blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start
Where did the time go . We recap the last decade. This is daybreak asia, live from u. S. And asian headquarters. Betty i am betty liu in new york, it is just after 7 00 p. M. Yvonne it is just after 7 00 a. M. Here in hong kong. I am yvonne man. When itte dance we see comes to communications. We saw a little choreography over many different reasons. You have yellen, mark carney, the bank of canada, all signaling rate hikes are coming. Take a look at market moves on my bloomberg terminal. Doing damage control after the many taper tantrum tuesday. Markets not buying it. On the move, but not recovering the strike in yields. The euro taking a dip. We have the pound and the loony surging. Betty global tightening is just around the corner. Not more than three months ago we were talking about, what about the reflation trade . It seems it is losing momentum. Here we are, all sparked by these comments from the Central Banks. When will theis, markets be convinced and how long will that last . Yv
That the president could end the obamacare policy allowing dreamers brought to the u. S. As children to stay here legally. And were watching whats happening on the ground in texas. There were two explosions at the Chemical Plant in houston. Tonight there are more concerns that there will be more explosions. What officials are saying about the risk. The towns of port arthur and beaumont texas. And now beaumont has lost its water supply indefinitely. We begin with the latest reporting tonight about the trump russia investigation and new developments regarding that investigation into potential obstruction of justice by the president. Senator grazly serves as the republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. One of the three main committees investigating ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. If you were watching this show last night, youll remember that senator grassley announced to his twitter followers yesterday, just had a phone call from President Trump and he assured me
And beaumont texas are in the cross hairs. Bow mont a city of 118 thousands people has lost its water supply indefinitely. We begin about the tlup russia investigation into potential obstruction of justice by the president. Eye was senator Chuck Grassley serves as the republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee which is one of the three main investigative committees investigating ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. If you were watching last night youll remember senator grassley announced to his twitter followers yesterday, just had a phone call from President Trump and he assured me hes pro ethanol and im free to tell the people of eye was hes standing by his promise. That call from tlum to the chairman of the Committee Investigating his eldest son came less than 24 hours after grassleys committee announced it had set a date to hear private testimony from donald trump junior regarding that meeting he helped arrange at trump tower last summer with the russians offering