hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your busy newsday with us. president biden hits the road as we hit 12 days till election day. a handful of key senate races are a toss-up. republicans increase will go i confident about capturing the house. early voting way up, some democrats do see some hope there. plus, get this quote, security is a joke. we have some new cnn reporting shows millions of your tax dollars earmarked to protect election workers have not been spent and it leaves the people who count your votes vulnerable to threats. and donald trump sets campaign closing rallies in iowa, in pennsylvania, in ohio and in florida. his election lies echo across this year s republican campaigns, a new snub 6 a potential rival. more proof trump is thinking 2024 comeback. and now in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, i will probable h have to do it again but first we have to win a historic win for th
a critical rebound, or is it the calm before the storm? the data is in and the u.s. economy grew by more than expected last quarter putting an end to a six-month slump and the president is hoping this bounce gives democrats a jolt before election day. but before we discuss the political fallout let s look at the numbers. with cnn s matt egan and rahel soloman. break this down for us. does this mean we are out of the woods. unfortunately, not so much. great news that the economy bounced back last quarter. but that doesn t mean that the risk of a recession going forward has gone away. both things can be true at the same time. today s report showed that gdp increased last quarter at an annual rate of 2.6%. pretty solid. i think that plus low unemployment should put to rest this idea that the economy is already in a recession but this gdp report had concerning signals. it s really the improvement was driven by trade, exports were up. imports went down. that alone was enough to
corruption trial ended in a mistrial. prosecutors back in 2017 said menendez had accepted thousands of dollars and luxury services in exchange for political favors. climate catastrophe. what countries have vowed to do versus what must be done. planes will reduce planet warming emissions in 2030 by less than 1%. that is incredibly far from the 45% reduction that was targeted. this quick programming note, don t miss this on sunday, join kyung lah as she talks with officials who fear violence in their districts. america s dangerous divide begins at 8:00 p.m. sunday. thanks for your time today on inside politics. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. hello, i m ana cabrera in new york. thanks for being there with us.