u.s. and china deteriorated to their lowest point in decades. real tension, particularly over taiwan. secretary of state antony blinken speaking today with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. as cnn learned exclusively of plans under way for a prisoner swap, trading convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout for detained wnba star brittney griner and marine veteran paul whelan. we re watching that closely. let s begin with the new gdp numbers, cnn chief business correspondent christine romans is here with more. christine, break down, a lot of numbers not just you but economists follow, this headline number is not good. this is gdp gross domestic product. it is the largest gauge of the size of the economy and it this rank 0.9% in the second quarter. this is a rear view mirror looking picture, and that s after the economy this rank 1.6% in the first quarter, that first quarter was blamed on the omicron variant and how much was going through the economy with supply chain pro
before they bring them back home remarkable story will continue to stay on. miles o brien, thanks. the news continues right here on cnn i d front next the breaking news, trump s vp list focusing on three candidates with his family and allies. now i ll split on who s best will tell you who wants whom. plus steve bannon making a last ditch effort to stay out of prison will show you the facility where he set to serve his sentence. and a man who has served time, they re himself, will tell us exactly what bannon can expect and more breaking news this hour, 1,000 people feared dead because of dream heat, temperatures as high as 125 degrees fahrenheit. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront. today we begin with the breaking news trump zeroing in on a vp, cnn with new reporting tonight because we are learning, it may come down to three men here are identical ties. they are ohio senator jd vance north dakota governor doug burgum, and florida senator mar
washington bureau chief sam feist. today is his last de it cnn. he s moving on to become the new ceo. ceo of c-span here in washington, it will be the exciting new adventure for him. but all of us at cnn will miss him big time especially erin burnett outfront starts right now i d front next the breaking news, trump s vp list focusing on three candidates with his family and our eyes now split on who s best will tell you who wants whom plus steve bannon making a last ditch effort to stay out of prison will show you the facility where he set to serve his sentence and a man who is serve time, they re himself will tell us exactly what bannon can expect more breaking news this hour, 1,000 people feared dead because of extreme heat, temperatures as high as 125 degrees fahrenheit let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. we begin with the breaking news trump zeroing in on a vp, cnn with new reporting tonight because we are learning, it may come down to
sharell had spoken with the vice president and the vice president. we saw brittney yesterday in the russian courtroom. i still will never get over seeing anybody in a cage cell the way they are in russian courts, but i m curious to get your thoughts on how you felt when you saw her, how did she look to you, how did she sound to you? you know, every time we get the opportunity to see her, it is a mixed bag of emotions. there is absolutely great comfort in seeing her, seeing our sister. i also spend probably a lot of time, you know, getting up close it the television and looking to read her expressions and see how she s carrying herself. she s just such a tall, beautiful, graceful individual and to see, you know, to see her walk and to see her reaching out and talking, you know, chatting briefly with those around her,