and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in for christine romans. wee begin with nikki haley, the 2024 presidential contender breaking with former president trump and florida governor ron desantis on a cnn town hall last night. they differentiated herself from her rivals, sometimes, by name, on a number of points including social security and medicare. and january 6. here s haley on ukraine where trump and desantis have avoided clearly backing the country s fight against russian aggression. listen. this is bigger than ukraine. this is a war about freedom. and it s one we have to win. a win for ukraine is a win for all of us. because tyrants tell us exactly what they re going to do. what we heard, china said they were going to take hong kong, they did it. russia said they were going to invade ukraine, we watched that happen. china says taiwan is next, we better believe them. russia says poland and the ballotics are next, if that happens,
percent. markets coming up after a strong jobs report. and a critical debt ceiling agreement. dow nasdaq finishing 2% higher. the s&p notching its best week since march. inflation, gas prices steadied overnight at $3.52 per gallon. data and weekly jobless claims intact this week. we ll keep a closer eye on the developers conference that happens later today. while some products have gotten cheaper at the grocery store lately americans are feeling inflation hit the wallets. course to the usda, food prices are expected to increase 6.3% in 2023 and one item in the spotlight. beef. a recent wall street journal arm noting that beef prices have climbed 20% since 2020 and they could go higher. let s bring in an economist from the europe federation.