not have authority over our territory. we are going to have a new sheriff in town on january 20th, 2025. bret: central u.s. facing heat advisories well above triple digits to 118-degrees. if there is a sign of dehydration 100 moms red to jump on it. tigers win, tigers win the national championship is headed back to baton rouge. brian: all right. we begin with this. president biden, once again, adamantly denying claims that he knew about his is son s hunter biden overseas business dealings. does anyone believe that at this point. steve: the administration receiving pushback after hunter biden s appearance at white house state dinner while facing criminal charges a bad look some say. ainsley: alexandria hoff is live from washington with more. good morning. the president is having to answer to a lot of things right now. namely whether he knew about his son s business dealings, ever talking about it with him. that was detailed in 2017 whatsapp message allege that
growing cancer on our nation. right wing extremists now targeting the lbgtq community, and not just in idaho where 31 of them were unpacked from a u-haul and arrested, and the first polls are close right now in a south carolina primary as trump seeks revenge against two incumbent republicans. steve kornacki will join us from the big board. and first one of the big misconceptions from the trump presidency, that there were no adults in the room. that s not true. there were plenty of adults and couldn t contain him and didn t want to. the so-called adults are sharing what they really feel about trump s pursuit for power. we re talking about trump s closest allies, his own people narrating the case against him, star witnesses that included none other than attorney general william barr, a man who spent years defending and serving trump, not the american people, but who via video testimony had this to say about the president slize. bogus stuff and based on misinformation, idiot
Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us on this monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. We have a lot to get to this hour. Lets start with five things to know for this monday, october 2nd. At any moment, donald trump Will Leave Trump Tower and head to court in New York City for the start of his highstakes Civil Fraud Trial. And allies of Kevin Mccarthy are scrambling to stop a rightwing revolt led by matt gaetz. Hes said hell file a motion to remove mccarthy this week. Mccarthys response, bring it on. Gavin newsom picking a historic replacement to fill Dianne Feinsteins senate seat. Naming the head of emilys list. And bob menendez is due back if court today as calls for his resignation grow louder. Well speak to a congressman who was jumped into the race in the senate town seat him. We have no winner, yet, in the powerball jackpot. It is north of 1 billion. Phil informs me if he wins, he will always continue to come to work. No ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing this week
launching a campaign to . whether war or business are america needs conservative leaders. she he is looking town seat the incumbent democrat in 2024 if that sean seat gets slipped big to take back the upper chamber. long time college biology professor says he was fired for teaching students that gender is determined by x and y chromosomes. students reportedly stormed out and complained about the lesson according to lawyer was let go from saint phillips college in san antonio for what the school cause religious and scream that tore comments no word yet from the college if that is going to happen. is he a biology professor.
i will never forget that. so it was my turn to repay the favor. we picked hard races, races where the states were set up a bit like virginia where joe biden had won by ten points. we went to work to try to flip those states. i think the efforts we put forth showed yes, the message carries, but it s hard town seat and incumbent. i look forward to help republican governors get elected. martha: president trump, the former president s numbers have declined recently. a lot of people that say look, he still holds the most sway in the gop. what do you say? i think we cannot ignore the fact that he has great influence in the republican party. i do believe that there are lots of other folks that do as well. i think part of the process the next couple years is to sort through that. my job today is to deliver for virginiians. i think the big message for all