sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. tonight, crisis averted. earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catastrophe. with the debt ceiling showdown settled, and made job numbers far stronger than expected, the president has strengthened his case for reelection going into a 2024 presidential race. that intensified this week on the republican side. with the two front runners for the gop nomination, donald trump and ron desantis, sharpening their attacks on biden, the debt deal, and each other this week. in key early primary states. but they re also contending with the growing pack seeking the nomination. former
now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top
he will take part in a wreath laying ceremony and give remarks for the victims of 9/11. it is also a day of numbers in the value kingdom, a country in a period of national mourning following the death of queen elizabeth ii. a few hours ago her casket departed belmont, the scottish state where she died on thursday at the age of 96. right now, you can see it here, her body is being transported by hearse to the monarch s official residence in edinburgh, scotland. a trip that on normal circumstances takes two and a half hours, it will today take six hours because of the crowds. the procession will slow down. you can see it on your screen moving from left to right. the lead car, the lead car in black has a casket with a glass covering on the back where you can see the casket covered in royal heraldry. it will be a first back to london to for the public to pay the respects starting wednesday, september 14th. her casket will remain there until monday morning, september 19th, whe
to voters. moments ago, in pittsburgh, president obama rallied with democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, saying that voters have a clear choice on tuesday. pennsylvania, you ve got a choice between politicians who seem willing to say anything and do anything. to get power. people who see you and know you, and care about you and share in your values, i want to make your lives better and move this country forward and bring people together. that was just one of the major events today and which a trio of u.s. presidents, are bringing their star power to the campaign trails just last hour, president biden wrapped up a speech in joliette, illinois. that s where he focused on social security, also lowering prescription drug costs. but he also employed americans to make sure they vote. later today, president biden and former president obama, they re going to reunite in philadelphia, rallying of course for the democrats. also, tonight former president trump will rally for re
Very much for joining us here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Ill be back later tonight. 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. Stay with Cnn Inside Politics with dana bash starts right now welcome to inside hala. Take some dana bash. We start at the Supreme Court where the justices appear deeply divided over one of the biggest abortion cases. Since roe versus says wade was overturned. The issue is whether an idaho abortion ban prevents doctors from performing abortions for women who are having a medical emergency that may not be lifethreatening, but is a threat to her health. Cnns paula reid, and meg tirrell are here to break it down. Paula, im going to start with you. Give us sort of a synopsis of what we have heard. Obviously not just the arguments, but maybe more importantly, the kinds of questions the justices are asking. Yeah, so this case specifically focused on the state of idaho. Theres an abortion ban, there boat and it comes to emergency medical treatm