inflation that is not going down significantly. we will have the latest on the midterms including a fallout from all this week s debates. but, first up, the preelection economy where it stands. white house correspondent jackii heinrich starts us off from the north lawn. good evening, bret. the president is in syracuse touting the biden administration investment and praising today s economic report. the data is not what it seems on the surface. great economic report today. the g.d.p. report. things are looking good. at first glance today s g.d.p. report suggests the u.s. economy is turning around after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but a closer look shows the 2.6% growth was driven by flux yaptions in international trade, not reflecting the underlying health of the economy and increased government spending. economists think both will drop off in quarter four. moreover, consumer spending is slowing as inflation climbs faster than wages. moody s chief econom
china is reporting a third straight day of more than 1,000 new covid occasion cases nationwide. if there? congressional race in indiana. republican jennifer ruth green is trying to win a seat held by democrats for generations. but the unauthorized release of confidential sexual assault files and the refusal of black groups to support her have become issues. here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. the first district of indiana including urban gary has been represented by democrats for nearly a century. the race has gotten ugly and very personal with the release of sexual assault information about the republican candidate. but she and the g.o.p. are convinced jennifer ruth green will flip it red. we are still neck in neck per all of the polls we have seen and margin of error race that weaver decided to bring home in 13 days.