will: it is the 7:00 hour, biden coming out swinging in a michigan rally even as more democrats come out against his reelection. president biden: you the voters decide it. no one else. and i m not going anywhere. will: trump channeling his inner apprentice host as we approach the rnc and highly anticipated vice president reveal. how he plans to make the announcement. rachel: they say variety of the spice of life and some travelers are taking that seriously by having travel agents poker chips to mystery destinations, the second hour of fox and friends weekend starts right now. will: looking at a beautiful shot of michigan this morning, that s where a lot of the upper midwest looks like in the summer and it is gorgeous, just loving summer and loving being back with will and pete. took a little bit of a hiatus. good morning. very rested and to and. will: inappropriately tan. is a too much? rachel: you took my advice of not using sunscreen. if you go into our pre-commercial b
the national weather service warning the storm could hit some places in southeast louisiana and make those places uninhabitable for weeks or even months. that warning just released. hurricane ida is expected to make landfall in that state, louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane tomorrow. almost exactly to the day, 16 years after hurricane katrina landed as a category 3. our team of reporters is covering the storm from all angles. nadia and jason are on the ground for us. let s begin with allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. what is the update from the weather center? brand-new update, showing gusts have ticked up a bit to 105 miles per hour. the forward movement is the same. northwest at about 16 miles per hour. it s a category 1 now, but it is expected to intensify and strengthen as it moves through the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. likely becoming a category 2 sometime in the next few hours. a category 3 by this evening. then a category 4 by tomorrow mornin
we re going to bring in latasha brown, co-founder of black voters matter, who is right now at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. latasha, are you with me? all right. we re going to stand by for latasha. she will be joining us as soon as she s mic d. we want to check in. are you with me yet? can you hear me? i can t. can you turn it down a little bit? okay, we can hear you. we re going to see you in just a second. i want to make sure that you can hear me. latasha, do i have you? i can hear you. great. we ll see you there you go. we see you. we see you, and we hear you. okay. the peril of live tv. we re happy to have you. hi. you look great. let s get into it. i want to know what is the point of this march, and what exactly are you hoping to accomplish? you know, today we re doing this make good trouble march because what we rally because we need to make good trouble. you know, we are right now in 2021, we have less voting rights now than we had in 1965
rocket fire on american forces in the region. the pentagon putting out a statement including this, saying, quote, the operation sends an unambiguous message. president biden will act to protect american coalition personnel. joining me to discuss phil mattingly and james clapper, former director of national intelligence. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us. phil, i m going to start with you on the reporting. what do we know about the air strikes. we know from the pentagon these were retaliatory strikes. it was as you noted meant to send a message not just about the retaliation for the strikes but also about future protection for u.s. forces and coalition forces in the region. pentagon press secretary john kirby putting out a statement saying president biden s direction u.s. military forces conducted air strikes against infrastructure utilized by iranian backed military groups in syria. including consultation with coalition partners. we are being told by u.s. offici
militia that conducted the strikes. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. pentagon spokesman john kirby says this strike was done in conjunction and coordination with allies in the region. oren, what does this tell you about president biden s larger military strategy when it comes to the middle east? we know the big question for the biden administration is u.s. allies in the region is iran and how to handle iran. it s not just diplomatically with iran s nuclear program. it goes beyond that iran s ballistic missiles, actions in the region. the key focus is iran. certainly there are other questions when it comes to the middle east. what the biden administration will do when it comes to yemen, syria. but the overarching umbrella is iran, and that s where the focus will be. that s why this is so sensitive. it wasn t a large-scale massive strike. it looks like a small calculated