through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
john: two leading presidential candidates on the road this hour, former president trump in iowa and governor ron desantis hitting the trail in new hampshire. anita: and both taking hits at each other. both events this hour watching for more fireworks. john: likely presidential candidate reacting to the controversial decision by a top baseball team to honor a group that mocks nuns by dressing in drag. former vice president mike pence tweeting having been raised in a catholic family, the dodgers decision to invite the sisters of perpetual indulgence is deeply offense. with that, welcome back to america reports as we roll into a second hour. john roberts in washington, along with anita. anita: hey, john. i m in for sandra smith, talk to the head of a catholic outreach group who says the dodgers is giving them the cold shoulder and responding with a boycott. fox news alert. john: house speaker kevin mccarthy can breathe a sigh of relief of a the debt ceiling bill clea
once again with already crowded republican field set to get even bigger. we are learning former new jersey governor chris christie is set to announce his bid for the white house on tuesday of next week with former vice president mike pence expected to launch his campaign the next day. meanwhile the already declared candidate sweeping through crucial primary states. former president trump returns to iowa with several campaigns with a town hall with sean hannity airing on fox news this evening. meanwhile both florida governor ron desantis and entrepreneur looking to sway voters in new hampshire. but one candidate remains absent from the campaign trail. i will give you one guess, yep, president biden yet to hold any rallies or major campaign events since announcing his reelection bid back in april. peter doocy pressed the present on that yesterday. mr. president, how is your reelection campaign going? we haven t seen you yet? the official campaign rally. emily: harold, what
begin at capitol hill for that that bill is almost a done deal. its past the seven and will go to the presidents test -. chad pergram s life with us on the hill. good evening it was a congressional crunch to get the bill approved before the government collided with the debt ceiling. tonight the scent with the hous and the vote 63 tash 36. all but five democrats voted yes . the democrats are feeling very good tonight we save the country from the scorch of default, even though there were was some on the other side who wanted default, who wanted to lead us to default. thirty when gop members vote no and they were suspect of the plan. people think this is dramati and mccarthy thinks this is the best deal ever. this is going to do nothing. president biden talked the nation tomorrow and signs the bill as soon as possible. the senate spreader through a series of votes before getting to the final passage. senate majority leader chuck schumer played the role of trac coach.
plus on to the senate now for a big bipartisan breakthrough. a month scramble of meetings, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yes in the house on a deal to steer the united states around a debt default. from wall street to the whout, one of the most powerful men in corporate america doesn t say no to a future in politics. up first for us, critical new cnn report ing on a special counsel investigation evidence trail that we now know includes a record ing of donald trump admitting he kept a classified record when he left the white house. trump right now is on the campaign trail between iowa. a reminder of the unprecedented place we find ourselves. a state investigation sb n georgia and two tracks of the federal special counsel investigation. and yet, he is at the same time the front runner for the 2024 republican nomination. ask he vows to carry on his campaign no matter what prosecutors allege. this exclusive new cnn reporting is this. special counsel jack smith h