A twoday trip on the west coast. His first trip to the region since taking office and the president will once again tie the extreme weather events that we ve been seeing across the country with the need to pass his infrastructure plan and the bigger broader economic agenda. President biden will be surveying the damage from the recent wildfires there which has burned millions of acres in several states this year. He will also campaign for governor gavin newsom ahead of tomorrow s recall vote that could decide newsom s political fate. This visit comes as so much of the president s domestic agenda is hanging in the balance. Top democrats have set a wednesday deadline to finalize a deal on the the massive $3. 5 trillion budget proposal but major differences between moderate and progressive democratic lawmakers is threatening to derail the whole thing. The wednesday deadline seems like a no go at this point. Let s start with john harwood at the white house. John, what is the white house loo
Banned for at least six more months this. Doesn t just impact trump s ability to connect with his tens of millions of followers but sets a precedent for the power of big tech vs. Free speech in america and even beyond. Trump s post during the capitol riot severely violated facebook s rules and encouraged and legitimized violence. Former president trump has made no secret of his thoughts on big tech. Twitter, google and facebook should be punished with major sanctions whenever they silence conservative voices. Today he says this about the ruling. What facebook, twitter and doing have done is a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country. Facebook is taking a victory lap we believe our decision was necessary and write and we are believe that the board recognized the unprecedented circumstances justified the exceptional measure we took. The power social media companies have in america an area of bipartisan agreement in america. I m not a big fan of facebook. They have had a busines
push progressives to support the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal passed by the senate. cnn s lauren fox joining us live now from capitol hill. we re a week away from the deadline to fund the government. the president as we know working frantically to save his economic agenda and that s the big question, what is that plan b? reporter: well, let s break it down. there is really two crucial dates. like you said, it is one week until the government runs out of funding and that is the must pass legislation that democrats are still grappling with, how to get through the house and the senate. now, it is already passed the house of representatives, but it included an increase in the debt ceiling. republicans in the senate saying they are not going to vote to support that. so if democrats want to make sure that this government stays funded, what they have to do is likely strip out the debt ceiling increase. and as we know, the treasury department has made clear that the d
9%. it is so bad that six former treasury secretaries wrote a letter imploring congress to extend the limit saying allowing an unprecedented default could cause serious economic harm. confronted with the reality republicans say of course the u.s. can t default on the loans. they refuse to help democrats in any way. just two years ago mitch mcconnell made it clear the consequences of default would be dire but now he s saying republicans actually have no role to play in seeing the country stay afloat. so you are expecting to raise the debt ceiling one again? of course. we ll never have america default. america can t default. that would be a disaster. the facts are indisputable. this is a totally democratic government. they have an obligation to raise the debt ceiling and they will do it. don t play russian roulette with our economy. step up and raise the debt ceiling. it s clear it s a straight up dereliction of duty. the thing is mitch mcconnell doesn t care what happens
returned home to florida without her. in a moment, we will be joined by crime fighter, john walsh, whose efforts and viewers have led to the capture of so many suspects over the years. first, though, our randi kaye in moose, wyoming, with the very latest. randi. reporter: and john, so many tips and so many amateur internet sleuths posting about this case online, including one woman here in wyoming who says that she believes she picked up gabby petito s fiance, brian laundrie, while he was hitchhiking. so today, we retraced her steps and figured out where the two of them first connected. and where they separated and here s what we found. hi. my name is miranda baker and on august 29th, my boyfriend and i picked up brian at grand teton national park at 5:30 at night. um, i am hoping this can help someone identify him. reporter: that is miranda baker sharing her story on social media about she believes she and her boyfriend picked up gabby petito s fiance, brian laundrie