Available to stream on and max good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, may 5th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. It is always a pleasure to be with you. Thank you for being with us. Heres what were watching for you. Two feet of rain in parts of texas have flooded home stranded people on rooves and 30 entire neighborhoods into rivers and there is more rain on the way. The warnings from officials as more wet weather moves in, police and protesters clashed during a propalestinian demonstration at the University Of Virginia, the school is now responding to that altercation. What were hearing from minister later, there are reports of progress, but no breakthrough as Ceasefire Talks continue between israel and hamas, where Negotiation Stay in as israels Government Faces increasing pressure to bring those hostages home. And the cicadas are here and theres a good chance you will hear them before you see them, well explain later on cnn this morning, well, millions
emily: hello, everyone, this is outnumbered, i m emily compagno with my co-host kayleigh mcenany and joining us today kennedy saves the world podcast host kennedy, fox news contributor tammy bruce and fox and friends weekend co-host pete hegseth. ron desantis and gavin newsom stood face-to-face in the great red vs blue state debate. two of the nation s most outspoken governors, joined sean hannity in georgia and duked it out on issues and gave almost complete opposite perspect on border to president biden s job performance and after years of social media taunting, the two did not hold back when they squared off. governor desantis: i was talking to a fellow who moved from california to florida and he was telling me florida is better governed, safer, better budget, lower tacks and all this stuff and he was happy with the quality of life. he paused, by the way, i m gavin newsom father-in-law, we count gavin s inlaws as people that left california. i can handle it, you
repeated bouts of gmp inviting a freshman representative being kicked out of congress after a blistering ethics report revealing campaign money was funding his lavish lifestyle. democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett from the great state of texas joins us live with her fiery takes on it all just ahead. plus, dictator déjà vu the most indicted one term ex president in u.s. history openly embracing and echoing hateful rhetoric used by hitler and mussolini amid growing fears of a second trump presidency solidifying a dictatorship. breaking news in the israel-hamas war nbc news has learned negotiators are reportedly closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting. we will go live to the region for the latest. a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show on capitol hill where lawmakers may be home for the thanksgiving holiday but face a hectic schedule when they return. on thursday, president biden sign
gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi
1902. no voter ever saw his name on a ballot. he was elected to the senate the old-fashioned way, in a way the founders thought senators should be elected. a state legislature chose and voted for reed smoot to go to the united states senate to represent the state of utah. in his 30 year career as a senator, reed smoot rose to the most powerful chairmanship in the senate, chairman of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over the federal government ways of raising revenue, bringing money into the treasury. taxation and tariffs. with the stock market crashing in 1929 and the country and during the great depression, reed smoot had the worst idea any chairman of the senate finance committee ever had. it was an idea that would end his career in the senate. the house ways and means committee had the same jurisdiction in the house that the finance committee has in the senate. taxation and tariffs. the chairman of the house ways and means committee loved reed smoot s very ba