the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w
no bidders appear, the government said they are ready to step in and take it over. the morning i m david asman infra neil cavuto. this is cavuto live . we start with lucas tomlinson at the white house with some numbers as the president launches his reelection campaign. not a great mom as far as the numbers go. that s right, president biden low approval rating one of the reasons one and three democrats support somebody else for president in 2024, many republicans want this race focus on the economy. i don t want everyone every day and make it like my family to suffer as a result of poor policy. that s exactly what we see not a divided administration. they re not designed to help people, the economic policies of this administration are designed to track people. let s throw the pole number back on the screen eight in ten americans believe the economy is only fair or poor a number that hasn t changed much over the past five months. inflation is the problem we don t have to
lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
matter that much anymore. it s all politically driven it seems. it matters less about the charges and more about which political party you belong too. you decide where the bias isabel put out that the evidence for example the potential indictment of donald trump over hush money at the center of the investigation a payment made by michael cohen seven years ago related to an incident 17 years ago. this week a mysterious move by manhattan grand jury who set to consider the case and possibly the indictment on an especially postponed and then canceled for now. good democrat d.a. alvin bragg not have enough evidence? bragg made it known during his campaign for d.a. he was about going after donald trump. has achieved a deputy attorney general s office, we sued the trump administration over 100 times. be hard to argue with the fact that with most important most hope hype profile case i ve seen them upfront and awol since he can do. but we ve had similar fate s out before they got c
matter that much anymore. it s all politically driven it seems. it matters less about the charges and more about which political party you belong too. you decide where the bias isabel put out that the evidence for example the potential indictment of donald trump over hush money at the center of the investigation a payment made by michael cohen seven years ago related to an incident 17 years ago. this week a mysterious move by manhattan grand jury who set to consider the case and possibly the indictment on an especially postponed and then canceled for now. good democrat d.a. alvin bragg not have enough evidence? bragg made it known during his campaign for d.a. he was about going after donald trump. has achieved a deputy attorney general s office, we sued the trump administration over 100 times. be hard to argue with the fact that with most important most hope hype profile case i ve seen them upfront and awol since he can do. but we ve had similar fate s out before they got c