Darya and im james. Thank you for joining us. Its 09 00am here on this wednesday. Were halfway through the week on this august second already wednesday. Thats right. So that means that that big heat wave is coming or heat spite of the but for right now, kind of cool. Just get the latest. Yeah. Looking real cool out there today. Again, your first 3 days of august, which kicked off yesterday. And into tomorrow, all of its nice, cool and well cooler than average for this time of year. Youre to get a little sneak peek at this quite our view. But heres another look at it. Youve got the gray up above a little bit of sunlight. Now starting to pierce through in San Francisco. That low stratus is a sign of some ocean cooled air that continues to swing across the bay area and keeping us real cool all the way inland. Brentwood pittsburgher for this inland spots still hanging out in the mid 60s. Similar to what youre feeling like an oakland at 63 degrees. Well, sf santa rosa and a few other spots
Breaking news at 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, special counsel jack smith indicting President Trump on four charges of obstruction of justice related to the january 6th capitol riot. The former president now facing an unprecedented three indictments for his cases on storing classified documents, falsifying Business Records and now defrauding the federal government. All of this coming just one day after hunter Biden Associate devon archer told the House Oversight committee that joe biden participated in at least two dozen calls with foreign Business Partners, contradicting joe bidens claims. The doj doing little to slow down any momentum in the Trump Campaign as the New York Times, Sienna College poll puts donald trump in a dead heat with joe biden in a hypothetical matchup. Everything you need to know this morning and what else is coming all morning long. First, markets are in the red, fitch has downgraded the United States Credit Rating to double a plus, thats down from triple a statu
Approve more funding for ukraine. This is just over one hour. [indiscernible chatter] so we have cspan here, so we all have to behave. I am the Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest this morning is shalonda young. This is her first appearance at a monitor but is, so welcome. Director young hails from clinton, louisiana and has degrees from Loyola University new orleans and tulane. She worked on the home as recently as democratic staff director on House Appropriations , and in 2021 she became acting omb director, and a year later was confirmed easily by the senate including 14 republican votes. That is something. Director young was a key negotiator in the debt ceiling talks last year and we will be interested to get her take on all of the government funding issues now urgently on the table, so again, welcome. Now to the ground rules. We are on the record. Please note live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind whether breakfast is underway. Once the se
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And the white house is sending troops to the southern border with the deadline for new Migrant Oigrules fast approachi. Im chris ttine romans. The man accused of killing five neighbors will go before the magistrate. Francisco oropeza was captured without Incident Last Night just miles from the house where Authorities Say he shot five people including a 9yearold and his mother. Tip for the suspects location came in through the fbi tip line. And we just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the location. Bottom line is that we have this man in custody. He was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. Officials say or pizza will be charged with five counts of murder and held on a 5 million bond. And of title 42 will make it harder to turn away migrants requesting asylum. Made Natasha Bertrand has more. Reporter secretary of defense approved an additional 1500 troops to the southern border in anticipation of the expiration of the law that allowed the