Six days for west nile virus recently? i remember reporting that. It is in such context right now. We think it is far away but it is happening in our backyards. Thank you. I would like you to come back later in the show to repeat this information. Thank you. September 10th will be here before we know it. In moments, what both candidates are doing and not doing to prepare. It may surprise you. good day to you. I am alex witt and this is alex witt reports. We begin this hour with breaking news from the middle east. U. S. Military operation in iraq killed at least 16 islamic fighters and six soldiers were injured but none of them were described as lifethreatening. The joint operation with the rocky mac security forces happen in the country s westerni desert. Joining me from rehobeth beach, delaware, gary is here. What is the biden administration saying about this? reporter: at this point, not a lot. We have that statement reporting of the operation, along with the security forces you
fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements, just some of the charges against congressman george santos. after spending the day in federal custody, he just pleaded not guilty to 13 counts. so what will speaker mckcarthy do? a major test at the southern border. patrols encountered more than 10,000 migrants on tuesday alone as pandemic restrictions come to an end, our reporters are speaking live with those families desperate to get cross. plus president biden hitting the road to sell his debt ceiling message saying america is not a dead beat nation. new details on ongoing negotiations with republicans as we close in on a crucial default deadline. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. new york republican congressman george santos has pleaded not guilty to the 13 federal charges hes faces in court. prosecutors say his bond is set at $500,000, though his travel will be limite
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation. and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe it in my core, there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. just remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decided to invest making chips in america. billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again. and now i m going to take action that i have been looking forward to doing for 18 months. going to sign this inflation reduction act. okay. here we go. it s now law. [ applause ] all right, we have been watching president biden at the white house signing what democrats are calling the inflation reduction act into law. that is sweeping investment in green energies, tax reform, and other measures related to health care. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the $750 billion health care, tax, and c
It is time for newscast. Alex, if i had to describe newscast, i would say it is a visualised podcast which means it is a podcast, its a radio programme, and its a tv show. Our Subject Material is what is going on At Westminster and beyond. Its a podcast tv radio show, fine. As long as there is interesting news chat. No silly gimmicks or pop culture references. Today i think i will give my long awaited verdict on the taylor swift album really, nobody wants to hear you talking about that, 0k . Just move on. I am sure everyone will be waiting with bated breath, adam. Other stuff we have got in there, back to the politics of course, we have got louise haigh, the shadow transport secretary, who is doing this big announcement about what labour would do with the railways, so that is going to be pretty big, we will talk about that. Ok, so presumably it is alljust serious then, no silly gimmicks . And no comedians on the show . And then we will be lightening the mood because Michael Spicer, the
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