time legislatively for the president. when everyone is back in washington for september. there are some big-ticket must-do items like raising the debt limit and passing appropriations. and the president needs to have some stability in order to try to get that done. alex. all right, kelly o donnell, thank you so much from new jersey for us. we appreciate that. let s get more on the day s top political headlines. we bring in bruce labell. bruce, welcome back to the newscast. welcome, alex. welcome to atlanta. happy sunday. let s talk about steve bannon s departure from the white house. a concession by the president to the gop establishment, steve, do you see it that way? is this any sign that he s moving away from the far right? no, i don t see that. thanks for having me. i think you know, i can judge steve bannon because i know him. i see a lot of guests on various shows try to articulate him that don t know him. i will tell you during the campaign, he was a catalyst in
so much. as you said, we re just so glad that everybody s okay. but, you know, you think of all the kids that go to circuses. unbelievable. and stuff like that really freaks them out. yeah, yeah. you wonder the next time kids there will want to go back to the circus. no kidding. listen, take a look at some more video that we got. this from houston. severe thunderstorms in that city overnight. streets were flooded, you see look at this car. some of them were submerged. drivers were stranded and, please don t hurt me, there s more wet weather ahead. i promise it s not my fault. getting a lot of it around the atlanta area, too. it s sort of like seattle. welcome to atlanta, joe! aren t you excited to be here? awesome. what s up? that s a scary situation in the tent, because not where you want to be in a tent during a severe thunderstorm right. which is what was happening there. but what s your option? do you go outside? that is also a problem because you have fre
cooper is hosting the heroes store. this year s winner is chad. he dedicated his life to cleaning up u.s. waterways. itis filled with musical guests. you are going to want to check that out on sunday as you wind down from the week. victor? you are staying here later this week? staying, yes. i am not venturing out as bravely as you are. you won t be one of the millions of people on december 1st, next sunday out traveling. it s expected to be the busiest day of travel. 2.5 million people are expected to pass through airports in those 24 hours. ahead of the rush, cnn spent a day at the world s busiest airport. richard quest has a look inside atlanta. welcome to atlanta. reporter: from getting away to getting you home, airports are the gateways to jet speed
absorb all the people flooding in from all over africa, continue to make mandela s dream a reality, maybe there s hope for the rest of us. . hey, good morning, everyone. i m christie paul. grab your coffee, orange juice, whatever is your cup of tea in the morning. i m christie paul. let s hope we re here to wake them up. i m miguel marquez. it is 6:00 in the morning and this is new day saturday . it s early, i know. i am visiting from los angeles. so even earlier we should point out. yeah. i don t know what time it is anymore. i m a news vampire. but it is warm there today. yeah. 81 beautiful degrees. welcome to atlanta, my friend. but it s freezing here. what s going on?
at a balmy 82. and for some history here. back in 2002, there was a rap song on the charts called welcome to atlanta. now a new take on that idea. welcome to atlanta we ve got the biggest fish, it ain t no joke hey, i m drawing a blank, a knock on the door, who is it talking much smack with shaq and barbie i split my spleen and now i m going to turn 13 he split his spleen and now he s going to wow. that s 12-year-old daniel blooming doing his version of welcome to atlanta. this whole video is the save the date announcement for his upcoming bar mitzvah. a number of celebrities make appearances, including atlanta s mayor.