nation is officially in a recession. something many experts have predicted was coming. john roberts in washington. happy monday to you. sandra: i heard booming thunder here in new york city as a storm rolls in. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york, this is america reports. it has now been four days since the president s positive covid test. his doctors say he s doing well and symptoms are almost completely gone. all of this as the white house and president biden s team prepares for another fight. an efforts to redefine what actually constitutes a recession. john: treasury secretary janet yellen says a second quarter of negative growth in the g.d.p. will not indicate recession but does admit the economy is slowing. josh is here on this, and more noise about biden s 2024 candidacy, that s coming up in moments. sandra: peter doocy at the white house, what do officials expect from this week? are we in a recession or not? peter: sounds like, sandra, they are
today. john: hearing people earlier on fox say maybe janet yellen should be fired, of that a pretty big miss and they continue to try to sugar coat what s going on there, but anybody who is dealing with the prices, whether it be gasoline prices or putting food on the table, there s nothing to sugar coat. no money for sugar. sandra: jay powell has admitted he got it wrong and now he s the guy in charge to get it so right to stop a deep recession. and graphic video, a manhunt is on for several suspects after a man was hit by a car and robbed as he lay on the ground struggling to survive. alexis mcadams is on this for us. how was he doing? he was hit hard by the car and critically injured in the incident in new york city, laying on the ground motionless after he was struck by the car and listen to this, the driver stops, but instead, the group gets out him and robs him not once, but twice. you can see the 39-year-old man