From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
and welcome to hannity. so we are at the end of a very. busy week. no one is happier, by the way, he biden. andt joe he now gets to spend more quality time restingit has and relaxing at his home in delaware. now, of course, it been has notn a very busy week or month for that matter, for joe biden. yesterday, he completed justice five public event in the last 27 days, according to rnc research. it was a short trip to north carolina where he attempte d to talk about high speed internet. well, instead, joe got dazed and confused, as usual on, stage randomly starting to ask for someone nae named deborah. deborah wasn t there, but he pictt takenhad jus a picture with deborah. maybe he just simply imagined it. take look at what spider-man never offers deborah.taken this year i just hadwi my pictue taken with him., al that s probably why she left. no way. do you know she couldn t, be here? actually. that s not true. i got mixed upshe ha you and. she has. you know, she fights ve
so we re at the end of a very busy week. no one is happier by the way than president joe biden. he now gets to spend more quality time resting and relaxing at his home in delaware. now, of course, it has not been a very busy week or month for that matter for joe biden. now, yesterday he completed just his fifth public event in the last 27 days. according to rnc research, it was a short trip to north carolina where he attempted to talk about high-speed internet. well, instead, joe got dazed and confused as usual on stage, randomly starting to ask for someone named debra. debra wasn t there, but he thought he had just taken a picture with debra. maybe he just simply imagined it. take a look. i also want to mention commerce debra roth. where is debra? did she i just had my picture taken with her. that s probably why she left. [laughter] no, all kidding aside, but any way, you can oh, she couldn t be here actually. that s not true. i got her mixed up, and she has you know
congressman byron donald. plus, the gut wrenching words of the a witness who watched as a gas station owner in south carolina chased down a 14-year-old and shot him in the back, quote, everyone s getting trigger happy. the shooter says he thought the teenager was shoplifting. he wasn t. now the gas station owner is facing charges, his store is in ruins after being vandalized by protesters and another community is in mourning. we begin with one of those rare days on capitol hill where high political drama and debate collide with the critical job of governing, in this case trying to keep the u.s. economy from going off the cliff, and no one knows exactly how it s going to play out. not only could tonight s vote seal the fate of the debt limit agreement between president biden and speaker mccarthy, it may also be a defining moment for mccarthy himself. he s been engaged in open warfare with far right republicans of the freedom caucus arguing over whether the legislation is a
the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart