Forecast. Plus, a crime spree stopped by a pair of sneers. How some unusual footwear helped police track down their suspect. And he htheyrs were the sise who baked their way through the government shutdown. Tonight acn inspiring update on their booming business. I cant believe where we are to this day. Announcer news 4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. First to that breaking news thats developing as we come on the air tonight. Montgomery ounty police are the scene of a shooting in kensington. News 4s shomari stone is outside the home whereh it pened. Shomari, what have you learned . Reporter well, first let me tell you where we are as a location. We are on friars mill road in summit avenue relatively near connecticut anue. And behind me Montgomery County police just have this area blocked off. They just cleared here. Nd behind me on pliers mill road that is where there is a no outlet. And down thastreet on the 10700 block of shaftsberry street that is where police say around 10 30 sh
Welcome back. Good thursday morning. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. I am maria bartiromo, thursday, august 17, 8 00 a. M. On the button on the east coast hot topic of the hour President Biden democrats celebrating socalled Inflation Reduction Act yesterday at the white house touting Green Energy Push and bidenomics. Mr. President , this is your day. This is your day mr. President introduced the first climate bill in the senate 1986, before i was in congress [laughter] this was amazing effort, to pass one of the great legislative feats of the 20th century 21st century probably 20th too. Financial times in the wall street journal, called my plan bidenomics, i am not sure they meant. Guess what it is working. A a poll Shows Majority americans disagree, 58 say they disapprove of biden handling, 36 americans approve of it mark weve been talking about so he bidenomics last two years what have we got the. A big zero everything that is happening as far as like real wages are bel
critical issues like taiwan and uk. a surprise among democrats to lower drug prices and address climate change. we re going to discuss with democratic senator brian schatz from hawaii. also new this hour, a u.s. prisoner swap proposal to bring wnba brittney griner and businessman paul whelan home from russia. what moscow is saying, ahead. we begin this hour with the state of the american economy. a short time ago the government reported economic activity fell by 0.9% between april and june. that s the second straight quarter it has fallen. moments ago president biden issued a statement on the report saying, in part, it s no surprise the economy is slowing down as the federal reserve acts to bring down inflation. but even as we face historic global challenges, we are on the right path and we will come through this transition stronger and more secure. also this morning, we learned that 256,000 people filed first-time unemployment claims last week. that s a slight decrease
Sean spicer. Spicer was both the press secretary and Communications Director. Dubke was brought in to handle communications aspect. He has resigned from his post. He will stay on in the short term to ease with the transition as they try to identify a candidate for that post going forward. He is writing a already to his friends, reasons for resignation was, personal. All of this comes as white house is looking at two potential close aides to the president potentially bringing them into the fold here at the white house. Names floated around, Corey Lewandoski. That of course was the president s First Campaign manager. Also david bossie, the Deputy Campaign manager down the homestretch for President Trump. Bossy was on fox friends this morning and would not say he is specifically being targeted for this role to lead what is being labeled as a war room of sorts to deal with the negative russia headlines on a daily basis. Here is bossy from earlier today. Im not going to say that there is so
Mr. Speaker, we are very confident the and Health Care Act with their help will be on the president s desk and we will start over with a new future for health care in america. Maria the latest development this morning coming up. Another legal challenge for president tried to report why hawaii is filing a lawsuit overpriced executive order and immigration. Deadly wildfires in the middle of the country to report at least five People Killed in texas and oklahoma. The governor declared a state of emergency. Latest developments coming up. Snap shares on a wild ride. Donate 10 yesterday on top of a 12 of the day before. The action on heavy volume as well. What does that mean . Writer markers this morning. Futures indicate a mixed market at the open of trading. Nasdaq up a fraction. S p 500 down a fraction. We wait on the adp report due at about 8 15 a. M. In two hours. The first look at the labor market ahead of the important government jobs report this friday. Rated action ahead of the Euro