jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. i m hoping that hit the jackpot. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. in eastern kentucky the death toll rises, and the catastrophic floodwaters begin to recede. the horrors are now becoming more clear. 25 people confirmed dead, including at least four children from the same family. their aunt tells us that they were between 2 and 8 years old. kentucky s governor tells cnn that the national guard has gone on more than 660 air rescues. the floodwaters washed away roads, ripped away bridges, making the ongoing search efforts even harder. it s unclear how many people are still missing at this hour. the governor fears the death toll will be climbing. i m worried that we re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come. keep praying. i hope there are no. we ought to expect there will be more loss. prayer for the families that have already lost individuals. they re go
away. experts believe it could fall to the lowest level since last february, the white house down plays fears of a recession. my hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth. so we ll see some coming down. but i don t think we re going to god willing, i don t think we ll see a recession. let s hope he s right. today s report is the first of many marking the state of the economy, especially this week. tomorrow, the fed will make its announcement on interest rates and will likely hike that interest rate. so let s begin with the economy this hour with cnn reporter matt egan and jeremy diamond. matt, we ll let you look at the numbers just coming in. but jeremy, what is the strategy for the white house as they prepare for so many consequential reports on the economy this week? reporter: we have seen from the white house a week of prebuttals ahead of all of these economic numbers this week. in particular, those gdp numbers that we are expecting on thursday. the w
convinced this kind of crisis can be avoided again down the road. senator kirsten gillibrand live on capitol hill. in just a minute. also this hour, new details in pennsylvania, one candidate pulling in big money since election day. while the count continues on the gop senate race. and new reporting from team nbc on the fallout on that. look at this, more on wall street, the dow pretty flat. the economy is headed towards the r word recession. here in the next hour, the head of the economic council live from the white house. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start in washington with the latest over the crisis on infant formula. let s bring in kristen welker and sala kapur. sala, let me start with you, about the recall that has led to the shortage talk about the response from lawmakers because some of them did not seem satisfied with the answers he gave. reporter: no, some certainly weren t, halle, the commissioner in the hot seat with the growing response abo
tight united states senate. so in trump s corner, you have tv show dr. oz neck and neck with former bush official dave mccormick and commentator kim barnett who has been coming up the side on the rails there. really squarely in contention. they have three gop candidates, right? you would have those this would have whittled down. they re all around 20%. then you have about 20% that haven t decided yet. so this is fascinaing to watch. president trump asking voters in north carolina to get behind this the re-election for a controversial young member of congress, madison kawthorn. he said give him a second chance. he s made foolish mistakes. you can check out what s going on there. kind of interesting in that story. so charles watson is live in charlotte, north carolina where action will be going on tomorrow with more on that. first we go to rich edson. he s in the keystone state. he s in pittsburgh. hi, rich. good afternoon, martha. you know, you only get one endorsement in
India s Finance Ministry has said a recession may appear in 2024 due to uncertainties related to higher food and energy prices and geopolitical tensions. India s trade deficit reached a record high in October due to higher-value imports and lower exports. Rural demand has sustained momentum in Q2, driven by stable foodgrain production incomes and moderate inflation.