about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an obvious reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no but there are desperate, mary alice or insane their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bribe as vice president. watch. we aren t interested in whether or not the accusations against vice president biden are accurate or not. so, grassley just
second hour of a man. the obvious and flailing republican smear campaign against president biden. one gop senator this week, admitted that he didn t care about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m phil ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an honest reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no matter how desperate merit-less or in saying their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bri
highland, illinois, a sell brigg celebration ended in tragedy when a gunman opened fire on an independence day parade. six have been killed, one at the scene and five died at the hospital. at least two dozen have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries and at least one is a child who has been quit critically injured. the gunman is still at large and police say that the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. the suspect carried out the shooting spree from a rooftop and is believed to have acted alone. the suspect had a high powered rifle recovered at the scene is right now being urgently traced by federal officials to determine who purchased the weapon and where it came from. officials are searching social media for any threats or clues. we expect a fourth update from law enforcement within this hour. i want to go live to the scene in highland park, illinois. police say this is still a very active situation. what is the latest they are saying about telling the com
This morning. All after Columbia University leaders allow the nypd to enter campus and arrest 300 people in connection to propalestinian protests. What became clear that Public Safety was a real concern, especially after the protests escalated the situation by Breaking And Entering into university buildings, the nypd was called in to do their job. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene puts mike johnson on notice, saying next week she will move forward with her efforts to oust the House Speaker from his office, something he could overcome now with democratic support. Once he became speaker, he has become a man that none of us recognize. Mike johnson is not capable of his job. Floridas controversial sixweek abortion ban goes into affect today sending ripple affects far beyond the Sunshine State as the political Battle Over Reproductive Rights spreads across the country. Thanks for joining. Im ryan nobles in washington. Andrea mitchell is traveling with Secretary Of State blinken in israel
still hurting. jesse: too bad. bret: thanks. good evening. i m bret baier. the u.s. navy intervenes as an israeli-linked vessel is targeted by houthi rebels. we will bring you that. the vulnerability to fraud on president biden s original student loan bailout plan. and the train carries migrants in mexico toward the u.s. border as the crisis on the southern border continues. bret: but, first, breaking tonight. israel and hamas has have agreed to extend their temporary cease-fire and hostage for prisoner swap for another two days. this news comes as about the same time as a fourth such exchange was completed today. correspondent alex hogan starts us off tonight live from jerusalem. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. israel says it will resume military pralingses in gaza with full force if hamas does not honor its commitment to release more hostages it. is the early hours of the fifth day of this cease-fire. and now the latest released hostages are currently at a