powell tries to force down inflation. let s get right to it. joining me now is full disclosure host, robin, have we gotten the number yet? lass it come out? or are we still waiting? still waiting for it to come out. we re waiting, all right. another 75. 75 basis points. what is that going to mean? i got it tell you, i got a song in my heart, special thanks to the bee gees. because we re dealing with the cpi that s still high and the fed will have to hike which we just won t like la la, la, la. and did i just destroy my career? i loved every moment of it. oh, the title is called how deep is this inflation? i really want to know. and that s the question on everybody s mind. are we going to go to 5%? 6, 7%? how deep is the buying power and consumer demand in this economy that we have to snuff out and i don t think mr. powell knows. we have it official. three quarters of a point. 75 basis points. i was talking to steve retner today about when the bottom is and whe
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraine s minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is expected to reach istanbul on tuesday where it will be inspected before being allowed to proceed. the move is part of an internationally brokered deal between kyiv and moscow, to release millions of tons of grain to foreign markets, and ease a growing food crisis. ukrainian officials say 16 more ships are waiting to depart odesa s port as part of that deal. meanwhile, russia advances have slowed, almost to a standstill, as newly-delivered western weapons are helping ukrainian forces re-claim
least the two who voted against it, broke the law. we re going to have to look into it more once we take into office. you re talking about looking into it more. the county attorney told us that his option is evaluating the options. what sort of options were on the table? they did so late, and they policed the deadline and not all three of them, just two. so what are the options? look, accountable can take various forms in our justice system. prosecutors at the local level have a lot of discretion. the attorney general has jurisdiction over this case as well. and there may be federal implications since there were federal offices on this ballot. we re going to have to wait and see what the folks in the justice community decide. we ll talk about accountability, there is some accountability for kari lake and mark minchem in their lawsuit against voting machines, a judge ordered sanctions against the two of them. didn t just dismiss the lawsuit. they ordered sanctions against the two
campaign is virtually nonexistent, he has done hardly any media or public interviews. not very much advertising either. what s going on with this race? so it s a clear down ballot race that doesn t get much attention and i would argue mark finchem is getting a lot of attention with fontez with millions of advertising that we ve not seen in the race. the energy, you re seeing republicans go for the base, this is a totally about turning out the base for them, they re hitting it really hard. harder than i ve ever seen. and also i would add this that many folks might not know, according to the alliance for security and democracy, and mark minchem has the highest social media presence among all politicians in the midterms. it is really striking. so he s speaking to people we never see. brahn resnick, vaughn
tomorrow. we re following several key races. in arizona, three trump republicans who support the big lie are all leading their primary opponents. in the latest polling for arizona governor, former tv news anchor kari lake leads her closest rally karrin taylor robson by nine points and backed by former vice president mike pence and the gop, and likely face the current secretary of state. and blake masters appears to be surging in arizona and be opposed by mark kelly. and secretary of state, mark minchem, a state lawmaker who claims he has proof that trump was cheated out of the election. he has of course yet to provide it and in a position to be the republican nominee to oversee the state s elections at the stop the steal rally on january