the gop. today, fresh perspectives. so let s fete right to it. first up, an interview with a biden aide. when it comes to joe biden, there s been a sudden shift in the narrative wins. i m sure you felt it. headlines are describing this week as one of the biggest and best of the biden presidency, filled with political wins and policy victories and many of those so-called wins happening when he was in isolation with covid. another win this weekend is now that he s covid free. so is the press pulling all of it together? is the news getting through? some prominent democrats don t think so, tweeting the media two weeks ago are saying biden was responsible for inflation and high gas prices. but the shift in the winds doesn t blow away inflation or monkeypox or homelessness or illegal border crossings. there is still many reasons for the media to be skeptical. one person who can help us is michael larosa, who worked for biden s campaign in 2020. and he joined the administration as
reports that attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant application. now, garland faces an even more daunting and consequential decision, that is whether to pursue criminal charges against the former president. now that decision is amplified as an fbi organization representative warns that growing calls for violence against law enforcement are, quote, real and imminent. the fbi investigating an unprecedented number of threats to bureau personnel and property in the wake of the court authorized search of mar-a-lago. also this morning, rudy giuliani firing back after prosecutors in georgia tell him that he is a target of the special grand jury there. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s begin this morning, here in washington, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz tracking all the latest developments. the justice department is making clear just how serious this investigation is. what do we know about where it sta
hang outside the sea. wonderful. new york 83 today. it s really nice. steve: look at that august 16th already. time is awasting, the summer is pert near over for a lot of kids in some of the some of the states they have already gone back to will school. ainsley: hard to believe. where did the summer go? steve: i know. welcome, folks. brian is off today in his dent in the couch is will cain. ainsley: are your kids in school yet. will: first day tomorrow. ainsley: you will be there for that. will: i will be there for that winding down and nothing better than to milk every bit of summer by getting up early. ainsley: everyone wants to know did you find your lug gag? will: no. i think it s somewhere in dallas. gigantic airport. ainsley: have you been wearing this suit every day? will: i keep all my suits in new york. i have had fresh clothes on to appear in front of you for the last seven days. steve: cosmetically, shaffers. will: it s all that temporary
reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception line. d
dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. it is 0% contained. blistering temperatures adding to the danger creating health concerns. under heat alerts. some cities like boston and newark seen triple digits. camilla, what s the situation there right now? reporter: hey, pam. we just got back from the mountain here behind me. cal fire took us there to see what the fire has done and i think the number of structures destroyed will go up. it was ten last report but seeing the destruction you can tell it is likely going to go up. we are waiting for the next report but firefighters just looking at the fire and the flames and the smoke telling me they don t think they made that much progress but seen plane after plane dropping that fire retardant doing everything they can to put the flames out but there s things that are making the fire fight more difficult. the first is the drought and the we weather. the temperatures