Ainsley well, good morning. We are so excited because tomorrow is the big debate. We will be talking about that on thursday morning. Counting down. Lawrence hosted by our friends at fox business. Im so proud of dana perino, stuart varney. I know they will do great job tomorrow. Brian do they get along. Ainsley they get along with everybody. Steve they will for two hours. Lawrence this hour already he is already starting. Steve curious. Ainsley fox friends first. I thought todays the day. Were going to a brian day. He brought his personality. Finally. Brian yeah, i know. Finally. All right. Lets just talk rap. Steve we talked a little bit about this yesterday. You probably recall a lot of News Coverage yesterday about joe biden. Over the weekend he was at the Congressional Black Caucus gala in our nations capitol. And he had a number of joe Biden Blunders just in one short period. Were going to recap it and talk a little bit about the fallout. Watch. Greatest of our time representing th
I like to call the situation room. Happening now, President Biden offering an unprecedented show of support for striking auto workers as the first sitting u. S. President to join a picket line. Well discuss the political impact of his michigan appearance and the Economic Impact of the strike with the uaw president , johshawn fain. Breaking news, a new york judge has found donald trump and his adult sons liable for fraud in a lawsuit by the states Attorney General. Well break down and it means for trump and the trial set to begin in a matter of days. January 6th star witness Cassidy Hutchinson sits down with cnn. Shes warning that trump remains the most grave threat, direct quote torks american democracy. Suggesting that trump knew his words might incite violence at the u. S. Capitol. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with President Biden going where no u. S. President has gone before. A picket line.
Is senator bob menendez a National Security threat . And where are the nations Top Democrats on whether remaining in his position should even be tolerated . Two central questions as menendez remains defiant in the face of a damning indictment. Im abby phillips, among the charges democrat is accused of using his power to get Sensitive Information of the plots overseas. Information that eventually made its way to a Foreign Government. And while he is temporarily stepping down from being chairman of the senate warm relations committee, he is still privy to classified information. Now, the governor of his state suggested those allegations alone make him compromised. And one of menendezs democratic colleagues went even farther. Does it sound like espionage from your perspective . As a former intel officer, we collected information and we paid people for that information. So in the simplest of terms, yes. From a legal standpoint, ill defer to the doj on that. We are now starting to see these
On time and ready to go. Thanks for having me. Im sandra smith. Drug poisoning deaths are killing americans at an unprecedented rate in the country. More than 100,000 lives lost last year alone with fentanyl and methamphetamine driving the record increase. Ashley is just one of those victims. Her heartbroken mother attended todays summit. It continues to flow into our country and is poisoning someone every five minutes. We lose so many every day. The death toll keeps rising. Sandra david spunt is live in washington on this. Hi, attorney general Merrick Garland began speaking to families moments ago and joined by d. E. A. Administrator about the dangers of fentanyl. Top of mind for the d. E. A. As the drug continues to become more potent and harder to detect as Border Crossing numbers continue to grow, so does fentanyl. Not necessarily from the exact people crossing the border who seek a better life but the drug thats making its way to the United States through the mexican cartels. Ashl
About the strike and where negotiations stand in just a moment. Meanwhile on Capitol Hill Congress is divided on how to avoid a Government Shutdown with the house and senate pursuing two very different courses on a funding solution. And also ahead, one of the most influential democrats in congress is calling for senator bob menendez to resign following his indictment on bribery charges. Well show you what the new jersey democrat had to say about the piles of cash hidden around his home. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 26th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with new nbc news polling that shows that americans think republicans ar better than democrats at handling most key issues. According to the latest survey registered voters trust the gop more to handle Border Security, the economy, crime, and immigration. Republicans are also trusted more to protect Constitutional Rights and by a slim margin protect