0 when a truck hit my car, the insurance company wasn t fair. i didid t t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. i m rich barnes. it s hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou hello and welcome to our viewers 20th from the united states and all of the world. today u.s. lawmakers will reveal a bit of what former president donald trump has kept hidden for years. his tax returns. what to expect ahead. plus pure joy for one traveler after finding his lost luggage! we will bring you an update on a chaotic holiday for flyers and have a look at some systems that could cancel some flights ahead of the new year. rest in peace, pelc. the world mourns the death of a football legend. we will have some of the attributes pouring in. live from cnn center , this is cnn newsroom . we begin with the latest chapter of a legal battle that has been playing out in washington for years. in the coming hours, u.s. lawmakers will
coast and alaska. undersea volcano near tonga erupted with such force the ash cloud blew 35 miles into the stratosphere. the boom was heard in alaska. and tsunami waves took two lives across the pacific in peru. at number nine, some of the world s most important rivers fell to sobering levels, from italy to germany to the not so mighty mississippi, where the army corps of engineering is still dredging as fast as they can to keep billions worth of goods and gans and gaen moving . number eight. the u.s. most ambitious climate laws in history. unwavering conviction, commitment and patience, change does come. four days of secret horse trading with chuck schumer put the inflation reduction act on the president s desk.
and that is not a good thing. record gasoline prices are seeing the steepest increase. it is now $5 a gallon, an all time record. month are than 20 states shown in red there are at $5 or more. president joe biden is blaming russia s war on ukraine. here he is. putin s price hike is hitting america hard. gas prices at the pump, energy and food prices account for half of the monthly price increases since may. inflation outside of energy and food, what the economists call core inflation, moderated the last two months. not enough, but it moderated. s that g it has gone down and we need it to go down more quickly. drivers on the u.s. west coast have it even worse. reporter: here in california, residents feeling the record gas
and cfos in almost every company found out their product was six weeks late and costing 5 to 6 times as much. pre-covid, from china-based ports to the u.s. west coast was about $1500. that same container today is about 8,000 to $10,000. at its peak, 15,000 to $20,000. depending on the value of your commodity, it is really hard to absorb. yeah. i imagine this crisis could lead to a series of headaches. we appreciate your perspective and i hope you come back to break it down for us again in the future. john monroe, thanks so much for the time. thank you very much. of course. so, listen, expansive severe weather threats today, take i look at what you see on the screen there. there are millions of you in this path. we re talking about everything from potential flash flooding to still blizzard conditions in other parts. we ll tell you more with allison chinchar in a moment.
happening now in the newsroom. picture of the morning, color curiosity red. successfully landing overnight to cheers, hugs and tears. nasa erupting with pride this morning. an amazing feat and an amazing view. deadly strike at nascar. lightning killing one and injuring nine others. severe storms forcing 85,000 fans to run for cover. startling new images from space showing just how much pollution crosses the pacific into america. nearly half of all the smoke and dust and ash and pollen above us coming from more than 7,000 miles away. and bad behavior to bolt. someone threw a beer bottle a beer bottle at jamaican olympic sprinter usain bolt. who does something like that? newsroom starts right now. and good morning to you. thank you for joining us this monday morning. i m carol costello. we begin with new details on the bloody rampage at a sikh temple and the man who opened fire. as mourners lit candles and honored the six people killed, a troubling image emerges of