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
Population is living in communities with medium or high covid risks. with you you can expect a patchwork of responses across the country. no flake supervisor describes critics of face masks as the board discusses the possible return of indoor mandate. i don t hear them riding me about shoes which are actually more oppressive to your feet than wearing a mask on your face. this evening, l.a. county decided to hold off on a mandate for now saying infection rates and hospitalizations there are trending in the right direction instead, they will strongly recommend people wear masks indoors, something local business leaders had been advocating let s educate on the best practices and protocols and encourage everyone to step it up let s not trample on people s choice on how they want to navigate this. this week a federal appeal s court upheld governor greg abbott s executive order banning school mask mandates against a
Thing. they re allowing this to stay in place and not stay it on an emergency basis. i think, yes, as i said from the beginning, he should make his decision sooner than later. if he s going to retire, he should retire sooner rather than later. as you know, kate, the way we fix this, given the fact that the court is not going to magically change its opinion when someone as conservativive as justice roberts is in the december sent, to me, the congress must act. i m also hearing you say, the message might be from you tonight, it should be sooner for further justice, but, again, i understand. that is me extrapolating. that is me extrapolating from what you said. thank you, senator. i appreciate it. it s from congress. but thank you very much. thank you very much. outfront next, florida governor banning school mask mandates, and the anger over
The decision based on new evidence that protection from infection wanes over time president biden late today saying he s using federal powers to stop gop governors from banning school mask mandates. and to require vaccines for nursing home staff dr. fauci is here answering your questions. also, the president speaking out on afghanistan in a new interview. was there a way to withdraw without chaos? the top u.s. general saying he saw no intelligence that the country would fall to the taliban in just 11 days the pentagon acknowledging it doesn t have the forces to rescue americans who can t get to the airport as afghans face violent crackdowns the california wildfires doubling to over 50,000 acres. thousands evacuated. tropical triple threat fred s remnants moving into the northeast in north carolina, dozens unaccounted for in the floods. and new tracks for tropical storm henri and hurricane grace.
Lock in your rate. druw bowen suggests that if you don t do lockton policies should get out of the way. that s what joe biden suggests. if you are coming after parents in florida, i m standing in your way. why don t you do your job? why don t you get the sport or secure? until you do that, i don t want to hear of lip about covid from you. kayleigh: the war of words between florida governor ron desantis and president biden heating up. it started when biden called on desantis and other governors to get out of the way schools when it comes to banning school mask mandates. the president asked about the response from desantis at a white house oven yesterday promoting electric vehicles where he took a spin and