The now muddy nevada desert. Plus, an escaped killer on the loose. The search intensifying after a convict was caught on a home surveillance video. And ukraines fired Defense Minister, president zelenskyy sacking him in the middle of crucial counteroffenses. Hi there, welcome to a special Holiday Edition of early start. Im david culver. We start with what is anything but a relaxing Holiday Weekend for Tens Of Thousands of people at the burning Manifest Value in the nevada desert. They are trapped in a sea of mud out there this morning. What a mess out there. Theyre waiting for organizers to give the allclear to exit the site. That is expected to happen sometime today. Amid a downpour friday and saturday transformed the Dry Desert Dirt into thick claylike mud that traps bikes and organizers alike. Organizers asked the attendees to shelter in place and shelter and food. And also plans to set fire to the iconic Burning Man Effigy in tonight. Police out there are investigating one death at
September 4. 70,000 people are stranded in the Nevada Desert for the Third Straight day, but roads could reopen today. People at the burning Manifest Value are stuck in mud too thick to drive on forcing organizers to impose shelterinplace o orders. And a manhunt in pennsylvania, this convicted killer less than two miles from where he escaped. And hes still on the run this morning. And donald trump dominates the 2024 republican field and pulls even further ahead in a new Wall Street Journal poll. He is the top choice for almost 60 of Republican Voters. In fact 78 of them say trumps actions after the 2020 election were legitimate. And the Ukraine Defense minister fired by the nations president who says ukraine needs, quote, new approaches as the war with russia enters its 19th month. And workers at the Big Three Automakers prepare to walk off the job in less than two weeks if the unions and companies cant reach a deal on a new labor contract. A strike against all three at once has never
carley: the house voting for an impeachment inquiry into president biden to obtain more documents to understand how connected the president is to his business. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: good to have you back, partner. i m todd piro. three presidents have been impeached, all three remained in office after being acquitted by the senate. brooke singman joins us. brooke: a formal inquiry is only way to get the white house to comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence pedalling during his time as vice president. hunter biden is saying instead of doing anything to make american lives better, they are attacking me with lies and wasting time on this stunt that members of congress admit it was not. hunter was subpoenaed to testify with congress yesterday, but he didn t show up. he did come to capitol hill, but held a press conference instead. watch. i m here to testify at a public hearing today to a
learned who has made the debate stage for wednesday night, the fourth republican debate. also, george santos already has a new gig days after being ousted from congress. he is now making personalized videos for anyone who is willing to cough up the cash, labelling himself an icon. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. good evening. tonight, we are now just six weeks out from the first votes being cast in iowa and with former president donald trump still holding onto a significant lead in the 2024 gop primary, he s not only sharpening his rhetoric, using the language of autocrats, he also appears to be making a concerted effort to accuse president biden of what he himself stands accused of doing, undermining democracy. but joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. and it s it s him and his people. they re the wreckers of the american dream. the american dream is dead with them in office. the bide
catholic church write an amicus brief to purdue s position in all of this. you talk about real justice versus what you call billionaire justice. what do you mean? i mean that if this plan goes through, what s going to keep another family of millionaires that want to be billionaires from introducing a faulty product and finding a loophole in the bankruptcy system, which was not intended to give billionaires loopholes. there would be no deterrence going forward. beth, thank you for being with us, and for your excellent reporting on this in your books, and joey, your legal analysis as always. we ll follow it closely. and cnn this morning, continues right now. good morning, everyone, here s where we start this morning. israel defense forces say it hit 200 targets inside gaza, and is calling for people in parts of southern gaza to evacuate, leaving civilians scrambling to try to find thinker safe to go. the white house is warning israel to limit civilian casualties, and