good evening. this time no one waited. just days after a chinese spy balloon was allowed to drift across the country, another unidentified object was spotted over alaska. in this case, fighter jets were scrambled to investigate and then shoot it down. president biden was asked about it not long after. do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? more on how all this played out and how the administration is handling it. what else has the administration said about this object? reporter: here s what we know, anderson. this mysterious object is the size of a small car. it was unmanned. it didn t appear to have the capability to maneuver itself within the windstream. and also according to a u.s. official, it didn t appear to have surveillance equipment on board. so those are some significant details. but we really don t know the answer to the major question here, which is who was responsible for sending this up into the sky. listen to wh
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. it is always good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. today the country honors the civil rights champion dr. martin luther king jr. at an event in the nation s capitol, president biden highlighted what his administration has done to try to bring americans together and ensure racial equality, but his call for unity comes as he faces growing questions about the classified documents that were found at his home and his washington office. this weekend, the white house announced five additional pages of classified material that were found at president biden s house in delaware. that brings the number of classified documents in total found at his home and private office to about 20. let s bring in cnn s legal affairs correspondent paula reid. let s talk more about these five pages, what the president s attorneys are saying. well, victor, these five pages were among previously disclosed material located at the president s wilmington residence. i
and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
more on all of that later this hour. but first the critical decision set to drop soon from the federal reserve. and cnn business correspondent rahel solomon is here with us. walk us through what is to come in the next hour or so and why it really matters. so the expectation is that chairman powell will raise rates about three quurs of a percent. that is not one to one in terms of borrowing costs. we won t see borrowing costs raise 75 basis points. but it does influence all of the categories. so costs will continue to go up. and i want our viewers to enter understand what this really means for them, for their wallets. and i know you ve pulled a few examples. yeah, i ve been working the phones. let s start with credit cards. we ve already seen credit card rates accelerate quite rapidly this year. and right now the average rate is about 17.5%. according to bank rate, if you are holding a $5,000 balance which is the national average, you have a current ampt pr of 17.25%, if
bill: the mayor is calling for accountability for those responsible. here is one witness describing what he heard and saw last night. he was screaming for his mom and it is hurtful to hear that, man. no one was able to help him. to see him go is like it bothers me seeing this. i don t think i would come outside for nothing else ever in d.c. shots rang out. i was next to a cop. he proceeded on. we were trying to enjoy ourselves, crowds kept running back and forth. dana: mark meredith is live in washington with the details. good morning. police are trying to figure out what sparked the shooting that left a 15-year-old boy dead. latest incident spotlighting the issue of rising crime here in major u.s. cities. sunday s shooting was tied to a juneteenth celebration but organizers did not have a proper mitt and police were trying to break up the event because of previous chaos. they heard the teenage victim call for his mom when the shots rang out. he was killed and other