raising interest rates five times this year to combat inflation. and even with this new report, economists say people should still be bracing for the possibility of a recession in tough times ahead. so let s get to the new report and what it means and what is it doesn t. matt egan is here. and what does this good news say about what is next? well, kate, not that much. this is a rearview mirror number. it is a snapshot in time. we know the economy got knocked down in the first half of the year, but it got back on its feet this summer. gdp rising 2.6%. that is solid. consumer spends slowed but it is still positive. i think that this should silence the argument that the u.s. economy is already in recession. right. gdp is positive, the jobs market keeps chugging along. new numbers show that initial jobless claims which is a proxy for layoffs, they remain low. at pre-covid levels. how you could have a recession if you don t have playoffs. this is so confusing. because the ec
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, october 25th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the raucous face-off last night between ron desantis and charlie crist in the first and only debate of the florida governor s race. crist, the democrat, is behind in the polls, nearly out of campaign cash so he charged at the republican governor like a candidate with very little to lose. desantis mostly stuck to his talking points as the two tangled over a range of talking points like abortion and whether desantis will run for president. i would like to see everybody have a shot. i m proud of the 15 weeks that we did. i know charlie crist opposes that even though the baby is fully formed, has a heartbeat, can feel pain and can suck their thumb. i don t want to bana b abortion want to make sure we keep a woman s right free. i want to make sure we don t have a governor who wouldn t allow exceptions for rape or incest. yes or no, ron
abe assassinated during a campaign speech by a man with a homemade gun. and a new report shows the u.s. jobs market stayed strong last month despite high inflation and recession fears. this hour what the numbers could mean for the u.s. economy and for the biden administration. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a highly anticipated testimony of former white house counsel pat cipollone to the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. let s go straight to capitol hill. our reporter melanie is on the story for us. what do we know, first of all, about the testimony of this key witness? do we know if cipollone has been cooperating or not? reporter: well, pat cipollone has been testifying for eight hours and counting now behind closed doors and he has left several times throughout the course of the day to meet with his own down in separate side
and injured seven others was sentenced to life in prison without parole. this is the harshest punishment possible. in the hours leading up to that very sentence, family member after family member, victim after victim recounted to the court how their lives had been irreparably shattered by the events of that day. and it was their words directed right at ethan crumbley that left the biggest mark, like those from the mother of madisyn baldwin, a 17-year-old senior who didn t live to graduate high school. i don t wish death upon you. that would be too easy. i hope that thoughts consume you and they replay over and over in your head. the thoughts won t stop. i m sure you ve heard that paraphrased before. i hope the screams keep you up at night. and the words from tate meyers dad, who spoke of heartache after heartache since the loss of his just 16-year-old son. for the past two years, our family has been navigating our way through complete hell. what you stole from us is no
move over crescents. there s a new wanted pastry in paris and it is not french at all. it s an american krispy kreme donut. seriously. this week the u.s. donut chain opened its first outpost in france, and the company tells cnn that 400 customers were waiting outside for opening day with some lining up the night before to snag the first few dozen freshly glazed treats. over the next year the chain plans 500 points of access for the french to load up on donuts. it s a full circle moment for the bakery, almost 100 years ago, the founder bought the recipe for it original donut from a french chef in new orleans. thanks for being with us tonight. the news starts now. america holds up a mirror to itself. what we see is ugly. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby phillips in washington. this week the united states gave itself a physical of sort and found extremism runs deep in its bloodstream. it runs across both parties and it courses through our most esteemed inst