hello, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden is taking the fight to republicans in florida and that s a state that s been tilting more and more toward the gop. it s also home to two of biden s potential 2024 rivals, donald trump and ron desantis. not to mention, biden s latest foil, republican senator rick scott. it is scott s recent proposal to sunset federal programs that biden has been hammering all week and in a few minutes he ll try to keep the pressure on with remarks focused on bolstering social security and medicare. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there in tampa ahead of the speech. so, priscilla, i don t think many people expected that joe biden and rick scott would be the first big political matchup of the year but the white house is very much leaning into it. reporter: it is front and center, abby. not only that, this is the second stop that biden is making after the state of the union this week. as he mentioned, biden is driving his message home that he is
very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. overnight president joe biden arriving in mexico this ahead of his one-on-one meeting with mexican president obrador this afternoon. the president also making a brief visit, it is his first since taking office to the u.s. southern border on sunday where he spoke with border enforcement in el paso, talking about the rising surge of migrants and the growing fentanyl crisis. plus in brazil a spectacle all too, sadly, familiar here in the u.s. after false stolen election claims, supporters of brazil s former president bolsonaro laid siege to the capital. they smashed windows, clashed with police, they broke into congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court. officials say at least 400 people have been arrested. sadly familiar images there. in washington kevin mccarthy now face has critical test after finally being elected speaker of the house, a major vote expected today on the rules package tha
lashing out over sweden joining finland in seeking nato membership. the kremlin is now threatening to retaliate. and there s a significant new development impacting the nationwide shortage of infant formula. a deal has just been reached to reopen a plant that was shut down because of a recall. how soon will desperately needed nourishment for america s babies are back on store shelves? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . we begin with new evidence that the buffalo shooting suspect was plotting a racially motivated slaughter for months. visiting the city back in march, and potentially looking to attack a second store. cnn s brian todd is on the scene for us, following all the new developments tonight. this was a straight-up hate crime, pure evil. reporter: tonight, police revealing details about the meticulous planning that went into the massacre of ten people in a buffalo store
largest auto worker unions called general motors offer to avoid a potentially devastating strike. what this standoff could mean for the entire economy ahead. and deeper than the empire it state building is tall, well over times two, that s how far below the earth this american caver is now trapped, after he fell ill underground on saturday. details on the urgent evident now to save him. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. soon, president biden departs for india for a critical g-20 summit with world leaders, but back here at home, he is facing a tough crowd. new cnn polling shows the president s numbers are essentially down across the board. numbers on his handling of the economy, his age, his job approval, all of them sinking. right now, just 39% approval of biden s job as president. that s down 41% in july. we re covering all angles and implications of this story. with us, congressional corresponde
all right. scott jennings and christy setzer. thank you for the lively conversation. thank you. we re following a number of new developments today about that chinese spy balloon that was shot down by u.s. fighter jets over the weekend. lawmakers from both the house and the senate have now attended classified briefings on it today and sources tell cnn that several republicans railed against the administration s delay in taking it down. also new today, the state department confirms that the surveillance craft was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. so let s bring in cnn s congressional correspondent jessica dean and senior justice correspondent evan perez. what are you hearing from lawmakers as they came out of that briefing today? reporter: the senate briefing is the one that motor recently ended, abby, of course, lawmakers on both sides and both in the house and senate had been asking for information on this. they really wanted more information on this, and we re now sta