a look at them. thank you shannon. shannon: cap next huge problem for this week but the devil is in the details as economist, for the rest of us try to figure out whether we are facing a recession later this year. jared bernstein of the president s council of economic advisors joins me, born in 1847, formally enslaved, started buying land, was in the house of representatives. finding out this family history, these things become anchors for your soul.
a look at them. thank you shannon. shannon: cap next huge problem for this week but the devil is in the details as economist, for the rest of us try to figure out whether we are facing a recession later this year. jared bernstein of the president s council of economic advisors joins me, next. uhhhh. here, i ll take that. [woo hoo!] ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar and nutrients for immune health. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. (vo) red lobster s finer points of fun dining: at lobsterfest, whether you re a sea-foodie or a lobster newbie, there s something for everyone. try one of six dishes, like new lobster and shrimp tacos for $17.99. and leave completely lobsessed. welcome to fun dining.
hottest that they ve been at that mark in at least ten years. new york gets to 95, but by tuesday we are back into the 80s. so, pamela, just a couple more days in the northeast to endure this high heat. make sure you get into the air conditioning. find those cooling centers and keep yourself hydrated. take care of your neighbors too who might be vulnerable to this heat. exactly. gene norman, thank you so much. still to come tonight, the dread auto warranty robocalls and a government effort to stop them. plus, how close are we to a recession. i will ask a member of the president s council of economic advisors. then later, they lost loved ones on september 11th. now they re asking former president trump to keep the new golf league off his new jersey course.
you re in the situation room. it s part economics snapshot, part political football and there s only three more jobs reports coming out before the november election. the latest one released today has something for everybody. the labor didn t reports better than job gains in july. the unemployment rate still picked up a notch. dan, how does all this play out on the campaign trail? reporter: for mitt romney it allows him to say see, i told you so. unemployment still going up. it s still above 8%. what the president is doing is not working. the president was putting the spotlight on what he says is working even though he admitted there s still a lot of pain. thank you everybody. reporter: surrounded by a group of hand picked middle class and workers, president obama defended his policies and emphasized gained in a struggling economy. 163,000 jobs created in july. 1.1 million so far this year. 4.5 million over the last 29 months. those are our neighbors and family membe
inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. that s because we got usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is what s happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, we ve known each other now through a lot of presidential races. a long time. no, i don t tell anybody how long we ve known each other. also, got alex axis, he s a co. founder of read it. joining us. we had him on a couple of weeks ago when we launched this show. ali velshi of course is our chief business correspondent. and we ve got some of the dishes this morning. i m going to go with the mac and cheese. gain five pounds when you watch this show. parse that one out. yeah. i can t keep working on that. let s get right t