Coverage tonight, how the conservative base is responding to the deal and we begin with Kristin Fisher on the latest from the white house standing by. You getting a clue tonight of where the president is headed from one of the key republican negotiators, Richard Shelby said he spoke with donald trump and he sounded reasonable, he said the president expressed concern this deal does not give him as much as he wanted for a wall but senator shelby says he pointed out you werent going to get any money with this deal, you at least get some money. This is only a down payment on the wall. We are not going to get any money, we did get you some money. We done the best we can to come together. We are more interested in what is best for america, not what might be best for one persons ego. The exact language of the bill is still being worked out but congressional aides say the deal includes 1. 375 billion for physical barriers at the border, 55 miles of new fencing using any currently deployed desi
Begin with Kristin Fisher on the latest from the white house was standing by. Good evening. We are getting a clue tonight of where the president is headed, from one of the key republican negotiators. Richard shelby said that he spoke with President Trump tonight that he sounded reasonable. He said the president expressed concern that this deal is not getting as much money that he wanted for a while, he pointed out that you werent going to get any money with this deal. He would at least get some mone money. Said mr. President , this is only a down payment on the wall. They said you were going to get any money and we got you some money. Lived on the best we can, the republicans and democrats coming together. We have interests and what is best for america, not what is best for one person. The exact language of the bill is being worked out, but congressional aides to the deal includes 1. 375 billion for physical barriers at the border, 55 miles of new fencing using any currently deployed d
Americans are at risk today for severe potentially deadly weather which means tornado, large hail, damaging winds, he have flooding. The threat follows this line of destruction in ohio. The National Weather service believes that three tornadoes touched down in western ohio, two of them in the dayton area. One resident said it only took 20 seconds for his house to be ripped to shreds. One. Hardest hit area is the town of celina where one person was killed and seven injured. Heres how a man there described the moments before it hit his house. You know, i can always say like a freight train. Ive heard it before, and when i heard this, i told my wife in the basement now. Then we heard all kinds of stuff hitting the house, and after it was over we just couldnt believe it. Tornadoes are just one of the big threats that people there are facing. Oklahoma and arkansas are also bracing for historic flooding. Its hard to believe that this situation is going to get worse. More rain is on the way a
Mr. President. Homeless living in shelters. You need to follow the president. Point of order, mr. President. Point of order, mr. President. Point of order tonight im going to talk to that state senator there who was shouted down by her republican colleague as she defended a program for the states poorest people. We begin tonight with what a difference a debate makes. The first democratic debate in its history now, a new poll out just today, shows significant gains for senator Kamala Harris. Also for Elizabeth Warren. And bad news for joe biden. The cnn poll found the former Vice President maintaining his frontrunner status, but down at 22 . Down ten points since may. California senator harris has evolved to second place, up nine points for her. Senator Elizabeth Warren gained in her case eight points to come in third and overtaking senator Bernie Sanders who went down four points. Kamala harris rise comes from a breakout challenge to biden for his comments over working with segregation
The outing of a whistleblower. President trump has been casting on twitter looking for a way to defend himself, hes been raising eye brows with a series of attacks that he launched relating to this ukraine controversy. He claims he had the right to meet the whistleblower whose identity is being protected right now. Hes painting this person as an accuser. Hes also accusing the house of intelligence adam schiff for treason. Hes claiming that a civil war could break out of democrats successfully if removing him from office. Democrats are more and more united and coordinated across different epnds. They have not unveil a coordinated messaging strategy. We did see the white house allies out, what we saw was defending the president against impeachment little in the way of defense of the president s actual context on the phone call with the ukraine president. Sarah westwood, thank you for that reporting. Lets go to capitol hill our manu raju is joining us live. We expect an gres sif push from