traditional definition of being in a recession. the second quarter gross domestic product g.d.p. shrank at annual rate of nine tenths of a percentage point. that s the second straight quarterly deficit and that checks the box, historically considered as recessionary. president biden says it s no surprise the economy is slowing down because of inflation. but he insists he has the nation on the right path and, quote: it doesn t look like a recession to me. the president also spent time today on a call with his chinese counterpart in a time increasing tension with communist china. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the numbers are right there in black and white. the u.s. economy shrunk for a second consecutive quarter. but, until large, well-respected groups, nonpartisan groups of economists issue some sort of a formal declaration that a recession is underway, then officials here
Want full accountability but it isnt going to give them the years back. ~ ,. ,. ,. , ~ , back. Thank you for taking us throu~h back. Thank you for taking us through todays back. Thank you for taking us through todays evidence. Back. Thank you for taking us | through todays evidence. Let back. Thank you for taking us through todays evidence. Let me tell you we will be back on the Campaign Trail in a moment and we will be talking live to conservatives on this programme but before that lets just take a few minutes catching up with some of the other news that is making headlines today in the uk. A ten Year Old Girl who died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire has been named as Leah Harrison from darlington. Herfamily have paid tribute to her as a happy and bubbly little girl. Her school have called it a heartbreaking tragedy. The mudslide happened at Carlton In Cleveland yesterday fternoon. More now from our north of england correspondent danny savage, at the scene. We are on the northern en
Security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. So what happens next . Over the next five days, parliament will try to get through Unfinished Business and pass remaining legislation. It will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. Each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. Then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this Snap Summer General Election and the people will cast their votes. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. To the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. I he has a huge poll deficit to become. ,. , . ,. , become. I want to build britain, a country where become. I want to build britain, a country where you become. I want
Connect to the people is really, really exciting im excited to kickoff the program with the woman had a successful round of dependency San Franciscos very own mayor london breed clapping. all right. Good evening, everyone. I am still a little bit jet lagged please forgive me if i forgot something but start by expressing my gratitude of our public centuries and staff that spends evidence of doing the incredible work for the city and county of San Francisco. So many amazing departments and individuals in those departments are being honored for the work to help continue to make San Francisco a shining example of had that mean to run a city more effectively and efficiently and sprinkling from a little bit of fun every now and then i want to say to all six the folks from rec and park, the port of San Francisco, the Sheriffs Department and animal care and control, and laguna honda there the department of Public Health to all the honorees we are recognizing today thank you for your service an
The last time we saw a show like this was 20 years ago, so why is it happening . Ionize material enters the atmosphere at the poles where it interacts with the oxygen in our atmosphere, creating all of these bright colors. And while he says tonights show may not be as colorful, its worth trying to catch a glimpse using your camera just find a spot away from city lights and point north. But these vibrant colors may also have a dark side. Its kind of disrupting the earths magnetic field, and that can cause all kinds of problems with Radio Communications with gps, it can cause problems like power failures. Starlink, the satellite arm of elon musks spacex, warned of Degraded Service because of the geomagnetic storm. But that isnt stopping people from trying to catch a glimpse of this light show tonight. Getting a chance to see it in the Santa Clara Valley is, you know, almost as as rare as snow mary ann favro nbc, bay area news. Wow, beautiful. We cant get enough. Heres another view taken