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and while there is federal money for repairs, cbs's mark strassmann explains why it sometimes takes too get it to school that need it most. >> so what have we got here? >> look at the top. the ceiling tiles are falling down. >> reporter: baker heights elementary is falling apart. >> this is a water fountain that isn't used. >> reporter: timothy scott's job, save the school day. somehow patch whatever's broken. >> could you fix this? >> well, it could be fixed. it could be repaired, but we're pulling funding from the classroom. >> reporter: outside baton rouge, baker, louisiana's home to roughly 12,000 people. money is tight. the population and tax base are shrinking. the infrastructure's crumbling. all five school buildings were built in the 1950s. >> typically when you have declining enrollment, it's tough to do anything. >> reporter: superintendent j.t. stroder met us at one of baker's two shuttered schools. >> our school infrastructure is reflective of community infrastructure as a whole. >> yes. i think they are. you can drive around the community, and you'll see how those kind of m

it was absolutely the most scariest thing i've ever seen. >> that was mark strassmann reporting fromtlanta. >>> we turn to new mexico governor michelle lujan-grisham. she joins us this morning from santa fe. good morning to you, governor. >> good morning, margaret. thank you for having me on this morning. >> i know president biden did issue that emergency declaration for your state due to the fires, but you also had a 200 mile long dust storm catastrophic flooding. what problems are most acute and what do you need? >> well, we want to continue the open door for federal resources. fema is incredible on the ground in an emergency. they bring personnel and they open the door for federal direct monetary assistance to the state and more importantly, to individuals. fema administrator dan griswold was on the ground in riodioso yesterday and i have to say the biden administration has really pushed through these emergency declarations quickly, so that we can get families back on their feet. but it's been a hell of a week here. margaret, between dust, heat, flooding, these are not the only ev

our mark strassmann has more. >> sure, inflation's cooling, but it still makes millions of americans. >> everything is so much higher than it was two years ago, three years ago. >> reporter: compared to one year ago, consumer prices were up 3.3% last month. still too high for the federal reserve and its 2% goal. the fed left its benchmark interest rate intact last week. >> we made good progress and we're in the phase now of just, you know, sticking with it until we get it done. >> reporter: the fed says one interest rate cut is likely by the end of the year, although the timing is unclear. that means borrowers may get little relief before november's presidential elections. voters are feeling frustrations with the economy. >> i'm making more money now but i'm more broke now than i was in 2 2020. >> reporter: in our latest cbs poll, 22% say hier prices have been a hardship. 63% rate it as fairly bad or very bad. >> eggs, milk, bread, everything is very high. that is a big ticket issue. >> reporter: she's right. food prices up 1% over the last year have surged about 20% since 2021 and p

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mark strassmann breaks down the new cbs news poll. >> reporter: sure, inflation's cooling.as two years ago, three years ago. >> reporter: compared to one year ago, consumer prices were up 3.3% last month. still too high for the federal reserve and its 2% goal. the fed left its benchmark interest rate intact last week. >> we've made good progress, and we're just -- we're in the phase now of just sticking with it until we get it done. >> reporter: the fed says one interest rate cut is likely by the end of the year, although the timing is unclear. that means borrowers may get little relief before november's presidential elections. voters are feeling frustrations inflated with the economy. >> i'm making more money now, but i'm more broke now than i was in 2020. >> reporter: in our latest cbs news poll 72% of americans say higher prices have been a hardship or difficult. 63% rate the economy as fairly bad or very bad. >> eggs, milk, bread. everything's really high. so that is a big ticket issue. >> reporter: she's right. food prices up 1% over the last year have surged about 20%

cbs's mark strassmann explains why today is so significant. >> reporter: here at the kennedy status centerrah, space no micro or launch. >> lift off. >> reporter: picture-perfect, a new. bills will more and sonny williams, after years of delays and more than a billion dollars in cost overruns. speak with a little bit of controlled emotion because there is a lot of phases to this mission and we just completed the first one. >> reporter: like its test flight to the international space station. star liners mission has a long way to go. >> norah: and in new york city, a controversial congestion pricing plan won't go into effect at the end of the month. this plan. cbs's elijah westbrook tells us about the changing gears. >> reporter: commuters, norah come are breathing a sigh of relief after the governor's reversal. plan is supposed to go into effect june 30th but now is being put on hold indefinitely. the pricing plan was the first of its time in the nation at up to a $15 toll on drivers entering the busiest parts of manhattan to reduce traffic and emissions while funding the city's struggling

cbs's mark strassmann explains why today is so significant. >> reporter: here at the kennedy space centerrah, starliner's launch meant the world to boeing, a space shot at redemption. >> and lift off of starliner and atlas 5. >> reporter: picture-perfect. a new generation spacecraft heads to the space station carrying nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams, after years of delays and more than a billion dollars in cost overruns. >> it's a little bit of controlled emotion because there's a lot of phases to this mission, and we just completed the first one. >> reporter: like its test flight to the international space station, starliner's mission has a long way to go. >> norah: and in new york city, a controversial congestion pricing plan won't go into effect at the end of the month as planned. cbs new york's elijah westbrook tells us about the last-minute change in gears. >> reporter: commuters, norah, are breathing a sigh of relief after the governor's stunning reversal in course today. the plan was supposed to go into effect june 30th, but now it's being put on hold indefinitely.

here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> ignition and liftoff!: just hours after starliner's june 5th launch came the first sign of trouble. >> starliner, it looks like we picked up a couple more helium leaks. >> all right. we're ready to copy and find out exactly what you mean. >> reporter: the spacecraft had launched with one small helium leak. now it has five. starliner also lost five small maneuvering engines on its final approach to the space station. all but one were recovered. but the glitches convinced nasa to delay starliner's return to earth. >> we want to give our teams a little bit more time to look at the data, do some analysis, and make sure we're really ready to come home. >> reporter: krx news space analyst bill harwood. >> it's not like they're stranded on the space station, but nasa just wants to get as much information as they can before the crew comes home. >> reporter: so far, all these problems have been in star starliner's service module. engineers need to examine the faulty hardware while in space. >> that's why they're ma

mark strassmann reports. >> ignition.er's launch two weeks ago was picture perfect. but hours into the test flight, a problem. >> looks like we picked up a couple more helium leaks. >> all right, we're ready to copy. find out exactly what you mean by picked up another helium leak. >> reporter: it had launched with one small lehelium leak. now it has five. starliner also lost five small maneuvering engines on the final approach to the space station. all but one were recovered. but the glitches convince nasa to delay starliner's return to earth. >> we want to give our teams a little bit more time to look at the data, do some analysis and make sure we're really ready to come home. >> reporter: bill harwood. >> they're cleared to come home in an emergency if they really need to leave right now they could. it's not like they're stranded on the space station, but nasa wants to get as much information as they can before the crew comes home. >> yeah, this is a risk. it is a higher risk than most flights. >> reporter: we melt star

mark strassmann has this report for "eye on america." >> reporter: in small-town bellbrook, ohio, firefighterefighters got in this job new it's an inherent risk, but we never knew the gear and equipment we're using is killing us. >> reporter: inside fire station 22, lieutenant leach helped remove buckets of firefighting foam. it's called afff, undeniaily effective but laced with pfas, forever chemicals now linked to various cancers, especially among firefighters. cancer caused 72% of active-duty firefighter deaths last year according to the international association of firefighters. a separate study showed smoke inhalation causes 4% of active-duty firefighter deaths. a safer foam now exists, and 21 states have introduced policies that limit the use of afff firefighting foam. but for jay leach, cancer's heartache has no limits. >> you said you wanted to show me something. >> i do. i keep my wife with me in my helmet. there's a picture of her in there. >> oh, yeah. do you wear that whenever you go on a call? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: his wife, tracy, was a firefighter for 25 years. her diagnosis