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
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures are soaring across continental europe with wildfires burning in parts of france, spain and portugal. strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the flames. more than 300 people are known now to have died in spain and portugal due to the high temperatures. to have died in spain and portugal and it comes as a national emergency has been declared in the uk after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, as temperatures could hit a0 degrees celsius. mark lobel has our first report. it s still sweltering in south western europe where wildfires have come sooner, more intense, frequent and longer lasting. 900 firefighters are still cycling around ten fires across portugal, one firefighter killed plane crashed as he was putting out flames in this region. it hit a july record reaching 47 celsius on thursday before dropping slightly on friday. translation: this got | a bit worse th
way in over their heads jetting across the world in their private jets and making your life miserable. and, by the way, they are getting paid and you are paying for it. what are we talking about? joe biden getting elected president and him making his buddy john kerry climate czar. who has been keeping track on what john kerry has been up to? jesse watters primetime,,. where do we begin? kerry may have blown his chance to be president back in 2004, but it s not stopping him from running around and playing president today. doing what democrats do best. taking taxpayer money and using it to make your life more uncomfortable. the energy security worry is driving a lot of the thoughts now about we need more drilling of this, we need more drilling of this. we need to go back to coal. no we don t. we absolutely don t. unabated fossil fuel is allowed to grow in these next years in a significant way as it appears poised to do, that is a deep unbelievably costly challenge for the
wait till because again. but the trail grew cold. the file forgotten, until decades later, someone dusted it off. see the thing that s hiding in plain sight. there were clues. a mysterious weapon made of wire, the wedding invitation, a midnight sale to know where. where they enough to catch a killer? i was 100 percent confident now, the showdown a determined prosecutor against a famed defense lawyer, who helped set ogs in free. i m on the right side. after 35 years, it was finally time for justice. it s been a long journey. in this makeshift workshop, had to be for what he intended. carefully, got the lengths of a two of them. just a few inches each, sand them down, joe the whole in each one. he found a piece of wire, he doubled it for strength. his perfect weapon for his perfect crime. outside, in the sunshine, it was the summer of 1979. aides hadn t happened to us to, north of the internet, nor did cell phones, norway to re-dna. all of those