wilmington where president biden arrived last night from washington, and even his strongest supporters admit this week has been a disaster. there s a lot of talk about disappointments of things we haven t gotten done. we re going to get a lot of them done, i might add. reporter: this week u.s. inflation hitting its fastest pace in nearyly four decades nearly four decades. an almost 50% increase in gas prices as americans across the country have noticed at the pump and a 12.5% jump in grocery store prices including meat, fish and eggs. at the white house, jen psaki claims nobody saw this coming. we are getting out of a pandemic, and the economic downturn tied to it at a rate that is faster than anyone would have thought would have happened. reporter: talks with russia failing to stop tensions at the border with ukraine, the situation now even more tense. a speech in georgia failed to get voting rights pass ld, biden comparing his opponents to segregationists. the supre
charged including their leader, stewart rhodes. the highest profile individual charged so far in connection with january 6th. so-called oath keepers are the ones we saw in tactical gear and combat formation that day. you can see them there. the indictment says that rhodes and the others engaged in a conspiracy to, quote, oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power. now, according to the prosecutors, the so-called oath keepers stationed themselves around the d.c. area, some near the capitol, with a group waiting at a nearby virginia hotel with a cache of weapons. they also say the plotting did not end with the attacks and that rhodes and others met later to celebrate the day and, quote, discuss next steps. this was by any stretch a big deal, which is we ll discuss with our legal team in a moment, could get much bigger. attorney general garland may have telegraphed it
cavuto. this is your world. gerri willis is keeping track of it all. gerri? that s right. retail sales falling 1.9%, a big slow down for the holiday season as inflation surged. retail shares today selling off with macy s, target and bath and body works falling here. also trading low are bank stocks after j.p. morgan chase lowered their guidance. they said head winds and moderating revenue will cause a fall. citi group reported lower net income. meanwhile, the lower retail numbers revealed troubles for americans and their budgets. wages are increasing as workers face high demand in the tightest labor market in years. families are also facing high inflation and rising household debt. as a result, the u.s. worker is worse off than a year ago. here s the numbers. the labor department reporting on friday that average hourly earnings for employees declined 2.4% from the same month a year ago when factoring in rising consumer prices. debt also playing a role here. according to t
little capacity to mitigate risk. covid-19 in short is a men as in work settings. the proof is all around us. since the disease s on set most american americans have seen workplaces transformed. so the administrative agency charged with ensuring health and safety in work places did what congress commanded it to do. it took action to address covid s continuing threat in those spaces. observera, the occupational safety and health excuse me the occupational safety and health administration issued an emergency temporary standard requiring either vaccination or masking and testing to protect american workers. the standard falls within the core of the agency s mission, to protect employees from grave danger that comes from new hazards or exposure to harmful agents. osha estimates and there is no ground for disputing that the standard they proposed would save more than 6500 lives and prevent over a quarter million hospitalizations just in six months time. yet today the kwort issu
with the australian open just days away, the question is will djokovic get to play? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that can t wait to see what they come up with for wimbledon. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, january 14th. friday. let s start with the news. majority leader chuck schumer says the senate will take up voting rights legislation on tuesday of next week. schumer had originally promised to take action by mlk day that s monday but he delayed the vote citing covid-19 and an impending winter storm, but even with the delay, democrats face slim odds of passing anything. senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema reiterated yesterday they do not support changes to the legislative filibuster. senator sinema gave an impassioned speed on the senate floor yesterday right before president biden was set to meet with democrats to rally around the party changing the rules to pass voting rights. eliminating the 60-