know, sound overly optimistic. and i want to speak again. yes, i m biased as many years ago it was the taliban that took me, but there s got to be a coordinated attempt to shun worldwide any government that uses this practice. there s been a change under the trump administration and biden administration where a majority of americans essentially kidnapped and held hostage abroad it was extremist groups five or six years ago. now the majority is governments. that has to stop. this is just totally unacceptable. one of the released american has been held for nearly seven years in iranch it s been absolute torture for the families of these five americans, and this practice has to stop by these governments. that cannot be said enough. and of course there are other americans held around the world including wall street journal
doesn t think biden will serve a second term hinting either he ll resign or hand-off the office to vice president harris. the rnc is requiring all presidential candidates to sign the pledge as well as meet a certain donor and polling threshold in order to qualify for the first debate, which is scheduled to take place on august 23rd. out of all the candidates that qualify haley, ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy are the only ones to have signed the pledge. donald trump has said he won t sign it, and it remains unclear he ll take part in the debate. he s hinted that he won t. meanwhile senator joe manchin says he s thinking seriously about leaving the democratic party. take a look at what manchin said during an interview with a west virginia radio station yesterday. i just can t i can t accept either party to be honest with you. so why don t you become an independent? why don t you say you say
president. now, let s be clear that s a fact that has been known for years. and nowhere in the bank records is there any indication and certainly not proof that president biden was involved in any of these transactions, something that the white house and congressional democrats have repeatedly pointed out. what s more, president biden has said he was never involved in his son s business dealings and never communicated with his son or his associates about business. and then yesterday on fox news republican congressman nick langworthy of new york state, also a member of the house oversight committee essentially admitted he and his gop colleagues have absolutely no evidence to prove their claims that the president was involved in his son s business dealings with foreign nationals, which directly refutes congressman comer s allegations. take a look. despite nearly two years now of an investigation into the president s son while you have certainly unearthed a trove of
third area, it came to me. nailed it. you see a contrast this week. the president would like everybody to think that he is focused on the people s business, while the former president is busy, consumed with this court date and that court date. we ve already seen two trials set, two criminal trials set, and a third one about to be set, as we talked about earlier in the program. the president would like people to focus on his success as he sees it in turns things around. covid is down. inflation is down. unemployment is near record lows. they would like americans to feel, you know, that progress and translate into political support. so far, the one number that hasn t changed much for the president is his own approval rating. that is something to watch. yeah, certainly, we re many months before voters go to the polls, but, you know, i think the white house happy to let donald trump take up much of the oxygen for now. they re trying to tell that economic story. great stuff, as always
held. there s been some criticism as you say this is ransom payment. others in favor of this deal note it comes perhaps as a signal of an informal agreement between the two nation about iran s nuclear deal. donald trump when he was president he pulled out of that deal. the biden administration has not put it back together, but there s been some hopes tehran would cool their activities. what s your read of the big picture? that s a step forward, maybe less threats to shipping in the strait of hormuz which could affect oil prices. there s even reports iran isn t giving russia all the drones it wants to fight its war in ukraine. a key ethos of the hard liner regime is fighting the united states. it s part of their whole identity and their political future, i think. so i don t want to over you