reports this tuesday, the president is expected to talk, the nations faces inflation, supply chain problems and soaring gas prices, to mention a few. i m john roberts in washington. good to see you again. john: and good to be with you. sandra: raising interest rates since the fastest pace since the 1980s and soaring prices have americans paying more for just about everything. john: the pain at the pump, a big bite of american s wallets, as the cost of gas surged to another record, and the economic woes could worsen. an already backlogged global supply chain. sandra: gene sperling is a senior adviser to the president, he will join us in moments. john: but first, peter doocy live from the north lawn. who is the president blaming for inflation today? peter: somebody else, john, hearing from the president and top staffers they don t think the biden administration policies are to blame for rising prices, they think a lot of the responsibility lies still with vladimir
late. we could relate to do with a good drink for the flowers and plants are just getting started and this low pressure will deliver that into wednesday. at the moment we have a tail end of the weather front across the far east of england but that has not amounted to much rain. that should be quite a lot of sunshine across the whole of the uk this afternoon but some showers into western scotland and scattered ones for northern england. the showers in western scotland get quite intense as we look through the overnight period, could be some heavy rain and then the future you saw on the satellite picture pushing towards the south west of england by the end of the night. we still have some question marks aboutjust how far north it may push, the more persistent rain but it looks like we could see some into lancashire or parts of yorkshire and briefly through wednesday. it looks like wales and the south west will start off wet as rain pushes across the midlands, lincolnshire and in
730. And welcome everyone to the show tonight. Im heather holmes, San Francisco and its problems have been well documented and over the next year those running for mayor will lay out their ideas on the best ways to solve those problems. Incumbent london breed, who cruised to victory in 2019, is facing some early challengers as residents grow more concerned about crime, homelessness and a growing drug crisis. Among them, district 11 supervisor asha sapphire, a former ally who has criticized breeds performance, especially on addressing crime. And recently the therapist, daniel lurie, announcing his bid for mayor. And he says he is the outsider who can get things done. I love this city, but what we are seeing on the streets of San Francisco is not progressive. We have too many people that have been in power for far too long doing things the same way theyve always been done. We need the courage to try to do things differently. Im running for mayor to provide a different type of leadership,
Business news live from singapore. The chief Janet Yellens swansong as she chairs the last meeting this week. What can we expect on us Interest Rates . And young tech entrepreneurs in taipei are ditching the traditional culture of playing it safe. Welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Now, it is the key week for the federal reserve. Janet yellen will chair the last meeting of the federal open market committee, or the fomc, before handing over the reins to jerome powell, and the two day meeting will end on wednesday where it is expected to keep rates unchanged. Other items on the calendar this week include the United States and south korea entering into their second round of talks to try to salvage their troubled bilateral trade agreement. That also happens on wednesday. And on thursday we will see the titans of the tech world, the likes of alibaba, of the tech world, the likes of aliba ba, alphabet, and of the tech world, the likes of alibaba, alphabet, and amazon, postin
You can see traffic moving really fast this friday night. Nbc bay areas jean ellie is live. Jean, how does it go . Reporter well were here on doyle drive. You can see crews are rebuilding that new roadway. On the first day of the closure, traffic was the worst during the evening commute. But bridge Officials Say thousands of drivers avoided this span. Theyre making burgers in the marina. Were always packed. Reporter but not tonight. With word out about the closure and traffic Warnings Issued some rest rabbit eaurant workers say its pretty quiet for a friday night. We usually have a line around the block. Were barely breaking the door. Reporter traffic on both sides backed up but the anticipated twohour delays never materialized. Nancy lemon took the ferry. Well take the ferry, avoid the traffic, avoid the mess. The dris trikt says ferry ridership jumped by about a thousand people. The district tripled ferry service, even adding Late Night Service out of San Francisco. Will people conti