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jacking up interest rates, raising bar owing costs. on thursday our first look at u.s. economic growth for the second quarter, another decline in gdp is expected. of course, two quarters of a loss in a row is a sign of a recession, so are we head there had? here is the treasury secretary. >> the labor market is now extremely strong. we are in a period of transition in which growth is slowly. were likely to see some slowing of job creation, but i do -- i dont think that thats a recessio...

nation is officially in a recession. something many experts have predicted was coming. john roberts in washington. happy monday to you. >> sandra: i heard booming thunder here in new york city as a storm rolls in. welcome, everyone. im sandra smith in new york, this is "america reports." it has now been four days since the presidents positive covid test. his doctors say hes doing well and symptoms are almost completely gone. all of this as the white house and president bidens team prep...

president biden insists the u.s. is not in or heading in to a recession. despite many economists looking at it differently. the president is feeling better from his covid-19 diagnosis last week. this week will determine whether his good feeling about the u.s. economy will pan out as well. a pivotal week for the president and his party as the gross domestic product or g.d.p. number comes out. the economy could be in a recession just a few months ahead of the midterms. but the biden team...

>> i dont know i dont want to say the election is over. >> the january 6th committee on how president trump did not quell violence at the capitol. >> president trump did not fail to act in the 187 minutes in telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. >> even as secret service agents scramble to get vice president pence out of danger. >> if were moving, we need to move now. >> and testimony that mr. trump took care to stay on the side of the mob. >> the president did not want to i...

capitol since the war of 1812. >> meanwhile, the committee is debating whether or not to rerve the former president trump to the justice department for criminal prosecution. last hour we spoke with a member of the committee, congressman adam kinzinger who seemed open to that idea. >> i cant do the dojs job. as a nonlawyer, there is all kinds of threshold questions. but my belief is this. we never want to get to a position in a country where we prosecute last administrations because tha...

as official figures show the economy shrank slightly between april and june, the chancellor says he recognises the difficulties people are facing. we are looking at all the options of what additional help we need to bring in later on in the winter months, in december and january, work those up so they are ready to go. and the shortlist of uk cities that could host next years eurovision song contest has been revealed, with seven left in the running. and coming up on the bbc news channel...

the way here. we will be joined in a moment. >> john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosis trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. >> gillian: pelosi met with taiwans president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwans democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm ...

its not so sure shortlist for the eurovision. seven uk cities are in the running to host the event. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us police in new york state say the author salman rushdie has suffered a stab wound to the neck in an attack while preparing to give a lecture. he was flown to hospital by helicopter where his agent says hes now in surgery. police say a man had been taken into custody. for years mr rushdie received death threats after the publi...

future of the program remains in jeopardy for hundreds of thousands of people that call america home. well talk to one of those dreamers later this hour. >> we begin with the efforts to bring down the skyrocketing prices were paying for gas, groceries, and many other items. in a few hours from now the federal reserve is expected to announce its third interest rate hike this year. raising a key interest rate by three quarters of a percent. thats the largest increase since 1994. this com...

our new abc news poll show gas prices could be one of the most important issues in the midterm elections. what the biden administration says is behind the skyrocketing prices. tonight, bracing for severe storms in the plains with large hail and potentially damaging winds from oklahoma to nebraska. and the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. rob marciano standing by. vladimir putin threatens new targets in ukraine. the russian presidents ominous warning to the west o...