jacking up interest rates, raising bar owing costs. on thursday our first look at u.s. economic growth for the second quarter, another decline in gdp is expected. of course, two quarters of a loss in a row is a sign of a recession, so are we head there had? here is the treasury secretary. the labor market is now extremely strong. we are in a period of transition in which growth is slowly. we re likely to see some slowing of job creation, but i do i don t think that that s a recession. a recession is broad-based weakness in the economy. we re not seeing that now. we re not seeing that now, but here is this from someone who used to have that job, the former treasury secretary larry somers. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in in kind of situation before. recession has essentially always followed when inflation has been high and unemployment has been low. soft landings represent a kind of triumph of hope over experience, i think we re v
seeing cases in the u.s. plus, the u.s. is condemning russia s attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa, just one day after a deal was struck to get vital grain shipments moving again. we re live in ukraine. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. it is sunday, july 24th. thanks so much for waking up with us. it is nice to be with you again alex. it is early, but being with you makes it just that much easier. that just put a big smile on my face. thanks for that. we have a lot of news to get to, we start with the brutal heat wave baking many parts of the u.s., showing no signs of letting up today. right now, more than 90 million americans are under excessive heat warning, and advisories. high humidity mixed with sweltering temperatures are pushing some heat indexes into the triple digits. the national weather service warns it will feel extremely oppressive. philadelphia could see its hottest day in more than a decade, and boston is forecast to possibly break a
possibly break a 90-year-old record set in 1933. they re not the only ones in total. nearly two dozen cities in the northeast will likely see daily record high temperatures. we re also getting a better sense of how dangerous these weather conditions are. at least one person has died in new york from heat exposure. governor kathy hochul has now issued the first set of interim recommendations as part of a comprehensive extreme heat action plan. many residents say they re doing anything possible to try to stay cool. buying drinks at mcdonald s to sit in the store for a little bit of time to be in the ac. that s really it. i don t like going outside in this heat. i stay inside. beach. coney island. boardwalk, then jump in the water to cool off. cnn s polo sandoval is in new york with more on the impact this scorching heat is having. reporter: good morning to you. today will bring another challenge for new yorkers to try to find any way to keep cool. that s especially
40-year high, is a recession next and how bad will it be? i asked about the man that warned of today s inflation problem, larry summers. which country might president putin target next? some believe he has eyes on moldova. why? find out in my conversation with that country s prime minister. but first, here is my take. it was getting hotter. so opens the ministry for the future, the disturbing novel by kim stanley robinson, the opening chapter set in india s largest state depicts a heat wave that kills millions across the subcontinent and galvanize people to radical action. the heat waves we re experiencing are going to get worse. that of course, will have dire consequences. more likely than mass death is mass migration. as bill gates points out, the area around the equator is soon going to be too hot for people to work outdoors. that could mean a collapse in farming, the most common occupation in these regions. stressed by heat, lack of water and no jobs, millions of peop
our house and coming our way really quickly. forced to flee. thousands of acres burn outside yosemite park. firefighters try to beat back the flames. and deadly heat continues to punish the country. 90 million people are suffering in scorching temperatures. many areas hitting the triple digits. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with new developments in the january 6 investigation. today republican liz cheney, the vice chair for the committee, not only put ginni thomas, the wife of u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas, on notice that she could be subpoenaed to testify but cheney also accused former president trump of serious misconduct and dereliction of duty and says the committee is not ruling out recommending criminal charges against him. do you believe that your committee has successfully made the case that donald trump committed crimes and, if so, which ones? we