carley: carley shimkus, president biden absent from the campaign trail this election season. and the white house schedule focusing on official business. this is likely the reason why. just 40% in a recent gallup poll. todd: now kevin corke live in washington with more, kevin, good morning to you. always great to be with you, guys. let me just quote a seasonally appropriate film that actually debuted about 38 years ago. who are you going to call? not ghostbusters but in this case democrats you are going to call barack obama. that is right. when you need political closure to rally the base and raise money make the closing argument, you ve got it. by the way, that is precisely what the president is expected to do with stops planned for nevada and wisconsin and michigan. as you pointed out, carley, georgia. and stacey abrams and raphael warnock and others in the hopes of helping the democrats avoid a rib wave in less than two weeks. joe biden and kamala harris also hitting
from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no
them as they recover from all of them the gravis and great to see you this morning. thank you very much. and new hours. cnn news central stars right now history will be made on several levels when president joe biden and former president donald trump take the stage for the cnn debate in atlanta with polls showing there in a dead heat, we have new details on the candidate strategies and the u.s. embassy in moscow fighting back as russia puts detained american journalist evan gershkovich on trial for what the state department says is a sham espionage charge and cities swamped by a deluge of flooding, roadways washed out and river gouges still at major flood stage across the upper midwest when will that water some side nine sarah side or john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central the big day is here nearly here basically, here, joe biden, donald trump preparing to make history the first time a sitting president and debates a former president. in this first debate
bringing my friends and family along for the ride from south dakota, wyoming and we ship antonella faso joining are crazy caravan. things are really he, not every step of the way this has gotta be a culinary adventure. are you guys all american road trip friday at nine on food network cnn news good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, were following two major stories unfolding this hour at any moment, the supreme court will begin releasing a new round of critical decisions this term is filled with blockbuster rulings, including donald trump s claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. and on those day before cnn s history four presidential debate, we have new reporting about the preparations going on right now inside the campaign s sources are telling cnn that donald trump s team wants him disciplined and focused on so-called kitchen table issues. we re also learning president biden will target trump directly. are sources s
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