the new year. if you can believe it. and as we prepare to close out 2022, it s been a big year for the economy. we saw record gas prices, the fastest jump in decades, and massive tech layoffs. even farewell to the choco taco. our own brian cheung has a look back at the year s biggest business news. inflation picked up steam over the beginning of 2022, clocking in at 9% in june. the fastest pace of price increases since the 1980s. food prices soared. a gallon of milk now averaging $4.22. chicken, a $1.84 a pound. and a dozen grade a eggs $3.59 a dozen. all more expensive than this time last year. gas prices, topped $5 a gallon in the summer. before tilting below $3.50 in the later part of the year. and then rent, the biggest spend for most households jumping 7 to
directly which i know is quite rare, no. i don t. i think the country would be well served by a new generation of compelling, well prepared, dynamic democrats to step up. so a good week for the president but not a hundred percent clean week for the president when you have that in your own party. once one says it publicly, a lot more are going to get asked about it i asked philips about that and he went on to say i just believe it s time for generational change in congress and the white house. congress also given pelosi and others in the leadership, they re up there in age. they have also run the caucus for some time. there is a lot of tension internally. a lot of apprehension about whether biden should run. you ask democratic candidates if they believe biden should run again they will just not answer the question. this is a grade a washington gaff when you actually say what you think out loud. true. should put that in a book if you ever write one.
own party view what happened that day? i thought that liz cheney was superb in her presentation. i thought the committee was smart to put her out front and prosecute the case publicly. i think it s important she and adam kinsinger do this prosecution. where they are using the words of trump supporters, other republicans and offended by what happened on that day and the former president s conduct. i have to give her a grade a for what she s done so far. i hope the committee provides some of the evidence for the charges she made on thursday night. that will be key is seeing the evidence to back up some of the statements that were made. i m wondering what your reaction and speaking of evidence, what your reaction is to what the committee said these republicans