[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [cheers and applause] pete: if your photos, our nation s anthem on the final day of august, august 31st, year of our lord, 2024, and here we are at 6 a. M. We re ready. I think we re ready. Maybe. Rachel or, good to see you. Rachel: i m ready, but i m not ready. By the way, good morning, joey. I m not ready for summer to be over. I notice people had all these photos of their boats and water skiing and feel taking kids tubing. My kids start school next week, and i m just not ready. I love summer so much, joey. Joey: down south we start early, andin know i didn t know that until i started coming up here. August 6th is when we start, i had at least five things we didn t do this her rachel: like what is? joey: i wanted to do a weekend trip to the beach, just stuff like that, fun things i wanted to do with my kids in between my son being a fanatic about his running and going to the the running camp and stuff like that. We didn
Burner as the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even leftleaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. President biden saying today its an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. This as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a Counter Offer to his nearly 2 trillion plan. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher has been following it all. She joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret. The week started with President Biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. But it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. Im going to act. Im going to act fast. In his most fiery defense of his 1. 9 trilliondollar relief plan, President Biden made it
Allocated but hasnt gone out to anybody yet. So this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. And the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. Republicans say this is a liberal wish list. President biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. He told us that on the Campaign Trail and a promise that hes making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. Heres one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. So are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the United States over the longer term . As this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, theres a shift going on in the country. Take a look. Cases have dropped 47 since the daily average peak january 8. Very good news about where this virus is headed. Think about this. The governors that have rea
Good morning, everyone. Lets get things started with fife things to know for this wednesday, august 16th. There are new developments in Donald Trumps georgia indictment. Overnight we learned the form president is expected to be booked into jail at any point in the next nine i days. And were learning his dms on twitter were of great interest for the Special Counsel. New questions this morning about what caused wildfires on maui that are now blamed for 106 deaths. The Washington Post is report ing a downed power line likely caused that first fire on the island. Heres the video of that moment. The soldier that crossed into north korea, his mother is asking he be treated fairly. Oher attempted a 15 million shake dunn before he filed this petition. Cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we start. New overnight, we know where donald trump will likely surrender in Fulton County, georgia, with just nine days left to turn himself in. The former president is expected to be arrested and b
More news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, former president trump, today scrambling for a half billion dollars in cash to post bond in the new york civil fraud case against him and the trump organization. While saying democrats hate israel and any jewish person that votes for democrats hates their religion. Thats a quote. That set off a political firestorm. This after President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu argued over rafah. President biden saying they can root out hamas without a fullscale invasion that would kill thousands of civilians. Today, netanyahu says, theres no way to eliminate hamas without entering rafah. Americans allies on russias border. Natos front line against an aggressive russia. Stunned by congress failure to vote for needed help to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Trump said the Democratic Party hate jewish people. His spokeswoman issued a statement that the democrat party, her words, hates israel, has turned into