Cnn, my acosta, and washington and we do start with Breaking News. The worlds number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, arrested this morning and charged with a felony, louisville, Kentucky Police released a mug shot just a short time ago, showing scheffler wearing an Orange Jumpsuit after being arrested this morning on the way to the Pga Championship, espn is reporting that scheffler tried to maneuver around a fatal crash scene by driving on a median near the entrance to the Valhalla Golf Club. Please told him to stop at scheffler continued to drive toward the golf plug you now faces four charges, including a felony count of seconddegree assault on a Police Officer. He has since been released and has arrived at the Pga Championship. I want to bring in Criminal Defense Attorney and cnn legal analyst joey jackson. Joey, pretty shocking developments. This boarding. And we just got this statement and then from scheffler, just a few moments ago, it says, this week, put it up on screening. We h
download the app. yeah, please you re going to see an aw, whole, whole different bsp we wednesday night dynamite. it. tbs good. morning, you were alive in the cnn news room i m jim. acosta in washington. we begin with president biden unleashing his campaign war chest. as you argues that voters have a choice between a felon and a commander in chief this election is between a convicted criminal who s only out for himself and a president who s fighting for your family that s part of a new $50,000,000 ad by taking aim at donald trump s harsh money trial conviction. also today, how speaker mike johnson is making the maga pilgrimage down tomorrow. logger the meeting comes days after trump met with republican lawmakers up on capitol hill for the first time since the january 6 insurrection before that assault on democracy trumped. so doubt about the election results for months on end now and 2024, he is doing that again we need to watch the we need to guard. we need to stop this
multimillion dollar media mogul. dick clark, literally. tonight the stars pay tribute. donny osmond, gloria estefan, paul anka, boys to men, debbie gibson and more. only in america, the legacy of dick clark, through the generations of superstars he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, you re looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind american bandstand. listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute on tonight s american idol . we are sar to announce the passing of my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he s in a better place, saying, hey, let s get on with the show, okay? y
i m joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is state of the union. the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this middle-class tax cut for the rest of the year. it should be a formality, and hopefully it is done with as little drama as possible when they get back in january. but he made no mention of the keystone xl pipeline compromise. to get republicans onboard, democrats agreed to a provision which says the president must make a decision within 60 days on extending an oil pipeline from canada to texas. the president had i