president biden said his policies are not to blame. i think our policies help not hurt. think about what they say the vast majority of the of the economists think this is going to be a really tough problem to solve but it is not because of spending. we brought down the deficit by. spring and kevin he s former chairman of the council of economic advisers under president trump and distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. so kevin, welcome. the scout but was this is going to be the peak of inflation, how do you see it? yes, you and i ve talked about this before. one of the things i like to do is look at the more recent numbers instead of the change over the whole last year. because at the beginning of the year inflation was not so bad. the average, last three months of consumer price inflation and then annualize it right now is going up at 10% at an annual rate which is about what you and i i promised on your show a few months ago was going to hit. if you l
not changed they are not conducting a legitimate investigation. it seems as though they just want to go after their political opponents. now before we dive into what this means for the investigation, nbc s capitol hill correspondent, ali raphael, is here with the latest. ali, welcome. good to be with you, symone. did you have. you ali, you are hill grew here. so this penis have been issued, but are the members expected to comply with the subpoena. yeah, well judging from the fact that all of these lawmakers, all five of them have been asked to voluntarily speak with the committee in the past, and all five of them refused, in addition to the fact that as you mentioned at the top there, all of them have slammed the committee and this probe. they have called it quote, illegitimate, corrupt. as you mentioned they ve called this a witch hunt. it is very unlikely that they would comply with the subpoenas. but the committee, if that happens is left with very few options. the f
very well could be next. he also went further ripping the republican party as, quote, petty and extreme. saying it is, quote, coward by trump. well, he is obviously angry with senate republicans. all of whom, blocked voted to block the women s health protec protection act this afternoon. this is the bill that would he ensure roe s protections. the president vowing, quote, we will continue to defend women s constitutional rights to make private reproductive choices as recognizes in roe v. wade. and my administration will continue to explore the measures and toll tools at our disposal to do just that. look, tonight, it is immediate knot immediate apparent what those tools and measures oob could be. a democratic-controlled congress seemed to have nowhere close to 60 votes. in fact, they didn t even get 50. and while the president does blame republican, keep in mind a member of his own party did side with gop because he believes the bill went way beyond keeping the status quo.
high. plus a funeral procession will take place soon as they demand answers for the killing of one of the arab world s most prominent journalists. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. first time since russia invaded ukraine 11 weeks ago, a russian civilian has been killed on russian soil by ukrainian shelling. report comes from the governor of belgorod just across the border from ukraine s second largest city kharkiv. ukraine won t say whether it s responsible for a series of recent attacks on the region. meanwhile new drone video and satellite images show ukraine has blown up at least two pontoon bridges in luhansk region. russians building them to move farther west in donbas offensive. and ukrainians claim they ve recaptured more villages in the kharkiv region, much of the area still in range of russian artillery fire. in the south, ukraine is offering to swap russian prisoners of war for wounded ukrai
the country has tried to stay neutral, and the war on ukraine has changed fin land s views of the kremlin, and their president said putin has himself to blame. take a listen. well, if that would be the case that we choose, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. and neighboring sweden is also close to deciding whether it will also pursue nato membership cnn s nick robinson, good to see you nick, we spoke about people in the country questioning why it s happening so quickly and saying there was nothing to suggest russia would invade fin land, what is the leadership of the country saying about the speed of this decision and some of the criticism. the statement, along with the prime minister, is going to make a statement right around about this time. they are joining nato, it not the definitive joining. it will be in a key time in the parliament next week. it s going to set the direction and tone for the country. they have kept their thoughts and vie