and now northern borders, to inflation, the economy and, of course, national security concerns after that chinese spy flight reached air space. with all of that in mind, 44% approved, 55% disapproved, and more than half of democrats surveyed, 53% said they d like to see someone else on the ballot in 2024. lucas tomlinson with a closer look at polling. reporter: fed s preferred measure of tracking inflation increased for the first time this summer. now a majority of americans are saying that they have less money in their pocket now compared to a year ago. only 12% say they have more compared to the same period last year and 2018. this is not a trend that s boeing in the right direction, arthel. on fox news sunday, democratic senator ben cardin from maryland defended the president. i think the challenge the typical american family has high, there s high prices. you have to deal with that. the reality that it s difficult to make ends meet, i think president biden understan
prices up, taxes down? possibly the one good thing about inflation. the changes uyou could see in your paychecks on your tax returns. welcome to the lead i m john berman in for jake tapper. we begin in the world lead in a few minutes russian president s vladimir putin rule of martial law goes into effect. this despite the fact that putin s army doesn t have full control over the area. and as the campaign to plunge ukraine into darkness continues, energy officials said they had no choice but to introduce blackouts following days of devastating russian cruise missile and drone strikes. missiles hit at least three power stations just today, that s according to the ukraine. nick roberts is in kyiv. reporter: ukrainian civilians now under russian martial law. lined up to be evacuated in kherson city. potentially to russia. russian imposed officially, in illegally annexed kherson told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out, boats used to ferry them away from the fron
john: begin america reports with form president trump under investigation by the justice department as the agency appears slow to act on the current president s son, with one republican senator now alleging a cover-up. john roberts in washington. good to be with you again. sandra: we made it to wednesday. i m sandra smith in new york. washington post reporting the justice department is looking into the former president as part of a criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the post says phone records of some trump officials have been seized and witnesses have been questioned before a grand jury. john: as iowa senator chuck grassley accuses the fbi and d.o.j. for trying to bury the dirt they have on hunter biden. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house with the latest on the hunter biden investigation. rich edson, how deep does the investigation go? john, the justice department is investigating the attack on the capitol and phony electorat
and now northern borders, to inflation, the economy and, of course, national security concerns after that chinese spy flight reached air space. with all of that in mind, 44% approved, 55% disapproved, and more than half of democrats surveyed, 53% said they d like to see someone else on the ballot in 2024. lucas tomlinson with a closer look at polling. reporter: fed s preferred measure of tracking inflation increased for the first time this summer. now a majority of americans are saying that they have less money in their pocket now compared to a year ago. only 12% say they have more compared to the same period last year and 2018. this is not a trend that s boeing in the right direction, arthel. on fox news sunday, democratic
americans? well, i think the interpretation is this is exactly as expected. it was coming in at 75 basis points, which was the result, the fed is trying to make up for or want to appear very strong now because they have been sort of in an historical lag in tracking inflation. usually the fed is almost preemptive in trying to raise rates when you see inflation. this fed has not been. if you look back at the last 60 years, it s been a very lag response and i think they are trying to show now that they are serious about this. sandra: paul krugman, writes an opinion column, he said this last week and got a lot of headlines, said i was wrong about inflation, ok. well, there s no such rule he says now, it s quite possible that we will in fact experience a recession soon. it s even possible, though less