alert to southwest florida, president biden has just landed and is set to get a first land look at the devastation there unleashed by hurricane ian. the president will also be meeting with governor ron desantis of florida during the trip as the region faces what could be ears of rebuilding. hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. and a big welcome to bret, i m sure you heard the voice and thought that s bret baier. bret: good to be with you, bret baier here for john roberts. one week since the category 4 hurricane ian made landfall with historic winds and storm surge. damage estimates are staggering, as high as $50 billion. sandra: the numbers continue to climb. the president expected to reaffirm the commitment to rebuild during remarks a short time from now. bret: the storm killing at least 109 people in the u.s. so far. sandra: so heartbreaking. alexandria hoff is in fort myers beach, what is the president s plan? yes, he s going to get a unique view of this off
accepting on behalf of steve jobs. [applause] few people in history embody the american spirit of innovation like steve jobs. the adopted son of high school educated parents, he redeemed soda bottles to pay for his meals after dropping out of college. at every turn of life he dared to think different. is the cofounder of apple he created one of the most important companies in history. bringing computing in the home and phones and revolutionizing our way of life. a true visionary, a beloved husband and father, steve jobs embodied that most american question, what is next? [applause] alexander karloutsos. [applause] the former vicar general of the greek orthodox archdiocese of america, father alexander karloutsos is a humble servant of god and the embodiment of the ancient idea that binds two great nations, democracy. more than 50 years of service with moral clarity, love of family and pride in the greek american community, the man known simply as father alex to p
incredibly important for policymakers and for washington. look, we ve got consumer confidence numbers tomorrow, i mean, they could be really rotten. we know that people feel terrible about where the economy is going, a lot of people feel like they are already in a recession already. terrible consumer confidence. we will get those numbers. on wednesday we have a federal reserve interest rate hike expected, we are expecting another 75 basis points. that s big. we saw that in june, 75 basis points that was the biggest move since 1994, we re expecting that again. why? because the fed is trying to tamp town on inflation. that s going to be incredibly important to watch. we will get the first reading on second quarter gdp that comes thursday and that s expected to be negative again and that would mean as you guys just said two quarters in a row of negative growth. that s a big slowdown from where we saw at the end of last year 6.9%. but gdp alone is not the only gauge of whether we
migrants crossing the border. and why some are calling it the abbott plan. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our team, ali vitali is on capitol hill, we ll get to what i think you can only call the gut punch of a hearing that happened this morning on the house side. right now you have this debate on changing gun laws. it seems likely these bills will pass the house. then it seems likely these bills will hit a brick wall in the senate. that s why the focus is on the private negotiations on the senate side. where are those negotiations, especially on this idea of raising the minimum wage for semiautomatic weapons to 21, which mitch mcconnell is privately, though not publically suggesting he s open to. mitch mcconnell is someone we ve been tracking closely throughout this process. he both blessed the negotiations, deputizing senator john cornyn to be the republican representative in the room alongside thom tillis and this group of four senators trying to hash out som
overly powerful ruling class. and an out of control mob. we re not a pure democracy, we don t have a parliament. the other hand we don t have a centralize government. we re not supposed to, when people talk about democracy, they misstate the purpose of our government. our government is to protect the individual, and individual liberties. do you know of any other country with a bill of rights? individualism is key, the declaration independence. authority from god not from government, we have a serious problem this country. the constitution as been breached constantly. we live in a post-constitution america in many respects, every turn in our society, the goal is to empower the ruling class. they use their mob, and abuse the middle class, but the goal is to empower the ruling class. we have a ruling class that is narcissistic incompetent and anti-american in many respects, we have seen failure after failure for which they take absolutely no responsibility. as a matter of fact,