hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. iam i am samantha simmonds. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south western france. they have been battling these fires for days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of ge rong. have now been evacuated across the area of ge rang- area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the area of ge rong. everything went so fast. the fire area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was big, area of ge rong. eve
rewrite the dictionary. griff jenkins has more in washington, good morning. griff: good morning, americans are bracing for nows we are in recession with dropping gdp numbers. the president says he doesn t see that happening? president biden: we re not going to be in a recession in my view, the employment rate is still one of the lowest in history, the 3.6 area. my hope is we go from rapid growth to steady growths. we ll see some coming down, god willing, i don t think we ll see recession. griff: white house message focusing on how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created. if you look at the economic indicators, the labor market, the average amount of jobs that have been created, about 400 per month, indicators do not show that we are in a recession or even a pre-recession. griff: she s not the only white house official challenging technical definition of a recession. i covered the economy for many years, i was told by everybody i spoke
well, we now know why fbi agents searched former u.s. president donald trump s mar-a-lago home, and we re learning details about some of the items they took. according to a warrant that was unsealed on friday agents were looking for evidence of possible crimes including potential violations of the espionage act related to gathering, losing or destroying u.s. defense information. a property receipt also unsealed on friday reveals that fbi agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents including several marked top secret. monday s search also igniting a furious backlash among some trump supporters. the fbi says it is currently investigating what it calls an unprecedented number of threats against the bureau and employees are being urged to remain vigilant when working in and around fbi facilities. a closer look now at the documents unsealed on friday and what they reveal about the justice department s investigation. on friday a federal court in florida released several page
there has been so much angst in the white house about how he should behave, whether he should smile. you know, jose, it is more than updates. to put it mildly, he is walking into a minefield. there are so many ways in which this region simply doesn t agree with the perspective in the u.s. we saw a little bit in israel with the prime minister openly disagreeing with the president over the question of iran and the nuclear deal. they don t agree on russia. they don t agree on china. they see china as a crucial economic partner. they don t seem to agree on oil production. there won t be a big announcement of more oil production from here because of the president s visit, although that might come later. not clear. do they agree on human rights? clearly there are many saudis who would like to see human rights and more democracy even and would like to see some of those people who have spoken out released from prison or allowed to travel freely, but there are others here who say actu
world, it is wednesday, august 3rd and i m brianna keilar with john avalon this morning. good morning? in for john berman. good morning to you. and it is the morning after election night in america where democracy was one of the things on the ballot. primary races in five states setting the stage for what will be some of the most competitive races in november. also another test of donald trump s grip on the gop. in conservative kansas voters sent a dramatic message and a resounding defeat for efforts to eliminate state abortion protections. it s the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade that voters have weighed in on the issue. with 78% of the vote in as of tuesday night nearly 700,000 people have cast ballots in the primary and that number dwarfs the voter turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election. and remember when ex-president trump endorsed an ambiguous eric in the missouri senate race on election eve? well, one of the erics won, cnn projec