shannon: president biden was on the run in north carolina thursday for his economic agenda but the numbers show that american consumers aren t buying in literally. correspondent ashley strohmier explains tonight. good evening. hey, shannon, we will get to the march retail sales. they slow down from february s numbers and according to data from the commerce department on thursday, record gas prices and record inflation are hampering consumer spending. president biden pushed his economic agenda and north carolina on thursday. take a listen. pollutants invasion of ukraine has driven up gas prices all over the world. we saw that yesterday in inflation data. but what people don t know is that 70% of the increase of inflation was the consequence of putin s price hike. shannon: gas today sid said $4.06 per gallon whereas it was
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a