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A very good wednesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. we begin this hour with new details about the victims and also the gunman in that deadly mass shooting at michigan state university. first, the three people killed who have now been identified and so young, 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner. the 43-year-old gunman we've learned apparently did leave behind a note and a criminal history that includes a gun charge, but what is still unknown this morning, the motive, and also how he got the firearm, which was reporte...

Today, significant, beating expectations. 2.9% for q-4 of 2022 overall, according to "the washington post." u.s. economy grew 2.1%. if you look at the big picture but recession fears linger according to the post. the snapshot of economic strength is welcome for the white house at a time when the economy continues to loom large among america's top concerns. president biden called the report very good news. cited the strong job market, rising wages and falling inflation. wall street also cheered the data as a sign that the economy has so far been able to withstand higher interest rates. with tha...

Get a gold star for beating expectations. but when a democrat stumble slightly, they are unfit for office. why do we continue to great republicans on occurs? why do we do that? >> it reminds me when trump would actually stay on script. or stay, or get through a press conference or rally without saying something completely off the rails, and outrageous. and it would be like, we see he is becoming presidential now. you know, i think it is the same reason that this grading on the curve misses. it's the same reason because we are so terrified. we, in the mainstream media, are so terrified of being...

And his team did a pretty good job of that. >> they did a great job, jake. and, you know, i mean, it was walker that came out a week or so ago and said, listen, i'll just be honest with you. i'm not that good an orator. you know, i'm just a poor old country boy that played football, and i'm going to be up against this really articulate pastor who's been doing this for a living. he's been in washington dealing with politicians, and he's a slick talker. and i'm not. but i just tell it like it is. so, that was a very, very kind of standard lowering the bar. hey, you know, i'm just a dumb country ...

Art of low expectations? it sounds like herschel walker and his team did a pretty good job of that. >> they did a great job, jake. and, you know, i mean, it was walker that came out a week or so ago and said, listen, i'll just be honest with you. i'm not that good an orator. you know, i'm just a poor old country boy that played football, and i'm going to be up against this really articulate pastor who's been doing this for a living. he's been in washington dealing with politicians, and he's a slick talker. and i'm not. but i just tell it like it is. so, that was a very, very kind of standard l...