don t write off somebody because they re in a wheelchair. look at what they can do when they ve got the right help and support they can climb mount kilimanjaro. good morning from this factory in rochdale, where they cut doors into shape. what shape is the uk economy in? we get the latest figures this morning. england s greatest ever anotherjoe root century his fastest ever has his team mates purring over his performance. good morning. many of us starting off with a fair bit of cloud this morning. some sunshine. the cloud will build through the day. patchy rain at the far north. this week it is getting warmer, especially across england and wales. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, june the 13th. more home grown produce and more support forfarmers they ll be the central promises within the government s food strategy for england, which is released later today. the plan should improve food security, but well publicised recommendations to reduce consumption of
underway. some planning to hit the road are simply set up. president biden says hi prices and inflation are his top domestic priority, here s a live look at the president for he landed in albuquerque, new mexico to get a briefing on wildfires there. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with more. here in new york city at this gas station behind me, nearly $6.50 a gallon. nearly $6.50 here in new york drivers who want to pay that, they don t have a choice. people are trying to get the gas and had to different areas for their summer trip in the past month gas prices have been steady climbing, no surprise drivers hit a new record. this is what people walk up to this morning, not the news they wanted to hear. the national average for regular gas is $5 a gallon, up 60 cents from last month and now drivers pay nearly $2 more a gallon than we already worked last summer. astronomical. hitting our pockets, my pockets. i get it but. [sirens] americans are paying double compare
the e.u. cutting off 90% of russian oil imports. bill: check out the gas station in l.a. near hollywood. that s not a movie. that s $8.05 a gallon. julie: we need a new word for sticker shock. when you drive up and see that. making matters worse is the nationwide labor shortage. now we are anticipating brand-new numbers out this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. the numbers are expected to show 11 1/2 million job openings in this country. that is nearly twice as many jobs as there are people looking for work. bill: the president repeatedly insisting inflation was transitory. during his administration it has continued to climb and climb higher surging to 8.3% under his watch, which is as we know now, a 40-year high. white house has tried to paint a rosie picture of all this. you saw the president s piece published this week. one member of the president s team is now appearing to admit some fault in all of this. i was wrong then about the path of inflation would tak
even though the president was face-to-face with the fed chair today, he says he s still staying hands off. my plan is simple, respect the fed, respect its independence which i will continue to do. even though biden wanted interest rates raised is not an economic cure without its own side effects. put jerome powell in a box. they have to raise interest rates. when they raise interest rates, it makes it harder to buy a home, usually make the stock market go down as we ve seen. and that will affect people s 401(k)s. jerome powell doesn t have a lot of options. republicans say the best option to get inflation under control is to get government spending under control. the white house today is not second guessing any past spending. do you think that any part of inflagrants this year is because of president biden s spending plan or is it all putin s fault? brian just spoke to this. we re at a historic place when it comes to the economy. now we re going to a place where i
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