uncomfortable, even inhibited in certain situations with the other human beings. you wouldn t understand. because i m a pod? jesse: world feels like a giant pod right now. we love it. it s not normal. even the world s richest man wants things to go back to normal. do i believe biden won? yes, i believe he won. and you voted for him? i did, actually. do you regret that? i mean man, i wish we could have just a normal human being as president, that s what i want. that old saying of like we re better off being run by picked at random from the phone book than the faculty of harvard. i would say if we could do that for the president, that would be great. obviously you are not happy with biden. don t we all just want a normal human being. whatever that means. jesse: rich, poor, black, white, female. everybody want the same thing. we want normal. elon is not being political. is he looking at it like a businessman. the most important thing is confidence. the
president biden insists the u.s. is not in or heading in to a recession. despite many economists looking at it differently. the president is feeling better from his covid-19 diagnosis last week. this week will determine whether his good feeling about the u.s. economy will pan out as well. a pivotal week for the president and his party as the gross domestic product or g.d.p. number comes out. the economy could be in a recession just a few months ahead of the midterms. but the biden team is already trying to get ahead of that by attempting to essentially change the definition of what a recession is. white house correspondent peter doocy has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. officials here are talking about how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created since this president took office. but, jobs are just one economic i observed carat. some other economic indicators may show this week the country
ahmadinejad on the spot. the president summoned before parliament for the first time since the 1979 revolution. conservative parliament members called him out on everything from the limping economy, which is a victim of u.s. sanctions, to his public disagreements with the ayatollah who of course is a supreme leader of iran. now, ahmadinejad tries to make jokes and he made no secret of his distain for the event saying, quote, the fact is that i tried not to attend this session, but i guess it was ordained that i should come, so there is nothing i could do about it. i met him once in person. that seems the way she would have delivered it. there s much more going on. president obama watched today as tehran action, and he used some of the strongest language while standing next to the prime minister of america s closest ally. they must infer they can t escape or invade the choice before it. meet your obligations or face the consequences. while leaving no room for doubt, the pr
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000