Devastating impact from helena and a strike that is threatening to compounded, a warning from the Homeland Security folks that fema does not have enough funds to deal with it, First To Georgia where president Joe Biden is set to survey the damage and make remarks this hour. Welcome, im neil cavuto. Lets go to Lucas Tomlinson in georgia, what we are likely to here as the president visits the hardest Hit States and towns from helene. What do you have . Reporter good afternoon. President biden has just arrived here, to receive an operational update and or the damage. It is notable that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp wasnt your degree to president. As you mentioned, bidens a Dhs Chief says hes running out of money. We are meeting immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We dont have the funds, fema doesnt have the funds to make it through the season. Reporter earlier today, President Biden arrived on Air Force one in tallahassee, florida, the St
Plus, were learning more about the failed Plea Agreement for hunter biden and the questions raised by the judge in that case. And also ahead well bring you new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns over the 2024 election. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, august 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Weve got a big day ahead. Thanks for starting it with us. Well begin in the nations capitol where just down the street from where he was inaugurated back in 2017, the former President Donald Trump will be criminally charged today for allegedly trying to disrupt the same government he once swore an oath to protect. Around 4 00 this afternoon, trump will be arraigned in d. C. Federal court on four Felony Charges stemming from his alleged efforts to block the peaceful transition of power following his loss in the 2020 election. The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proce
investigators. the death toll rising overnight after a russian missile strike on kramatorsk. and another hot and hazy day ahead, millions of people under heat or air quality alerts. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with new developments in the donald trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election. later today jack smith s team will speak to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger as part of their january 6 investigation. you may remember then president trump called raffensperger in january of 2021 to press him to, quote, find the votes needed to win georgia which joe biden won by nearly 12,000 votes. here is part of that now infamous call. so look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11 sk1,780 votes which is one more than we have, because we won the state. and we re also learning that the former attorney rudy giuliani has been interviewed as part of the probe. the meeting between giuliani, his attorney and invest
ballot and why are democrats again helping another trump-backed candidate there? but, first, breaking tonight, president biden is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gasoline be prices. the president blaming russia when costs skyrocketed. now, he is claiming credit for some modest drops. but the president is still putting foreign oil ahead of domestic as he tries to ease the crisis and at the same time is considering a climate emergency executive order. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. gas prices haven t just crushing americans waltz but polling. a cnbc poll giving president biden economic approval rating below the worst mark his predecessors obama and trump ever got just 30%. now the white house sees a silver lining if they can strike a nuclear deal with iran. the white house is framing a return to the iran nuclear deal as a way to bolster global oil supply. deputy secret
By an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military has denied responsibility, saying the blast was caused by a failed rocket launched by the gaza based Militant Group Palestinian Islamic jihad. Us President Joe Biden is currently travelling to israel, but a planned Summit Injordan with arab leaders has now been cancelled. Biden s visit is designed to further demonstrate americas support for israel. The white house is saying the us is optimistic about getting humanitarian aid into gaza. On our website we have a live page that is constantly updating with the latest developments but now lets focus on the top Business Stories. Here in europe in a few hours we will be getting a clearer picture on where inflation is headed. For the uk and eurozone the latest data is out today and its hoped the cost of living crisis will continue to ease. In the uk the rate of inflation slowed to 6. 7 in the year to august. For the eurozone the latest estimate has inflation hovering around 4. 3 . For Central Banks