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if the russians were to make it this far, they would face guerrilla warfare from every angle. why has it been so difficult for the russian military to advance? "because their motivation is just cold-blooded," he said. "ours is our land and everything that we save, love, and respect here." vowing to fight the russians until the last drop of blood. ukrainian military officials say they've lost one of the small towns we mentioned in our report, just east of here. they say the next russian objective is right here, the town of bakmut. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata on the front. thank you. now to the nationwide infant formula shortage. tonight, the f.d.a. says it is working to increase imports and ease the review process to add more supply. five states, including texas and
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tennessee, have less than 50% of formula available. and with supplies running low in 25 other states and here in d.c., the dwindling supply has many parents worried. we get more now from cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: empty shelves across the country and some retailers are limiting purchases to prevent hording. baby formula last november was 11% out of stock nationwide. then it got worse, 31% by early april, and most recently jumping to 40%. >> i know! >> reporter: taylor miller can't allow even a drop of formula to go to waste. you're rationing formula. >> rationing formula. yeah. never did i ever think i would be rationing formula. it's okay, baby. >> reporter: the katy, texas mom now feeds daughter magnolia two ounces every four hours, instead of four ounces every four, in hopes of avoiding leftovers she might have to throw out because it spoiled. >> we literally waste a whole tank of gas in a day trying to find formula and maybe only find
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one can. >> reporter: miller hasn't found even that for weeks and is down to a two-week supply. >> our biggest fear is the parents dilute the formula and this is a big no-no. diluted formula gives too little calories. >> reporter: the a february recall by manufacturer abbott laboratories contributed to the shortage, but experts say supply chain issues and inflation were factors well before then. tailor and her sister, who also has an infant, are used to hearing that. increasingly desperate, they've asked others for help. >> there is family in louisiana. i had some friends in georgia and tennessee look. we have family in delaware. i mean, literally, coast to coast, and nobody has found anything. >> reporter: many parents have turned to social media groups and online marketplaces to now try to buy their formula there. taylor told us there is nothing more stressful than being down to just a couple of cans and not knowing where the next one will come from. norah.
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isn't covid, it's not car accidents, it's fentanyl overdoses. and the threat for teens is even more concerning. on this first-ever national fentanyl awareness day, we talk exclusive with d.e.a. chief anne milgrim about how the agency is zeroing in on where the killer drug is coming from. it's stunning to think that more than three-quarters of all teen overdose deaths last year involved fentanyl. >> it's stunning. we worry a lot about teens and young adults for a variety of reasons. one, social media. we know that these fake counterfeit prescription pills are widely available on social media. if your child is on tiktok or snapchat or instagram or facebook, drug dealers can access them there, and that it's almost like uber eats being able right now in america to get a fake pill delivered to your doorstep. >> o'donnell: you're saying that teens can get these drugs just as easy as they can order something through uber eats? >> there's no question.
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by and large, they're not going out looking for fentanyl. they're looking for xanax or an adderall or an oxy, thinking that they're going to get a prescription pill. they're not thinking at all that they're going to get a pill that contains fentanyl, where just two milligrams of fentanyl say lethal dose. >> reporter: administrator milgrim took us inside one of the d.e.a. labs analyzing the killer concoction. >> we even have young people who take half a pill like this, and die from it. >> o'donnell: you just need a very, very small amount of fentanyl to cause great harm. >> yes. the amount that could be on the tip of a pencil is enough to kill someone. >> o'donnell: the d.e.a. is now trying to prevent fentanyl from being made, focusing on the ingredients. >> just as you couldn't have an explosive bomb without explosives, you can't have a chemical drug without chemicals. >> o'donnell: administrator milgrim told us the materials are made in china, shipped to mexican cartels, before getting to the border. cbs news has learned the d.e.a.
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seized 2100 pounds of precursor chemicals. that's enough to make a billion potentially lethal doses. that's a huge seizure, up to a billion doses that you wiped off the street. but how many got through? >> this is what we worry about, and that's part of why we are so focused right now on stopping the chemicals coming out of the chinese chemical companies. >> o'donnell: china is to blame. >> chinese chemical companies are the largest producer right now of the precursor chemicals that are being used to make fentanyl. there's a relationship between these chinese chemical companies and the criminal cartels in mexico. >> o'donnell: republicans say it's president joe biden's border policy is the reason we have a drug crisis in america. >> i think it's important to talk about the border, and i can say with 100% assurance that the criminal drug cartels in mexico will stop at nothing to get fentanyl into the united states. the second piece, which i think is really important, is that if we wait until the drugs get to the border, it is too late. >> o'donnell: nearly 107,000 americans died from drug overdoses in a year, and two-thirds of them were from fentanyl.
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so many of you have reached out about this and know how important this story is, so we will continue our reporting. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," american innovation: hopes of fighting covid and other harmful viruses thank you for taking care of lorenzo. ♪ for a noticeably smooth shave. dollar shave club. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at its best. taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels.
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some new technology could add another layer of protection against the next pandemic. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook takes a look in our series "american innovation." >> so you plug it into the wall. >> reporter: researchers like don milton are exploring a new way of using ultraviolet light to make indoor air safer. >> it's been known for 80 years or so that ultraviolet light can kill bacteria and inactivate viruses in the air so that they're no longer infectious. >> reporter: conventional uvc light has been used extensively in places like hospitals, homeless shelters, and prisons, but that conventional uvc light can harm the skin and eyes so should not be shined directly at people. a shorter wavelength called far uvc can't get past the top layers of the skin or the clear layer of the cornea. >> behind me right here is one of these new fixtures. this was a portable version that was developed actually initially for the pentagon. >> reporter: milton envisions using devices like that, or ones mounted in ceilings and pointed downwards. >> we could be putting these
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into places where people gather and reducing the ability of the virus to transmit in these congregate settings. >> reporter: they're already being used in some restaurants, airports and buses. the c.d.c. told cbs news that recent research on far uvc has been promising but more research is needed. the f.d.a. says long-term safety data is lacking. do you think it's ready for prime time right now? or does further work need to be done first? >> i'm a scientist, and there is always another question i want to answer. but i think the risks are minimal and the advantages of this technology are huge. and so we need to begin using it some more. >> reporter: promising technology for this and future pandemics. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: we need these kind of smart solutions. all right, up next, a hero's good-bye. the final farewell of a world war ii veteran.
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>> o'donnell: when world war ii veteran eugene dednam died at the age of 100 with no surviving family members, few people knew about his heroics during the war. few knew about his six campaigns, including normandy. well, not anymore. here's cbs' nikki battiste. >> reporter: today, a crowd of strangers honored army veteran eugene dednam. >> honor eugene's request when he passed was to be buried in his miryrm. rorter: a uniform t waited in his closet for 77 years. dednam served in a segregated military during world war ii. but, his service was all but forgotten at the time of his death. >> i want to make sure that he had a proper sendoff. >> reporter: seated next to the war hero's casket was his neighbor, deshaun hicks. the two had a 10-year bond. >> he was like a grandfather to
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me. he always talked to me about goodwill, go intent, having compassion for others. >> reporter: he had just turned 100 years old. >> yes. when he turned 100 years old, i was there to knock on his door and say, "congratulations. you did it." and he would laugh and grin. >> reporter: despite being a quiet man, hicks says dednam played jazz music loudly every sunday. >> i think he wanted the world to know that he served and how much an ordinary person can make such a big difference. >> reporter: eugene dednam,ab extraordinary life. nikki battiste, cbs news, paramus, new jersey. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday, for others check back later for cbs mornings and you can follow us online any time at cbs news.com. reporting from our nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.
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this is cbs news flash, the senate the set to hold a procederal vote in a debate charting out abortion rights. it's in response to the leaked opinion. it is expected to fail. if his deal to buy it goes through, elon musk said he will allow former president trump on the platform. he was permanently banned after the january 6th capital insurrection. and it's called the rock, not the actor, this diamond, it's
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expected to sell for $30 million. cbs news, new york. this is the "the cbs overnight news." few items are taking a bigger bite out of the family budget than gas prices. it hit an all-time high today at $4.37, and the dow finished in the red for the fourth straight day, ending the session at the lowest in a year. all three indexes are down double didgits on the year.
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with rising prices hurting your wallet and stocks hitting your 401 k, inflation is taking center stage six months ahead of mid terms. we will start off in the white house, good evening, ed the president today put much of the blame for inflation on the pandemic and the russian invasion of ukraine. and as voters are holding the president accountable, he says it's time for republicans to help come up with a plan. with gas prices spiking again, president biden argued he's doing everything he can to ease the pain for consumers. >> i'm taking inflation very seriously, and it's my top domestic priority. >> reporter: his comments came as gas prices hit a new record high, jumping 17 cents in a week, causing sticker shock nationwide. >> i'd say it's affecting me every day. >> i do have to budget a little bit differently just for gas. >> i know you've got to be frustrated. i know. i can taste it.
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>> reporter: the president pointed to what he's already done to bring down gas prices-- releasing millions of barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, and allowing the sale of cheaper, higher emission gas this summer. >> i think our policies help not hurt. >> reporter: but americans don't agree. less than a third approve of house he's handling inflation, and many are trying to adjust to higher costs, like martha razo, who sells wooden pallets in the chicago area. >> i used to get lumber for, like, 75 cents. now it's $1.60. it more than doubled. so that is a big hit. >> reporter: razo says inflation has cost her $250,000 in profits and stifled growth. >> i cannot be hiring more people, unfortunately, because i'm not sure if i'm going to be able to afford them. >> reporter: republicans who haven't offered a formal plan of their own to fight inflation, place all the blame on the president. >> joe biden gave a talk this morning and blamed everybody else on inflation. >> he has been incapable of dealing with the crippling inflation that americans are
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living with. >> reporter: with soaring prices threatening democrats' chances this fall, mr. biden is drawing sharper contrasts with republicans and tying them closer to former president donald trump. >> maga republicans are counting on you to be as frustrated by the pace of progress so they can enact their extreme agenda. >> reporter: tonight, one option the president says he's considering to lower prices, ending tariffs on imported chinese goods that were put in place by former president trump, this as another monthly inflation report tomorrow could show a big rise in prices. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe at the white house, thank you. we're learning more tonight about life on the run for that fugitive couple from alabama. their arsenal of weapons, carb, and wigs and alleged plans if they got cornered by police. here's chris davis of our cbs affiliate wtvf. >> reporter: tonight released body cam footage shows the moment casey white is taken into custody ending a nationwide manhunt. this video shows the moment police caught vicki and casey white after a brief chase with
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the car flipped on its side. >> we've got the case solved. we've got a person deceased. we have another person in custody heading back to alabama. >> reporter: investigators believe vicky white shot herself as officers closed in. >> we could hear her on the line saying she had her finger on the trigger. female is still armed. >> reporter: when casey white surrendered, he told officers, "please help my wife." there's no confirmation the couple had gotten married. authorities say if officials hadn't rammed the getaway car into a ditch, the standoff could have ended very differently. >> we later found out, had they not done, that the fugitive was going to engage in a shoot-out with law enforcement. >> reporter: inside the car, police found at least four handguns, an ar-15, and about $29,000 in cash. the couple had been hiding out in indiana for a week. the owner of the nearby car wash spotted casey white on a
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surveillance video. the nationwide manhunt started back on april 29 and nearly 300 miles away at a prison in lauderdale county, alabama. investigators believe vicky white was the mastermind behind the escape. >> it's kind of shocking that somebody would do that, but, you know, humans make mistakes. >> reporter: authorities say this surveillance video shows the moment she led casey white, who was serving a 75-year sentence for murder, to a patrol car outside the prison before they made their escape. now, casey white has waved his right to an extradition hearing here in indiana and will now be taken back to alabama. but so far, there is no word yet on when that will happen. norah. >> o'donnell: chris davis, thank you so much. we turn now to the war in ukraine. the director of national intelligence said today that vladimir putin is preparing for a prolonged conflict in ukraine with goals beyond the donbas region. meanwhile, russian missiles struck the port city of odessa in an effort to disrupt supply lines, and those western weapons shipments. cbs' charlie d'agata reports
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tonight from the front lines in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: multiple missiles once again pounded the port city of odessa, widening the war in an apparent attempt to disrupt supply lines of western weapons. russian troops are now trying to punch through ukrainian defenses, battering frontline towns such as lyman, lysychansk, and popasna, in the aim of advancing to the strategic cities of kramatorsk and slovyansk. their capture critical to moscow's stated objective of encircling tens of thousands of ukrainian troops and taking over the donbas region. which has made the cities the target of russian bombardment, a russian missile struck this train station in kramatorsk last month, killing at least 57 people as they tried to flee. the heavily fortified cities are surrounded by concentric circles of protective measures and a vast network of forces and fortifications within.
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this fighting position is right in the city center of slovyansk. it's basic, but it's effective, and the point is these defensive trenches are dug in everywhere. senior lieutenant mykola told us if the russians were to make it this far, they would face guerrilla warfare from every angle. why has it been so difficult for the russian military to advance? "because their motivation is just cold-blooded," he said. "ours is our land and everything that we save, love, and respect here." vowing to fight the russians until the last drop of blood. ukrainian military officials say they've lost one of the small towns we mentioned in our report, just east of here. they say the next russian objective is right here, the town of bakmut.
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♪ ♪ this is the "the cbs overnight news". i'm scott mcfarland in washington, thank you for staying with us, as the war in ukraine drags on, there's a fear of a worldwide food crisis, ukraine is known as the bread basket of europe. tons of grain are locked in silos unable to reach markets because the ports are destroyed, or controlled by russian troos the war could force another 47 million people in to acute hunger adding to another 323
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million worldwide. farmers are facing more problems than where to send their harvest. >> reporter: in an army marches on their stomach, then ukraines farms have never been more vital and more of a target. the piglets and calves were screaming, they were burned alive. russian forces are trucking away tons of grain. what's the risk if you were to cultivate the land right now? it could mean death for me and my workers. north of kyiv, he runs the last operative farm in 30 miles. do you think they are trying to use hunger as a weapon? i have seen it with my own eyes, he said, they bombed our store
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houses when they leave, they steal everything and they often cut the electricity and water supply too. now, some 45% of ukrainians worry about finding enough to eat according to the world food program. he said, it's the same tactic of the infamous 1933famine when stallin starved people. now, it's the world food as well. the farming must go on. some suiting up with body armor in order to feed the country. we go out, pass the check points and get to work, drink tea and coffee and put on our vests and go. he said. others seen on social media use their tractors to capture abandoned russian vehicles, low hanging fruit, left by shoulders low on moral, such acts are
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nothing short of heroic as his country fights tooth and nail. my biggest worry is for human life, my own family. and for ukraine to be free so our children and grandchildren are by our side, he said. like so many warriors, he has met his breaking point. what's your message to the russian soldiers that are currently on this land? that none of them go home alive, he said. and our heroes come home to their families. kyiv. the war in ukraine and sanctions are adding to the run away inflation in the united states, mostly in the form of higher gas prices but for some car makers, it's stopped production lines and forced expensive work arounds.
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we discussed the problem with the volkswagen ceo. >> reporter: volkswagen is feeling the war in europe. in march, ukraine was forced to shut her factories that made cabling systems, so essential to volkswagen that the ceo had to idle several assembly lines in germany. what did they supply you with that you are not getting? >> wiring harnesses and electrics and components. >> reporter: are they key? >> some are really key. >> reporter: so you are taking a hit? >> we are definitely taking a hit. >> reporter: they are taking another hit to the business because to help sanction putin, they suspended the volkswagen operations in russia. how concerned are you that putin may seize your factories?t'o ue the situation, i think it will depend a lot on how far we are
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getting back to negotiations. >> reporter: volkswagen pulled out of russia early. i wonder how hard a decision that was for you? >> it is quite a hard decision for us, because we have people loyal, people working for us in russia. we have three plants there. we have customers since many years so it's very difficult decision but strong sanctions are probably the only measures we have currently because what you see in the world is really an apaulling war. >> reporter: he felt the invasion of ukraine required him to take action. traditionally volkswagen has been mindful of its moral responsibility given its past. the company was founded by the nazis. who wanted to create a people's car. volkswagen. that's hitler in the beetle. do you think that volkswagen had abligation to act in the case given the company's nazi past?
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>> i would not go so far, but yes, we have this past and probably we are more conscious about such things. >> reporter: scenes like this have the european union finally moving closer to embargoing russian oil. germany imports a third of the gas and oil from russia. if the spigot is off what does it do? >> it puts damage on europe and germany's, the impact could be severe. >> do you think that's time to go to iran and go to venezuela, and go to other countries that, you know, the west has not been dealing with? >> short-term, possibly. but long-term we have to go probably at higher, not wind and solar energy. >> and he said to electric cars. they want volkswagen to make
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electric versions of all the brands and there are. because volkswagen doesn't just make volkswagen. it makes high end audi and porsche, super car lamborghini luxury bentley and ducati motorcycles and several electric cars. >> audi, porsche -- >> all electric. >> all electric. >> we met him last month in august texas. he wanted to show us the new all electric porsche. we discovered that he likes to surprise you. >> oh, my god! even jolt you, when he took me from 0-60 in a couple of seconds. >> oh! >> or when he delivered a speech to employees on an electric surf board. a metaphor, perhaps for propelling the company in to an new era.
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in the u.s. focusing on electric suvs like the id-4. volkswagen is reconfiguring the plant with 4,000 workers where they make gasoline suvs to also start making the all electric id-4. er and scott kio, head of volkswagen america said they are about though import a new sedan like the old passat. >> a super cool, all electric, passat and the next one would be the suv bigger than this one. >> under this ceo, they are making an extra effort in the american market. in the 60s and 70s, everybody in the united states knew about volkswagen. the beetle. the mini bus. but since then, volkswagen has not done well in the united states, why is that, do you think? >> it's difficult.
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i have to accept, we lost ground in the u.s. i think we didn't take the u.s. customer seriously enough. we tried to sell the european product here in the u.s. >> volkswagen does brilliantly america., and europe and latin and i mean, why put the effort here? >> this is such an market. and we have been having discussions. and internally should we give up the u.s., we are losing money and going nowhere. no, we have to come back in the u.s. we have to be relevant in the u.s. and we are in the right way. >> the right way includes electrifying a new version of physical micro bus that was popular among 50s and 60s people, calling it the id buds. >> this is the old bus. >> 70 years in between. a lot of advancements their technology and mostly safety.
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remember when gasoline was priced aspenypennies and some c were as big boats. >>. >> reporter: the cadillac el dorado, it gets five miles a gallon in the city and 12 on the highway. >> they were meant to be driven. they were, you know, at 75 and 80 miles an hour. >> yeah, i can see 80 miles an hour in this car would cruise beautifully from gas station to gas station. but to the owner it's a cherished beauty. what's the fun of driving a car like this? >> it's like you are stepping back in town. the amount of glamour that was poured in the machines. >> reporter: back to a time where high fashion sold car fashion. particularly among the luxury brands, they wanted to connect their cars to the finest in luxury goods.
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>> reporter: these men collecting the ads and stories from the 1940s to 1960s for their new book, glamour road, and the message, fashion changes from year to year, and maybe your car should too. oh, yeah, your car has last year's color, and it was fashion merchandising. it was just applied to the car. >> it worked? >> it worked beautifully. >> reporter: as owners in palm springs showed us, glamour never goes out of style. brian ray, cruises in his buick. rivera brand sport. >> you feel like you are the king of palm springs. >> when he has a 1956 mustang. it makes me happy to see people riding up the road in it. >> reporter: he feels like breaking in to song. >> i used to have sideburns and i would drive the car and people
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the labor department said there's twice as many job openings in the united states than people looking for work. that's got some companies luring potential employees with a four-day work week. >> reporter: pat enworks from home for kick starter, a crowd funding site that helps new businesses raise money, now it's changing its employee work week from five days to four. >> we are seeing across the board that people are very happy. >> reporter: she said working 32 hours a week and having an extra day off giving her more quality time with her stepson. >> instead of me coming back here and sitting down and working, i was able to come back, watch a movie and spend time with him and give him the attention and love that he
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wanted. >> reporter: kick starter is part of a pilot program with dozens of other companies testing the new model for six months. joe o'connor is ceo of four-day week global which is running the program. their research has shown that 78% of employees with a shorter week are happier and less stressed. and 63% of businesses find it easier to attract and retain talent. >> it's had an enormous transformative impact on lives, including work wellbeing and work life balance. >> reporter: a denver company that adopted a fouray wor saw that production was the same. and that's what the leaders at kick starter are expecting. what are you hoping happens after this six month pilot? do you want it to stick around? do you want to go back to the five-day work week? >> it's a great question, i think you know the answer. >> reporter: patton is far from alone, 92% of workers support
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the idea of moving to a four-day work week. new york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday, reporting from the nation's capital, i'm scott mcfarland. . this is cbs news flash, i'm matt pieper in new york. the senate is said to hold a procederal vote to debate abortion rights. the vote is expected to fail. trump to twitter, if his deal goes through, elon musk will allow trump back on the platform. trump was permanently banned after the january 6th insur insurrection, it's called the rock. their pair shaped stone goes up for sale. and the record setter is
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expected to sell for $30 million. for more news, download the app on y r cell it's wednesday, may 11th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." top priority. president biden says he's doing everything he can to fight inflation. after seven months of rising costs, has it finally peaked? breaking overnight, murder suspects arraigned. casey white is back in jail as authorities reveal new details about the inmate's capture. baby formula shortage. with empty shelves across the country, how some families are trying to make every drop count. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a key inflation report being released this morning, and it could show the rate is slowing down in the u.s. for the first time in seven months. president biden is sse
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