conversation. i will be sharing it with you with little bits all this weekend. michigan is a state that has been a key battleground for several election cycles now. this year is no different. even though it s not a presidential election year, and neither of the states two u.s. senators are up for election, there are outcomes of several races here that will have huge implications in the years to come, especially for the 2024 presidential election. for one thing, democrats hold a very slim majority in congress. the senate, as you know, evenly split. 50/50. in the house of representatives, democrats only have an eight seat advantage over republicans going into election day. right now, michigan has an even number of democratic and republican representatives in the house. seven representatives each, but due to redistricting, michigan has lost one district, which means one party is certain to lose at least one of its seats in congress. on top of that, four of the most competitive h
trump s old cabinet. the west wing was broken. it was not functioning properly. the problem hesident has a l history with president xi. we re adversaries, we re competitors with china right now, no doubt about that . welcome, it is friday, july 29, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky where flash flood warnings are up right now as more storms and heavy rains move through the region. that is after catastrophic flooding already claimed the lives of at least eight people and the governor warns the death toll will go higher. and he said that it could take years for residents to rebuild and called it the worst flooding disaster of his lifetime. overnight residents near a dam were ordered to evacuate due to the fast moving water and the area has gone through this before, but not quite like this. we ve seen water in the streets before, but we ve never seen water, you know, waist deep in the streets or chest deep in the streets. never seen this in all the year
production in the united states and it is called the bankers on wall street. putin s words are hurting americans at the gas pump. putin gas hike. of the consequences of putin s price hike. the republicans have lobbied plenty of blame but have not offered a single solution. greg: it as a result of his genius mastermind problem-solving abilities. the white house called out for taking a victory lap on the 50-cent drop in gas prices even though they are still at record levels. we ve seen gas prices go down the last 34 straight days. a gallon higher than when you took office though. first of all we have to look at how we got there. if you think about the war that russia has taken on in ukraine. he greg: at the biden oval office the buck apparently does not stop there but if it did, hunter would probably give it to a stripper. after coming home empty-handed with no oil deal from the saudis, biden is going all in on green energy. they say that biden will take add
ballot and why are democrats again helping another trump-backed candidate there? but, first, breaking tonight, president biden is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gasoline be prices. the president blaming russia when costs skyrocketed. now, he is claiming credit for some modest drops. but the president is still putting foreign oil ahead of domestic as he tries to ease the crisis and at the same time is considering a climate emergency executive order. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. gas prices haven t just crushing americans waltz but polling. a cnbc poll giving president biden economic approval rating below the worst mark his predecessors obama and trump ever got just 30%. now the white house sees a silver lining if they can strike a nuclear deal with iran. the white house is framing a return to the iran nuclear deal as a way to bolster global oil supply. deputy secret
finally pull back the curtain, but with americans attention focused elsewhere, can they make their case? how do we compete with the form of fantasy? i ll speak with senior adviser to the january 6th committee, denver riggleman, ahead. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is angry at the lack of leadership. senate negotiators say this is the critical week to see if they can do a deal to respond to anything to the mass shootings in uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, that took the lives of 31 americans. talks are intensifying as president biden said enough is enough and outlining a series of measures to try to stem the violence, including a ban on some semi-automatic weapons. even with good intentions from some on both sides, the passage of anything the chances still seem remote. as lawmakers deliberate, americans continue to be killed daily in this uniquely american epidemic. overnight three people were killed and 11 wounded after a mass