and georgia. major cities prepare for a direct hit from the dangerous hurricane. we have the stories. this is the cbs evening news. the winds. for power is fully restored. tonight the state s of georgia, the carolinas and virginia will all have de claired a state of emergency ahead of ian s expected landfall tomorrow. we have team coverage tonight. all throughout florida andpbeyoe will start us off north northed for meyers. i know the damage where you are is quite extensive. norah, for this home, the damage is total, completely destroyed this home. now if you go downt the block will you see homes like this, will you see other homes with roofs ripped off and the occasional one show unscathed. we are four miles from the water so this was all wind damage. as daylight broke the path of destruction left behind by hurricane ian was devastating. block by block fort myers beach looks like it was hit by a bomb, only small pieces of debris remain where homes and businesses once s
jacking up interest rates, raising bar owing costs. on thursday our first look at u.s. economic growth for the second quarter, another decline in gdp is expected. of course, two quarters of a loss in a row is a sign of a recession, so are we head there had? here is the treasury secretary. the labor market is now extremely strong. we are in a period of transition in which growth is slowly. we re likely to see some slowing of job creation, but i do i don t think that that s a recession. a recession is broad-based weakness in the economy. we re not seeing that now. we re not seeing that now, but here is this from someone who used to have that job, the former treasury secretary larry somers. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in in kind of situation before. recession has essentially always followed when inflation has been high and unemployment has been low. soft landings represent a kind of triumph of hope over experience, i think we re v
also, will the administration talk nancy pelosi out of her trip to taiwan as she riles up china with her travel. huge economic data released almost every day this week, will it point to a recession. and as russian forces strike the main ukrainian port is the grain deal between the two countries already in jeopardy? let s going to sunlen serfaty live for us on capitol hill. the january 6th committee doesn t plan any more hearings until september that doesn t mean they are not going to be busy. reporter: that s absolutely right. almost all the work the committee will be doing over the next month will largely happen behind closed doors. the committee says that a number of significant leads have come in and so they will be using this next month to gather new evidence, to talk to new witnesses potentially even or visit some previous witnesses who have already testified. this committee entering a crucial fact-finding mission over the next month. the house select committee i
christine romans. new day starts right now. from record-breaking heat to a controversial trip, these are the big questions for today, monday, july 25th. good morning, i m brianna keilar with john berman. so will the secret service testify before the january 6th committee as cnn reports missing text messages have been identified on the phones of ten agents. and will the committee subpoena ginni thomas the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas over her push to overturn the 2020 election. will attorney general merrick garland takes action as one committee member says don t wait on us. record breaking temperatures across the country, can the nation s power systems handle the demand. and how does president biden s covid recovery end as his doctors refuse to answer questions from the media.
information to the investigation, trump s deputy white house chief of staff tony ornato, trump s former lead secret service agent robert engel and the driver of trump s motorcade on january 6th have retained private counsel, all three have engaged with the committee before. other possible witnesses include conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. we are the committee is engaged with her counsel, we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. reporter: former trump adviser steve bannon is also still of interest to the committee. he was convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying a subpoena issued by them last year. he vows to appeal the verdict but offered to testify publicly. the committee is no closer to speaking with five house republicans who have yet to comply with subpoenas. and former white house chief of staff mark meadows