get out the dictionary. we ll define recession for you. here is the bottom line. the biden economy is shrinking as the fed unleashes rapid fire rate hikes to stave off the highest inflation in 40 years. let s get right to it. maria bartiromo joins us now. go ahead and give us the news because they projected .5% on the positive side. the number was a negative .9. we are now in recession and we can confirm that because it is two quarters straight of contraction. the economy shrank in the second quarter by 9/10 percent on top of shrinking in the first quarter by 1.6%. now so far all of the commentary that i m hearing is talking about a shrinking of the economy but the good news for the economy is that job growth has stayed strong. that was why some people were questioning well maybe it is different this time. it is hard to believe that job growth can be up to 300,000 in one month when you are in a recession. what s different this time is that we have an inventory build-up. a l
to all of that to us to be able to make decisions on our own bodies? in a moment, i m going to take you on a journey that more women will soon be taking. i followed a group traveling from texas to new mexico in order to get access to abortion. there are women out there who have been raped. you have women out there who don t have anybody or they got with the wrong person or they re just not ready. you can t make women be ready for taking care of a kid. this is coming as the president and democratic leaders vowed to take action and to protect abortion rights. my administration is going to focus on how they administer and whether or not they violate other laws by deciding not to allow people to across state lines to get public health services. then, we re going to take actions to protect women s rights and reproductive health. what can they really do with that would be an unexpected change in the political calculus on capitol hill? i m going to talk to congressman barb
and explosive claims with hunter biden cover up coming to the top of the republican senate judiciary can he. why he says the justice department and fbi with key details in a criminal investigation as president biden s son and head of the 20 election. plus, dueling speeches in washington today with speculation about the 2024 presidential race. former president trump and mike pence both at the nation s capital talking to conservative groups. but first, more brazen crime caught on camera today. the nation s top law enforcement says a matter of considerable concern, not a crisis in an interview with nbc. correspondent matt finn from the west coast newsroom, hi, matt. hi, gillian all across the country violent crimes caught on camera a warning some of this video is graphic. speak with the police release this video tuesday about a woman firing several gunshots inside dallas airport. a woman gets out of the uber, enters a terminal, changes in the bathroom and fire s rounds at the
who can t afford it. martha: the dow is up a lot on that news. in less than 24 hours, we ll know if the u.s. is officially entering a recession. charles payne joins me on that. and the other big story that we start the hour with here on this wednesday, china. warning the united states saying that when it comes to nancy pelosi s trip, it s a red line for them. china recognizes obviously china believes that taiwan is part of china, that it s not an independent country that can greet u.s. officials on their own. when asked were republicans from the hill will join her on this trip, the speaker said this. i never talk about travel. it s a danger to me. so why is the white house trying to dissuade this trip? we ll ask john kirby about that. he joins us in a few moments from there. first, to gillian turner covering this story for us today. it s a story that keeps moving all throughout the last couple hours, gillian. what is the very latest? martha, this just in. the secretary
swing the election to the former president. this is what it looked like in michigan back in december when those fake electors actually showed up at the state house and tried to talk their way past police. the electors are here. they ve been checked in. we re electors. we re electors. all 16 electors are inside. the elector college has been checked. but these are the rest of the electors. he said the rest of the electors. there s no such thing. it may seem ludicrous watching that, but according to testimony that we ll hear more of tomorrow, this was part of a multi-pronged scheme by the president and his allies to overturn the results of the election. it is unprecedented in our history. the seriousness and the risks are important to remember. adam kinzinger tweeted a letter he said he received at his home. it was addressed to his wife and mentioned how she and her husband and their child would be executed. he warns it s a vision of what s to come in our politics in o