referring to the crime crisis now made it to the front steps of public schools. families afraid to send their children to class. shootings and homicides have surged, 19 students losing their lives over the past year. we will hear from a parent you heard, says a failure to education system in the country and lack of accountability have allowed kids to be more and more violent. i heard him saying i need eight, within six months, i would not vote for him because he said eight years. i say six months. leadership is not entertainment, not virtual signalling, not brand building, leadership is about producing results for the people that you represent. john: friday afternoon with the race for the white house, 2024 republican candidates taking shots at one another and at the democratic party. accusing it of rigging the primary process for president biden. hello, john roberts in washington. welcome back, sandra. sandra: good to be with you, john. a busy afternoon ahead, flori
gillian: first possible relief over the debt threat. the house is going to vote tonight imminently on the debt extension deal to avoid a historic default on federal obligations. a lot of staunch conservatives are against this agreement which means democrats will definitely be needed to get the measure across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight. hi, chad. good evening, gillian. the vote comes some time after 8:00 tonight. expect broad bipartisan support. lots of democrats will vote yes. albeit with reluctance. when trump was president, they approved every extension of the debt relief and, yet, when biden s here, no. this is extortion. but we have to deal with it, it s for the benefit of our country. and the world s economy and i will vote yes. some conservatives berated house speaker kevin mccarthy for negotiating the deal. graves negotiated the for the g.o.p. is he tired of the right torching the deal and the spe
during covid how prepared is it for the next pandemic? good evening a catastrophe is how kentucky officials are describing the deadly situation unfolding there tonight after one in a thousand year floods left residents stranded on roof tops, washed roads away, and triggered mud slides after at least 9 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. by late afternoon the death toll climbing to eight with more feared all of it part of the same storm system that triggered massive flash floods in st. louis. it s the kind of heavy precipitation event experts say are becoming more common as the climate continues to change. the hard hit city of hazard, kentucky tweeting, help your neighbors and pray for a break in the rain. but more is expected the rain a compound disaster in a state still recovering from a deadly hit by an ef-4 tornado in mayfield back in december in a moment i ll speak to the governor for a late update. reporter: in a swath of the south submerged total devastation and a de
find out. reporter: in the contest for the republican nomination, iowa voters speak first. what does that mean? i think it s a huge responsibility. i think we need to make a positive statement to the country and to the world. reporter: some republican caucusgoers like fred are still undecided, but he knows for him former president donald trump s latest legal woes won t make a difference. donald trump was who he is before the indictment, and he ll be the same after. that indictment doesn t have any effect on my opinion about him, positive or negative. i m not going to vote for him. reporter: he voted for trump in the last election, but stopped supporting him after the rigged election claims. outside des moines in pella, iowa, whether with mr. trump or against him, some republicans telling us the former president s federal indictment will not move the needle no matter how many details they know about the case. so just the fact that he s facing federal indictment. that s not
the race for the white house, 2024 republican candidates taking shots at one another and at the democratic party. accusing it of rigging the primary process for president biden. hello, john roberts in washington. welcome back, sandra. sandra: good to be with you, john. a busy afternoon ahead, florida governor ron desantis stumping in south carolina after a visit to new hampshire and iowa. meanwhile, former president trump wrapped his two-day tour of iowa, ending with a town hall with sean hannity last night. john: both candidates trading insults over the direction of the party, karl rove joins us in a moment on how democrats are duking it out. sandra: rich, in pella, iowa, a couple more candidates are heading that way right now. busy, sandra, two candidates in iowa, several more over the