his criticism getting outrage from republicans who call it unacceptable. tonight the president showing no sign of backing down. i know you re all busy as i i am. meeting virtually with nine democratic governors today president biden urged his party to find new ways to ensure abortion remains legal. one week after the supreme court ruled states can decide if and when a pregnancy can be terminated. i share the public outrage at this extremist court. as i have said last week, this is not over. the president s growing war of words that the supreme court generating swift backlash from republicans who argue the presidents rhetoric including including comments made overseas thursday goes too far. president biden is unhinged and he should not have done that. this is the third branch of government, coequal branch of government. they did what they thought they had to do. the white house examining ways to work around the abortion decision. president calling on congress to le
traditional definition of being in a recession. the second quarter gross domestic product g.d.p. shrank at annual rate of nine tenths of a percentage point. that s the second straight quarterly deficit and that checks the box, historically considered as recessionary. president biden says it s no surprise the economy is slowing down because of inflation. but he insists he has the nation on the right path and, quote: it doesn t look like a recession to me. the president also spent time today on a call with his chinese counterpart in a time increasing tension with communist china. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the numbers are right there in black and white. the u.s. economy shrunk for a second consecutive quarter. but, until large, well-respected groups, nonpartisan groups of economists issue some sort of a formal declaration that a recession is underway, then officials here
that s all, right now is a good reason to do, it my friend. have a good weekend, we will see you next week. you too. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening as well. his name was vinnie the chin. not because of his strong job. rather, the name vinnie the chain was the plan the italian name vin chan so. his government name was vincent jean gati. and depending on who you asked, he was either the leader of a notorious new york crime family, or a doctoring fool who did not know his right hand from his left. it is dusk in new york city and the man coming out of the city is walking down the street in bedroom slippers, wearing his bananas beneath a bedroom. this man is vincent and the fbi says he is the mafia boss of the richest and the country. his doctor say the man in pajamas as mentally ill, not a godfather but a man with the mind of a child, afraid of the dark. a fox. and he has played this game for many years. the last time that gigante was arrest
left is walking down the street in bedroom slippers, wearing his pajamas beneath a bathrobe. this man is vincent and the fbi says he is the mafia boss of the richest mafia family in the country. his doctor says the man in pajamas is mentally ill not a godfather but a man with the mind of a child, afraid of the dark. he s crazy as a fox. and he has played this game for many years. the last time that gigante was arrested, in a bribery case in the early 70s, the charges were dropped, when his lawyers produced letters from psychiatrists, calling him a schizophrenic, with little chance of recovery. gigante has even been hospitalized here from time to time. his younger brother, a catholic priest on the right, walking down the street with gigante in these photos, says gigante is a sick man, too sick to talk with us. the priest called the fbi s version stupid. police insist that gigante is a mastermind. a smart man would be smart enough to act a little crazy. just before midn