recession? because that is not the technical definition. in terms of the technical definition, it is not a recession? a much broader spectrum of data points? that is not the actual data of said mike recession but actual retraction over a few months. i would reject to the idea of two quarters of negative gdp growth is a technical recession is wrong. carley: griff jenkins is live with the technical definition and much, much more, good morning. good morning carley and todd appear the definition of braising is what americans are doing for potential bad news this week that we are in a recession after two consecutive quarters of dropping gdp numbers. but president biden said he doesn t see that happening. we are not going to be in a recession, in my view. the employment rate is still one of the lowest we have had in the history with 3.6%. my hope is that we go from this rapid growth to steady growth. and we will see some of it coming down, but i don t think we will see
even though he s polling far beyond his republican rivals in the state, his team recognizes he can t get complacent in this final stretch. he wants to ensure he doesn t cede any ground to his rivals. his speech has focused heavily on attacking president biden and specifically his record on foreign policy. at one point, donald trump was referring to the president s meeting with chinese president xi earlier in the week and stated to escalate his criticism calling joe biden quote, a stupid person, and suggesting he may be on medication. our leader is a stupid person. our leader our leader can t get off this stage. you see the stage? when he s finished with a speech by the time whatever he s taken wears off and he s looking, okay, thank you. all right. thank you. now, paula, some of these remarks and what you just heard right there is in line with some of the increasingly vi rhetor he s been using. last week while in new hampshire, he received a wave of backlash for callin
good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us on this monday. israel s military says another evacuation corridor in northern gaza is open for the next several hours. it is unclear if and how far that announcement is known, though, without any cell service or internet connectivity. and new this morning, further exchanges of fire reported across the israel/lebanon border. the israeli defense forces say two mortars launched from lebanon landed in open territory in northern israel on monday. and also overnight, the u.s. did carry out a new round of air strikes against iran-backed targets in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin says those strikes targeted a safe house. officials believe that they re responsible for at least 60 rocket strikes against u.s. personnel in iraq and syria since october 17th. this comes as fighting intensifies in gaza. the medical system there, it s collapsed. some of the images you re about to see, i want to warn you, are disturbing. hospit
our hostages released. senator tim scott announcing he is spinsding his presidential campaign. it s a surprise, but it s also not a surprise. i m going to hold on and keep working hard and look forward to other opportunities. chaos and finger pointing among house republicans as the u.s. barrels towards another spending dead laine. mike johnson unveiled an unconventional plan. whether all democrats will oppose this proposal. donald trump will launch his defense against him, his two adult sons and his business. the son back on the stand, they will continue to be the notion, what are we doing here? the defense has already concluded they are going to lose. good morning, everyone. there s a the lot of news to get to, but we start with this. this just in from israel s military. president the idf says another evacuation corridor has been opened today, even as fighting intensifies and the medical system collapses. some of the images you re about to see are disturb
terrorists. health officials say clashes have led to a catastrophic situation for gaza s hospitals. it puts rockets inside schools, hospitals. it has tunnels below children s beds. this is what we re dealing with. the prime minister says his top priorities are destroying hamas and getting all the hostages safely out of gaza. let s go to kevin wliptack. what more are you learning about this hostage being held by hamas. it s an awful situation, but it s good we re starting to learn new information. what can you tell us? it s terrible. and the white house put out this news in a readout. qatar has been playing broker in these talks to try and get some of these hostages released. in that phone call the white house said president biden condemned the holding of hostages, including this 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed in the hamas attacks in israel on october 7th. we don t know much more about this individual, but i am told that it is the youngest american