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Americans out in america driving on their holiday, taking their kids to the summer camp, still having to fill up. inflation. joe manchin has added inflation. it will be a disaster. >> what are you hearing from people in michigan? >> people are looking at gas prices. theyre pumping their tank and saying its expensive. there are two pieces. these guys keep pointing at other guys and saying its your fault without proposing any opportunity to do it. this big fing deal of a deal is going to bring dow...

Pointing in the right direction for them. meanwhile, there is a bit of persists this pessimism from some rishi sunak allies. he has not landed any particularly big blows in the last couple of days that have helped boost his position in the polls, so coming into those ballots coming out on monday, is seen as the front runner. coming out on monday, is seen as the front runner-— front runner. when we talk about a lot of these — front runner. when we talk about a lot of these big _ front runner....

Those indicators over fake numbers like gdp, on employment and inflation question works because its a good point we have mountains of data for months now that up and pointing towards a recession and the white house and frankly many of the commentators on tv have just blatantly ignored the data day after day after day. again, the middle class, its very evident theyve been getting absolutely crushed. you look at average incomes for example. average earnings since biden took office are down the ann...

He appeared alongside him at a rally a week ago. and we have seen him pulled away in numerous polls here. for blake masters, you know, this is an opportunity for him to take on mark kelly if he were, to in fact pull off this primary win. i asked jim layman last night about the endorsement by trump of blake masters and he told me that, you know, not everybody is perfect and that sometimes people get things wrong. he said donald trump made a, quote, bad pick in pav p.a. of course referring to mehm...

A lot of anger and finger pointing after senate republicans blocked a multi billion dollar bill. that would help millions of u.s. veterans who suffered toxic exposure to burn pits during their military service. 25 gop senators who previously supported the legislation voted against it wednesday. veterans activist jon stewart slammed lawmakers, blocking the passage. >> americas heroes. who fought in our wars outside sweating their asses off. with oxygen, battling all kinds of ailments while these ...

Market. when you look at jobless claims, that number just came in. that is, of course, a read of how many people for the very first time filed for jobless benefits. that number, 256,000. down a little bit from last week, which is the number that was revised higher. these are numbers that could be trending up a little bit, bit from a very, very low base. so closely watching these labor market numbers as well. it is a strong labor market, why the u.s. economy is not technically in a recession righ...

Of working _ antiquated. the post lockdown model of working is very different from the ones — of working is very different from the ones that used to be. sol of working is very different from the ones that used to be. so i think with the _ the ones that used to be. so i think with the real strikes in particular, it might _ with the real strikes in particular, it might be — with the real strikes in particular, it might be that the unions, although i agree mick lynch is very good, _ although i...

Technical definition of recession as merited by the mber, people are feeling the pain, thats whats going to be man test in november. >> the neh poll out of new hampshire. first choice 20204. democratic party we heard kayleigh mcenany reference it. pete buttigieg up on the top of the list for 2024, and then you look at the favorability by party. this graphic that shows all of these lines where the president is going down significantly. he seemed to get and there you see it, he seemed to get a lit...

Joining me is christina. so the textbook definition of recession is two consecutive quarters of negative gdp adjusted for inflation. thursdays numbers are expected to be negative again. the white house does not want to call this a recession. whats really going on here? >> its a common definition we keep talking about because its easy to sit at two quarters of contractions. but we at cnbc put out a survey. we survey economists and investors and a recent fed survey shows 63% of economists that we ...

That is in recession right now. >> can you talk a little bit more about that? i think people have become accustomed to hearing two quarters of negative growth in a row does mean its a recession, but janet yellen is saying, into, theres a lot of other stuff clear here. larry summers is saying, yes, we are headed into a recession. what does this all mean? >> look, i mean, i guess technically they both could be right that we are not in a recession now but that maybe a really aggressive fed will pus...