america are hurting because of inflation. donald trump loved west virginia and west virginia loves donald trump. there is a passenger flying a plane that is not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, may 11th, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. more help could be on the way soon to ukraine to fight off russia s brutal invasion. u.s. house lawmakers have approved an aid package worth about $40 billion in addition to the nearly $14 billion already provided to ukraine earlier this year. if the senate approves, u.s. president joe biden is expected to sign it into law. meanwhile in eastern ukraine the mayor reports missile strikes on two areas of the city of of. but russia is not succeeding on many fronts. ukrainian forces claim that they destroyed a russian tank near kharkiv. the u.s. director of national intelligence says that russian failures could lead to a dangerous new phase of t
all happened. that s ahead. thank you for being here. let s begin with the news on the economy. good news, bad news, something in between possibly. inflation in the u.s. easing slightly in april. consumer prices rose 8.3%. lower than theri we saw in march but still very clearly painfully close to the 40 year high. today s report marks the first time the inflation rate fell in 8 months but still not good out there. sky high prices in major sectors and every aspect of life. president biden this morning called inflation unacceptably high in a statement he issued and also says inflation is now his top domestic priority as the economy faces unprecedented challenges from the supply chain to the war in ukraine. let s begin at the white house this hour. cnn s john harwood is there. john, walk us through this. reporter: well, look. inflation is president biden s top domestic priority, his top domestic problem as well. as you indicated, kate, there s good news and bad news in this re
dropping is the price of gasoline. national average hitting $4.40. some states approaching $6 a gallon. dana: that s having a big impact on american families. average household will spend an extra $5,000 this year on gas and groceries alone. bill: stock market dow coming off four straight days of losses amid concerns the federal rate hikes will trigger a recession later this year. dana: yet the president insisting this is not his fault. he is instead pointing the finger at republicans and what he calls their ultramaga tax plan. the architect of that plan calling the attacks a disingenuous attempt to distract. there is nothing that the president said that is in there. what i said is let s get people back to work so they have skin in the game. he was supposed to give his ideas on inflation yesterday. what was the ideas? everybody s else s fault but his. bill: larry kudlow is on deck. first to the white house, edward lawrence has the numbers and reaction there. hotte
it was 8.5% in march. however, that is negligible as we re stuck in record territory. prices for most everything are still well above pre-pandemic levels and nearly 6% higher than when president biden took office. here is the president hitting all of his alleged culprits, including senator rick scott, who called the president incapacitated and called for him to resign. president biden: the first cause of inflation is a once in a century pandemic and the second cause mr. putin s war in ukraine. what s the congressional republican plan? they don t want to they want to raise taxes and lower. senate rick scott laid it out in a plan. the ultra maga agenda. harris: rick scott is from florida, not wisconsin. senator, he is also governor hard to forget. republicans like senator john thune say they are finished with president biden s finger pointing. president biden is flailing around swinging blindly hoping that something will land. and his latest target, of course, is rick s
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