food prices too have gone up. nothing s being done about it. it s going to kill the people, these diesel prices. they have no i have no choice but to fill up my tank. there s no other choice. definitely too much. and it has to change, hopefully soon. neil: it is the story of the week, and right now it is hitting americans hard. i m talking about inflation, and it is still out of control. here s how bad things are getting. we re grateful if the rise isn t as dramatic as we had experienced in just the prior month. that is the state of things now with prices spiking at near 40-year highs. the last time we saw that is when jimmy carter was president. concerns that we re seeing the same thing roll out now and rolling around hoping for relief. good luck on that front. but kelly o grady on how customers and you are feeling. kelly. reporter: hi, neil. well, week we saw new inflation data with april s consumer price index out. the 8.3% year-over-year number was worse than ex
impacting daily life for millions of americans, we begin with steve harrigon in atlanta. jon, we are learning new details about the cdc numbers as you mentioned 145,000 worldwide. 2,000 cases in the u.s. at least 51 u.s. citizens dying from this virus and among those infected in the u.s. now the department of defense saying that at least 10 service members have been infected with the virus worldwide. this comes one day after the department of defense suspended all defense department travel inside the u.s. officials also stressing now too that the focus has moved to europe from china to europe, countries like spain now on total lockdown. you can t leave your house except for work, for food or for medicine. the shutdowns what is being closed continues to grow around the world, apple stores, retail stores outside of china shut down, delta airlines cutting capacity by 40%. schools this morning, there were 15 u.s. state that is shut down k through 12 and the number up to 18. 20
cases throughout the day confirmed cases topping 153,000. the u.s. is now it 2669 as of from about 2000 this morning and 53 confirmed deaths in the u.s. among the u.s. case of the department of defense now saying, that includes ten service members worldwide and certainly the focus has shifted from china to europe and being hit particular hard and that spain is on lockdown. you can t leave for your house except for food or medicine what is being shut down and close, or canceled continues to grow throughout the day. apple shutting down retail stores around the world outside of china. delta airlines saying them cut 40 percent capacity of flights in schools, 18th entire state shutting down k-12 and more than 20 million symmetrical high school students have affected, and crystallized shutting down all of the majors lines shutting down for 30 days in nursing homes restricting visitors elective surgery also being canceled and that many hospitals and the key complaint in the slowness
The gop base. and i think that he is going to be reflecting on that as well as he decides, hey, do i want to run for president for a third time. neil: do you think he does? i think the, i think the former president enjoys playing golf. i think he enjoys being sort of the, you know, the power behind the throne and having all of these prospective 2024 candidates come kiss the ring, but i m not certain whether or not he s made up his mind as to whether or not he wants to run again because the wig risk big risk is perhaps he would actually lose, and i m not certain if he could face losing to, you know, president biden for a second time. neil: all right. you know, as president he could still continue golfing. [laughter] phil, it s always great to see you, my friend. thank you very much. phil wakeman on all of that. out of the blue it was just a tweet from elon musk, but it shocked the technology world. actually, it shocked the market world. while i m at it, maybe the world