los angeles. we ll watch for it and cover it if it happens. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . the inflation rate last month rose 8.6% from one year ago. the fastest pace since december 1981. that s up from 8.3% in april. it is hot. i told you, it s running hot. the energy sector hit hard. prices there for gas, heating, electricity have skyrocketed. prices of meat and eggs surging the double digits. the white house is ignoring the people it s supposed to serve and they know the power is in the hands of the voters. every item when i go food shopping is 20% more post covid. so it is tough out there for everybody. doesn t seem to be stopping. oil and gas, i don t see that mitigating. so it is going to hurt. i do know inflation is very high and everybody harris: larry kudlow warns brace for the summer. there is a lot of talk in both washington and wall street that we had seen peak inflation. there is no evidence in this report that we ve seen pea
more than crude oil and it goes into the making of fertilizer. when she is patting herself on the back driving an electric vehicle she shouldn t feel too good. a lot of constituents aren t eating. harris: you always have some good news for us. i want to get to that. here is president biden s top economic advisor brian deese when he was asked about inflation just today on a competing network and he stuck to the talking points. today s number underscores the challenge we have with energy prices that you were just discussing. it also underscores why it is so important the president is doing what he is doing. making fighting inflation his top priority. the price of the gas at the pump is up $1.70 since putin amassed troops on the border. that s a impact of war. we have to stand against that aggression. harris: you know what i don t like other than a hollow apology that means nothing from