climate change. capitol police arrested several staffers, progressive members. staff growing new members from the southern border tonight revealing the number of migrants coming into this country would never get caught. a troubling update tonight on the texas mom or disappeared earlier this month on her way to work. authority is not try to piece together what happened, and law enforcement panel joins us live to discuss. but first, the gross domestic product gdp number comes out this week. critics say the biden team is trying to get ahead of that by essentially changing the definition of what a recession is. corresponded matt finn joins us from our west coast with more. on thursday, the latest gdp numbers are scheduled to come out, and if we had a second consecutive quarter of negative gdp growth, we ll be in what s considered a recession, but the white house is trying to downplay the economy or even redefine recession. on monday, president biden who has covid was asked virt
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 is already trying to get ahead of that by attempting to essentially change the definition of what a recession is. white house correspondent peter doocy has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. officials here are talking about how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created since this president took office. but, jobs are just one economic i observed carat. some other economic indicators may show this week the country
meanwhile, quite a scary seen as you can see. the attack has been turned into a rallying cry for reform after the suspect was released under new york state law as congressman zeldin predicted. other big stories, president biden continuing his recovery at the white house after his covid diagnosis and the world health organization sounding the alarm over the monkeypox outbreak declaring the global emergency. we have live team coverage. christina coleman has more on this. we will start with alexis mcadams who has the latest. reporter: breaking moments ago the man who attacked leaves eldon is facing federal charges for assault after he spent a few hours in handcuffs and didn t post bail in new york even though the entire thing was caught on camera. what is he doing? reporter: you hear people shocked wondering what was going on. he is republican candidate for new york governor was on stage in rochester when a man tried to stab him, pulled out a sharp object. zeldin says he h
griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui hinrich. they re battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. 104 degrees yesterday, it s supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn t slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we ve seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it s been the recent policy of text s governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that s drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now.