school libraries and reading lists in more districts and states, according to a new report. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead. hurricane fiona wreaking havoc on several caribbean islands. the storm made landfall as a category 1, but expected to become a major hurricane after it hit puerto rico on sunday, knocking out the entire power grid there. puerto rico, still recoverining from hurricane maria in 2017, is suffering catastrophic flooding. you can see this bridge, which was rebuilt after hurricane maria, being swept away by the rushing waters. another river, rising to 29 feet, surpassing the record set in 2017. we re going to start our coverage with laila santiago, in part rico, where most communities are still struggling without power. reporter: almost the entire island of puerto rico remains in the dark after hurricane fiona slam into the southwestern coast of the island sunday afternoon. pounding rainfall causing catastrophic mud
enchiladas loop goes, everything else in the taco bell menu. the good news is america is getting a lot more amusing. the bad news is that it s also getting scary. the government announced that inflation is once again at a year-over-year record. artie knew this was happening, or did you? there were parts of today s report that were not expected. they seemed to defy the most basic rules of economics. here are the raw numbers. inflation cranked up a whopping 9.1% in june. the consumer price index released show the price of necessities and the price of gas is almost at 50% year-over-year. this ran 5.6% of the year, and food 10.4%. if you break it down to just groceries, the angle jump was 12.2%, citing the eggs at dashcam 26%. so, the biggest annual spike in inflation and more than 40 years, that s the headline. but, the reality is worse than that. during the harder years were inflation famously hit 14.64% during the high inflation years of the 1970s and 1980s, average
looming in the background, china, which has been flexing its military power in the region recently. north korea, which may launch a missile test during the president s visit to the pacific region. and, of course, the war in ukraine. president biden called out vladimir putin in his remarks today, and he s set to sign off on a major aid package while in asia to help ukraine. cnn s white house correspondent jeremy diamond is in seoul following the president. so, jeremy, what else happened on biden s first day there? reporter: well, alison, in his first remarks in south korea, president hailing the u.s./south korea relationship as a linchpin of peace, prosperity. there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened
Some trucks carrying survive supplies have finally entered gaza. But its not enough. Palestinians are failing a country at a critical moment. Theyre disastrous handling of the speakership just let them back to the Drawing Board yet again. Plus, flipped. Two key trump allies have pleaded guilty in that Georgia Election case. Now theyre both cooperating with prosecutors. Im ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. Tonight, new developments in the israelhamas war. This morning, 28 longawaited humanitarian aid trucks finally entered the gaza strip. Israel agreed to allow and the convoys carrying food, water, and medicine after intense pressure from the United States and other countries. It is a narrow lifeline for more than 2 Million People trapped inside gaza. Under constant bombardment from the Israeli Military forwo straight. Weeks the Gaza Health Ministry says, the convoy contains just 3 of what civilians need on a daily basis, and noting that el needed to run hospitals was not even included
The exhibit “150 Years of Asian and Asian American Students at Princeton,” displayed in Frist Campus Center, looks to tell the often-overlooked role of Asian Americans in the University’s history.