cannabis and fentanyl and sit in the classroom and try to learn. they look at tiktok that s teaching them how to steal cars. young boy was burned 85% of his body because he did a tiktok challenge. the mayor says more prayer is the answer. we ll discuss that. and why is america losing it? why are we behaving so badly to our fellow humans on airplanes at ball games, when did we lose our common decency? we re going to bring you the story of a high school baseball empire, a disabled vet getting punched out by a parent. we have more of these as well. our thought provoking panel on what is happening to us. let s start with the supreme court, senators on both sides of the aisle now calling for the high court to fix its ethics issues. i just think that the american people expect the supreme court to be above politics and to be above personal financial interests and anything of this nature puts that into question, and i think it knneeds to be addressed. and democratic senato
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
forward to make that closing pitch on the economy next hour. he s expected to sharpen attacks on republicans and their economic plans. the president is celebrating new economic numbers released earlier today. great economic report today. the gdp report, things are looking good. the key economic reports show the u.s. economy grew in the third quarter after two quarters of decline. he was excited about that report. he also acknowledged that more work needs to be done to address inflation. the federal reserve has raised interest rates five times so far this year in attempts to combat inflation. the gdp report tells us we re not in a recession right now, but what more did we learn? we learned that the u.s. economy grew at a rate of 2.6%. that was higher than most were expecting. the expectation was 2.3, 2.4%. some of the largest contributors were things like net exports. we americans just didn t buy as much things from overseas, from outside of the u.s. that helped on the
move over crescents. there s a new wanted pastry in paris and it is not french at all. it s an american krispy kreme donut. seriously. this week the u.s. donut chain opened its first outpost in france, and the company tells cnn that 400 customers were waiting outside for opening day with some lining up the night before to snag the first few dozen freshly glazed treats. over the next year the chain plans 500 points of access for the french to load up on donuts. it s a full circle moment for the bakery, almost 100 years ago, the founder bought the recipe for it original donut from a french chef in new orleans. thanks for being with us tonight. the news starts now. america holds up a mirror to itself. what we see is ugly. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby phillips in washington. this week the united states gave itself a physical of sort and found extremism runs deep in its bloodstream. it runs across both parties and it courses through our most esteemed inst
cnn starts now. america holds up a mirror to itself and what we see is ugly. that s tonight. this week the united states gave itself a physical of sorts and found that extremism runs deep in its blood stream. it runs across both parties and it courses through our most esteamed institutions. the example that sparked the most headlines interesting most discussion and the most fear of a constitutional crisis was delivered by the former president. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. by now, this kind of rhetoric from trump isn t really surprising and neither are the mental gymnastics from republicans determined to dismiss it. are you okay with that kind of rhetoric? i mean, it s entertainment. we ve been around him long enough. it s entertaining. i think he is an executive that does make decisions and gets things done. now, all