affiliated media outlet is suggesting beijing should shoot down the plane carrying house speaker nancy pelosi if she does, indeed intend to go to taiwan. meanwhile, a democratic congressman openly saying most of his colleagues believe the president should not run for re-election in 2024. and the biden administration is trying to explain why democrats want a new massive spending bill while the economy may or may not be technically in a recession. previous definitions it is. white house correspondent peter doocy starts off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: the recession was just a one day news cycle. the press secretary spoke this afternoon for about an hour, never used the word recession officials around here do admit that prices are too high but they insist they are on top of inflation. we have a plan to fight inflation. that s being disputed. the democrats have no plan to help americans who are paying the highest prices in 40 years. steve.
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
traveling to scranton, pennsylvania, florida, tennessee, new jersey and of course, new york. why? because we want to know with the american people think about joe biden, about gas prices, about inflation, all of it. tonight, we will do things a little differently. we will be taking a trip down memory lane airing some of our greatest hits so far. because trust me, the american people have given us some great content to work with. let s get right to it. starting in new york where we wanted to know how people are dealing with this expensive fourth of july holiday. watch. what are your plans for the holiday? i am actually traveling. fireworks, maybe coney island. we will set off fireworks and try to keep out all of our digits intact. fireworks! what are your plans this holiday weekend? may be doing a little barbecuing and a cook out with my family. what are your cookout must haves? hotdogs. i love hotdogs. mayonnaise. mac and cheese. i like hotdogs. bur
bidens code but diagnosis, as mild as it may be, still it triggering event to the d.c. establishment, what if something happens to the president and kamala harris has to step in? this scenario is a terrifying prospect for anyone who s followed her performance over the last few years. in an administration of punch lines, she s in a class by herself. last sunday during a podcast interview where she managed to make the democrats holy grail of abortions sound evermore callous, if that s possible watch. listen, women are getting pregnant every day in america and this is a real issue, and we need to act with a sense of haste about what is at play, what is at stake. laura: there s a baby at play, just to clarify. at least she didn t to the trademark hyena cackle at the end of that, but she was saying saving all of that for today in indianapolis where she was nervously avoiding any opportunity for q&a with the press. so in terms of the format, we will let the press in, repr
Welcome to all of our viewers in the United States and around the world. With time running out, to prevent a Government Shutdown, u. S. Lawmakers seem to be making little progress towards a deal. And a dramatic end for the French Mission in niger. As france announces its troops will leave the country, more than a month after a Military Junta seized control of the government. We start with a major breakthrough in hold. The Writers Guild of america has reached a tentative agreement with television and film studios. That means after nearly five months, the Writers Strike that brought the television and film Tre Industries to a standstill could be coming to an end. Even before the agreement is officially ratified. The exact terms of the deal have not been made public. But the use of Artificial Intelligence in production was one of the final sticking points. This could pave the way for hollywood to restart productions that have been halted since may 2nd. Joining me is an Assistant Professor