we start here in the uk because in 90 minutes time, we ll find out if inflation is continuting to fall. the rate at which prices are rising fell to 4.6% in the year to october, down from 6.7% the month before. that sharp fall was due to cheaper energy prices and declines in oil and gas prices might bring the headline rate of inflation even lower in november, with economists estimating 4.3%. in a bid to curb inflation, the bank of england has increased interest rates to 5.15%. some of you know that only too well. live now to kallum pickering, senior economist at berenberg. good morning to you, it s been a while. give us your take on inflation today, will go in the direction we wanted to? yes, it robabl direction we wanted to? yes, it probably will direction we wanted to? yes, it probably will fall direction we wanted to? yes, it probably will fall as direction we wanted to? yes, it probably will fall as you - probably will fall as you mention, a5 seem to be the estimate
plus, the white house will face questions later this hour on the state of negotiations to avoid default. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts. good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: the first 60 went by quickly. first, a new story. john: get ready for a hectic start to the summer travel season. aaa is anticipating this weekend could be the busiest at airports since 2005, and that is already prompting fears of a potential catastrophic meltdown. gillian: sounds like a great summer to stay hope. forbes writing get ready for a hellish season of air travel. they continue to struggle with staffing shortages in the wake of the pandemic. john: pete buttigieg is not 100% confident things will work. airlines are indicating they have made big gains in terms of pilots, but not fully recovered depending which airline, mechanics is a pinch point. still a lot of pressure on the system but less, probably less of a constraint than
[national anthem] will: fox news alert, growing concerns this morning over overcrowding at u.s. facilities across the southern border as migrants pour in at a record rate at the end of title 42. rachel: the top border patrol union calling this worst disaster any agent has ever seen and warns that the worst is still to come. pete: matt finn live in el paso with the latest. reporter: pete, when you re referencing overcrowding, i mean, we re standing in the middle of it right now here in downtown el paso. this is the sacred heart shelter. as the sun has come up, many of these migrants who slept on the streets last night are now waking up. sadly, there s a lot of coughing going on, so some migrants who are showing symptomses of illness. inside the shelter right now, we re told there s about 140 women and children, and outside is overflow, you know, maybe two or three city blocks of migrants who slept outside overnight. i spoke with a few of them yesterday, they say they
places lost in the past weeks. so this is about vengeance and spite. this prisoner, this claimed to be local but they think he s a russian soldier deserting or left behind. what else moscow left behind is far uglier. these tiny rooms in their detention center where as many as 400 prisoners were held at one time we were told. eight or nine prisoners per cell. booby traps now in their place, a warning written next to this room. so he s writing grenade there on the wall. as they move through these cells, they re finding booby traps left, it seems, by the occupying forces. that one in there, a grenade left under a tray of half-eaten food. and it just shows you the hazards that ordinary people are going to find coming back. a place like this, sure, used as a key detention center by the russians, but across this town, the damage is extraordinary but also too is the risk of unexploded o rcrdnance and boob traps. they re discovering two other scars from torture. he says he was impr
this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik