holiday. freeze warnings still in effect in several states at this hour. blizzard conditions, at least 26 people have died in the actic blast, across eight state. in a hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable. still, a very dangerous situation. driving bans are still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. we want to remind everybody, there was a period hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews, because it was too dangerous. we will talk to that official in just a few minutes. plus, bitter-cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast and southeast, even florida is feeling the chill, much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. let s start in buffalo, new york. polo sandoval is braving is the cold temperatures there. merry christmas. reporter: merry christmas. it is in a recovery process right now, the sun finally came o
traditional definition of being in a recession. the second quarter gross domestic product g.d.p. shrank at annual rate of nine tenths of a percentage point. that s the second straight quarterly deficit and that checks the box, historically considered as recessionary. president biden says it s no surprise the economy is slowing down because of inflation. but he insists he has the nation on the right path and, quote: it doesn t look like a recession to me. the president also spent time today on a call with his chinese counterpart in a time increasing tension with communist china. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the numbers are right there in black and white. the u.s. economy shrunk for a second consecutive quarter. but, until large, well-respected groups, nonpartisan groups of economists issue some sort of a formal declaration that a recession is underway, then officials here
and the president biden national security team an entire american government remain committed to bringing brittney griner home safely to her family, friends and loved ones it. more breaking news from the justice department. attorney general merrick garland announcing federal charges against four current and former metro police officers for alleged crimes connected to the warrant issued in the death of breonna taylor. those alleged crimes include civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. the four defendants were charged through two separate indictments. democrats facing election battles in the fall are hoping the massive turnouts in the kansas abortion probe is a sign of things to come to well the party waits to see whether kyrsten sinema will sign off on legislation to lower healthcare cost and boost climate initiatives. in the next hour, president biden will talk with senate democrats about the package. the pres
Welcome to the journal editorial report, i am charles payne. The case rested. Without the former president taking the stand. Closing arguments set for tuesday after jurors spend the long Holiday Weekend at home. Here with a look at what to expect when the Court Reconvenes Next week is a former federal prosecutor, also former attorney ford donald trump. Jim, thank you for joining us. Monday morning quarterbacking in real time. The first thing everyone has debated is smart for trump not to take the stand or not. It was for a couple of reasons. Preliminary warnings by the judge as to what the fair scope of examination would be. They were told they would be allowed to crossexamine. I feel awfully collateral. Dont feel like the type of stuff we reflect on directly. Beyond that, the whole strategy in this case, charles, make it about the credibility. It is the only battlefield you can be fighting on. It is all coming down to Michael Cohen. You dignify the governments case. Just focusing on M
Every single president and every single Vice President has been audited by the irs every year of their time in office. And they all still routinely release their tax returns to the public every year so that excuse from trump and the Trump Campaign never made sense. Being under audit is excuse for not releasing your tax returns as a candidate or certainly as president. Also, the audit excuse never made sense for his past tax returns. Even if donald trump wanted to release nothing under current audit, well, what about years for which the audits are completed and closed . Any year of his taxes before, say, 2008, any year that was audited before then, those years presumably would be done being audited by now. Those would be closed. So why not release those earlier tax returns even if you dont want to release the current ones for which there isnt an excuse not to do anyway . Whether or not you are a supporter of donald trump in
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