about 1/10 of 1%, and anyway thank you. we begin with president biden brushing off august inflation report insisting the economy is still strong despite high prices hammering families nationwide. hello, happy wednesday. john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. comments after the dow plunged 1200 points in yesterday s trading session following the higher than expected inflation number, and it does mark the worst day on wall street since covid shutdowns began june 2020. john: biden is back on the road in the motor city of detroit celebrating millions in spending on electric vehicles. sandra: not everyone is praising the move. ford confirms thousands of layoffs in its shift to go electric. john: we have team coverage, in new hampshire after a couple big primary races there, winner of one, and peter doocy is live on the north lawn to kick us off. peter. peter: and ahead of some remarks by president biden promoting electric vehicles,
welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. donald trump today invoked his fifth amendment right in a deposition with a new york attorney general who is investigating the trump organization s finances. this deposition lasting more than five hours. in a lengthy statement, the former president claims he had no choice, saying he s the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. this from the man who once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth? this is one of at least seven criminal, sifcivil, and congressional investigations trump is facing. that includes the probe that led to the fbi search at his mar-a-lago home on monday. that was died to the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents cnn s sara murray has more on today s derailed deposition against the backdrop of the extraordinary legal jeopardy trump faces. what s your message to your supporters? as donald trump s legal woes
Good morning to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is friday, october 27th. It is 5 00 a. M. In lewiston, maine, where more than 350 Law Enforcement personnel are engaged in an urgent manhunt for the suspect in a Mass Shooting at a Bowling Alley and restaurant that left 18 people dead. Police say 40yearold robert card should be considered Armed And Dangerous. Parts of two counties in central maine are under shelter in place orders again today. Schools and offices also closed. We had everything from people calling about, you know, noises in the basement, noises in the woods, suspicious people, gunshots, All Night Long since the incident in lewiston. We have our whole department working. I encourage everybody to call if they seeing something suspiciou the suspects family is urging him to surrender. His brother tells cnn his family is cooperating with Law Enforcement in any way possible. Officers found the suspects vehicle abandoned in a boat launch i
take a look. senator tommy tuberville of america, faced backlash after his own party, who angrily challenge his months-long blockade. they unanimously improved 61 military promotions by voice note for four hours. he rejected each nomination as his colleagues frustrations grew. we have done the best that we can to honor the request a fellow senator. that these nominations be bought to the floor and voted on, initially. and i really respect men of their word. i do not respect, and do not honor men who do not honor their word. no matter what you think, tuberville, this is doing damage to our military. i do not say that lightly. if this is the norm, who the hell wants to serve in the military when you have a promotion that can be canned based on something that you had nothing to do with? simply a, in my opinion, of abuse of the powers that we have as senators. to say if there is something that we vehemently disagree with, that we are going to use that power to hold up the
who is m.b.s. s brother by the way meeting at the white house today with the senior white house officials discuss the war in israel. ainsley: this comes as president biden holding emergency phone call with benjamin netanyahu urging the israeli prime minister to protect innocent civilians in gaza and allow access to humanitarian aid. lawrence: as israel enters the second phase of the war, alarms are blaring across the israel, gaza border right now. offenses are airstrikes on hamas forces in gaza while the u.n. warns civil order is declining in the region. trey yingst joins us live on the ground in southern israel with the latest. what can you tell us, trey? yeah, hey, guys, good morning. we understand today, according to the israeli military, that i object fan tri troops are issue king deeper into gaza. i do want to show you the northern part of the gaza strip behind me. we have been watching this morning as israeli tanks go back and forth near the rubble that you see t