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the president yet again hyping up his own economic policy. here he is yesterday during a labor day celebration in philadelphia. president biden: as i said 1,000 times there is no quit in america. none. all i hear from my friends on the other side what they say is wrong with america. keep telling us america is failing. they re wrong. i ve got news for them. america has the strongest economy in the world right now today. lowest inflation rate among any major economy. america isn t failing, america is winning. julie: take a look. overall inflation is up nearly 16% from january 2021 when biden took office to last month. grocery prices also up nearly 20%. and his very own commerce secretary admitted this over the weekend. i think the reality is that inflation still exists and it is something that people see on a daily basis when they go to the grocery store or pay their rent or pay their mortgage. and we have to know that. that is still a challenge for folks. julie: ....
but they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. the prime minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. but he s been under the cosh for many months. if the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk? will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight? labour s been miles ahead in the national polls for months though real life votes are what really count. ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. in how many parts of the country will they get their way? thousands of council seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, police commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of public opinion before the general election. reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. these are the seats at the main parties are defending. just under 1000 for the c ....
continued occupation in a place that seems a cornerstone of its invasion from as far back as 2014. there is also a connection between this missile strike and ukraine s continued counteroffensive further north. what they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. now, president zelensky has just completed a visit to the us. he s in canada currently, and i think what we re seeing now is battlefield progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. because, yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. so it s becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, who s now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. as james ment ....
thank you. thank you. this is one of the best ones that it has. i m grateful that science tells us when to expect it and how to protect our eyes so we don t all blind ourselves staring at it.s it was fantastic. so it feels amazing to be able to see these things. a fantastic reminder that we are all, you know we are all infinitesimal blips in this huge universe. but also, that we are part of at something that is unimaginably huge, something that is bigger than the world. it s such a great thing. that said, i do feel like between the northeast and new york city getting this big raret earthquake and the eclipse and mount etna starting to blow perfect smoke rings this weekend, i feel between all of those things happening in very close proximity, i m a little topped up on the universe s party tricks, showing off. it s just a lot in close succession. so i m ready to go back to boring now. in today s news, here is something that is less of a party trick, more of a dirty tr ....
the solar eclipse is taking us off the air tonight. on that unified note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. i hope you were able to get out and see the eclipse today. i was not in a place where there was 100% totality. but, it was still amazing. it was just incredible to see. i am so grateful that the universe chooses every once in a while to show us it s party tricks. this is one of the best ones that it has. i am also grateful that science tells us 12 expected and how to protect our eyes so we don t all find ourselves staring at it. it was fantastic. it feels amazing to be able to see these things. a fantastic reminder that we are all infinitesimal blips in this huge universe but also that we are part of something that is unimaginably huge, something that is bigger than the world. it is such a great thing. that said, i do feel like betwe ....