of covid isolation. the predominant symptom is a sore throat. this is a president who has at this moment a mild respiratory illness. this is really good news. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. in fact it has devoured more than 14,000 acres and is zero percent contained since it erupted friday. at least ten buildings are destroyed and thousands more are in danger tonight. the wildfire rages as much of the country deals with extreme heat including triple digits in part of california. more than 90 million people are under heat alerts. new york has registered at least one heat-related death. some cities such as boston and newark, new jersey, have seen the mercury exceed 100 degrees. we have reporters and meteorologists nationwide covering the heat wave and the changing climate. cnn s pole o sandoval is in new york. reporter: new yorker
alone. and they re expected to rise even further as we reach peak summer travel season. the high prices also driving inflation to the highest level since 1981. the consumer price index jumping 8.6% in may compared to the same time, same month last year. now the white house calling that staggering increase uncomfortably high. cnn s christine romans has more now on these troubling new numbers and how wall street is reacting. american consumers are still feeling the pain of higher prices for just about everything, but especially at the pump. look, the may consumer price index, that number up 8.6% from the year before. the fastest since 1981. and when you look at just the month, prices rose 1% from april to may, 1%, that s a big move in one month. core cpi, which they strip out food and energy which can be more volatile, that rose 6% from last year. prices across the board more expensive than last year. largely driven by shelter, the biggest yearly gain there since 1991. food u
gutfeld. te heg, it is 5:00 in new york cityrk , and this is the five we are awaiting former president donald trump and house speaker mike johnsontalk to talk about election integrity. they are at mar a lago and we will bring it to you live the moment it happens. but now let get to this.let desperate joe biden is int to t a panic as donalhed trump hooves up black support like no republican in history. ke the big guy trying to win back the key voter group by giving line which ritualressa address at reverend al sharpton s annual civilt nd conference. there are real threats we a face the more extreme voices tut there who simply don t wan to see people of color in the future of our country. they wanpeople ocolor int to tue clock. voter suppression, elections, stripping away reproductive freedom, getting affirmativeive action, gutting itac and attacking diversity acrossit life. these extremists are determined to erase progress we ve made,de. but together we are determined t
and our duty to our planet. police investigating the manchester bombing find a car they say may be significant to the inquiry into last week s attack. you actually heard it? and prince william visits manchester to talk to those who helped the victims on the night of the attack. coming up in the sport on bbc news, england all rounder chris woa kes will miss the rest of cricket s champions trophy after picking up a side strain in yesterday s win over bangladesh. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the conservative candidate for south thanet in kent, craig mackinlay, has been charged with offences relating to his election expenses in the run up to the last general election. the crown prosecution service said mr mackinlay, who s standing again onjune 8th, and two other tory party workers will faces charges under the representation of the people act. here s our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. craig mackinlay. it was one of the big conservative wins in
we ll see more of you tomorrow morning as well. meantime, this is a pivotal day in the 2012 presidential race. the nation s first southern gop primary is happening right now in south carolina and the contest promises to be quite the cliff hanger. we ll get you the latest dramatic poll numbers in just a moment. but first, the two leading contenders in the state, newt gingrich and mitt romney, actually ended up campaigning in the same spot this morning. tommy s country ham house in greenville, south carolina. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta was there to see it all unfold. so, jim, for a while we thought the two candidates were actually going to be at the restaurant at the same time, but it didn t quite happen that way, right? reporter: it did not happen quite that way, that s right. mitt romney showed up about a half hour earlier than expected, trying to get the upper ham, i guess you could say, if i could try that pun one more time. and he made it he ma