For the leave of Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper, the last time this happened, Thriller

was a brand new hit, the lead starts right now.

The pandemic error price hiked squeezing your budget with the key economic number at a

level not seen in almost four decades, but there may be some relief in sight.

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legal challenges to proceed, and now President Biden is reacting.

And rising hypocrisy, a look at the Republican lawmakers blocking efforts to fix flooding

problems as the sea swallows hearts of their districts.

Welcome to the lead on Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper today, and we start with our

money lead and an economic record the United States did not want to hit.

Get it out today shows a key measure of inflation climbed to a 39 year high last month.

Simply put, Americans are paying a lot more for everyday goods than they were at this

time last year.

Gasoline prices up 58.1%, energy costs, 33.3% higher, and groceries, an increase of 6.4%.

President Biden this afternoon saying he thinks we're at the peak of the crisis right now,

and that lower prices are on the way.

The CNN's film Maddenly reports this new data creates a major roadblock for the rest

of the president's economic agenda.

Every other aspect of the economy is racing ahead.

It's doing incredibly well.

President Biden trying to highlight the positive as a complicated picture of the economy emerges.

But inflation is affecting people's lives.

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