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i m that s annoying but soft alarms on your smartphone. no. i mean one of those really obnoxious alarms that you might hear a few rows back on the plane. turn that off. but you can t turn this alarm off. and as much as we might all want to wish it away, it s clear with less than three weeks until the midterm elections, the forecast is doom and gloom. and maybe that s why president biden today gave not one, but two, speeches on the economy. families are hurting. you ve heard me say it before, but i get it. it s been a rough four or five years for the country, but a lot of folks here are still struggling. but there s some real bright spots. i get it. folks are still struggling. but one word you did not hear from president biden today, the word, recession. but he did admit a recession was a possibility during our interview last week. i don t think there will be a recession. if it is, it ll be a very slight recession. that is, we ll move down slightly. look, it s possib
the news continues, cnn with jake tapper starts now. welcome to cnn tonight i m jake tapper. tonight the economic alarms are blurring, and i don t mean one of those vaguely known but soft alarms on your smartphone. [noise] no, i mean one of those really have noxious alarms that you might hear if you are he s back on the turn that off. but you cannot turn this alarm off. and as much as you want to wish it away, it is clear that with less than three weeks after the midterm elections, the forecast is doom and gloom. that is why president biden today today gave not one but two speeches on the economy. families are hurting, you have heard me say it before, but i get it. it has been a rough for five years for the country. but a lot of folks here are still struggling, but there are bright spots. i get it, folks are still struggling, but one word that you did not hear from president biden today? the word recession. but he did admit a recession was a possibility during o
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