Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
i m going on out of here. i got cut loose today. dna cut me loose and i just want to say good-bye to inmate population. everybody down the walk, everybody at camp f, camp d, camp c. everybody, keep your head up, don t lose hope, and one day it will be you walking out of this gate. just remember, one, knife at the throat, gun in the face. if you save one, it s worth everything we do. one little girl, one mama s not murdered or raped. one daddy. it s worth everything we do.
stole, done lied, done killed, done did everything. ain t no crime that s greater than no other crime on this earth. you got some inmates supposed to be here. and you got some free folks supposed to be here. supposed to be locked up in here, not be working here, in here. trouble s not hard to find, if you re looking for it. and if you re not careful, trouble will find you. yes, sir. how you feeling? about normal? yes, sir. thin, man. you re not ready to eat? no, sir, i m not going to eat anything until i can get some results. most try to pass through the program as quickly as possible. but then there are some men like billy mccoy who s been in and out of camp jay for over a decade. you ll get yourself back on track like you were just a week ago.
you were doing well. yes, sir. all right? i m going to do everything i can to see that you goat ccr. watch this now. i am i have always been on track. i will maintain my mental stability when i am six feet underground. i will not lose my mental stability. this morning, since you mentioned that, this morning, one of your officers dashed a bucket of ice water in here on me because i won t eat. trying to force me into eating. the officer would not put a tray of food you and i both know that s not true. the officer would not put a food on the tray. the restriction is too severe for me. you will be held here until you can get through the program and conduct yourself according to the program. i m conducting myself. i will die first. i have been without food for seven days now.
billy mccoy claiming he s been on a hunger strike for seven days. he s been on a strike for almost three days. he ll eat soon. he s done this before. he never stays on very long. he ll eat a meal and probably go on a hunger strike again right after that meal. for those who refuse to cooperate, even the most are eliminated. the different sanctions we can place on an inmate. one of the sanctions is food loof. it will be issued to an inmate who has been caught holding food in his cell, utensils or cuts, gets caught throwing food. basically you have a serving of everything from everything, have everything that s on the lunch tray, with the exception of dessert.