administration down playing the recession call. there s semantics. what is a recession, how do you technically define it. no matter what, there s widespread agreement no matter who you talk to. that is that economic growth is slowing. the treasury secretary, janet yellen acknowledges as much. but then she maintains that that does not mean a recession is inevitable. this is not in an economy that is in recession. but we re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing. and that s necessary and appropriate. we need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace. yellen says the job market is still strong. she says a recession would have to be a broad-based economic contraction. consumers are still spending. household balance sheets are still in good shape. all of that said, the economy did contract the first quarter. economists think at beast we ll see slow growth when the numbers release thursday. the white house insists even if that number does go negative and some
president biden is calling on americans to make america safer as he prepares to travel to uvalde to honor the victims tomorrow. authorities are facing scrutiny over conflicting information as well as the response time. we now know the gunman was not confronted by police before entering the school. and more than an hour past between the first 911 call and when that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pressed authorities for answers on friday. you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere, what efforts were made to try and break through that door, you say it was locked. what efforts were the officers making to try to break through that door or another door to get inside of that classroom. none at that time. why? the on scene commander at the time believed that it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying please, send the police. they are alive. i
after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is
political beliefs, or tweets that are beyond controversial. whether or not she could even compete in a general election, that is straight ahead. first, we turn to the horrific shooting in buffalo, new york, over the weekend. a deranged racist monster open fire at a supermarket murdering ten innocent americans here tonight we all pray for the victims and their families and the entire city of buffalo, everyone impacted by this despicable act of violence. sadly yet unfortunately predictably, many on the left almost immediately started exploiting their pain, their suffering for political gain. in fact, after the shooting that took democrats just three hours to start blaming republicans and conservatives and talk show hosts and fox news. of course, it s the same terrible smear tactic that liberals have been using for years. in the 90s you might remember former president bill clinton tried to blame rush limbaugh and talk radio for the oklahoma city bombing. he later said so the in