Ensuring the fund will never run out of money will be taken up before the senates august recess. The promise follows activist jon stewart accusing mcconnell of slowwalking the bill for political reasons. All that emotion from jon stewart, then we saw action right away. Turning to the growing legal problems for cardi b. The grammywinning rapper made an appearance in court. Thats right, good morning, thank you. Cardi b appearing at a new nyc vesquare garden or Barclays Center but the biggest courtroom queens, new york has to offer. This morning cardi b swapped screaming crowds at the American Music awards and b. E. T. Awards for fans waiting outside a courthouse in queens, new york. Cardi appearing in front of a judge for upgraded charges after a fight in a strip club last summer. The grammy winner arraigned on an 11count indictment including two charges of felony attempted assault. We dont believe that the indictment changes anything. We understood that it was a possibility. Reporter ca
Alvarez could not make it to washington today but he was there in spirit. Were going leave here and Louis Alvarez is going to die. In that meeting we gave Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell Louis Alvarezs badge. We want the Senate Majority leader to be reminded of people like lou alvarez. Reporter lou alvarez joined jon stewart to demand lawmakers pass a new september 11th compensation bill to help first responders. Alvarez, whose stage 4 cancer was linked to his work at ground zero was placed in hospice care last week. I sat down with him at his be bedside. Going forward, when people say the name lou alvarez, what do you want them to think about . I want the money to be there, the help they need to be there. I had a small part in helping to get that accomplished. The house is expected to vote on its version of a funding bill next month. The head of instagram told cbs this mornings gayle king the social media platform is working hard to prevent foreign interference in the upcoming
Candidates are going to be battling it out on night one of the debate. Coming up, what you should know ahead of tonights showdown. Good morning from the studios 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Tom hanson is here in new york. Tom, as i understand it, mueller did not want to testify, so ultimately why did he agree to do so . Well, annemarie, the House Committee subpoenaed mueller. He says he does not want to fight the subpoenas. Mueller is expected to appear before tin public before two panels and its the first time hell answer regarding President Trumps campaign. Now, the committees have been in negotiations with mueller for weeks about his testimony, and muellers only Public Statement about his 448page report was last month when he said the report should speak for itself. Now, President Trump responded to last nights news with president ial harassment. Mr. Trump has said the Mueller Report completely exonerated him, and in
Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he