the dow plunged 500 points. this is unbelievable. ftc going after elon musk for communications with journalists. on the biden administration s effort to censor americans online. a minnesota vikings player being praised for helping rescue a man from a fiery crash wide receiver k.j. osborn. uber driver noticed the crash and they managed to free the driver. got high, high hopes. steve: another one of those beautiful red, white and blue in the district of columbia. it s absolutely clear, about 50-mile visibility. currently they have got 33 degrees in the federal city and they re going for a daytime high of 52. and sunrise for our nation s capital is 6:30. although ainsley people would say people are in the dark there all the time. ainsley: that s exactly right. if you are heading out and you are in washington this morning. bundle up. 33 is pretty cold. steve: it is, indeed. here in new york city we will go down to brian in tampa. ainsley: much warmer. s
since that does seem to be a premier issue. jacqui heinrich on what the latest polls are saying. she s at the white house. hi, jacqui. hi, neil. the first glass, today s gdp report looks good. considerable gain from the first and second quarters of negative growth. that 2.6% is driven in large part by government spending and increased exports. experts believe that those could drop off in the fourth quarter. also, another warning sign. if you look at all three quarters together, the growth is only .4%. which is extremely slow. more over, consumer spending is slowing down. that makes up almost 70% of the u.s. economy. so maybe not on the whole as good as it looks at first glass. the president thinks things look fine. great economic report today. things are looking good. despite that optimism that the job market is strong and a recession is not inevitable, voters are pessimistic. a u.s. a today poll shows 2/3s say the nation is already in a recession or depression. 10% say
though is the championing progress being made not only on the economic front but numbers that he says are proving that the inflation reduction act is beginning to bear some fruit. there s a great deal of division over whether that is happening. this three-state trip, by the way, three strong blue states that he s going to is an interesting thing to do less than a month before the mi mid- mid-terms. want to keep you up on that and how this is playingout and the strategy of the white house with a little less than four weeks until the general elections. jacqui heinrich at the white house on what this strategy is. what do you think, jacqui? it s hard to say, neil, what exactly the strategy is. the press secretary was asked why the president isn t going to a more contentious state like arizona if he s going on a western swing. why not hit some of those areas where democrats vying for re-electioning are having a tougher job. but this event in colorado is going to be really a favo
universally accepted active shooter protocols. they allowed the gunman to remain in the classroom for more than 70 minutes. there were children still alive inside, one of whom repeatedly called 911 for help. there were wounded teachers fighting for their lives. tonight we take a close look at the false and at times misleading information initially provided by texas law enforcement and public officials to families and reporters about the police response. throughout this hour, we are being careful about what body camera and surveillance videos we show you there will be no images of violence or sounds of gunfire. we want to be respectful of all those grieving in uvalde. some of the videos, though are, difficult to watch given what we know is happening elsewhere offscreen. there is still a lot to learn, but it s worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answers from law enforcement officials in the hours, in the days and months after this massac
politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister s killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan s security. we re going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it s likely to have i don t know yet likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan s youngest prime minister when he took over and the longest serving when he was don