not have authority over our territory. we are going to have a new sheriff in town on january 20th, 2025. bret: central u.s. facing heat advisories well above triple digits to 118-degrees. if there is a sign of dehydration 100 moms red to jump on it. tigers win, tigers win the national championship is headed back to baton rouge. brian: all right. we begin with this. president biden, once again, adamantly denying claims that he knew about his is son s hunter biden overseas business dealings. does anyone believe that at this point. steve: the administration receiving pushback after hunter biden s appearance at white house state dinner while facing criminal charges a bad look some say. ainsley: alexandria hoff is live from washington with more. good morning. the president is having to answer to a lot of things right now. namely whether he knew about his son s business dealings, ever talking about it with him. that was detailed in 2017 whatsapp message allege that
that we ve seen before. president biden hurtling toward a rematch with former president trump. it could come down to guess what? five key battleground states. dana: they are nevada, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and georgia. president biden won three of those by less than a single percent. republicans hope that low poll numbers will swing the states in their favor. martha: the party needs to elect its nominee. republican candidates converging on new hampshire ahead of the first in the nation primary. team fox coverage for you, karl rove joins us in a moment. first mark meredith in new hampshire where ron desantis is about to hold an event. hey, mark. good morning. you re right. the governor will be here in a few minutes from now. for months we ve been trying to read the polls to get a better idea who the eventual republican nominee will be. today for the first time through the power rankings we re learning the 12 states both parties will be fighting over spending mo
even the kremlin calling this situation larming. what we re seeing as a completely new phase alaunching it in russia. we re very clear with the ukrainian that s we do not support attacks inside russia. the 2024 gop presidential race is about to get more crowded. mike pence will throw his hat into the ring. chris christie feels he s the only candidate that is willing to take on donald trump directly head-to-head. are they going to get in the race and tactually say somethin about him, to him? it s a difficulty. and the guide saved a climber s life hauling him down mt. everest for six hours. it was important for us to rescue him. we saved his life by coming down the summit. good morning, everyone. miracles do happen. i love that story. we ll get much more of that ahead. happy to be joined by erica hill. good morning. nice to be with you this morning. p. nice to have you. we start here. federal prosecutors obtained a recording of donald trump saying he
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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