incredible. just gives you goosebumps, all the feels, what a loss, and what a way to honor his dad. a special moment from the foo fighters. good morning to you, everyone. welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. there was a bizarre scare in the sky, a man stealing a plane threatening to crash it over a small town in mississippi, even posting a good-bye on facebook. what we re learning about the pilot and how the situation was ultimately resolved. and for a second time, nasa is forced to call off the launch of the artemis i rocket. this time because of an hydrogen leak. how long will it take to fix the issue and when will they try to launch again? plus, over 40 million people under heat alerts today amid dangerous temperatures. we re going to tell you which cities could potentially break records and what it means for the rest of your labor day weekend. and troubling news in the classroom. testing scores plummeting across the country after t
return to the campaign trail. cnn s joe johns joins us from the white house. joe, what does biden have on his agenda for this week? battleground states. he s about to go to wisconsin, pennsylvania, also ohio to a groundbreaking for a semiconductor plant there. a huge $20 billion semiconductor plant. so this time of year the labor day weekend is traditionally the time when campaigns start bearing down. the voters start focusing on the candidates. joe biden s name, of course, nowhere on the ballot. but the fact that he s going to these three battleground states tells you a little bit about what the biden people are thinking. it wasn t very long ago that there were real concerns about the challenges faced here at the white house by the biden administration challenges including inflation, the president s approval numbers, the price of gasoline. now some of those challenges have started to ease up and democrats are thinking things might not be as bad as they first thought they c
party. cnn s kristin holmes is there for us at the rally. kristin, what are pennsylvania republicans saying? are they concerned about these candidates right now? well, they are absolutely concerned. according to both trump advisers as well as state republicans that i spoke to besides the fact that trump has privately criticized both candidates particularly oz, his campaign, his performance, they believe it is too late for him to actually distance himself from these races. as you said, he hand picked oz and despite pleas from state republicans endorsed mastriano in the 11th hour. so the hope now is that trump s popularity in the state will actually boost these lagging campaigns, but i ve got to tell you, jim, it might be a heavy lift, particularly when it comes to oz. i have spoken to a number of republican voters, trump supporters who say when it comes to oz they are still on the fence. they do not feel like they connect with him. they don t feel like they know anything abo
keilar and those were the words from president biden, taking direct aim at what he calls maga extremism. biden says it is threatening the soul of the nation and fanning the flames of political violence. flanked by marines in the shadow of philadelphia s independence hall, the primetime speech was more than a warning, it was a call to action for voters to make their voices heard in the midterm elections. it may have sounded political, but the white house this morning insists it was, quote, entirely about democracy. here are some highlights. as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. maga for
it now clears the runway for his reelection bid. good evening. today s senate vote went as expected along party lines. with only one surprise and that involved republican mitt romney. the vote on article 1 abuse of power was 52-48 in favor of not guilty. senator romney broke ranks and joined democratic voting guilty. he events even so the effort fell short of two thirds of votes were 67 senators needed to convict max. on the second article obstruction of congress romney voted with republicans. 53-47. white house statement called the verdict vindication and exoneration. coalition of groups will protest and 300 cities across the country calling the senate trial a cover up. in the city with their reaction. reporter: these protests were called reject the cover-up the one in san francisco was one of about 20 in the bay area. people said with this trial ended they are now focusing their attention on trying to get change through the ballot box. in san francisco on market stree