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
Time. We are largely positive if only fractionally so. The ftse is slightly in the red. Remember, that has had quite the gains over the last four months or so, since the brexit vote, up about 15 . Crude prices retreating this morning from yesterdays 15month high. We saw a bigger draw down in inventories. Wti pierced 52 bucks a barrel. It came off down about 1 . The market will be watching that. Maybe not as correlated as it was before. No. The market picks and chooses. One day it looks oil. One day it likes the pound. Or we in hindsight say what did oil do and see how it affects the market. The banks had earnings, not bad. No one died. Not awful. Not awful. Not the money they used to make, but with doddfrank and Everything Else, we decided not awful. Goldman sachs had double digit return. Not awful. Our economy, 2 , rest of the world, 2 . Not awful. David faber being told by blankfein that this is not permanent, we will be growing 1. 3 forever. Not awful. Hes like its not awful, but it
Sorrento. How about doing it at home . They love their sports here. Theyre very supportive. Theyre very passionate about that. And theyve had a long time coming, where they deserve championships. And people have been waiting just as long as anybody. And be a fun time, especially for a city that hasnt had one in a long time. To get hopefully, ideally, one in two years. The place would be nuts. And rightfully so. I x factor in this entire series. And it continues tonight. And the bullpen has been great. And the pitching all around has been timely. But the real x factor is terry francotta. He has pushed every button at the right time. And its been the right button. As a matter of fact, in world series play, in his career, hes now 112. And if he gets win number 12, well, then hes done it and one two different franchises. Only two others have done it. Sparky anderson and tony larusa. And heres our guy, ready to do it. Anybody that has spent 10 minutes around me this year, or the last four y
A long history of Mental Illness showing violent impulses since Nursery School hitting other kids and killing a goldfish with clorox. At 15, he held his neighbor at gunpoint, put tape over her mouth and raped her. The victims parents still live in the same home. The former attorney agonized over the details of this case. Value of life. The little girl was lucky. He could have shot her. Reporter a valley psychiatrist diagnosed kohlhepp saying he had issues and in the end, kohlhepp took a plea deal and served a 15 Year Prison Sentence for sexual assault. You know you have someone who is really ill, really sick, but you also know if the prosecution wants to put him in prison, there is no help there. Reporter for what he remembers, kohlhepps former Attorney Says the teenager was stoic, showed no remorse for his what he did back then. Now, he is suspected of at least seven murders. Authorities in South Carolina have similar descriptions saying he confessed to four murders and showed authori
It will have the address of your local polling place. If you dont have that sample ballot, no problem. Check out maricopa. Vote for your polling place. It will tell you. How do you prove you are you, bring a photo it d. Like a drivers license. If you dont have a photo i. D. , bring two other pieces of identification like a utility voter identification card. Two pieces of i. D. , if you dont have a photo i. D. What if you filled out an early voting ballot and you want to drop it off . Any polling place. Do i have to go to my own polling place, no. You are passing a polling place, drop it off. You do not have to go to your own polling place to drop off polls open at 6 00 a. M. To 7 00 p. M. The easiest times to vote are midmorning and mid afternoon. You miss rush hour. If youre in the line at 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow night, dont worry, you will be able to vote. Reporting live, steve krafft, fox 10 news. Actresses America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn were in the valley urging people they spoke at