statement claiming that two consecutive quarters of falling gdp are not the official definition of a recession. sounds like they are expecting those reports to show two straight quarters of falling gdp. but with inflation surging to a new 40-year high just last month, some call the administration s talking points out of touch and they re out of time to turn this boat around if they don t start focusing on the right things. a comment from treasury secretary janet yellen. this is not in the economy that s in recession. we re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing and that s necessary and appropriate. a recession is a broad-based contraction that affects many sectors of the economy. we just don t have that. martha: oh, remember when she was apologizeing for saying transitory. larry summers knows the truth. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in this kind of situation before, recession has essentially always followed when infla
we re clocking in the surface here over 150 degrees. relief is coming, but so are storms, causing more than 1400 flights to be canceled this weekend president biden s covid symptoms are improving significantly according to his doctor, and new information about the race to create a vaccine targeted at the omicron subvariants by this fall pope francis has landed in north america, why he s apologizing to the people of canada today. gas prices are falling. now 65 cents less than the peak one last fight, the veterans who never gave up the effort to honor their fallen brothers a new memorial open opening this week. and the stunning northern lights over the continental u.s. where you can see this amazing light show this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening from coast to coast, almost all of us are dealing with it. the brutal heatwave that s lasted for days today, some 90 million americans were under severe heat alerts, with multiple states hitting rec
dropped for the back black panther sequel. we have to talk about it with our culture credits. i am symone, and i have something to say. president biden continues to isolate with covid-19, the doctors assure folks he s on the road to recovery. an update today themes, dr. kevin o connor wrote in part, quote,, his symptoms continue to improve significantly. his predominant symptoms now is sore throat. this is most likely a result of lymph oil activation as his body clears the virus, and is thus encouraging. but here s the thing, y all. america does not take a day off. while working remotely, the president still has to navigate a maze of pressing issues. covid, monkeypox, gas prices, inflation and yesterday i spoke with white house chief of staff, ron klain, about the presidents recovery and his agenda. here s what he had to say. he s feeling pretty well. i talk to him a little while ago and he s been at work all day. on the phones. talking to staff and other people. his reco
him, all of it caught on cellphone video obtained by cnn from calloway s girlfriend. we want to warn you that what you are about to see is disturbing. [ screaming ] stop! stop! brandon, brandon, brandon! stop hitting him! stop hitting him! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop! stop! stop it! stop! why are you taking him and hitting him? he has no weapon! he has no weapon! why are you taking him? he s beating him and taking him, he has no weapon, sir, he has no weapon, they re being aggressive. i m getting this on video. no, don t put your harndnds on . do not put your hands on me. bring your iphone, i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. get on the ground! i didn t do nothing! get on the ground! ow! look how they re doing him. i m bleeding! stop hitting him! stop resisting, brandon, stop resisting, just stop. just stop. no. just get on the ground. get on the ground, brandon. get on the ground. get off of his neck! all right, this happening in o
griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui hinrich. they re battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. 104 degrees yesterday, it s supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn t slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we ve seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it s been the recent policy of text s governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that s drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now.