hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, the washington post and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us new york times politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. yeah, that s right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we d be feel better about where things stand now. w
a critical rebound, or is it the calm before the storm? the data is in and the u.s. economy grew by more than expected last quarter putting an end to a six-month slump and the president is hoping this bounce gives democrats a jolt before election day. but before we discuss the political fallout let s look at the numbers. with cnn s matt egan and rahel soloman. break this down for us. does this mean we are out of the woods. unfortunately, not so much. great news that the economy bounced back last quarter. but that doesn t mean that the risk of a recession going forward has gone away. both things can be true at the same time. today s report showed that gdp increased last quarter at an annual rate of 2.6%. pretty solid. i think that plus low unemployment should put to rest this idea that the economy is already in a recession but this gdp report had concerning signals. it s really the improvement was driven by trade, exports were up. imports went down. that alone was enough to
russian soldiers calling putin s invasion a, quote, absolute hell. a six-month exclusive investigation by the reporter who exposed the russians behind alexei navalny s poisoning. wait until you see what he is going to show you tonight. he is one of the republican s biggest targets, a top democrat in charge of getting democrats elected. and now he could be taken down by someone who is not a household name, yet. and american teacher mark vogel was sentenced to 14 years in russia for marijuana possession. he s now believed to be on his way to a secret russian penal colony where he will be subjected to hard labor. his sister anne is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a new and bigger threat to the united states from putin. top official with russia s foreign ministry tonight warning that american commercial satellites could be a target because of america s aid for ukraine. it is a direct threat from russia to the united s
fbi but to demand changes. christopher wray was to clean up after james comey but astonishingly, he has made things worse. millions are fighting and americans and are now frightened of the fbi peer that is unsustainable and the democratic republic. christopher wray must be fire merrick garland impeached in the fbi replaced. we need a new organization that all americans can trust. todd: brooke singman has more what we can expect today. good morning guys that standing charges against igor danchenko after closing statements just hours from now. it comes as a federal judge dismisses one of the five charges against igor danchenko with false statements to the fbi. igor danchenko told the fbi he never talked to charles dorn junior apr executive who contributed information to the debunk still dossier. the legal team arguing since he never literally spoke to him but emailed back and forth, the statement was true. the trial also uncovering revelations of the alleged payments to inf
subpoena standoff. january 6th committee versus donald trump. the final hearing before the midterms put trump on the spot, and all nine members voted to get his testimony. the next step, actually getting him to take the stand. adam kinzinger today, warning that it contempt referral is not out of the question. as we are wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. we want to speak to the president. look, he has made it clear that he has nothing to hide. that s what he says. he should come in on the day that we ask him to come in. if he pushes off beyond that, we will figure what to do next. the clock is ticking. the january six committee has just over two months to get trump to reply. republicans win back the house in the upcoming midterms, and the committee will not be allowed to continue in the new year. beyond that, kinzinger says the quote, the torch has been passed for the doj. attorney general merrick garland, growing facing card includin