battle in 2022, yes, the year of the midterm election. so what happened? well, two things. first, new data came out showing inflation at the highest in almost 40 years and a revised cbo score of 3 trillion came out on the build back better plan bill ordered up by republicans that the white house is saying that s fake. to sort it all out, we have larry summers here. he plays a big part in this debate because remember he was prescient. he saw inflation coming and that s why republicans like to cite him in their arguments that more government spending will make matters worse. but is that really where he is coming from? i am about to ask him. the numbers aren t pretty. consumer prices increased by 6.8% since november of last year according to the bureau of labor statistics. that s the highest annual inflation right since 1982. think of it this way. rambo: first blood was then tops at the box office. this shouldn t come as a surprise to most americans. the reality has been hitti
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, france 24 s uk correspondent and broadcaster and journalist, james lewer. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. little arthur labinjo hughes is on the front page of the mail his father and stepmother have been handed lengthyjail sentences after subjecting the six year old to horrific levels of abuse which led to his death the prime minister says he ll leave no stone unturned in finding out why arthur had not been protected. the i reports on claims from some health chiefs that the omicron variant can infect the double jabbed, and easily re infect those who ve already suffered from other coronavirus variants. a wave of christmas party cancellations is hitting hospitality venues, according to the ft with many businesses blaming the government s mixed messaging over the omicron variant. the guardian claims some government scientists have called for an end
correspondent bryan llenas is at the fulton county courthouse in atlanta, tonight, with the latest. good evening, bryan. bret, good evening. the fulton county sheriff says he intends to really treat former president donald trump just like any other criminal defendant and that includes a mugshot, unless he is told otherwise. mr. trump must turn himself in by next friday august 25th at noon. i make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. the law is completely nonpartisan. fulton county district attorney fani willis, a democrat defending her decision to prosecute former president donald trump and 18 others after they were indicted by a grand jury late monday night. it is now the duty of my office to prove these charges. trump is facing 13 criminal counts, including violating georgia s antiracketeering or ricco law. if convicted, the law carries a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison, a 25,000s fine, or both. lawyers say georgia s ricco law is u
this post in 2017. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. when the court says the fbi misled, but it s a nice way of saying they lied. the american people fully understand that there is a two tiered justice system. that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs. and that you have personally been worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi. and certainly your description of my own approach. the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. your job is to review what they do, your job is to protect the american people from tyrannical fbi, storming the home of an american family. i could not disagree more with your description of the fbi s tyrannical. you seem deeply and curious about, it don t you? almost suspiciously i m c
report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is so uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been hammering ray and the bureau for months. the attacks of course have intensified and made the trump classified documents case and after hunter biden took a plea deal. keep in mind that christopher wray is not a democrat he is not a joe biden crony, he was appointed by donald trump to this post into thousand and 17. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. in the court, they say