examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden
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
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 14th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for joining us as we follow developments out of the middle east. First, the Israeli Defense forces say they have killed the senior hamas commander who was behind much of last weeks carnage. They killed the head of the hamas aerial system. These strikes come as the Israeli Military is warning the people of gaza to evacuate now. There are two hours left of israels sixhour Safe Passage Window. Thats allowing people to leave and head south. So far Tens Of Thousands have left, but the request is for 1. 1 million civilians to relocate, and leaders in the region are criticizing israel for ordering the rushed evacuation. Jordans minister said it would be a blatant violation of International Law and would amount to a war crime. Hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes as theyre trying to evacuate. Theres an Evacuation Route south of gaza city. We want to wa
does that show that joe biden is right? here is what i would say. there is a good chance this is really going to increase in plagues. you have essentially incentivized an industry to go into the green industry. they subsidize the green industry and not drill for oil and promote fossil fuels. that will lead to relatively higher gas prices. it has to. i had to pay a fee to neil cavuto doesn t to borrow you. you have been worth every syllable. last week, mike bar ral testified that tony blinken played a role saying that hunter biden s laptop was russian disinformation. blink ken served the secretary of state and e-mailed with hunter biden. he held a meeting with him in july of 2015.
skeleton crew, and so it s been quite a surprise definitely for ukrainians until the streets started getting closed down and the germanys started happening inside kyiv. we all know what it s like when a president comes to town, especially in kyiv under the circumstances. i also want to talk a little bit, though, about the china factor, especially as you ve had blink ken and vice president kamala harris in recent days talking about the ways china may be allegedly be providing non-lethal war support during this time especially after you saw blink ken meet with his chinese counterpart for the first time after the chinese surveillance balloon traveled over the united states? reporter: it s a great question. if you had china enter the