schumer. cnn will bring you the president s remarks when they begin. let s start with the new gdp report. with me is matt egan. walk us through the report, the numbers, what you see. so broadly consumers were still spending. it is a slowdown for sure but overall that was a positive contributor to gdp. on the other hand, government spending slowed down. when we look at where consumers are spending, it s an acceleration of what we ve seen. we spent less on physical items. services, however, think airfare, which is why airports are so busy these days, hotels and restaurants, that really accelerated. business spending declined and inventories, which we have been hearing from a lot of retailers for sure but also other companies they are trying to move out their inventory, there has been a mismatch of what they have. that was reflected here, too. i think to put it simply, it is clearly showing a slowdown. matt, this is you ve written a lot about this. this is one of the big i
i m yasmin vossoughian in for another busy hour. this morning we re tracking major developments in each of the three yes three separate investigations related to the 2020 election and the big lie spread by the former president and his allies. first in the justice department investigation. a source telling nbc news mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury on friday to discuss what? we ll get into that. second n the house january 6th committee investigation, the panel revealing in crucial deposition clips how the former president was reluctant to condemn the capitol rioters the day after the attack. third, the investigation in fulton county, georgia and the setback for the da probing the former president and his allies attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we want to bring in nbc knew capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is joining us, michael schmidt, msnbc contributor, and glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. glenn, let me
two hours of explosive testimony about donald trump s actions and state of mind on january 6th are raising some new legal questions. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson revealed that white house lawyer pat cipollone was worried that he along with trump s entire team would face multiple criminal charges if the former president joined the rioters at the capitol. now, republican congresswoman liz cheney is now ramping up the pressure on cipollone to testify. hutchinson also said the president knew his supporters were armed and sent him to the capitol anyway. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the effing mags away. let my people in. they can march to the capitol from here. melanie zanona is on capitol hill, and cnn national security correspondent josh campbell is with us. how are republican lawmakers reacting to
i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future. it is absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling that we don t give way to the temptation to look back. mike pence just spoke about an hour or so ago. the former president himself is speaking this afternoon to a crowd of loyal supporters one day after president biden slammed his predecessor for his actions on january 6. for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers were subject to the medieval hell for three hours, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage, face to face with crazed mob that believes the lies of the defeated president. the police were heroes that day. donald trump lacked the courage to act.
for governor. we will talk to him in a few minutes about the frightening alleged attack on as a spectator tried to allegedly stab him with a sharp object. he s blaming cashless bail in new york state for letting that man out. he then was charged federally. this also ahead in the next hour, the migrant surge at our southern border is not slowing down despite the brutal, dangerous, deadly summer heat down south. fox news rode along with the texas department of public safety agents overnight. we will have that report and show you what they found at the border. arthel: but first president biden s physician says his covid symptoms are continuing to improve quite significantly. this as the president s economic advisors weigh in ahead of the report due this week that could show whether the economy is in a recession. we are live at the white house with more. hi, arthel. president biden s runny nose, cough, and body aches have diminished. his main symptom is a sore throat which hi