officer desperately trying to access a locked door were two adults and a toddler were trapped in a basement apartment. none survived. at least 50 people lost their lives in the northeast with fears that number could rise as floodwaters go down. new york city mayor bill de blasio along with lawmakers alexandria ocasio-cortez and senator chuck schumer toured hard-hit areas in new york today pointing to climate change as part of the cause of the unprecedentedar flash flooding while also pushing for financial relief. we ve got to get the insurance companies to really step up to the plate as well. they can t duck it. they can t say oh, this i wasn t audit or this tea wasn t crossed. this is a personal disaster, a major disaster. president joe biden expected to tour the devastation here in new jersey and new york tomorrow after announcing federal aid for both states that will help those who are directly impacted. hang in there. something new jersey governor phil murphy says can t
white house lawn and saying please ukraine and china, investigate joe biden. them trying to explain it away, them trying to justify it. and in large part to say what mr. mukasey said to you. but also to say that it s not just that it s let trump be trump, and that s who he is and that s who we elected. it s, it s totally appropriate, which is, you know, what the congresswoman was saying to you that she tried to press them on. that s why they dumped the question of would you do it. exactly. would you do it? because the answer is no because they would get in big trouble. that s right. they duck it. elliot, let me bring you in here for a little legal analysis on this aspect. did the democrats give them a little bit of a break? i get the argument of it s all in their abuse of process is the most dangerous crime there is when it comes to impeachment. but by not including bribery, the low fruit satisfaction of
of our great workers and businesses and now he s blowing it up. and this is entirely donald trump s personal doing. the tariffs are his idea. it s maybe the only idea he s had as president. and then the execution of it he leaves to the ustr and others involved in it. this is one of those things where he can t duck it. he s not this is not any other this is not something that the senate voted on or that the republican congress helped him do, it s entirely his own. exactly. and when you look at what he came into, we have big challenges, we know what china is one of them. they ve been vesting in places like africa and around the world. and our goal should be to take them on as austan was pointing out on the currency manipulation, we re doing some of that. the subsidies they re doing with the industry. the stealing of intellectual property. the best way you do that is with
instead of going to the negotiating table with our allies, figuring out our focus and getting this done with a very tough negotiating partner, what does he do? he goes, just look at the last month, august 1st he says that he s going to put out $300 billion in tariffs. august 12th, they dial it back. the next august 20th, they say they re going to lower taxes. the next day they change it. the world is watching. and what they re seeing is chaos. there s an old saying with trade negotiations, keep your promises and keep your threats, and he is doing neither. so i think it is an economic issue. he inherited an economy because of our great workers and businesses and now he s blowing it up. and this is entirely donald trump s personal doing. the tariffs are his idea. it s maybe the only idea he s had as president. and then the execution of it he leaves to the ustr and others involved in it. this is one of those things where he can t duck it. he s not this is not any
just yesterday the president got really good poll numbers in an abc news/ washington post poll. his highest yet of his term, mostly because of his handling of the economy. if this acosta/epstein story overshadows that, it s going to be hard for the secretary to stay in his post. jake, talking about politics and what impact this could have on republican lawmakers, whether they re affected by it, what they choose to do. we ve heard from some of the top democrats. what are you hearing among republicans? well, republicans have stood by him for now. that s the real question here. does he become a liability either politically or does he have to come to political at some point over the next, you know, two or three weeks to testify and he s asked these questions and then republicans could be in a tough spot in terms of asking him questions or getting pressure in the hallways. listen, over the next couple of weeks, there s a lot of legislative issues to take care of. there s some shelter f