you know, huif hunter biden has broken the law, he should be held accountable for it. i don t think he s being treated differently than anyone else who has been accused of the crimes he s been accused of. he s had a lot of trouble in his life and joe biden has been open about it and has shown, as any caring father would, a lot of concern to help hunter biden recover. but there has never been any evidence that joe biden has compromised his office. in fact, to the very opposite, the evidence around the allegations republicans have made about hunter biden s involvements in ukraine suggest that joe biden was working to root out corruption in ukraine, as he consistently did as vice president. and i think those facts will continue to come out. all right. connecticut senator chris murphy, thank you so much for your time, sir. we really appreciate it. thanks, kasie. all right. here s some advice for ron desantis from a member of his own party. quote, if you find yourself in a deep hole,
this is not the kind of person that we want as our nominee. because, by the way, joe biden will be the president again if donald trump s the nominee. you mentioned the big things. and i want to ask you about that, because the reality is, there is some good economic news these days. inflation is creeping down to 3%. gdp is strong. consumer sentiment is on the way up. we have wages going up faster than prices. do you think president biden deserves any credit for that. kasie, what he deserves credit for is the fact that everything is 17% more expensive today than it was when he took the oath of office on january 20th of 2021. interest rates are at one of at our highest levels in 25 years. making it much more expensive for people to buy a home, to buy a car, to be able to invest in their business and grow it to create jobs. this guy is the jimmy carter of
look, he s not even clearing that bar. i want voters to listen to this. it is most likely that by the time we get on the debate stage august 23rd, the front-runner will be out on bail in four different jurisdictions. florida, washington, georgia, and new york. out on bail, kasie. i mean, that doesn t even clear the low-class bar that donald trump is advocating for. look, i m running for president because i want to do the big things. i want to make sure that we fix our entitlement programs. i want to make sure that we give parents educational freedom to decide where their kids go to school across this country. there are big things we need to do to lower inflation and create jobs that are good paying and help people to save money. and he s sitting there at a
the straigs is sending federal medical experts to east palestine, ohio where a train loaded with hazardous materials derailed two weeks ago. residents say they are getting headaches and sore throats and worry about their health now and in the years to come. federal investigators are trying to learn why the train came off the tracks in the first place. these images are under scrutiny. surveillance video obtained by cnn shows sparks flying from the train less than an hour before it crashed. what have we learned today? reporter: well, the governor just wrapped up a press conference a short while ago. a few headlines that i want to tell you about, kasie, first and foremost he says that 500 homes now in the area have been tested for air quality. those tests came back clear. in addition to that, 20 air monitoring systems have now been set up in and around the area,
war. i make no apologies and we will compete. we will responsibly manage that competition so that it doesn t veer into conflict. reporter: he did not offer a timeline on when he plans to speak with the chinese president though he said that he would. expect the white house to be taking questions on that this afternoon. kasie? priscilla alvarez at the white house for us, thanks very much for that report. headaches, sore throats, and so many dead animals. residents in east palestine, ohio say those are a few reasons they are terrified about their health after a toxic train crash de railed their lives. we ll go there next. plus behind the scenes. when the cameras were off they knew it was bogus but when the cameras were on they told a different story. court documents that just pulled back the curtain on how top fox news stars and executives peddled falsehoods for ratings.