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since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to ....
very good thursday morning to you . i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. this just in to cnn, important news for the u.s. economy, the nation s gross domestic product, how much the economy grew or shrank, declined less than previously thought in the second quarter of this year. revised up from negative .9% to negative .6%. it may not sound like much. it shows our economy is shrinking. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with more. we often have seen revisions like this, with jobs figures, sometimes in both directions, sometimes in a positive direction, what is the significance of the revision here? it means the economy is less lousy in the second quarter than we thought, and in fact consumer spending and corporate profits were stronger and that is an underpinning here of the u.s. economy. you look at quarter by quarter by quarter, you see two quarters in a row of a shrinking u.s. economy. but shrinking much less in the second quarter than ....
mar-a-lago. could that change the judge s reasoning? we re going to explore that. plus, three months after the deadly shooting in uvalde, the police chief facing outrage for his response, has now been fired. his 17-page response to his firing, calling it a public lynching. what uvalde parents are thinking about that today. and president biden s loan forgiveness plan is getting mixed reaction. the washington post editorial board calls it a regressive, expensive mistake. even some former obama officials are shaking their heads. we ll get into that as well. but let us start with that fast-approaching doj deadline. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ken dilanian, legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times and host of talking feds podcast, lot of titles, harry, and lisa ruben, an nbc legal analyst. ken, so, the justice department has an hour more. are we even going to be aware when they ve submitted it? aren t they submitting this filing under seal as well? ....
comment as the court considers the matter. no surprise there. the question now is what will judge reinhart say? we could hear from him at any moment. we also could not. presumably he s going through the redactions right now, deciding whether what remains of the affidavit is even worth releasing. just don t hold your breath. he warned us on monday that what the d.o.j. proposes might render the affidavit gibberish, his word, and he s inclined to side with whatever the d.o.j. thinks is appropriate. some former federal prosecutors order judge reinhart could relean information about the lengths d.o.j. and the national archives went to get donald trump and his legal team to voluntarily hand over all those documents, that is if that information is contained in the affidavit. after all, we did get a little more insight into that timeline this week. the national archives released a letter revealing donald trump handed over 700 documents with classified markings, some at the high ....
i see it. so i tried to live up to that this morning because i knew i would be on the same screen as you. you are all wonderful, have yourselves a great day and i will see you tomorrow. thanks for joining us. today on velshi , inside donald trump strategy as defendant/candidate and why his inclination to over share his plans is more alarming than you think. plus, movement on multiple fronts on the draconian crackdown on abortion in this country and worrying signs of what is coming next. then, why one columbia lecturer says the school is teaching the wrong lessons. we will talk about protests and rates on college campuses. ended his a book so beloved by audiences that it spent eight years on the bestseller list. it is a beautiful story of resilience and survival, yet it has been targeted and beyond over and over again. the acclaimed author joins our book club to talk about her memoir, the last castle. velshi starts now. good morning to you, it is saturday, ....