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0:14Just trying to survive.
0:17We interrupt your program for this urgent report. [music] The American dream is trending.
0:26>> [music] >> But the numbers fall short.
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0:40Stream act.
0:42Yeah. [music] Good evening. I'm your wanker. Here's the headline tonight.
0:45Working class Americans are waking up to quite a fight. The rent went up on Monday. The groceries went up, [music] too. Your paycheck stayed exactly where it was in 2002. A woman checked her email and said your rent is going higher. [music] Then she opened up her insurance bill and watched it climb even higher. $400 extra just to keep the coverage she had. The math is not mathing and the situation's looking bad.
1:04>> saved lives [music] in Kroger's in the checkout line today. A shopper spent $73. Here's what she had to say.
1:09Popcorn, crackers, cheeses, milk, some ranch and a tomato. She said I barely got a bag full. [music] Where did all my money go? This is not an isolated [singing] case. Our correspondents on the ground are filing the same report from every single American town. [music] From Houston up to Hartford, from Seattle down to Miami, the grocery store receipt has now replaced the family, [music] Granny.
1:31>> [music] [music] >> Yeah. Yeah. Now let's get to the [music] numbers. Our economic desk has facts.
1:50The wealth gap in this country and we're not holding back. [music] The top 1% of earners hold more wealth than ever before while working [singing] class Americans are searching for an open door. CEO to worker pay to ratio is stretched so wide you need a telescope to see it [music] from the average worker's side. These are not opinions.
2:05These are figures in the data from Census Bureau tables in the Federal Reserve regulating. [music] >> We now turn to healthcare. Our medical unit reports Americans are skipping doctors. They simply can't afford the cost. [music] The deductibles are climbing and the premiums won't stop.
2:17People choosing between prescriptions and food at the shop. [music] A family of four of middle income doing everything right still finds itself calculating bills late into the night.
2:25This is not a Democrat story. This is not a Republican tale. This is an American balance sheet and it's tipping on the scale. [music] Yeah.
2:38Yeah.
2:40Yeah.
2:41>> [music] >> Stream on.
2:46Streaming. [music] Yeah. Yeah. On social media platforms, the frustration [music] fills the feed. People typing in all capitals about every basic need.
2:57Housing, food and healthcare, [music] utilities and gas. The trending conversations ask how long this wave will last. We are not endorsing [music] anger. We are simply reading comments.
3:05We are not promoting chaos. We are documenting moments because the news [music] is just a mirror that reflects what people feeling and right now the reflection shows a pressure that is real.
3:13>> is tonight's broadcast [music] on the state of things today. America's talking and it clearly has a lot to say.
3:18The data is the data and the people are the people and somewhere in between the two we're all standing at the steeple.
3:24[music] This has been your evening news.
3:25Stay tuned for more updates as we continue covering all 50 of these states. We'll be back tomorrow with another full report from the land of opportunity still trying to hold the [music] fort.
3:37Stay informed.
3:40>> [music] >> Stay aware.
3:43Yeah.
3:45And we'll see you in the light.
3:51Stream on.
3:52>> [music] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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4:18tonight. Working class [music] Americans are waking up to quite a fight. The rent went up on Monday. The groceries went up, too. Your paycheck stayed exactly [music] where it was in 2002. A woman checked her email and said your rent is going higher. Then she opened up her [music] insurance bill and watched it climb even higher. $400 extra just to keep the coverage she had. The math is not mathing [music] and the situation's looking bad.
4:39>> saved lives in Kroger's in the checkout line today. A shopper spent $73. [music] Here's what she had to say. Popcorn, crackers, cheeses, milk, some ranch and a tomato. She said I barely got a bag [music] full. Where did all my money go?
4:49This is not an isolated case. Our correspondents on the ground are filing the same report from every single [music] American town. From Houston up to Hartford, from Seattle down to Miami, the grocery store receipt has now replaced the family, Granny. [music] >> get to the numbers. Our economic [singing] desk has facts. The wealth gap in this country and we're not holding back. The [music] top 1% of earners hold more wealth than ever before while working class Americans are searching for an [music] open door. CEO to worker pay to ratio is stretched so wide you need a telescope to see it from the
5:16average worker's side. These are [music and singing] not opinions. These are figures in the data from Census Bureau tables in the Federal Reserve regulating.
5:23>> We now turn to [music] healthcare. Our medical unit reports Americans are skipping doctors. They simply can't afford the cost. The deductibles are climbing and the premiums won't stop.
5:31People choosing [music] between prescriptions and food at the shop. A family of four of middle income doing everything right still finds itself [music] calculating bills late into the night. This is not a Democrat story.
5:41This is not a Republican tale. This is an American balance sheet and it's tipping on the scale. From Washington, our [music] political union has the following update. Billions allocated to enforcement while social budgets deflate. [music] The conversation in the capital moves fast and often loud. But the kitchen table conversation is a very different crowd. According [music] to Forbes, certain figures in senior fortunes climb while the working class correspondent says they're barely doing fine. We report, you decide. That's the standard that we hold. But the spreadsheets and the data tell a very
6:09clear and visible story, bold.
6:11>> [screaming] >> On social media platforms, [music] the frustration fills the feed.
6:18People typing in [music] all capitals about every basic need.
6:23Housing, food and healthcare, [music] utilities and gas.
6:29The trending conversations [music] ask how long this wave will last.
6:35We are not endorsing [music] anger. We are simply reading comments. We are not promoting chaos. We are documenting moments cuz the news is just a mirror that reflects what people feeling right NOW THE REFLECTION SHOWS A PRESSURE that is real.
6:47>> is tonight's [music] broadcast on the state of things [singing] today.
6:49America's talking and it clearly has a lot to say. The data is the data and the people [music] are the people and somewhere in between the two we're all standing at the steeple. This has been your evening news. Stay tuned for more updates as >> [music] >> all 50 of these states. We'll be back tomorrow with another full report from the land of opportunity still trying to hold the fort.
7:08>> Breaking [music] news. Breaking news.
7:12That's our broadcast for tonight.
7:19Stay informed. Stay aware.
7:23And we'll see you in the light.
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