and even more so, about the 77 minutes of inaction that the video shows. plus, in some big cities there will no longer be a starbucks on every corner. the coffee giant is closing several locations but not because of slow sales. is this about working safety or is it about unionization? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our money lead and horrible news for your wallet. new data today released by the biden administration shows inflation surging to 9.1%. that is the highest level in more than 40 years and it means the prices we pay over all are 9.1% higher than at this time last year. so unless you have benefitted from an unlikely 10% raise since then, you now have less money in your pocket than you did a year ago. much of the increase is driven by gas prices, which we should note have fallen in recent weeks, but they remain insanely high, up nearly 60% in this report, and the increases are felt across a range of categories, prices on groceries are u
don is on the inner circle of nine. i think he will be by next year. if not this year. i m on everybody s naughty list. you re on the good list here. i loved your story because i loved how many families you talked to. there s one family that basically told your kids you pick one gift, because the choice was do we eat, right, do we have enough food? i think that s a message i know the stores aren t going to like this, but that s a great message for like every family. there s you know, the headline is kind of depressing. but like you say, the families i think have good stories to tell. kids can t expect that they re going to get everything they want, is one, which might be a lesson in life. another family that we have in our story talks about how well, you know, maybe this isn t a bad thing because we focus on what really matters this holiday
air. reporter: just this week, a water supplier to 6 million southern californians declared an emergency, severely limiting nonessential water use. the drought impacting parched farmlands and american dinner tables. the tomatoes, the sweet corn, melons, things that we would normally have at the stores aren t going to be grown in the quantity this year than we re used to reporter: california provides two-thirds of the u.s. supply of fruits and nuts we re blessed with this mediterranean-type climate here in california that nobody else has and we can grow crops here that can t grow anywhere else. reporter: farmer bill dietrich grows tomatoes but not now. no tomatoes this year because this water has got to be put to use on other crops that, for us, is less risky. reporter: many farms partly rely on groundwater, but if it s not stored in the good years, it can leave fields like this high and dry in the
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just violent crime that is skyrocketing. as retail theft is also on the rise. new reports show that perps are using social media are organize large mobs of thieves. democrats had no problem policing twitter and facebook over covid information. but suddenly when it documents crime, they are quiet as a church mouse. but i guess this is what happens when you become the pro-crime anti-police party. you can t contain the chaos in your cities. here to respond louisiana senator john kennedy. senator, great to see you don t. i was writing this down. lori lightfoot said it s disappointing that stores aren t doing more. stores aren t hiring security officials. senator, i don t know what you hear, but i hear you were wearing a skirt that was too short. you were asking for it. this is your fault citizens and private businesses of chicago. well, i think the rise in