A quick fact check. There will turn it over to the lead with jake tapper. Thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Have a great Weekend Tapper and you just heard former president Donald Trump making remarks in evans, georgia after listening to a briefing on damage caused by Hurricane Helene lets go to cnns Steve Contorno. Hes in fayetteville, North Carolina where trump is going to hedge sue later tonight for a Town Hall and save what do you make of what we just heard from Trump And George little time politicizing this tragedy even further than he already has, and he criticized eyes the White House for what he said was a terrible response. And he said that well, he went on to boast about his own performance during previous hurricanes when he was president , he said, he reminded people that there is an election coming in this, in the state where its obviously very, very close and that he promised that if he is elected, he is very committed to this state. That was his direct quote. He
Im tony woods, it is my pleasure to moderatetonights book talk. With my friends jordan and chris. Its what happens when a liberal and conservative jump into a car and drive across the country and thats the question of this book union by the friends jordan blashek and christopher haugh. Jordan is my coworker, conservative and a former marine. Chris is a democratic speechwriter. The this unlikely pair met at lost and became friends but they couldnt stop arguing about politics and in 2016 those arguments got worse and worse though they decided to take a road trip to see america. They did it again and again. They but union is the story of their friendship and how that union changed the way they see themselves. Its also the story of the people they met and the lessons they learnedabout what it means to be an american. In the end union is a story about hope for a betterfuture and a better united states. Offer a warm virtual welcome to chris and jordan and give you a moment to say hello to th
Sanctions and infections we look at the businesses struggling to survive in iraq. One other International News story state security agents been zimbabwe been accused of abducting and torturing female opposition leaders. With sports as football returns to germany but now as we know its been scored 4 goals that no fans to celebrate. Health officials in china are dealing with new clusters of the coronavirus in the Northeastern Province of jilin the government is sending medical teams and hundreds of staff to that area with one district there raising its covert 19 risk level from medium to high thats despite the countrys best efforts to end the outbreak its most ambitious goal is to test all of who hands 11000000 residents in just 2 weeks following a cluster of new cases the World Health Organization has advised countries to test as many people as is possible but most countries dont have that type of capacity with the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is slow
Moines registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my record speaks to that, wolf. In 2002, when the congress was debatin
Im wolf blitzer, along with cnns abby phillip, and the Des Moines Registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right, so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So, lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my recor