the senate. the president, by the way, has indicated he would sign it. earlier this month, lawmakers approved a package of six different bills to fund the rest of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. with us now nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, good morning. as we re seeing activity there on the hill, this bill needs a two-thirds vote to pass. how does it look? reporter: everybody we re talking to seems reasonably confident this bill is going to pass, jose. both the house and the senate. but it is not going to come easy. as you point out, this is a bill that the way the procedure that they re using to pass it on the house floor means it requires two-thirds to pass. normally a simple majority. they need around 280 votes to get over the finish line. it is going to be a combination of republicans and democrats. this morning we have seen conservative republicans, members of the house freedom caucus in particular, really put pressure on thei
and require new leadership. it s going to require a couple of election cycles and you have to activist the moderate intelligent people as opposed to signalling socialist, communist and lunatic fringe that has taken over the city. one tour guide is offering all the worse the city has to offer, including open air drug markets and deserted downtown. the walking tour is set for this saturday and is sold out. john. john: one day away from the first presidential debate, eight republican candidates will pitch policies to voters ahead of 2024. sandra: all happening as the president enjoys vacation out in lake tahoe, nevada, at a billionaire donor s house. his campaign ahead of tomorrow night s action setting the expectations low. i don t expect that you ll see him respond to any attacks or anything else. he s going to keep doing the responsible thing and that is focusing on the american people. john: hour two starts right now with the issues top of mind for voters. john r
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$200,000 bond and a promise to behave on social media. can he live up to it? what happens if he doesn t? employees at the fulton county sheriff s office are being threatened. details about the threats. eight republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage tomorrow for the first primary debate. is that enough to keep donald trump from grabbing the spotlight with his counterprogramming push. this is cnn news central. by this time on thursday, donald trump could be the only presidential candidate to be arrested, skip the debate and released on $200,000 bond, all in the same 24 hours. a lifetime of achievement in the snap of a finger. trump s legal team agreed to the bond deal in fulton county, georgia and including strict guidelines of what he can put on social media the. trump posted this. i ll be go to atlanta, georgia, on thursday, to be arrested. can you believe it? only because it s happened in new york, florida and washington, d.c. this year. trump to
we don t know where they re standing. there s a lot of news. let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, august 22nd. new overnight the rnc formally announcing the eight candidates who will appear in tomorrow s gop debate. as expected, the front-runner donald trump will not be on them. will no longer let donald trump s surrogates trump is snubbing by not participating. counterprogramming with the taped interview with former fox host tucker carlson. we re also learning hours after the debate, donald trump will surrender at the fulton county jail on charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond. also new overnight, tropical storm harold has formed in the gulf coast. it is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to south texas later today. japan announces a controversial decision to release radioactive water from the damaged fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean thursday. neighboring countries, in