experience, landing a plane safely. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront live from kyiv. i m erin burnett tonight. outfront this ooefg, the first russian civilian killed just miles from the ukrainian board we are russia. according to the kremlin, the russian civilian was killed by an attack just outside of belgorad, which putin has been using as a staging ground for troops entering ukraine. ukraine hasn t denied this, they have not commented on it as of yet. but news of this reported death raises the stakes. it was yesterday that biden s national director of intelligence warns that putin would escalate this war. the civilian death comes as ukraine is offering to release russian prisoners of war in exchange for the evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers inside that steel plant in mariupol. it is the last thing right now, standing in the way of russia owning that key port city. we re also hearing from a commander still inside the pla
reporter: the video out there of the landing, pretty darn good. pretty much right on the runway, right on the center line. flying my entire life, nothing has ever happened before like this in my memory. pretty remarkable and incredible. listen, i m no pilot like you, pete, i ve taken lessons. easy to take a plane off. not easy to land it. that s remarkable. hard to land. yeah, yeah. pete muntean, thank you so much. good morning, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. moments from now, president biden scheduled to leave the white house, headed to illinois where he s expected to address concerns, continuing concerns over food supply and inflation. this as new data signals inflation may have peaked but the numbers are still high. we ll break down the numbers and take you to the white house in just a moment. plus, testing the power of an endorsement from former president trump after gaining support from him, two gop candidates split nights. a win and a loss. what that say
all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
feel any significant relief at the grocery store or gas pump. fuel costs just hit another new high, $4.40 a gallon on average for the first time ever. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is traveling with the president. jeremy, the president gave a speech about inflation yesterday. today it s supposed to be more about food supply. what can we expect? reporter: yeah, victor, but inflation will still be very much top of mind for the president as he addresses this dueling issue of rising food prices, as well as this global food shortage. part of it sparked by the war in ukraine. ukraine/russia, key suppliers of wheat around the world. we ll hear the president address both of those. and the fact that he s talking about inflation for the second day in a row, a reflection of the extent to which he s facing serious political pressure on this issue, a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. today we ll hear the president announce several new steps to help farmers
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