the dear colleague letter from speaker johnson. tell us what you know about this agreement. we ve got a lot of numbers here. yes, symone. a lot of numbers. a little bit of a discrepancy and what we re hearing from republican leader, speaker johnson and democratic leaders. you mentioned we have that dear colleague letter that gives us the first sense of these top line members. you know, one point 59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which republicans say allots 886 billion dollars in defense and 704 billion in non-defense. now, democrats are saying that they ve secured more than 772 billion in non defense spending. so, this is getting a little in the weeds here. but the difference is a side card dam deal that is a 69 billion dollars, that was negotiated as part of that speaker mccarthy, biden deal. and so, that is actually sticking around, explaining that discrepancy. what this does is it allows democrats to show that they ve got more money and it allows speaker johnson to kind
supreme court weighs in. plus, harvard s first black president steps down amid allegations of plagiarism and disastrous congressal testimony. was race also a factor? an exchange system in the u.s. falls victim to an elaborate kidnapping plot. one that cost his family $80,000. tonight, a warning from the fbi that he is not alone. let s go outfront. outfront to benight, trump appeals. his legal team appealing the decision that keeps him off the ballot in maine saying the secretary of state there had no legal authority to remove him from the ballot, calling her a quite biased decision maker who should have recused herself and otherwised failed to provide lawful due process. trump s team is expected to appeal colorado s decision. he s expected to appeal that to the supreme court at any moment, following in the steps of colorado s gop. those decisions are based on section three of the 14th amendment which was passed after the civil war and says a person is ineligible to run
texas-oklahoma. are have you ever been to ocktoberfest, done it in germany? pete: have you? will: yes, i have done that. what is it like? it is a ball. it is rachel: was there more drinking than last night? will: very similar. it is, you go to a huge tent and, there is just people everywhere you stand. no seats. you stand at a table. you get to know people, strangers, it s a day event. you know, so it is drawn over long period of time. the mugs are gigantic. pete: yep. will: get a bruise, get a bruise underneath the knuckle, all day long you re lifting this. rachel: exercise. will: it is stereotypical of what they call them? maids? pete: as you see it in the movies. will: it really is. she comes out i don t know how many mugs. they are gigantic, she has a way of carrying them. it is so fun. rachel: how is the food? will: germany is not my favorite food. we re going to have some food out here. will: this is going to be excellent i m sure. pete: i ve been to a beer hall i
members. i should avoid saying that around presents andrew. anyway, one of the mutant offspring set up with the u.n. and on it. but i guess if you re going to take one, then there is no place better than [bleep]. i wonder if climate change is wreaking havoc on a planet with the most vulnerable suffering most of all. climate change as we can have make on a planet with the most vulnerable suffering most of all. lies and disinformation at the expense of the money, and the horrific war in ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional right here in the united states, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom. even though this first ball because the rolling back of constitutional rights in the u.s. as global attack on democracy. it s like standing in front of an auditorium of high school students think marijuana should be legal everywhere no more homework. seriously, is a speaker job interview. you want to ingratiate yourself to the world s diamonds to draft you
line. under normal circumstances it takes a lot more creativity to sell lipstick than it does to be the white house press secretary. x stepped on the totally different job under joe biden, the rules have changed. you have to be able to think on the fly, because your boss can t. so every time he goes outside you re going to translate what he said or what he really meant, for the sake of argument he meant anything at all. i know that you re frustrated for example, i can taste it. what does frustration taste like? an earthy slightly unctuous blend of banking notes, mango and raspberry? joe biden did not say. the white house press secretary, that is her job. to name another example, which united states senator who represents the state of florida and which is the state of wisconsin which is not near florida? the press secretary has to know that too, and of course just stayed today, and et cetera. so it s not an easy gig and particularly tough job on the topics are serious like nuc