stretched for five years. and the source told the fbi about these conversations in june 2020. that s right as joe biden was wrapping up the democrat nomination. the burisma executive told the fbi s confidential source that burisma had to pay the biden administration for help getting rid of the ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating burisma for corruption. quote: 5 million for one biden, 5 million for the other biden, the burisma executive told the confidential human source. now, people who have seen the document tell us that the $5 million payments were a kind of retainer agreement that burisma had with the biden administration do deal with a number of issues. one of which was getting rid of this prosecutor. other issues burisma needed biden s help with was help with oil deals. now, the executives said they needed to pay joe biden because hunter was quote, unquote, dumb and couldn t get much done by himself. now, people who have seen this document say it looks like a pay
you re in the faulkner focus. after his speech at the air force academy commencement, it took minutes for his near face plant to go viral and make worldwide headlines. an air force officer and two members of his secret service detail had to help him get up. you can see him at some point after this point to something on the ground. nothing is confirmed about that, but he says it was a sand bag. this is far from the first time the president has struggled with his balance. he is now 80 years old. he would be 86 at the end of a second term if he were reelected. president biden laughing off the fall when he got back to the white house. we were showing you other times he had fallen. others see it as a really serious issue. i think just the image of that splicing together with the other ones you mentioned only deep ensome of the concerns and misgivings some voters have. it is humiliating for him and for the country because not only is this man the current president, he actuall
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. four weeks before the election and cnn has a new poll for what americans think of their government right now. views of joe biden has improved over the summer. it s up to 44%, up from 38% in july. but the national outlook on the economy is still bleak. only 22% of americans rate economic conditions as good. most americans have no confidence that biden, congress, really the federal government as a whole, are doing enough to address the economy or the other major issues facing the country. cnn political director david tallian is here to break down the new numbers. let s start with the approval rating. 44%, better than july. still not where he wants to be, under water right now. how could this impact the midterms? take us through the numbers. here s the 44%. you d rather be on the uptick than the decline. biden will take this. but it s not necessarily where a president would like to be this close to the midterm election. h
saying they need to notch a win ahead of the midterms. and whispers on whether biden should run again are screaming headlines. democrats openly worry about his age and low approval. adding to the president s misfortunes are the optics, president biden after he tried to get off his bike in delaware. thankfully he s okay. he was back on the beach, getting defensive, as more economists warn a recession could be coming. is it more likely than ever? come on. don t make things up. you don t like a republican politician. i m joking. all kidding aside, i was talking to larry summers this morning, and there s nothing inevitable about a recession. i m working with our team has put together at the same time. my dear mother used to have an expression. something good will happen if you look for it. we have a chance to make a fundamental turn to renewable energy. greg, you know what it s like when your feet don t touch the ground on a bike, and you stop and can t get off gracefully.
We will bring you the latest from the House Of Representatives and the speaker battle. Low lights from joe bidens alarming interview on cbs and 60 minutes. The president looked unwell. Apparently will travel to israel. First we start with an fox news alert. Nine p. M. On the east coast. Its 4 a. M. In gaza. All eyes on the gaza strip where we are 1 week removed from the worst terrorists in israels history. The number has gone up. 1400 were killed in 1 day. Thats roughly equal to over 37,000 americans murdered right here in we compared populations. Babies were set on fire. Many were beheaded. Women were raped. Entire families brutalizeed in their homes. 300 israelis and americans, men, Women And Children were kidnapped by the terrorists hamas and are held hostage inside gaza. Oneyearold babies locked up by terrorists in underground tunnels. Videos of Hamas Terrorists with the hostages including infants put on the internet. Just to torture family members. The mob and the media are compla