This is a CBS I on the world with John Bachelor.

Here's John Bachelor.

The South of France Paradise Simon Constable reporting for the Wall Street Journal

Barons and other distinguished publications.

Here to watch the climate of the South of France.

If it's not perfect there, it's not perfect anywhere.

Also, the price of commodities in this inflationary cycle that we're living through in

Europe as well as America.

Simon, a very good day to you. in Europe as well as America.

Simon, a very good day to you, your climate, it's been raining enough so that

Noah's Ark is being constructed somewhere in the south of France.

Has it stopped raining or is there a break in the weather good evening to you

Simon a good evening to you John it's backed off quite a bit we're getting the occasional

sprinkle overnight which is which is fine because I tend to be in

bed at night which is probably the best place to be and now we've got we're having

sun in the day in the low 70s which seems perfectly reasonable to me it's possible to go out in a t shirt and

wear shorts and get a tan perhaps so really lovely and the birds are all out and singing it really is

paradise at the moment.

Yes, Paradise. You can see him boasting. He is in the south of France. Okay, so now we go to

Commodities. I'm going to begin with the commodities that have come up on the

screen as last week as hitting all-time highs for

futures are approaching to. First copper he reported last week very high prices as

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