and somewhat confusing u.s. economy. new data shows the economy shrank 0.6% in the second quarter, said another way that shrinking slightly less than first thought. the u.s. also is seeing a decrease in the number of people filing for new unemployment benefits, said another way, the labor market is still strong. this comes as americans try to understand what president biden s student loan debt plan what it means for them and their families, even as some members of his own party say it misses the mark. republicans are unified in saying they don t think it is fair, and some economists say that it could fuel inflation. there is a lot to get to. let s begin with cnn s matt egan on this new economic data. what do you see in all this, matt? the economy s spring slump wasn t as bad as feared. second quarter gdp was just revised up by the government, in part because americans spent more money than originally reported. the bad news is that despite this upgrade, the economy still shr
to be sure, we brought a doctor just in case. we begin with fox news alerts, second day after the supreme court handed down its decision overturning roe v. wade allowing states to make their own abortion law. protest erupted across the country after the ruling yesterday. thousands of people pro-life and pro- abortion activists. the protests were mostly peaceful but last night in our nation s capitol they burned the american flag. one sign read fm pd. another reads coni barrett, kavanaugh, corsets, roberts and police years tear gas to break up the crowd outside the arizona senate building. one senate saying they threatened to break the glass. washington democrats the polling. you see the turnout here? we will decide. we will be outside in millions. of the war we need to recognize it. [cheering] department of homeland security warned extremists could use the supreme court s decision to justify their violence. it s amazing because look at this back when you have the bu
ballot. that s true. but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some, it s not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, more on that in just a moment. and the timing will be pretty interesting here. it isn t just post january 6th. it s post the first series of january 6th hearings. we ll see whether it impacted voters and which way it did. it hasn t seemed to impact the platforms, though, of candidates in several swing states. some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims and there is a whole slate of them in arizona who are running for top positions like governor and attorney general, secretary of state and senate, you know, consequential office holders for those who run elections. also closely watched, the senate race in missouri. trump has endorsed an eric. okay, but which eric did you mean to endorse, sir? rivals eric greitens and eric schmitt both claim trump meant them and trump for his part has yet to clarify, now, on election night. it s
si signs about a looming recession in the united states. we ll crunch the numbers. first, let s say it. nay to the naysayers. the skeptics and cynics that said the january 6th hearings wouldn t matter. turns out they were. reporter: very wrong. the media personalities that said nobody would watch and care have seen otherwise. let s be honest. there was a bit of this prognosis, some people thought the summertime hearings would fizzle out over time but they actually picked up steam as june turned to july. tv ratings stayed strong throughout the series. it s weird to say it s a series but it was a summer series of television and urn turned out t one of the highest rated shows of the summer. despite the maga people that said nobody was watching, it reached tens of millions of people. as an attention exercise, it gained a lot of attention. as a fact 2350finding effort, i brought a lot of new facts. as a political expert, i ll save that. tucker charleston called the shameful ot
fox & friends first on this wednesday morning, i am carley shimkus. i m todd piro. important race is being decided overnight in michigan, missouri, washington. brooke singman has more, good morning. hey, good morning, guys, arizona where the governor is yet to be called. trump endorsed carey lake with a slight lead over karen tylan robeson. but in the state, lake masters by the president is to win the senate primary with solar power businessmen james and arizona attorney journey until next tutor dixon is the g.o.p. governor of michigan. her race called, dixon warning gretchen whitmer that the people of michigan want her else, listen. does she think it is possible for us to be in a worse condition because right now we are at the bottom of education. we have a problem with cities, semi message to witmer. the people want to get rid of it but the only place we are going is up and we will bring michigan back. freshman peter meijer who voted to impeach the former president