Microsoft on why they complied. A very good morning to all of you. Saturday, june 12th. I m alex witt. We have a team of reporters following the latest from around the world. Along with foreign policy experts here at nbc world headquarters in new york. Overseas, nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli and sarah harmon is on biden s upcoming meeting with queen elizabeth. Welcome. Michael, set the scene for us today. What is the agenda and what is the president s focus and message on china? reporter: well, alex, this is the busiest day so far of the president s first international trip with multiple sessions at today s g7 summit focused on a range of issues that these western democracies are aiming to tackle together including tackling the pandemic, includes jump starting the economy, dealing with ongoing challenges, including the rise of china as well as russia. President biden has talked so often about the importance after four years of an america first foreign policy led by for
Willis with the pain at the pump and casey stegall with how flyers are returning to the skies. First, alex in new york city. Alex? hi, charles. A lot of festivities taking place around the country. If you picked up fresh fruit, the price went up 1. 5% since april. If chicken made your cut, it s 31% more than this time last year, this try of chicken wings in new york city cost me $9. Last year it was $6. 87. In the last 12 months, prices have increased 2. 4%. Eating out isn t much better. Restaurant food, 3. 8%. The consumer prices jumped 4. 2% exceeding the 3. 6% expectation. It s the greatest increase in 12 years. Keep in mind economists a tribute that to the economic fallout during the pandemic. The last time inflation grew this was 2008 after the recession. There s additional price changes this year. In terms of travel and transportation, used cars and trucks spiked 21%. Motor vehicle insurance is up as well as airline fares. Aaa pro predicts 37 million americans will travel this su
Raise new questions and concerns. Dr. Rochelle walensky on nbc s meet the press this morning stressing evolving science drove the decision. As we are working towards opening up again towards the after 16 months getting out of this pandemic, we ll need to understand what they need to do locally. And this was not permission to shed masks for everybody everywhere. This was really sciencedriven individual assessment of your risk. Meantime, the president sharing a picture of him inside the oval office while meeting with daca recipients last week, all of them not wearing masks. This appears to be biden s first maskless meeting while in the oval. Plus, tensions on capitol hill escalating as the divide deepens within the gop. This morning republicans are battling over how to move forward as a party when their leader is still fixated on his there is agreement that it s time to move on. We can keep having that fight if we d like. But what is the point and what is the outcome when in reality we n
Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. We ve reached the point in the global pandemic where the impacts are varying dramatically. Here in the uk, the infection rate is largely contained. The roll out of the vaccine is having its effect. But in many other parts of the world, the situation is still critical. And with this patchwork pandemic, how dangerous would it be to resume international travel and tourism? well, my guest today is greece s minister of tourism, haris theoharis. Could tourism prolong the pandemic? haris theoharis, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. It s a pleasure to have you here in london. You are here to tell the world that greece is now open for tourism and for business. But the truth is, greece still has a very serious covid problem. Well, i wouldn t call it serious, but it s as serious as many countries in europe. The third wave has been hitting europe hard, but we are over the apex. The numbers are getting better day by day. And i think
To unwind bill trump administration s agenda as well as advancing executive actions and legislation that has gone down remarkably well with progressives, such as a new push to cut american emissions in half. And remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Listen to congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez tied together climate change and all sorts of other things. The trampling of indigenous rights is a cause of climate change. The trampling of racial justice, is a cause of climate change. Shannon: for clarification the minnesota chapter of the cr club puts it this way to protect the planet we must dismantle systemic racism where ever it exists, we must replace harmful police systems with real investment in people and community. While the border patrol continues to tweet out heartwrenching images, the white house still refuses to acknowledge the massive migrant search is a crisis. For the past 93 days they have used the term climate crisis repeatedly. This is a crisis. It is the climate cr