jacking up interest rates, raising bar owing costs. on thursday our first look at u.s. economic growth for the second quarter, another decline in gdp is expected. of course, two quarters of a loss in a row is a sign of a recession, so are we head there had? here is the treasury secretary. the labor market is now extremely strong. we are in a period of transition in which growth is slowly. we re likely to see some slowing of job creation, but i do i don t think that that s a recession. a recession is broad-based weakness in the economy. we re not seeing that now. we re not seeing that now, but here is this from someone who used to have that job, the former treasury secretary larry somers. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in in kind of situation before. recession has essentially always followed when inflation has been high and unemployment has been low. soft landings represent a kind of triumph of hope over experience, i think we re v
and quach with any purchase tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the devastating wildfire exploding in northern california. tens of thousands of acres burned in less than 48 hours. and we ve just learned the fire has destroyed more than 100 structures. the state s governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. dozens of hikers rescued. hundreds of homes evacuated. extreme drought is fueling the out-of-control inferno, and news just coming in. a mudslide stranding more than two dozen people near big bear, california. the new flood threat in kentucky hampering search efforts. more rain is now hitting some of the worst impacted areas. flash flooding possible in the coming hours as the death toll rises. kentucky s governor tours the devastation by helicopter. what we re learning about those four siblings swept away.
current danger zone. at this point a government task force has been set up to monitor the situation, christine, at mount sakurajima one of japan s most active volcanoes. blake, thank you so much. keep us posted there in japan. in california a wildfire exploding in size and raging out of control near yosemite national park. more than 15,000 acres have burned forcing more than 3,000 people to flee their homes. the oak fire began friday, there is 0% containment. residents describe the fast moving fire as they evacuated in the nick of time. it was scary when we left because we were getting ashes on us, but we had such a visual of this billowing, it just seemed like it was above our house and coming our way really quickly. i went up the hill and looked and i m like, oh, my god. it was coming fast. yeah, that fire has destroyed at least ten structures, damaged five others.
investigating how the suspect, allegedly armed with a homemade gun, was able to get so close. bob woodruff in tokyo. back here at home, dangerous heat alerts across much of the u.s. a large wildfire exploding at yosemite national park. red-flag warnings in the west, and tracking severe storms and possible tornadoes into tomorrow. elon musk s twitter battle. 24 hours after saying he s terminating the $44 billion deal, will the court have the final decision? news tonight about that much anticipated testimony from former president trump s white house counsel pat cipollone. what we re learning about what he told the january 6th committee behind closed doors. shark patrols on high alert along america s beaches. two recent shark attacks involving life guards off new york. the warning to everyone going into the water. chaos on the streets of sri lanka. the president and prime minster both vowing to resign amid violent protests. tens of thousands storming the
to join the table, two hosts learning their rapid tests before the show came back positive. both fully vaccinated, they left the studio and vice president harris staying in a separate room. and what the vice president said once she was on the show. also this friday night, new reporting after the deadly supermarket shooting. they have now identified the gunman and his connection to that kroger store. and the harrowing stories of survival tonight. the massive california wildfire exploding in size late today, and authorities arresting a woman, accusing her of starting the fire, threatening more than 9,000 structures, homes and businesses, using loudspeakers now to get families out. on the texas border tonight, the migrants are now gone. where are they now? and rachel scott asking president biden about those images of some border officers, images the white house called horrific. what the president said. the very expensive audit of the 2020 election in arizona.