Democratic senate as a health scare leaves democrats one vote short for the next few weeks. To begin the hour, though, a major escalation. President biden now sending thousands of american troops to Vladimir Putins doorstep. The Administration Says it is a necessary step because russia is increasing its buildup along the Ukraine Border and because did i mr diplomacy so far has produced nothing. Cnn is following all of this mornings Breaking News. Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Its a big deal. Reporter it is a very big deal, john. I think you characterized it right. Right to putins doorstep but not crossing the threshold. Approximately 1,000 u. S. Troops already in germany will move further east to romania, another 2,000 troops in the United States who regularly operate on very short notice, they are going to go to europe, poland and germany. They will be ready to work their mission, to reassure the nato allies, to make them feel they are capable of resisting any russian agg
Packed. And im mike emanuel. We have coverage with adam klotz, and Christina Coleman in Pacific Palisades in california. Well start with you. Hi, mike, if might look like a beautiful beach day right now, but heavy rains and significant flooding is a big concern. L. A. Mayor karen bass says the city will be ready. The city is prepared. Were not waiting for the storm to hit. We have already begun working 24 7 to be ahead of the curve and to be ready as soon as the storm reaches our shores. Hurricane hilary is expected to make landfall in baja, california sometime tonight or tomorrow where theyre already seeing stormy conditions and that storm is expect today weaken into a Tropical Storm that could bring torrential rains into Southern California and nevada and the threat of mudslides and even tornados. Crews are sandbagging low lying areas here in parts of Southern California and arizona. Law enforcement is telling people to be ready to possibly be without power. They say if you have to g
Of Fulton County fani willis, a judge rules she can stay on the case if she removes her lead prosecutor nathan wade. The judge adds that the romantic relationship between willis and wade has the appearance of impropriety and that she should not have given a speech accusing critics of racism. We will have the trump teams response and our legal experts on just how this could impact the prosecution. The president makes his first comments about Chuck Schumers controversial speech about Prime Minister netanyahu as hamas offers a new ceasefire and hostage release deal while israel proposes a Military Plan to invade rafah. This as some emergency food, some, arrives by ship for starving palestinians. Its not yet on shore. A live report from moscow on putins socalled election and a new g7 warning to iran not to send Ballistic Missiles to russia. President bidens Top National Security Spokesman John Kirby will join me next. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A Major Developmen
A large lead over his closest rivals. The latest numbers are showing some movement within the rest of the pack. Watch that. Trump sitting solidly on top. 53 , Florida Governor ron desantis losing a bit of ground in the polling. The big story here support for Vivek Ramaswamy has now more than doubled for him. Dana we have full coverage on fox. North dakota governor and republican president ial candidate doug burgum joining us in a moment. Alexis mcadams is still in des moines. Im not leaving any time soon unfortunately for them. Everyone has been very friendly. New polls coming in, its important to point out like bill said how good Vivek Ramaswamy is doing in the national polls. When i talked to him in iowa he said he is not surprised. He is not a politician and believes people can tell he is genuine. Take a look here what you can see on your screen. This is the new numbers rolling in. Latest Fox News National poll showing half a dozen republican candidates are within striking distance
The chance to get together and show what they can achieve. But every two years, its sport that brings them closer. They come from europe, the South Atlantic and the caribbean. 2a islands, 1a sports, across six days of action. This is the island games. 900 miles away off the north coast of scotland, shooter Ross Donaldson and his teammates are starting the long trip south. When you can get an island games squad, theres anticipation, theres excitement. So weve got 20 bikes, a lot of football kit, sailing kit, athletics kit. In st peters port, Team Managers are checking in athletes and equipment. 103 of us all arrived here safely. Im delighted. Going to head over to the two hotels, and then well unpack all the bikes and the kit. Carlos and his bikes have travelled all the way from shetland. Ive got two bikes. This is the One For The Road race. Ive got a different one for the time trial. But you try and get as much advantage as you can within the rules. Most of the teams have got two bikes