story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav
trump taping that video on january 6th and struggling to condemn the violence. and the blistering heat baking over 100 million people in the u.s., countless others abroad. and there is still no letup in sight. lead. joe biden testing positive for covid. the 79-year-old president who is fully vaccinated and received his second booster shot in march just released a video saying that he s doing fine. symptoms are mild, and i really appreciate your concerns. but i m doing well. white house covid coordinator dr. jha says he s breathing well and oxygen level is normal. he s isolating for the next five days in the white house and taking the covid anti-viral drug paxlovid, which is recommended for people such as joe biden who are at higher risk because of their age or underlying medical conditions. we re joined now live from the white house. the press secretary and the white house covid coordinator just wrapped up a press conference. what did they have to say? reporter: it is c
airtime we have assembled a team of correspondents and experts to tell you what is known, but it could mean, and where it may lead. cnn s kaitlan collins starts us off. caitlin what are you learning about this fbi operation? john, it s a remarkable development with the former president himself confirming that the fbi has executed a search warrant on his home in palm beach, florida today. he said in a statement that his beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, which became s primary residence after he left the white house is, quote, currently under siege, rated and not occupied by a large number of fbi agents. he says after working in cooperating with the relevant government agencies, the sun announced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. he adds, quote, they even broke into my safe and he compared it to water gate or worse than water gain and maintains it s an effort to stop him from running for president in 2024. we should note we have now learned this search
now, and president biden is expected to speak momentarily. andy, matt, while we wait and even just picked up on this. this quinnipiac poll was just 67% of america basically think america is in danger of collapse and split evenly each party says the same thing. i m asking you as someone who has worked in law enforcement from inside the institution itself, not as a political question here but as someone who s worked inside these institutions, what do you make of that? i think it s reflective of the great concern that people inside government, inside institutions, like the department of justice, like the fbi, like the cia, and other places across the intelligence community are similarly concerned about what they see. none in the same political way by that is reflected in this poll but rather in the attack that is taken place, folks on the institution of government, over the last five or six years. that is what scares them, that s what erodes the confidence and trust in the
for sure by comments like that and anybody else s, they went from initially saying that this committee was nothing but a sideshow, something nobody was interested in, to all of a sudden, oh, yeah, i want to testify publicly in front of it. kinzinger also confirmed another major piece of the investigation saying that former white house counsel pat cipollone did not contradict testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson who provided explosive details from the final days of the trump administration. the house investigation is not the only one zeroing in on trump and his inner circle. sarah murray has the latest. reporter: in battleground states across the country gop activists, republican party chairs and even a state senate president i am the senate president of arizona, and it is our job to make sure we have fair and accurate elections. reporter: are getting hit with subpoenas. as early as this week some republicans tied to the plan to put forward fake