over yet. now he has his sights set on a connection between fundraising and the push to breach voter equipment. mathematical evidence of trump votes being trashed and biden votes being injected. abuse of power, bribery, retaliation. some of the allegations facing ken paxton, texas attorney general, whose historic impeachment trial begins. they will call him to testify. to say this case is not about politics, nonsense. it s definitionally political. tennessee is the latest state to enact a third grade retention law about growing concerns about learning loss. they should be going to fourth grade because they re ready to go to fourth grade. i don t want him to be behind on reading, which will influence everything for the rest of his life. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. as you can see, there s a lot of news. but here is where we begin. the morning the kremlin is refusing to comment on kim jong-un s apledged plans to visit russia and meet wit
newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, the head first lady tested positive for covid-19, all speak to a doctor about the new variant. russia looks to north korea for arms, kim jong-un may meet with vladimir putin to seal a weapon steel. and, another race to avoid a government shutdown. lawmakers have just days to reach a deal about the federal budget. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. and we do begin here in the united states where first lady jill biden has tested positive for covid-19. now, the white house says she is currently experiencing only mild symptoms and will remain at biden s home in delaware. however, president joe biden has tested negative for the virus, both were in delaware for the labor day weekend and an official tells cnn that there are no changes to the presidents schedule at this time. the president is scheduled to depart for the g20 summit in india later this week. meantime, this covid cases increase right across the united states,
with the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach voting equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smith s sights, unindicted co-conspirator number three, that s trump co-defendant attorney sidney powell. cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smith s prosecutors in recent weeks were asked about powell s role in the hunt for evidence of vote fraud after the 2020 election. including how her nonprofit group defending the republic provided money to fund those efforts. if team trump was literally trying to break into the voting machines after the fact, then the truth spun by chris krebs about the security of the 2020 election was a real fly in the ointment. there is no foreign power that is flipping votes. there is no domestic actor flipping votes. i did it right.
that was good. have a good night. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the border blame game. we have dramatic new video tonight and a major development on a story we first brought you last night. fox was there as several suspected criminals were arrested for squatting in a house in the bronx. while six of the eight were previously released without bail three of them are now back in custody tonight. we will take you there. florida governor ron desantis is demanding answers from the biden administration about what he says is the covert f illegal immigrants into his state. and the bidenomics goes after another southern state accused of interfering with its enforcement of immigration law. we have fox team conch tonight on immigration. david spunt in new orleans where a federal court heard arguments concerning the texas law allowing state officials to arrest border crossers. matt finn in el paso, texas, on a little known federal immigration polic
the powerful storms moving east after battling multiple states from tornadoes to smashed homes and cars, winds so strong a student was literally blown off his feet. wow. it s a race against time in taiwan. the scenes of devastation after a major earthquake knocked buildings right off of their foundations. trapping people inside. and could the state of nebraska cost joe biden the election. it s not even a battleground state. why republicans are pushing for a big change that could make the path to 270 a lot harder for biden. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with the world central kitchen, revealing new details about an incident that happened two days before seven aid workers were killed in an air strike. nbc s raf sanchez is reporting from tel aviv. tell us about this new accusation, raf. reporter: chris, that deadly air strike happening on monday night, but world central kitchen telling us that on saturday, they believe an isr