trying not to get hit. they are stonewalling reporters day after day. now the justice were dumb department is blocking the intelligence committee from accessing the documents found at both president biden s home and former president trumps properties. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are going after that move. and they are not they are no warning, rather they will stop at nothing to get their hands on those documents so they can do their jobs properly. you know, investigate, watch. the members of congress have an absolute right to this information so we can make an informed judgment that the risk if and eight this document imposed by not being properly handled. how can we judge and to see if it is accurate or if there mitigation efforts are sufficient if we don t know what it is where the materials that were exposed potentially as? we are left in limbo until somehow a special counsel designates it is okay for us to get briefed. is not going to stand. harris :
well, it is the top of the hour at cnn newsroom. 15 days now until election day and candidates are out battling for every ballot. in the florida governor s race, democrat charlie crist hopes tonight s debate will help shift the momentum as he tries to unseat ron desantis. in pennsylvania, there s a debate tomorrow in the much tighter senate race there. polls show the democrat john fetterman has a small lead over his republican rival, mehmet oz. nearly 7.3 million americans have already cast a ballot in 39 states with the early vote turnout in the battleground, georgia breaking records. cnn has just released new poll averages showing just how tight the race for senate is in critical swing states of pennsylvania and wisconsin. president biden just made another pitch to voters coming up on november 8th. that s the midterm election day. he just spoke at democratic party headquarters in d.c. to make his closing argument. cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattin
Sean and welcome to hannity tonight White House Press secretary is perplexed at the mere thought that americans arent happy with their boss imagined that take a look. Why do you think americans are so down on President Biden now . What do you mean . Sean coming up the answer to that question we will help joe in the administration understand why exactly it is his pole numbers are awful was a shocking your report accusing the white house of withholding intelligence from la israel surrounding terror threats from the Terrorist Group Hamas we will check in San Francisco where they are spending millions of taxpayer dollars to give shots of vodka and free beer to homeless alcoholics weight until you see the report. We begin where else but in a New York City courtroom and a law fare has a new mascot his name is Michael Cohen a cad or Real Liar Fraudster and convicted felon on stand asking jurors to believe him now and to make matters worse he has a fixation on any and all things donald trump a
We start with a meeting between two global superpowers. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken was in china for talks with the chinese president xijinping on friday. The uss top diplomat said there has been progress in some areas. He praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl from reaching the us and the increase in military to military communication. President xi agreed the two sides had made some positive progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. Mr xi added that the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. He warned that if such factors continued to grow, it could derail efforts to stabilise us china ties. The negative factors are increasing. The relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. Chinas Development Rights have been unreasonably suppressed. Should china and United States move forward with stability or return to a down ward spiral . This is a major question. For the United States, areas of
Shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. Good morning, its tuesday the 9th of may. Im rachel schofield, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have vowed to cap Energy Prices if they win the General Election. Under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. Elsewhere labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is due to formally launch his partys general Election Campaign, where hes expected to say that the issue of Whether Brexit happens has been settled. The uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the Isle Of Wight the uks highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment. Well be live In Manchester ahead of labours Campaign Launch shortly but first more o