plus the u.s. and russia debating a prisoner swap. antony blinken speaking with sergey lavrov. and a breakthrough on capitol hill. chuck shchumer and joe manchin striking a deal after a year of negotiations. there s a lot in this bill, including tax changes. we begin with major developments on the u.s. economy. the gross domestic product fell 0.9%, following a 1.6% drop in the first part of this your, blamed in part on the omicron surge, all of this adding to fears the u.s. could be in a recession. joining me to talk about all this, white house national economic director brian dees. good morning. thanks for taking the time this morning. happy to be here. two consecutive quarters of negative growth. every period since 1948 of two straight negative quarters of gdp has coincided with a recession. in every prior recession in the united states, we have lost jobs. and over the course of the year we have gained 2.7 million jobs. the unemployment rate is 3.6%. there s only be
corporations. senator, thanks so much for joining us. i wonder just until a few days ago, this deal was considered dead in the water. how did it come together at this late hours? it s a testimony to never giving up. i didn t give up. my staff never gave up. we continue to negotiate with senator manchin, not just on methane emissions reductions but other aspects of it. we worked with our caucus and senator schuman and that of his staff and leave it to joe manchin to find the middle and address climate change in ways that create jobs and economic opportunity. it paid for, it s deficit neutral and on inflation, it s helpful in combatting inflation. so it s an amazing development
attacks. it could happen anywhere in the world. and one of the things i ll be discussing today is to make sure we remain vigilant. lisa monaco is the assistant to president obama for homeland security and counterterrorism. lisa, tell me about what we know know. who were these people? do we know anything more about their agenda and the effort to try to capture them? well good afternoon, andrea. first of all, let me say, our hearts go out to the victims of this brutal terrorist attack that happened today. in paris. we stand shoulder to shoulder with our french partners who have been steadfast and in the lead with us ever since 9/11 in combatting extremism and brutal terrorist tactics wherever they are in the world. what we know, we just heard from the french prosecutor earlier today, and i was on the phone early this morning with my
we re at a bagel we re eating bagels. early in phoenix. i know latinos in phoenix on sunday, eating bagels, that what we were doing. i m going to tell you something, ed. when the police officer came in all dressed in black with police written, with his gun, i m going to tell you, i m a member of congress for nine terms. it had a chilling effect on me. i started wondering, how does he view me, see me? you see the division it s caused between the population in general. you want to you something? i m a big supporter. they say democrats, liberal, progressives, no, we re supporters of the police. we want to give the police every tool and instrument they need to be successful in combatting crime and keeping us safe. you want to know something? the eyes, ears of the american people, those are the best tools the police have. people don t have trust and confidence they re not going to cooperate. great to have you with us tonight. i love your passion on this story. we re going to stay on it.