If it's Thursday, it's the economy.

President Biden touts better than expected GDP growth amid growing recession fears, as Democrats

face an increasingly uphill battle in their fight to keep control of Congress.

Plus, Democrats respond to GOP attacks on the issue of crime as the Bidens, Obama, Liz Cheney, and Trump all gear up to hit the trail, stumping for candidates in crucial races.

And five years later, new reporting on the future of the Me Too movement, in particular, Gen Z.

They speak out on the movement's impacts and early

legacy.

Hello there. Welcome to Meath Press Now. I'm Chuck Todd. As Democrats race to avoid losing the House and possibly the Senate, the White House's east and west wings appear to be moving into economic damage control mode.

President Biden has hit the road to try to reassure anxious voters about the state of the economy and that he is actually focused on dealing with it as the First Lady prepares to hit the campaign trail

in an effort to boost some high-profile Democratic incumbents who find themselves fighting for their own political lives.

All of this comes as Democrats are trying to regain that lost midterm momentum from September, in large part due to the party's

struggles with its messaging around economic issues, but frankly, due to the actual economic

data that is sitting out there. It's not just about messaging. It's the economy itself.

Today, Democrats did get some welcome headline relief, if you will, thanks to the news that the economy grew faster than expected in the last quarter, with GDP rising by 2.6%.

Now, you know, with all of these economic releases, there's always a but, as some economists pointed out.

And this but's an important one. When you look under the hood of those numbers, there's still plenty of cause for concern.

Consumers are starting to spend less, and everything is costing more.

But one of the reasons for this growth is people still have money in their pockets.

Now, it's less all the time, but they still do.

That said, parts of the housing market are collapsing due to rising mortgage rates.

The Federal Reserve tries to fight soaring inflation, potentially tipping the economy into recession.

And whether or not they can engineer a so-called soft landing is a question that could impact millions of workers, voters, homeowners, renters around the country.

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