president biden insists the u.s. is not in or heading in to a recession. despite many economists looking at it differently. the president is feeling better from his covid-19 diagnosis last week. this week will determine whether his good feeling about the u.s. economy will pan out as well. a pivotal week for the president and his party as the gross domestic product or g.d.p. number comes out. the economy could be in a recession just a few months ahead of the midterms. but the biden team is already trying to get ahead of that by attempting to essentially change the definition of what a recession is. white house correspondent peter doocy has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. officials here are talking about how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created since this president took office. but, jobs are just one economic i observed carat. some other economic indicators may show this week the country
johnson made the announcement sunday. the league will go head to head with the newly refreshedself fol for the spring u.s. audience. that s live look outside the beltway from special report. we ll be right back.
the city, maybe there will be something like that. i don t know. but i m still here because it s my city. and i don t want to leave. tatiana, please stay safe, and thank you for speaking with us. thank you. we know it s some risk for you to join us here on cnn. thank you. the chernobyl nuclear power plant has had its first staff rotation in three weeks. the international atomic energy agency made that announcement sunday. the first change of staff since march 20th and 21st when the plant was still under russian occupation. ukraine told the iaea some of the laboratories were destroyed and instruments had been stolen, broken, or disabled. the director general of the iaea says he s hoping to lead a mission to conduct a radiological assessment of chernobyl soon. to france now, and this year s race for the elysees looks like deja vu. voters narrowed down their presidential candidates and the
well, the nuclear power plant has had its first staff rotation in three weeks. the international atomic agency made that announcement sunday. the first change of stuff since march 20 and 21st, when it was still under russian occupation. the ukraine told the iea that some of the science laboratories were destroyed. medical instruments have been destroyed, broken or disable. the va director general is hoping to conduct the radiological assessment of the relatively soon. rosemary? thanks for that john. we go to france now where this year s race for with [inaudible] looks like déjà vu. voters narrowed down their presidential candidate. and the finalist are incumbent president, emmanuel mcconnell, and as far right rival,. they report that the current president, one about 27% of sunday s first round the voting, putting him in first place in a crowded field of a dozen candidate.
men time, ukrainian officials are urging civilians in eastern ukraine, if they can leave, to walked immediately. those trying to escape this conflict are at increasing risk, as we saw with the russian strike on a train station in kramatorsk, which left dozens dead. sunday, officials say a russian air strike destroyed the airport in dnipro, which had been hit in early march. the new russian commander taking over this war in ukraine raising alarm bells in washington and around the world. u.s. officials say general alexander dovnolokov has a history of brutal attacks on civi civilians. this particular general has a resume that includes brutality against civilians in other theaters, in syria, and we can expect more of the same in this theater. austria s chancellor will meet with the russian president later today in an effort to try to ease tensions and bring about a cease-fire between russia and