raising interest rates five times this year to combat inflation. and even with this new report, economists say people should still be bracing for the possibility of a recession in tough times ahead. so let s get to the new report and what it means and what is it doesn t. matt egan is here. and what does this good news say about what is next? well, kate, not that much. this is a rearview mirror number. it is a snapshot in time. we know the economy got knocked down in the first half of the year, but it got back on its feet this summer. gdp rising 2.6%. that is solid. consumer spends slowed but it is still positive. i think that this should silence the argument that the u.s. economy is already in recession. right. gdp is positive, the jobs market keeps chugging along. new numbers show that initial jobless claims which is a proxy for layoffs, they remain low. at pre-covid levels. how you could have a recession if you don t have playoffs. this is so confusing. because the ec
she said that she had a year s long affair with walker while he was married to his first wife and that led to a pregnancy in 1993 and she said that the woman is coming forward now because in her words walker is a hypocrite and not fit to be a u.s. senator. i was devastated. because i felt that i had been pressured into having an abortion. he s publicly taken the position that he is, quote, about life, end quote. and against abortion. under any circumstances. when, in fact, he pressured me to have an abortion and personally ensured that it occurred. by driving me to the clinic, and paying for it. walker denies the allegation calling it a lie as did he with another accuser. republicans are standing by their candidate right now. today walker will be joined by senator ted cruz on the campaign
against anyone they see fit. the threats against those exercising their constitutional rights and attacks are a the direct result of a concerted campaign of lies and intimidation. well kari lake after hearing that resstatement responded in kind. that is absolutely absurd. and are you guys buying that? because this sounds like a jussie smollett part two. i can t blame she would plame me for something like that. i don t know where her campaign office is. i assuming it is in a basement somewhere because that is where she s been campaigning. reporter: so saying it is all made up. it is great to see you. now to the senate race in georgia. herschel walker is facing a new allegation that he paid for an abortion. the woman identified as jane doe spoke virtually at a news conference with her attorney.
the person. what are you hearing about that? i think that what we re seeing from this debate is that if they re deciding on policies, the policies were well-known. what was said during the debate about policy has been said pretty much throughout the election. oz s statement on abortion was from a democratic perspective clunky than he said before but his position is the same as it always been. the new information is seaing fetterman standing up on the fly and answer questions. so that is where i think the concern for democrats comes in. but think we ve seen that elections are most often decided, voters are deciding on their gut instinct and we hope that they feel more comfortable with fetterman as a life long pennsylvanian who has more of a every man image than oz. but republicans would just point to the national environment in anger at president biden to fuel their hopes and as i said, it
well, as atheeja mentionsed there is a lot of worry among democrats and there was worry before the debate because what was wednesday a significant fetterman need has narrowed an it is tied going into the last two weeks of the campaign so there is concern about democrats to start and if things were already moving against them, they acknowledge that that debate was not a great look for them. it was not a great not something that would turn that momentum around. they re hope is that oz s comments on abortion are something that could counteract whatever problems fetterman had, that they could put that on tv and persuade some swing voters and it is too late in this election to really have this moment penetrate too far and that it might not reach that many voters honestly by the time they go to the polls. we ve seen fetterman responding to this concern about his candidacy. but a basic question does remain, are voters deciding their vote on the policies or