Im bret baier. As students attended colleges across the northeast returned to classes antiisrael protesters are also making their presence known. We will take you there. A former top aid to new York Governor Kathy Hochul is accused of spying on behalf of the chinese government. Well explain. And after the Labor Day holiday, we are now in the final sprint to Election Day, 63 days until Election Day 2024. The countdown is on. But, first breaking tonight, middle East Policy is the focus of domestic Politics Tonight after the deaths of six hostages including a young american at the hands of hamas. President Joe Biden says israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a Hostage Deal with hamas as critics say the Bidenharris Administration is not doing enough to hold hamas accountable. Biden officials insist the deal is still possible. But the president the president himself has avoided questions on israel since calling on the country to do more to release more than
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
this is the story this afternoon. the exploding middle east is what the wall street journal editorial page is calling the greatest crisis that faces the biden presidency. and now the president says that he s ready to make his move in response. martha: we ll see says the president and the commander-in-chief. so there you have it. retaliation plan is in motion. when and how are the questions. one thing was clear. i think we are now up to 166 including the attack that is just been reported late this afternoon on u.s. bases and interests in the middle east. it was a matter of when our service men and women would become the target of these casualties. relentless attacks throughout the entire region on our interests. so now three people, three u.s. service men proudly serving this country and women, two of them are women, i should say, have been hit and killed. the parents of army sergeant kennedy sanders, one of the three kills in jordan say that they re still in shock. re
also, as crowds hit the beach to try to find relief from the oppressive heat, california officials are warning about toxic algae that s apparently leaving marine animals sick and aggressive. . and fallout from the supreme court s controversial and consequential rulings on discrimination, student loans, and affirmative action. will the decisions energize voters in 2024? we will not go back. i will be dead in my grave before i ll be a slave again. we are going to keep on marching. okay, let s begin this hour with more on former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the washington post reports trump spoke with then arizona governor doug ducey and tried to pressure that governor to overturn his narrow loss in that state according to three people familiar with the call. two of those people say trump repeatedly asked vice president mike pence to call governor ducey and prod him to find evidence to substantiate trump s fr
house to the standoff underway right now at our southern border. today is the deadline for texas governor greg abbott to allow federal agents access to shelby park in eagle pass. a hub for illegal border crossings. the biden administration wants the razor wire fencing there gone. but defiant texas officials now declaring that they will not comply. in fact, the national guard there is putting up more razor wire. matt finn is live on the ground with more. our panel is standing by. matt whitaker, tom homan and tomi lahren. first to peter doocy that was directly out of the white house briefing. peter, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. we know half of this country s governors, 25 of them, all republicans, sent a letter to this president saying that they stand with governor abbott in this effort to secure the border on his own. it doesn t sound like this white house is putting any stock at all in that letter. instead, they keep directing people s attentions to the senate neg