inflation at a 13-year high prices for beef and bacon, used cars, gas, even furniture all up double digits. the social security administration announcing its largest cost of living adjustment in nearly 40 years have you ever seen a backlog like this? never. we have never seen anything like this reporter: to help bust the bottleneck, the white house says the long shoreman s union has agreed to work around the clock. walmart, fedex and ups also committing to work off peak hours with other major national retailers to follow suit everything we re seeing today was induced by the pandemic right now we re on track to handle 20 million container units in southern california we have never handled anything close to that. reporter: to help ensure shelves are stocked and deliveries do arrive, freight and trucking commitments to move parcels from ports across rails and highways must also be secured. fast tracking the tangled web of