very good thursday morning to you . i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. this just in to cnn, important news for the u.s. economy, the nation s gross domestic product, how much the economy grew or shrank, declined less than previously thought in the second quarter of this year. revised up from negative .9% to negative .6%. it may not sound like much. it shows our economy is shrinking. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with more. we often have seen revisions like this, with jobs figures, sometimes in both directions, sometimes in a positive direction, what is the significance of the revision here? it means the economy is less lousy in the second quarter than we thought, and in fact consumer spending and corporate profits were stronger and that is an underpinning here of the u.s. economy. you look at quarter by quarter by quarter, you see two quarters in a row of a shrinking u.s. economy. but shrinking much less in the second quarter than the fi
mar-a-lago. could that change the judge s reasoning? we re going to explore that. plus, three months after the deadly shooting in uvalde, the police chief facing outrage for his response, has now been fired. his 17-page response to his firing, calling it a public lynching. what uvalde parents are thinking about that today. and president biden s loan forgiveness plan is getting mixed reaction. the washington post editorial board calls it a regressive, expensive mistake. even some former obama officials are shaking their heads. we ll get into that as well. but let us start with that fast-approaching doj deadline. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ken dilanian, legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times and host of talking feds podcast, lot of titles, harry, and lisa ruben, an nbc legal analyst. ken, so, the justice department has an hour more. are we even going to be aware when they ve submitted it? aren t they submitting this filing under seal as well? rep
comment as the court considers the matter. no surprise there. the question now is what will judge reinhart say? we could hear from him at any moment. we also could not. presumably he s going through the redactions right now, deciding whether what remains of the affidavit is even worth releasing. just don t hold your breath. he warned us on monday that what the d.o.j. proposes might render the affidavit gibberish, his word, and he s inclined to side with whatever the d.o.j. thinks is appropriate. some former federal prosecutors order judge reinhart could relean information about the lengths d.o.j. and the national archives went to get donald trump and his legal team to voluntarily hand over all those documents, that is if that information is contained in the affidavit. after all, we did get a little more insight into that timeline this week. the national archives released a letter revealing donald trump handed over 700 documents with classified markings, some at the highest le
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Good evening. And welcome to this Special Edition of the Cbs Evening News from rome. Thank you for being with us. Im norah odonnell, overlooking the vatican, where just a few hours ago, we interviewed the holy father, pope francis. The head of the Catholic Church shares his insight on the State Of The World in his first extensive oneonone interview with a u. S. Television network. His holiness spoke to us about war, peace, famine, and Climate Change, all with the worlds children in mind. Our sitdown comes ahead of the vaticans first world childrens day, with a message that all kids are precious in gods eyes. We have been in rome and vatican city for a few days now, speaking with people from around the world who have made the sacred pilgrimage to reconnect with their faith, pray at the sistine chapel, and have a chance to see pope francis. A reminder that people of all faiths turn to pope francis for guidance on the worlds most difficult issues, making our conversation with his holiness