listening to taylor swift. it is called literacy lit rather c and. and if i took that class, i d be a better man. all right. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. so it turns out the national archives has been after donald trump to turn over documents since the waning days of his presidency. good morning, everyone. good morning, kaitlan collins. quite the greeting for everybody waking up. it s been going on a long time. enjoy your coffee. we do begin with new cnn reporting overnight. an email from the national archives reveals how long donald trump has been holding sensitive documents that he should not possession. the email indicates that records were not returned despite a determination by a top white house lawyer that they should be. a source says there were a dozen emails and calls over the course of 2021, 2021, this is last year, including a may 2021 email from the national archives to trump s lawyers that reads in part, quote, it is also our understandi
very good thursday morning to you . i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. this just in to cnn, important news for the u.s. economy, the nation s gross domestic product, how much the economy grew or shrank, declined less than previously thought in the second quarter of this year. revised up from negative .9% to negative .6%. it may not sound like much. it shows our economy is shrinking. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with more. we often have seen revisions like this, with jobs figures, sometimes in both directions, sometimes in a positive direction, what is the significance of the revision here? it means the economy is less lousy in the second quarter than we thought, and in fact consumer spending and corporate profits were stronger and that is an underpinning here of the u.s. economy. you look at quarter by quarter by quarter, you see two quarters in a row of a shrinking u.s. economy. but shrinking much less in the second quarter than the fi
roe versus wade decision. before anti-abortion activists, it s a victory that s been decades in the making, but for supporters of abortion rights, it is a devastating setback. at the white house, president joe biden lashed out at the court s decision. it s a sad day for the court and for the country. now with roe gone, let s be very clear, the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk. it was three justices named by one president, donald trump, who are the core of today s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country. so top democrats also blasted the bill, including senator elizabeth warren and vice president kamala harris. for nearly 50 years we have talked about what roe v. wade protects. today, as of right now, as of this minute, we can only talk about what roe v. wade protected. past tense. roe is dead, but the supreme court extremists do not get the last word. we are here because we will make
interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economy s health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and we ll break down what s in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says there s a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and welcome to way too early on thursday, july 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. after nearly a year of, a year and a half of on and off negotiations, democratic senator joe manchin says he has reached a deal with party leaders on a sweeping reconciliation package. in a statement yesterday, that surprised even most democrats on the hill, the west virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on what is being called the inflation reduction act of 2022. writing in part this, this bill
morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. let s dive in after a year and a half of on and off negotiations. joe manchin has reached a deal with party leaders to pass a number of democratic agenda items through the reconciliation process. in a statement, he wrote in part, this bill will cut the inflation taxes that americans are paying. it will lower prescription drugs and health insurance. it will ensure that we invest in energy security and climate change innovations. he went on, it is time to put away the partisan swords and advance legislation that is in the b