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quarter of 2023. despite that, tesla has reclaimed its position as the world s biggest seller of battery electric cars after its shipments surpassed those of china s byd. 0ur correspondent, erin delmore, is in new york. why are tesla s sales falling so sharply? well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how we well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how we approximate sales. we will hear more on the 23rd of april. let s talk about some of the challenges we know tesla has faced in the first quarter. first is the red sea conflict, which caused shipping to be diverted, causing delay in vehicle parts arriving at factories, resulting in temporary factory shutdowns, particularly one outside of berlin which was hit hard earlier this year. we ve also seen an arson attack at a factory in berlin, causing a temporary pause in production. back in the us, weaker us demand, mixed reviews for the cyber truck, the late ....
coming in at 1.3 percent in march, down from 2.5 percent in february. that s according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. the fall has been driven by lower food prices and more competition between supermarkets. earlier i spoke to harvir dhillon, who s an economist from the british retail consortium. i began by asking him if the outlook of the data is sustainable. it will be sustainable over the coming months. so, we re still expecting to see a quite sharp fall in the headline rate of inflation during april, when ofgem that s the energy price regulator when its price cap comes down. so, for the coming months, we should see more easing pressure in terms of inflation. now, whether towards the end of the year that persists still remains open to some uncertainty. ok, so how is this impacting us in the pocket? so, in terms of how it s impacting us, i mean, of course, inflation has eased. it s now the lowest since the end of 2021, which is amazing, but ....
no question about that. we obviously respect andres decision not to continue operations at least for a time. certainly we respect that. and others may make that decision as you talk about the world food program. we re not seeing any wholesale declination of humanitarian assistance, but yes, that s a concern. the more violent it gets for humanitarian aid workers, the less likely it is they re going to be willing to take those risks, which means it s more likely the people of gaza are going to suffer more. so yes, it s a concern. thank you. secretary blinken during his presser in paris did not condemn the air strike even though as you confirmed there was a dual american citizen who was killed. the french foreign minister who was at the same presser did. you said you re outraged. why is the u.s. not condemning the strike? i think by saying we re outraged, i think you can fairly characterize that as condemning the strike. of course. nobody wants to see this kind of v ....
it s wholly inadequate, but i know everyone is thinking about your community right now and the horror and terror they experienced and still must be experiencing as we discussed. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. joining our conversation gun safety advocate, our dear friend fred guttenbering who has helped us talk through so many news cycle like this one, so many tragic moments when an entire community made up of familyings like his is changed in an instant. his daughter jamie was murdered in the mass shooting in parkland, florida. also joining our conversation former fbi counter intelligence agent pete struck. fred, the details are being logged in every parent and tragally a lot of kids brains today, right? this happened at a bowling alley. this happened on youth night. so add to school, add to the baseball field, add to the wal-mart, the bowling alley on youth night as a place that is no longer safe in the united states of america in 2023. nicolle, ....
it s good to be with you, i m ana cabrera in for katy tur, and we are covering two major stories unfolding right now. hamas says it has agreed to a cease fire and hostage deal proposal from egypt and qatar. though an israeli official tells nbc news that the framework is not what they had agreed upon with mediators. we ll lay out what we know so far and what the white house is saying. but we begin this hour at the courthouse in manhattan, from a crime witness on the stand last week to balance sheets and ledger reports this afternoon, and donald trump s hush money trial has taken a clear pivot today. right now, deborah tarasoff is on the stand, the first current trump organization employee to testify. this morning, former trump organization controller jeffrey mcconney testified before the court and his cross-examination on the stand just wrapped a short time ago. what he revealed about the strange paper trail that followed the alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels ....