he s actually done. so there s never any upside in letting joe biden speak injo public. d but unfortunately for the white house, sometimes you don t have a choice. disasters happenn ha. and when they do, the public expect somebody to pretend to be president. the american economy a is currently a disaster. therefore, joe biden had to h talk. so his aides dutifully let him out to the podium today to say something edifying about it. what happened next has got to be one of the weirdest presidential briefings ever conducted. new economic numbers show has declined for two quarters in a row. that s the definition of a recession. we re in a recession. that s why joe biden had tofi hold the briefingng. and yet biden never once mentioned those numbers, not a single time other than that, mrs. lincoln, how was the play? it was completely bizarre. instead, biden simply announced that there is no recession in the united states no matter what you may have noticed aboutt your own country. i
good morning. 8 8:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in gaza. the military says it discovered a tunnel shaft, guns, explosives at gaza s largest hospital and the bodies of two hostages nearby. hamas is accusing israel of lying. live to tel aviv for the latest. the push to expel george santos is gaining momentum after a house investigation found he spent money on so much more. a fellow republican trying to kick hit out. 100 days since the catastrophic wildfire that wiped out lahaina on maui. we will look at the ongoing search to find people still missing. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. good morning, new overnight israeli forces say they have discovered the body of a second hostage near gaza s largest hospital. israeli troops have been conductsing a military operation as the israeli military says it found a tunnel, a hamas tunnel shaft and a stash of guns, grenades and other combat gear at the hospital. the idf released these videos. they say this is proof.
and identity theft that he pled not guilty, i should note. but that led to what you saw happening on the house floor today. santos is facing a house ethics investigation. they have promised an update coming in the next two weeks o. house republicans are waiting to see what happens there. we will keep you updated. thank you so much for joining us. cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. an american president under pressure suggesting a pause in israel s bombing campaign as the war tears this world further apart. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip washington. as the war against hamas continues to accelerate, the more it appears that old global divides are growing wider and deeper. today again palestinians carrying children away from heaps of mangled concrete. the idf struck jabalia, rocking that refugee camp for a second time this week. israel says that hamas is hiding leaders and infrastructure there and using civilians as shields. bu
members that said, wait a second, kids aremo more important. let s use our common sense here. and we had twenty five senators that also stepped up. so common sense is still aliven out here in the flyover country. and i think we re going to see other states starting to step a up as well. i hope there s intense pressure on republican leaders especially to representes y their voters. i mean, i remember your governor explaining to us that ronald reagan would have been for sterilizing children something equally insane. do f you think there s anysu support among republicans in arkansas for thesepp i procedur and i think there s very little support. we have to look at the long term side effects. these kids are miners, their children. they have no idea what cardiovascular disease is , cerebral vascular disease, type two diabetes. well, sterilizations, and i thik other states are also looking at the safe acte and i hope that their people will speak up. the mclaughlin group did just did a poll a
to draw out. when he appointed larry kudlow, what i thought is he is trying to cast the mclaughlin group. he wants a group of people that can go out there and speak on his behalf and articulate his policies on tv in a way he doesn t feel like his other advisers have, and that s more important than having the experience and expertise of the generals who he touted. you aren t old enough to remember the mclaughlin it is still on. he is totally right. he trusts more of his gut and his instinct, how he feels when he interacts with people than lesson the resume and who seems more qualified for the job. anybody else? still trying to think of the mclaughlin group member. i was once a guest. stick around.