This is cnn immigration, the economy, abortion, and masculinity. I m michael smerconish in philadelphia. It s labor day weekend. Usually this marks the start of the final dash toward election day. But of course we haven t stopped sprinting all summer long despite all the effort and expenditures by the candidates and their campaigns, the presidential election is neck and neck several polls were released at the end of this week and they all tell a similar story a new usa today suffolk poll shows vice president harris ahead of former president trump nationally 48, 43 big shifts from hispanic, black, and young voters are helping harris. But the biggest change came from lowerincome voters they supported donald trump over joe biden by three percentage points back in june harris now leading in that demographic, 58 to 35%, casting a 23 point advantage then there s a new wall street journal poll, which also shows harris with a narrow lead over trump 48, 47. That s in a headtohead match up the n
in the senate, house republicans are now raising the stakes. we re going to have a plan to secure america s border. house republicans are rolling out their solution to the border crisis. republicans have a plan for a new direction. today g.o.p. conference members got a private, first-hand look at the plan inside minority leader kevin mccarthy s commitment to america agenda. a legislative road map similar to former speaker newt gingrich s 1994 contract with america. on the border, the g.o.p. plans to end catch and release. reinstate the remain in mexico policy. and finish the border wall. democrats are already hitting back. i m not concerned with anything that they are going to present over the next few days because the american people will see through it clearly. democrats are under pressure to do something about migrants being bused to sanctuary cities. but talks on immigration reform are stalled on capitol hill. and congress is just eight days away from a governme
it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. let s go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricane s path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rain and strong winds moving into ft. myers. if you look at the latest trajectory, we have this making landfall as a mjor hurricane, a strong category 4, 155 miles per hour winds. once you are in 157, you are in cat 5. they are seeing strong winds move into areas. streets are under water. i want to note that it s not until the center of the eye makes landfall that we call it a landfall. we are anticipating within the next three to four hours this will make landfall just outside of ft. myers and so
audience at the january 6th hearing on capitol hill, which ended up being a 12 minute sue w spouse heavy on rhetoric the arco the president of the united states trying to stop the transfer of power. a president that has stood for 220 years even as our democracy face its most difficult test. laura: i get it, now benny thompson cares about the transfer of power and making sure it works okay? remember, he s the same benny thompson that voted against certifying george w. bush s election. by the way, i m not talking about the 2,000 recount, we are talking about 2004, okay? the blowhard of the evening award goes to liz cheney. if you thought her interviews were rough to watch, when it was off-the-cuff stuff, try watching her for 34 uninterrupted minutes of screen reading. to defend the united states constitution, and that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gon
a small audience at the january six hearing on capitol hill with what ended up being a 12 minute snooze fest that was very heavy on rhetoric. the president of the united states trying to stop the transfer of power, a precedent that had stood for 220 years even as our democracy had faced its most difficult test. oh , i get it. so now bennie thompson cares about the transfer of power and making sure it works okay. remember, he s the same benneton who voted against certifying george w. bush s election win. and by the way, i m not even talking about the 2000 recount . we re talking about 2004 and the blowhard of the evening award goes to liz cheney. now if you saw her interview were rough to watch a little soporific when it was off the cuff. try watching her for 34 uninterrupted minutes of screen reading our oath to defend the united states constitution and that must mean something. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending me indefensible. there will c