joins us coming up. sandra: all right. first, a fox news alert to the economy. the numbers may not tell the full story. a new report shows the economy growing between july and september after falling two straight quarters as americans fight the worst inflation in 40 years ahead of an expensive winter heating season. hello. i am sandra smith, hi, john. john: that is putting it it mildly. john robert in washington. good to be with you. this is america reports. the labor department says gdp grew, but experts warn the u.s. is not out of the woods yet and recession is a distinct possibility over the next year. sandra: president biden still trying to capitalize on the rosy picture he keeps painting ahead of midterm elections, painting republicans as the party that will crash the american economy. biden speaking to reporters as he was departing the white house on the way to syracuse saying the gdp report this morning was great and things are looking good. john: you don t h
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
he said, i am watching, and i will be watching all of the hearings, i can assure you that january 6 prosecutors are watching all of the hearings as well. nothing wrong with watching television, there is a lot of good stuff on lately, college baseball, nba finals, u.s. open golf, men s and women s, curtis company. i have been watching a lot of tv, but difference is, you and i don t have much of a choice when it comes to getting information, we get to have an army of investigators and prosecutors at our disposal, garland does with federal law enforcement as his beck and call. and prosecutors and search warrants and he can access financial record thes and phone records and seize computers and e-mail accounts, if done lawfully and compel witnesses to testify, and offer immunity. to anyone he wants, why is he watching television? why does the chief prosecutor, the managing partner of most powerful law firm in the world need to watch television to gather facts? he can interview any
china s influence and russia s aggression. the world stands at an inflexion point in history. as the war in ukraine drags on how long can the west stay united? secretary of state antony blinken is here in moments. plus head to head. she s the strongest republican to take on biden according to cnn s new poll, but can she convince republican primary voters? i know i can. former u.n. ambassador and gop presidential candidate nikki haley joins me for a wide-ranging discussion ahead, and clock s ticking with just days to prevent a government shutdown. keep the government open. republicans draw battle lines over support for ukraine. who will blink first? i ll ask house foreign affairs chairman michael mccall. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is focused overseas, particularly on the rescue workers currently searching for survivors after that horrific earthquake in morocco. this morning president biden is in hanoi vietnam with his china po