John good Evening And Welcome to washington. Im John Roberts in for bret baier. Next promised Military Operation is underway. Plus, we look at the number of migrants released into the united states who were convicted of violent crimes. And with a possible strike at sea ports on the horizon, retailers are preparing for supply shortages. John but, first, breaking tonight, officials say hundreds could be dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Confirming those numbers iS Proving difficult. Millions of people are without Power And Cell service. In North Carolina, the lack of Communication Services have prompted hundreds of Missing Persons reports with many others still stranded in their homes due to high floodwaters. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in asheville, North Carolina tonight, where he has been surveying the devastation. Steve. Good evening, john. The mayor put it simply she said we need everything. Everything is just. Wiped out and washed away. Our whole house. Roads and bridg
york. john, hello to you. john: hello to you, sandra. i am john roberts in washington. this is america reports. president biden and speaker mccarthy are working to nail down a deal. mccarthy says that could be any day now. despite both sides struggling to find common ground. sandra: the stakes couldn t be higher. rating agency putting the country s aaa rating on negative watch now as we approach the deadline. house majority leader steve scalise takes us inside the negotiations when he joins us live next h hour. let s go to the hill. what s the mood there? hey there, we are closer and closer to a deal, probably won t happen today according to folks that are close into the meetings and negotiations. this is all about leverage. and we are seeing clearly now that democrats don t really have much of it. a progressive chair woman a mill a eye a pal wouldn t admit to tanking a supposed bad deal if presented by the white house, and that is a huge take away because we are talk
Into this situation. They stormed our kibbutz, they kidnapped me. Bring them home, bring them home. Nothing will be the same because at the end of the day our community lost 10 of its population. Sandra begin a brandnew hour breaking moments ago, two Security Sources telling reuters a Rocket Attack has targeted an air base in iraq which hosts u. S. And other forces just west of baghdad. An update from john kirby. He is going to be joining Karine Jeanpierre at the White House Press briefing, expected to begin just moments from now. Bill also well hear from the pentagon as a new report reveals the u. S. Military is stepping up its surveillance now in the middle east. Sandra a lot happening at this hour, over on capitol hill, lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs committee are set to receive a classified briefing on the threat from iran. Another busy day in our Nations Capital and beyond. Sandra smith in new york. Bill, great to have you here. Bill i dont know roberts is off today. Bill
caused. that s separate. three tax counts are part of this plea agreement and please accept the plea. we are all agreed on what it covers. but third and politically i would say most importantly we are all agreed on what it doesn t cover which is a possible fara the fans of that can be kept alive depending on what david weiss does but also what people in congress do, but that is also outside of your purview, your honor. they put it together more cleanly. he pleads to the misdemeanor tax counts. the diversion occurs but not in a way that involves her at all and then we see what happens with the possible fara counts and his business dealings with china before he got in this tax mess. harry litman to not get out of that seat. stand by for me if you will. the white house press briefing is underway, karine jean-pierre addressing what is taking place
beginning of the end, he could continue to go through that road to recovery. we know the president has held his son closely. there was a sort of reiteration of that statement a month ago by the white house again today that they still continue to support their son. as it relates to the politics and what we re hearing from the white house, it was interesting. yesterday we did really get an indication of how the white house did think this was a pivot point where they could pivot away from this matter and focus on republicans and misplaced priorities. karine jean-pierre saying while the republicans are focused on him and his family, president biden is focused on the american people, their families. that s the kind of language you hear from the white house from the biden campaign as they see an opportunity to move beyond this. obviously the degree to which there s still some uncertainty about what could still come down the road for hunter bye, that would get in the way of that. we always kn