potentially another covid search. as more states open up, as air travel numbers open up and hit records since the start of the pandemic, the cdc is warning new variants could wipe out all the progress we ve made recently if we let our guard down. but first, we begin with our colleague natasha chen. she joins us in georgia. good morning. there is new surveillance video from close to one of the scenes of those murders. what can you tell us this morning? yeah, poppy, it was actually those surveillance images that authorities released on tuesday evening that actually prompted the suspect s parents to call police. they were able to help identify him. and because of that, police then tracked his cell phone and stopped him as he was going south. investigators believe he was headed to florida to perhaps commit similar attacks. so the reason this was not worse, the reason he s in custody here in cherokee county is because his parents called in durks to those surveillance images. her
you with us. tell us what your first takeaways are from today s news? the inflation takeaways are from today s news? tue: inflation figure takeaways are from today s news? t te: inflation figure that takeaways are from today s news? tte: inflation figure that we takeaways are from today s news? t te: inflation figure that we have takeaways are from today s news? tte: inflation figure that we have today shows that prices injuly were 6.8% higher on average than injuly of last year. as you mention that does not mean that prices are falling it simply means that there are now increasing at a slower rate than what they were previously this year and also last year. the key components that are driving down fleet student rates are energy in particular gas and electricity inflation rates. and also food prices are now rising at a slower pace. what is really worrying about today s figures is that core inflation, the rate of inflation taking out food, taking out the volatile component of gas and
function. and colleges in general, across the country, are lack the basic infrastructure to support students mental health. the problem widespread, a washington post analysis of data from the healthy minds network indicated nationwide student rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts more than doubled between 2013 and 2021. in 2021 report from penn state center for collegiate mental health, found that funding isn t keeping pace with demand for mental health services, with the yearly average caseload for a college counselor is about 90 students, with some centers reporting an average of about 300 students per councillor. this issue has now caught the attention of congress as well as senator has sent a letter to the department of education in the department of justice, asking them to issue guidance and policy reforms to protect access to higher education for students and to strengthen
go to bingiton.com and see what you re missing. we put this graphic up on our facebook page. it got more likes than anything we posted and for good reason. it comes from senator elizabeth warren and compares two things how much banks have to pay when they borrow money from the federal government and how much students have to pay. over the last seven years banks have got an sweet deal and students got a raw one. bank rates have been slashed to almost nothing while student rates lowered slightly and are scheduled to double from 3.4% to 6.8% in a month. banks are paying less than 1%. while they have been able to borrow at near zero interest rates student debt has exploded. there s over a trillion dollars in student loan debt outstanding in the united states. second only to mortgage debt. in 2011, the average student
we put this graphic up on our facebook page. it got more likes than anything we have ever posted for good reason. it comes from senator elizabeth warren and compares two simple things, how much banks have to pay when they borrow money from the federal government and how much students have to pay. for the last seven years, banks have got an sweet deal on interest rates and students a raw one. bank rates have been slashed to almost nothing and while student rates have lowered only slightly and set to double from 3.4% to 6.8% in less than a month and banks paying less than 1%. while they ve been able to borrow near zero interest rates, student debt has exploded. almost a trillion in student debt in the united states second only to mortgage debt. in 2008 the average student