president biden on the defensive as he faces a growing list of challenges. from inflation to immigration to questions about his age. all dragging down his poll numbers. joe biden s 36%. that is certainly not good. now a showdown with congress over the country s debt limit could lead to a crippling economic crisis. our spending is out of control. it s unfortunate we are where we are. as the president faces this latest task, we turn to one of his key allies on capitol hill, congressman james clyburn, who helped turn around biden s 2020 campaign. toont don t democrats risk that if you nominate joe biden, there s a real chance the country ends up with president trump again? later this hour, actress priyanka chopra jonas. i m sitting here talking to chris wallace. yeah, doesn t get better than then who won, who won? on her buzzy tv series, her new role as mom, and her high-profile marriage. is that part of your superpower? get it done, baby. it was possib
Washington journal begins live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern tuesday morning. On september 14, 1986, president and mrs. Reagan made a rare joint address from the white house residence carried live on national television. Their message was on drug abuse. First lady nancy reagan, who died on march 6 at the age of 94, urged young people to just say no to drugs, an antidrug abuse strategy she had been promoting since 1982. Good evening. Usually, i talk with you from my office in the west wing of the white house. But tonight, theres Something Special to talk about and ive asked someone very special to skroin me. Nancy and i are here in the west hall of the white house and around us are the rooms in which we live. Its the home you have provided for us of which we merely have temporary custody. Nancy is joining me because the message this evening is not my message but ours. And we speak to you not simply as fellow citizens but as fellow parents and grandparents and as concerned neighbors. It is back
Live, who was going to be americas First Teacher in space. Well begin there this morning with history and your thoughts and memories of the explosion of the Space Shuttle challenger. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, 2027488,000. Ountain pacific, 2027488001. Send us a tweet with your. Mories at c spanwj well get those thoughts here in just a minute. I want to begin with the miami heralds original reporting that day, that tuesday on january 28, 1986. And they write this that for a moment america stood still. And a nations anguish began to turn. Congressmen talked of reevaluating the Space Program. Newspapers published extra editions. Wall street expressed doubts. It goes on to say this that for more than a halfhour after the explosion, the trail of white smoke remained in the clear florida skies as it plummeted to the sea 18 miles southeast of the launch pad. The blame flaming debris was clearly visible from across florida from tampa to miami. Unlike the shuttle co
Theres still some Winter Weather cleanup happening in the mountains and because of that we know mitchell transylvania and Yancey County schools will all be on a two hour delay tomorrow. Remember for the latest updates on delays and closings just head to fox carolina dot com. 3 as you decide 2016 3 the final Republican Debate before the South Carolina primaries was tonight on fox news channel. And heres a look at the 7 candidates who participated. Youll notice front runner donald trump was not in attendance. 3 instead donald trump hosted his own event at Drake University to benefit veteransraising over 5 milliondollars. It follows his decision to not participate in tonights prime time debate. He announced earlier this week he was dropping out because he thinks moderator megyn kelly is biased against him. Tonight he said he wishes he could have been at the debate. But says standing up for yourself is more important. And its what our country needs. 3 3 3 you have to stick up for your righ
The zika forest in uganda in the 1940s, is linked to serious birth defects. Dr. Jon lapook has the latest. The zika virus. Reporter today the World Health Organization sounded an alarm about the zika outbreak. Director margaret chan. Questions abound. We need to get some answers quickly. Reporter the organization will convene an emergency meeting monday to plan its response. The zika virus, which is linked to children being born with small heads, poses several challenges. Right now diagnostic tests arent perfect. Theres in treatment, and theres in vaccine. Dr. Anthony fauci, head of the Infectious Diseases branch of the nih, says the outbreak is a pandemic. You have multiple down fris in south america and the caribbean, so by anybodys definition, that would be considered a pandemic. Reporter theres concern the virus will eventually be found in mosquitoes in the u. S. South america and in the caribbean, sooner or later were going to see a local transmission. Reporter fauci says controll