Have a 6 pack show today so lets dive right in. And the United States has officially entered a recession in february of this year ending 128 months of economic expansion which was the longest run in more than 150 years according to the National Bureau of Economic Research now the announcement from this organization comes much earlier in a recession than they generally like the any b r wrote about the situation saying the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production and its broad reach across the entire economy warrants the designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some. Analysis on this and and the state of the economy
Leader kim jong un an historic photo op for whats been called and hand shake for peace also on the program. As protesters begin gathering for a huge rally to demand the Ruling Military Council to hand over power to sudan incident and the International Community urges restraint and made fears of a new crackdown. A michael thanks for joining us. Its been called an historic event u. S. President donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong un in the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea where both leaders shared a symbolic handshake trump is the 1st sitting u. S. President to enter north korea described todays events as without precedent. This is never happened before. An american president stepping foot in north korea crossing the line that has divided the peninsula in nearly 70 years. Some said he didnt know until the last moment if the meeting would take place. This handshake is all it was supposed to be when trump made his surprise on twitter on saturday. You go
Would sort of show the others that she is not pushing this german candidate that she sort of gives them you know gives them leave to make up their own minds and saying ok can we live with her would be like her in that job so it was probably a clever political move like everything she has done since yesterday sort of getting her into the mix and sort of pushing her very very noticeably she was sort of more and more mentioned more and more throughout the day in the ended up as the frontrunner so i think shes shes had a good political day in brussels today ok well the haggling is over for now and now its up to the European Parliament as you said barbara remind us again especially for people who are looking at this from beyond brussels why these jobs are really so important. These jobs are important because they determine the way you are go for the next 5 years questions like will the next you Commission President because that is the person who is responsible for the day to day workings an
The womens Football World Cup Team usa gear up for their semifinal against england but are the americans already looking ahead to the final england things so in the talk is adding to the build up ahead of the game. Im sunni so much kind of thank you for joining us germanys defense minister was about funded line is being considered for europes top job European Council president on off has asked e. U. Leaders to back her as the European Commission president now theyve been meeting in brussels for the past 3 days to try to reach a consensus on replacing the outgoing Commission President john quiggin occur its been one of the longest you summits ever but leaders say they are confident they will be able to agree. Now we are waiting for a press conference from e. U. Council president on the confirming that leaders have agreed on the top jobs at lets bring in rob of asal shes monitoring all the latest for us there in brussels hi barbara as we said it was enough underlines name now seems to be
Senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Well consider dr. Lael brainard to be vice chair of the board of governors. And acting director Sandra Thompson to be director of the federal Housing Finance agency. It is amazing what a difference a year makes. We have today safe and effective vaccines that are saving lives that are getting people back to work. 207 million american americans are back fully vaccinated. Our economy has weathered the storm and rebounded in 2021 we added a record 6. 4 million new jobs, more than any year since 1939. It isnt just the jobs numbers. It is the quality of those jobs. Workers demanding raises are finally getting them. They are changing jobs at record rates because people finally have some options. The past year has illustrated our economy works best when it works for everyone. Not just wallace. Not just the top 1 . Everyone. Whether you punch a clock or swipe a badge, whether you earn a salary or make tips. Whether you r