why the coffee giant is closing stores in several major cities and it s not about sales. and the trailblazing woman making nfl history announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the government is putting another dismal number to what our family budgets are already telling us prices are still going up the rate of inflation in june ballooned to 9.1% over the same month last year. the highest peak since 1981 the cost of virtually everything up, from gas, up 60%, to groceries, up 12.2%. to the roofs over our heads climbing 5.5% last month president biden calling the numbers unacceptably high but also out of date, noting they do not fully reflect recent declines in gas prices still, it spells a gut check moment for the fed as it weighs more interest rate hikes, sure to hit home for american borrowers and potentially tipping the economy into a recession. tom costello has our report reporter: for anyone struggling with daily expenses, espec
we just saw the president s motorcade arrive at the palace. this meeting is after president biden assured the alliance will remain strong and continues to support a two-state solution while saying he does not believe this is something likely to happen in the short term. we are awaiting remarks in bethlehem. the president visited a palestinian run hospital in east jerusalem. here is what he said there. president biden: i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats with iran throughout the region including support for terrorism, ballistic missiles and proliferation to hezbollah. diplomacy will not stop me, only thing that will stop iran is knowing if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. they are talking about his meeting with the prime minister of israel where the discussion centered on denuclearization of israel. president biden has
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