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
because not a lot of follow-up pieces about these man-made food shortages that joe biden was predicting and that is weird if you think about it because food shortages are inherently a big deal. you can argue that there even more significant than a slap fight between celebrities at an award show. food shortages they bring down empires and they often have. if you have a short food shortage of a potentially destabilizing problem on your hand. now we do have a food shortage and it s real as joe biden predicted. they released 26 states that half of the retail stores are completely out of baby formula. that includes the states of texas, missouri, and many others. these are major population centers without enough food for newborns. in memphis and nashville, 52% of stores have no baby formula. houston at des moines dimona reported similar shortages. in san antonio with unusual high percentage of small children 57% of all scores in the city have no baby formula. those are the numbe
mahsa amini, died in custody after being arrested for not fully covering her hair. siavash ardalan from the bbc s persian service gave me this update. this particular person who has been sentenced to death was accused of very heavy charges in iran that carry the death penalty, corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you read the text of the court proceedings you see that this person was allegedly involved in vandalism and setting fire to motorbikes and so on. there are five other people at least that we know who have been accused of similar charges but this is the first person we re hearing about who has been accused to death. the case can be appealed, of course, so to speak. how likely is it that the regime will follow through and actually execute the protesters? i think it has to do more with their assessment of the situation rather than any particular legal reason. there are voices within the government that want to exercise the iron fist, want to deter protesters by these k
custody. this particular person who has been sentenced to death was accused of very heavy charges in iran that carried the death penalty, corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you read the text of the court proceedings you see that this person was allegedly involved in vandalism and setting fire to motorbikes and so on. there are five other people at least that we know who have been accused of similar charges but this is the first person we re hearing about who has been accused to death. the case can be appealed, of course so to speak. haifa appealed, of course so to speak. how likel is it appealed, of course so to speak. how likely is it that appealed, of course so to speak. how likely is it that the regime will follow through and actually execute the protesters? i follow through and actually execute the protesters? the protesters? i think it has to do more with their the protesters? i think it has to do more with their assessment - the protesters? i think it has to do
ago, after a 22 year old woman, mahsa amini, died in custody after being arrested for not fully covering her hair in accordance with the country s strict morality rules. ardalan from the bbc s persian service has more on the significance of this death sentence. this person who has been sentenced to death was accused of very heavy charges and around that carry the death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you read the task tend to make text of the court proceedings, this person was allegedly involved in vandalism and setting fire to motorbikes and their five other people at least that we know who have been accused of similar charges, but this is the first person we are hearing about is been sentenced to death in their voices and the g