. that s it for us. have a great weekend. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. and tonight straight from the source donald trump weighing in after president biden is facing no charges in his classified documents investigation. the former president claiming that he cooperated with the feds, which he didn t, also alleging that biden did not, which he did. the white house is blasting the report as politically motivated and certainly a political headache. meanwhile, a potential trump raining mate tells me she would not have done what mike pence did on january 6th, you know, abiding by that thing called the constitution. the apparent new republican litmus test to the second in line to the presidency. also tonight israel s prime minister wants its military to have plans to evacuate rafah where over a million palestinians are sheltering as the white house is warning military action there would be a, quote, disaster. i m kaitlan collins and this i
that is it for us. the source with kaylynn collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, donald trump laying in after president biden is facing no charges in his classified documents investigation. the former president claiming he cooperated with the feds, which he did and. also alleging that biden did not, which he did. the white house is blasting the report is politically motivated and certainly a political headache. meanwhile, a potential trump running mate tells me she would not have done what mike pence did on january 6th. abiding by that thing called the constitution? the apparently republican litmus test for the second in line to the presidency. also tonight, israel s prime minister wants its military to have plans to evacuate rother where over 1 million palestinians are sheltering as the white house is warning military action there would be a quote disaster. i am kaylynn collins and this is the store s. when the history books are written about the 2024 pr
traditional definition of being in a recession. the second quarter gross domestic product g.d.p. shrank at annual rate of nine tenths of a percentage point. that s the second straight quarterly deficit and that checks the box, historically considered as recessionary. president biden says it s no surprise the economy is slowing down because of inflation. but he insists he has the nation on the right path and, quote: it doesn t look like a recession to me. the president also spent time today on a call with his chinese counterpart in a time increasing tension with communist china. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the numbers are right there in black and white. the u.s. economy shrunk for a second consecutive quarter. but, until large, well-respected groups, nonpartisan groups of economists issue some sort of a formal declaration that a recession is underway, then officials here
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Good afternoon, and good to be with you. Im jose diazbalart in for katy tur. Court has wrapped in new york city. It was a day of routine appearances from a slate of custodial and lesser known witnesses, all setting up the major testimony we expect to be hearing on monday from the other man at the center of this hush money case, Michael Cohen. Multiple sources tell nbc news Donald Trumps former fixer is expected to take the stand for several days. What todays testimony about cohens Phone Records could tell us about the prosecutions strategy next week and what cohens appearance signals about the overall timing of this trial. Could he be the final person we hear from . Or could donald trump himself take the stand later as he has suggested he could do. The prosecution knows when it might rest. We have a whole lot to cover. I want to get right into it. Joining us now, is nbc news Legal Correspondent lisa rubin who was inside the courtroom today. Senior judge and professor at Florida Interna