intentional. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the break news. stocks plunge. the dow closing down more than 1100 points today. that is the biggest loss since 2020, at the height of coronavirus, when there was so much uncertainty, no vaccine. the numbers were surging of the dead. this is the biggest drop since then. sit because the nation, one of the biggest retailers in the country, target, said it is getting crushed by inflation, which is hurting the entire country. the ceo saying costs have been rising much faster than retail prices. it was just yesterday that walmart stocks suffered its worst day since 1987. same reason, surging costs. the ceo telling investors, bottom line results were unexpected and reflect ton usual environment. u.s. inflation levels, particularly in food and fuel created more pressure. that pressure is hurting americans. it is outpacing any wage increases, and it is doing so everywhere. and the economy is the n
in ukraine a russian solider pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. we have a special report on the taliban s vice and virtue enforcers who have returned to the streets of cable. tonight with the context, former conservative ministerjustine greening and democratic strategist mary ann marsh. hello. welcome to the programme. inflation has hit a ao year high. figures out today showed the rate at which prices are rising jumped 9% in the 12 months to april, up from 7% in march. that is driven by the cost of household energy that rose on average £700 last month. and for millions of people wages are not keeping up. the average pay rise excluding bonuses in the three months to march was 4.2%, which meant given the rate of inflation british workers suffered a fifth consecutive cut to real term wages. the inflationary problems are not unique to the uk, farfrom it, but uk now has the highest rate of inflation of any g7 country an
commonwealth. the senate gop primary. hedge fund guy dave mccormick and trump-endorsed tv doc dr. mehmet oz locked in a tighter than tight battle. look at that. just 2,600 votes apart. the trumpiest candidate really not endorsed by him kathy barnette trailing despite what looked like a late surge and people were concerned she might actually win, or could win. cnn projects doug mastriano, a champion of the bogus big lie of election fraud, in 2020 has won the gop governor s primary there. and talk about high drama. as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania s democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn t expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he s recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on friday. and then there is north carolina. that s where madison cawthorn has conceded to chuck edwards. the 26-year-old cawthorn conceding after multiple scandals, everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a
and david mccormick. their positions on the leaderboard changing by the minute with thousands of votes still left to be counted. as of this moment this race would certainly trigger an automatic recount. in the governor s race in pennsylvania doug most reno has won the republican nomination. he has championed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. he is face josh shapiro the state s attorney general, shapiro is the first nonincumbent to run unopposed in a democratic gubernatorial primary since 1930. john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania, no drama there, though he might be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he is out of surgery after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker hours before the polls closed yesterday. we will hear from his wife in just a bit. north carolina congressman madison cawthorn has it s a major rebuke of someone else once seen as a major person in the gop but salacious photos puts him on the
confidence late last night. when the votes are tallied, i m confident we will win. will not have resolution tonight. we can see the path ahead, we can see victory ahead. carley: lucas tomlinson has a round-up of the election results so far. good morning. good morning, carley. too close to call in pennsylvania. 8% of votes still need to be counted. dave mccormick trails dr. oz by less than 3000 votes. we have tens of thousands of mail-in ballots that have not beened and need to be counted beginning tomorrow. we will not have resolution tonight, but we can see the path ahead, we can see victory ahead and it is all because of you. here is dr. oz, who received donald trump s endorsement. when we win the battle in pennsylvania, it reflects the entire country. if the soul of pennsylvania and thriving and healthy, so is the nation. we re a role model to the world. printing error is delays lancaster county. kathy barnette is currently in third and has no intention of