forces have acknowledged russian advances in some areas of the east. their scale, however, difficult to measure. plus, ukraine is now offering exchange of russian prisoners of war for the safe evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers from the surrounded azovstal steel plant in mariupol that has become their last holdout. for the first time, russian civilian has reportedly been killed on russian soil by cross border shelling from ukraine. of course, many ukrainian civilians, many thousands killed by russian shelling so far in this war. nic robertson is in helsinki, finland, and sara sidner in kyiv. nic, let s begin with the impending expansion of nato, particularly finland s joining and expected that sweden will follow. finland, a neighbor of russia, resisted this step for
market. major industries in the mud yesterday part of a week-long slide chipping away at your retirement funds, 401k coming off the worst quarter since the start of the pandemic. dana: adding insult to injury the price of gas hitting another all-time high. $4.41 a gallon right now. close to $6 in some states. bill: president biden blaming these issues on just about everything and everyone from climate change to covid but according to larry kudlow it s time to take a look in the mirror. president biden should start to own this problem. the blame game doesn t work. it is not working for him. ordinary working folks don t buy into the blame game at all. you are in an emergency inflation crisis. and so you have to start taking emergency action. peter doocy rocks off the show report being live from the north lawn this morning. good morning, peter. good morning. we have new insight this morning from inside the white house. we know more this morning about how the president
john: another fox news alert to kick off america reports for this thursday. biden administration cancelling a massive oil and gas lease sale in alaska and the gulf of mexico. scrapping the potential to give drivers desperately needed relief at the pump. hi, i m john roberts in washington. gillian, good to see you again. gillian: great to be with you, i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. so, america s economic woes are continuing to mount. one red flag economists are pointing to now today, april wholesale prices. up 11% from a year ago. one part of the overall inflation problem. consumer prices up 8.3% from a year ago, a slight drop from march but still hovering near a 40-year high. john: filling your tank could drain your wallet. the national average of gas prices a record high, costing 4.41 a gallon. look at where it is compared to a year ago, gillian. gillian: tremendous pressure on the biden administration. americans are skyrocketing with the cost of everyday
he s been really quiet, really reserved, but very funny. just a quiet, dry humor. it will be interesting to see how one of the greats, their minds, translates the games for those who are watching it with them as opposed to those who are watching him play it. that s going to be the exciting part for me and everyone woiho a fan of football. it s hard to not like tom brady. it really is. thank you so much for being with us. now day continues right now. good morning to our viewers ear in the united states and all around the world. it is what day is it? it is wednesday, may 11th. i m john berman with breonna taylor brianna keilar. a vote needs 1r060 votes to pasn a senate that s currently split 5050. what it will do, says majority leader chuck schumer is get every member on the record on the critically issue of abortion rights. pennsylvania senator bob casey, one of the historically anti-abortion democrats says he will vote to codify the roe v. wade decision. this is com
the president visits a family farm in illinois today. a new government makes clear that inflation is here to stay. it suggests the worst might be behind us. the consumer price index rose 8.3% compared with last year. that s a big number. 8.3%. it s down from a 40-year high from last month. look at it month to month. inflation 0.3% in april. that s down from the 1.2% gain in march. a closely watched data point within the report was up not down. beware of anyone who tells you they are certain things are trending for the better. even if inflation is retreating from the highest tide, prices are still up at the fastest rate in nearly 40 years. we start with a look inside these numbers and with cnn s christine romans. reporter: issue number one for the american family. the cost of living. so many categories it has been going up for almost a year now. those headline numbers in normal times would be very, very scary. they appear to be moderating, leveling off, peaking as one econom