Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
it s a long time. at least it was 3:00 in the morning when you left your house. our marriage can drive now drink legally. our marriage can drink legally now. i m just saying. if it wants to. i am john berman. brianna is off, maybe happily at this point. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is with us this morning. great to have you here. thank you for having me and congratulations to your wife. i have a lot of questions for her. you keep if you are owing your eyebrows. congratulations to your wife, yes mark. we have new cnn reporting on former president trump s effort to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. the fulton county district attorney putting all 16 fake trump electors on notice that they are now targets of an ongoing criminal investigation. before they were just witnesses. it represents a pretty significant escalation of the criminal probe in georgia indicating prosecutors could be moving closer to charges perhaps against those wh
who may have tried to intimidate star witness before she testified. the loved ones of the uvalde shooting victims are sick of waiting for answers. we re sitting here just listening to empty words. that s all it is. empty words. my sister died protect ing her children, her students. sd why the mayor claims he can t tell them anymore. welcome to the lead. we begin with our politics lead. breaking news as we follow the repercussions from cassidy hutchinson bombshell testimony. we have the very latest. reporter: witness intimidation has become a serious focus of the january 6th select committee. cnn has learned both instances the committee presented as examples of possible witness intimidation during the hearing on tuesday were directed at their witness, cassidy hutchinson. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting the influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents
carrying on his climate agenda, despite the supreme court ruling that curbs the powers of the environmental protection agency. and we re live from the weather center on what could be a rocky start for travelers this fourth of july holiday weekend aloss the u.s. we begin in ukraine, where a weapon is starting to gain action on the battlefield. ukraine has used the rocket launchers to take out russian command posts and other targets. four of those systems are in ukraine with four more on their way. meanwhile, president zelensky is accusing russia of terrorism, following missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. he says no one should buy russia s usual spins on attacks like this one. here he is. translator: three missiles hit a residential building, where no one hit weapons, military equipment or ammunition, as russian propaganda and officials tell about such strikes. i emphasize, this is a deli deliberate, purposeful russian terror, not a mistake or an accidental