Joining us backtoback special episodes of the whole story begin now welcome to the whole story. I m anderson cooper. We have just two months to go before election day. The polls show a tight race between vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump with many voters still undecided. We re going to take the next two hours to examine five key issues for both campaigns. The economy, reproductive rights, immigration, foreign affairs and the state of democracy. First, cnn s audie cornish takes a look at harris s record on these policies during her time as a prosecutor, a senator, and as vice president she begins with the number one issue for most american voters, the economy one day after president joe biden announced his decision to drop out of the race and endorsed his vice president kamala harris, addressed a campaign. Staff at the wilmington, delaware headquarters building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency in her first interview as candidate,
Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with
This magnitude. We are not out of the fight yet. The continued message is to please stay off the road. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, this is new day. Its tuesday, february 2nd, 6 00 a. M. Here in new york. And a cancer for the Republican Party, scathing comments from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell about a fellow member of congress. Honestly, you never hear this kind of talk from mcconnell about another republican member. So why is he saying this only now about congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene . What does it tell us about where that party is going . We have new reporting about a possible showdown between republicans today in just a minute. Meanwhile, a peculiar sight at the white house. Look at this. What would you call this . This is like a political unicorn. I it doesnt compute. A substantive bipartisan meeting inside the white house. President biden with a group of re
Hello. Im azadeh moshiri. Youre watching bbc news. Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza,