you're noticing when you go to any store these days, the former ceo of walmart with us right now, bill simon on how long that will likely last. bill, good to have you. walmart shoppers are seeing it as well. i know you try to hold the line on that thing. there's only so much you can control. this looks like it could get out of control. where do you see it going? >> yeah, neil. good to be with you. it's getting serious. the most concerning thing of all the data that walmart crunches, the highest correlation to consumers response is always gas prices. gas prices are such a reflection of where we are in the economy. as gas price goes up year on year, there's a report just told us, 42% year on year, that really puts a dent in the consumer's wallet. so far through everything, covid and everything we've been through, the consumers remain remarkably resilient. as gas prices and food prices in particular go up, we'll see a reaction from the consumer. >> neil: i'm wondering in your days running the world's largest retailer, when price goes up, it's one thing in one set of area. it's quite another wit

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. >> bill simon tells fox news the most concerning inflation data is the correlation between gas prices how consumers respond. simon says gas prices are up 42% year to year and oil prices are alarming too. >> are really concerns me as oil prices because oil prices impacting the entire economy. one of the reasons food prices are increasing is because of the transportation component. >> not helping the situation, there are about 8.6 million people out of work in the u.s. right now. nearly 10 million job openings. employers are trying to incentivize workers to come back. shannon. >> shannon: with that in mind, we have been told stories about employees walking off the job in the middle of their shift. apparently this allegedly happened in nebraska. the workers leaving a farewell note on the door. what can you tell us about it? >> this was kind of the perfect storm. the family dollar in lincoln, nebraska, was forced to temporarily close earlier this week when the entire staff walked off the job because they were unhappy with their pay, poor working conditions and long hours. the stores assis

thanks, bill. simone biles will have one more chance to win gold at the tokyo olympics. the gym, nist will compete in the balance beam final one week after withdrawing from the team competition to focus on her mental health. meantime a diplomatic standoff continues to unfold at the olympic games, paul officials say they've granted a humanitarian visa to a 24 year old sprinter from belarus. she defected after accusing team officials are forcing her to fly home from tokyo and said she feared for her safety at the polish embassy safe and in quite good condition, although the whole situation of course how to quite negative footprint on her. the standoff began after the olympian criticized team management for putting her on a relay with short notice. dame representatives then reportedly rushed her off to the airport to board a flight to istanbul. but instead she sought protection from the japanese police. belarus sports officials insist that she was sent home due to her quote, emotional and psychological state still to come tonight, there will be a lot of changes for students

simone bills is scheduled to compete in the balance beenl event. she was a favorite to win gold in multiple events before she withdrew last week citing mental health concerns. the balance beam is her final chance for gold this tokyo. she already has a silver as part of the u.s. women's team final. world sport anchor patrick snell is standing by here in atlanta. but first we go to blake essig live in tokyo. good to see you. so simone biles poised to compete later this hoyer with t hour with the world watching her latest move. what is the late snes. >> reporter: in less than one hour, city hone biles will make a dramatic return to olympic competition and she will do it on the balance beam while spectators aren't allowed inside to watch the competition, a handful of people waited for several hours during the hottest part of the day just for the chance to see the great one in person. and for some of these lucky fans, they are actually able to do that. it happened a couple hours ago, city hone biles and team usa gymnastics who are staying at a hotel rig

thank you. >> dana: thank you, governor. >> bill: asa hutchinson from arkansas. >> dana: simone bilesy individual medal. she also won a team silver comes one week after she withdrew from multiple events after developing a case of the twistese. she has a seventh olympic medal and tied with shannon miller. >> bill: i was up at 4:30 watching it. i thought she did great. she was better than the other two chinese gymnasts. they were really good but i thought she was -- >> dana: she earned the gold in our minds. >> bill: she comes home with a bronze. the medal count we're leading by a little bit. the chinese are crushing us in the gold medal, not the overall. they're at 32, we're at 24. >> dana: can we catch up in the track and field? >> bill: maybe, there is hope. stand by. emotional day in court. preliminary hearing on the death of a college student getting underway. what happens if there is not enough evidence to go to trial 25 years later? democratic blame game. white house and congress accusing each other of dropping the ball for failing to extend the eviction moratorium. we'll be back

bill: u.s. olympian simone biles came home to houston. check out the scene at the airport. many coming home from tokyo. here to catch us up on the olympic games. we won gold in volleyball. what's happening? >> congratulations to alex and april. they were dominant throughout the entire thing. lost one set in all seven matches they played in tokyo. ross, her first gold. won silver and bronze. it was her first olympics in general and she is 6 foot 5. you might need -- >> dana: is that why i didn't do well on the volleyball team? i played in seventh grade. >> bill: i trained with april ross at the olympic training center. a few years older than i was. incredible person and athlete. it is so fun to root for them, too. sand volleyball has been around the olympics. >> dana: it is fun to watch. >> bill: it's good. >> when they win especially. >> u.s. women's soccer team won the bronze and they all took a knee except one. >> it seems it has been consistent for her as well. reports earlier in the year and 2020 even during scrimmages she wouldn't take a knee and stood with her hand ove

mental health, and the pressure of the games, since gymnastics biggest star, simone biles, withdrew from several events. bills an olympic historian. what do you think this olympics is going to be remembered for? >> for the pandemic, and for being able to hold the games in a pandemic, for good or bad. it's going to be remembered because it's been very diferent-- no spectators. that's so tough for the athletes. >> reporter: jamie yuccas, cbs news, tokyo. >> diaz: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," on the anniversary of a civil rights triumph, a president's daughter returns to the cause. like barriers, expectations, oh and eight world records. ♪ ♪ so she'll only hold the card that never holds her back. world class medicare coverage from blue cross blue shield. that's the benefit of blue. ♪ ♪ my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a ga

top holdings include target, american express, he nar and simon property group joining me now is bill snead, chief investment officer at snead capital management bill, it's great to see you. in housing in particular, there's some signs that it's rolling over, don't you think? >> no, kelly it's so bizarre. there's too much money chasing too few goods, which by the way is a classic definition of inflation. and it'll take five to ten years to cure this problem but curing the problemis building houses. so, what happened is we had some tightness in materials, prices went bonkers for a few months. and the companies have just organized themselves around slowing things down temporarily to let the inputs and labor catch up to what they're doing but there's 39.5% more millennials than there was gen x errs by the way, in the economy itself, worrying about the economy because of the variant would mean that you have to have things as miserable as they are right now all the time for the next five years. and i have more confidence in our scientists and medicine companies. >> so, one more housing and

and ask how to save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill when you add xfinity mobile. get started today. >>> simonekyo games with another medal around her neck. today she won bronze in the balance beam final after taking a woke off to focus on her mental health. with the newest addition to her hardware collection, she now has seven, and that ties shannon miller for the most olympic medals won by an american gymnast. meanwhile on the track, star sprinter alisyn phoenix breezed to the women's 400-meter sem irkz, 359-year-old competing in her fifth and final olympic games. she's looking for her tenth olympic medal and team usa basketball also advancing to the semis after beating spain 95-81. kevin durant finished with 29 points and four assists. they will now face australia on thursday so here's where the medal count stands right now the u.s. still on top with 73. china right behind but with the most gold, eight more than the u.s. and the russian olympic committee in third with 52 great britain and the host nation japan round out the top five >>> nbc's tom llamas with more. >> reporter: simone biles s

bill. maryland senator ben cardin will join us in a moment. >>> simone biles with draws from another event,g her mental health? chelsea will share her insights. >>> and how do you convince unvaccinated people you know and love to get the shot? and how will the pandemic change the way people gather if we get together at all? we'll get into that with prea parker, the author of the art of gathering, how we meet and why it matters. i'm glad you're meeting up with us tonight at nbc news world

bill. maryland senator ben cardin will join us in a moment. >>> simone biles with draws from another event, the floor. how is it affecting her mental health? chelsea will share her insights. >>> and how do you convince unvaccinated people you know and love to get the shot? and how will the pandemic change the way people gather if we get together at all? we'll get into that with prea parker, the author of the art of gathering, how we meet and why it matters. i'm glad you're meeting up with us tonight at nbc news world headquarters in new york. i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> the senate is working. it is infrastructure weekend on capitol hill. we heard from kirsten sinema and rob portman. had he gave short speeches on the senate floor. they've been among those leading the negotiations on this bill. now, we still don't have the final text, but the plan is to file that bill as a substitute amendment tonight. the current bill is just over 2700 pages long, so far. the senate will then move to the amendment process and we're told this should be completed in a matter of days. b

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bill when you add xfinity mobile. get started today. >>> welcome back to "fast money. double earnings alert shares of simon port on the move start with courtney reagan listening in on simon's call. >> hi. simon properties shared up by more than 3.5% reporting stronger than expected earnings and slightly higher revenues net income increased and portfolio operating income including the centers it owns as well as other segments increase of 32.5%. funds from operations, that fico number increased more than 52% year over year to 1.217 billion dollars. ceo david simon is pleased with cash flow in the second quarter and simon notes increasing shopper traffic, retailer sales and leasing activity at his centers. o occupancy 91.8%. and simon also upping its full year guidance and inkrieging div dp dp dp dividend to $1.50 per share. government restrictions in facting results in some areas but says signed 1,400 leases in the second quarter with a "significant number still in the pipeline." added a recent meeting of his leasing team reported to him the most active deal committing in several years. mr. simon noted retai

simon and garfunkel is but she knows political waters. give me the summary of this week in the political swirl known as washington. emily: we are on track to have that infrastructure bill passed the senate. they took their final procedural vote last night. republicans joined with democrats giving them more than enough votes. what will happen with the crypto amendment? it will be passed either today or sometime tuesday morning. from there we go to the budget resolution because chuck schumer has said that needs to get done before the senate can finally depart. tom: what is the character of the first phone call from the senator from new york to the speaker from san francisco? emily: probably to discuss if they will continue their strategy of holding both bills, holding that until the reconciliation bill comes down the line. speaker pelosi is under increased pressure from moderate democrats in her own party saying we cannot wait for the senate to move this reconciliation bill, we need to move now on this infrastructure bill and they do have some leverage. pat -- to pass that budget reconciliation they need the blueprint of a budget resolution. that means to pass the senate

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bill and if it's going to make its way to the president's desk. >> and very good news for team usa in tokyo. usa gymnastics announcing that simone biles will participate in an individual event today. we're going to go to tokyo for the latest. >>> but we must begin this morning with, of course, the coronavirus. the very disturbing trend that keeps heading, unfortunately, in the very wrong direction. overnight, the u.s. hit more than 35 million cases overall, but it is the rate of new cases that have officials on edge. they're up nearly 150% in the last two weeks, according to "the new york times." hospitalizations, they're up too. overwhelming some places that thought they were over the worst of this. now finding themselves flooded with unvaccinated people who have gotten very, very sick. here's what dr. anthony fauci says about where we're headed next. >> we're looking not, i believe, to lockdown, but to some pain and suffering in the future, because we're seeing the cases go up. which is the reason why we keep saying over and over again is, the solution to this is get vaccinated and this would not be happening. >> but it is hap

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simone is going through. that conversation which you don't want to miss is coming up. >>> we want to begin with a senate push for a bipartisan infrastructure bill. chuck schumer saying the final text is imminent and reiterated his hopes to finish the bill before august recess. >> once the legislative text of the agreement is finalized, and i understand it is being ienlized imminently, i will offer it as a substitute amendment, as i've always promised. and then the senate can finally begin voting on additional amendments. given the thoroughly bipartisan nature of the bill, i expect we'll be able to consider all the relevant amendments and finish the bill in a matter of days. >>> joining me now, democratic congresswoman of california, judy chu, chair of the congressional asian-pacific american caucus. congresswoman chu, thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. we're talking timeline here, right? leader schumer basically saying imminently they'll have the text of this bill. not correct on that timeline because imminent has come and gone and no text so far. let's move ahead, though, looking at when the senate could actually get this thing th

bill this week. senator lindsey graham and at least four other senators attended an event over the weekend with joe manchin. if other senators has positive, that could delay the vote timetable. at the tokyo olympics, simone biles made an emotional return to the competition and won the bronze medal in the balance beam final. that comes a week after she was deft after she removed himself from several events to focus on her mental health. she won by doing a slightly watered-down version of her usual performance on the beam. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> what we've learned in the intervening months is that demand is indeed very strong, but there have been some pretty severe supply-side constraints. people are not flocking back into the labor force with the numbers we had hoped, for the reasons everyone suggested -- elf concerns, childcare issues, and the supplemental on appointment benefits. jonathan: stephen stanley. looking to a hike in the fed in june of next year. tom keene, lisa abramowicz -- the s&p 500 advancing .4%. european market, to 1.1921. euro

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