Catastrophic flooding in the northeast. The Death Toll rising to 50 as searchers look for those missing and underwater. Were learning that foreign terrorists are looking to exploit the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan as well as the 20th Anniversary of 9 11 next week. Is that a threat to national security . We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. And we begin with president Bidens Tour of Hurricane Damage in louisiana. Our senior white House Correspondent Phil Mattingly is covering that breaking story for us. Phil, we heard the president speak just a little while ago, promising to support Storm Survivors and acknowledging their frustrations. Whats the latest . No question about it. President biden showing up down in louisiana making clear he saw the victims. He wanted to personally see the aftermath of that storm and that the federal Government Support was both expansive
Lets go to Nbcs Monica Alba in washington, d. C. Another welcome to you. We have the president , as you know, preparing for his first international trip in office. What does he hope to accomplish with it . Its. Reporter a critical test, alex, and im told hes preparing for these highstakes summits. He was in discussions with his national Security Team Yesterday in the Oval Office, for instance, because this is going to be a week where we see him head to multiple countries and meet with so many leaders on the international stage, beginning in the uk with Boris Johnson and then head to the g7 in cornwall, and we know this from a Washington Post Oped published today, that he wants to reengage Americas Leadership internationally and restore strained alliances after the last four tumultuous years. And the way he says hes going to do that is by trying to rally the worlds democracies against threats like china and russia. One particular topic of conversation we know for sure the president plan
Tired . Lawrence A Little Bit. It only hits me when i air. I want to be like carley because i saw her this morning. Carley thank you. Lawrence you look great. I woke up like this. Carley that makes me look like im for complements. Lawrence i want to be like carley when i grow up. Carley our office as are on the 2 St Floor Oh My Gosh what time is it . My hair was in a Side Bun still. I still hadnt finished my makeup. We have collected ourselves. We have got it all together and i preach the compliment. Will they are going to give us 30 more second before we move on. Carley can you give me a compliment . Will yes. As long as we are talking about behind the Scenes Stuff Carley is always on her game. I told lawrence this day three you hit your stride. You are with it. Day six, seven, you hit a low point. I dont know where 14 is but It Comes in waives. Carley have you been on tv 14 days straight . Somebody give this goya medal. Lawrence its all good. Will Fox News obtains emails reveals inte
Is, certainly who the modern gop is here in pennsylvania. Heck, one of the three people who went down there is the leading republican candidate for governor. These are folks who are dangerous. These are folks who are trying to undermine our democracy. If they were to go forward with this sham audit, they would have to go through me. They will not succeed, and they will be violating their oath of office and i believe also committing a very serious, unethical conduct. Well, according to emails released by a Watchdog Group late yesterday, the republican president of the arizona senate, karen phan, who ordered the ridiculous cyber Ninja Audit reportedly told constituents she was in cahoots with trumps personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and that then President Trump personally called and thanked her for, quote, pushing to prove any fraud, which is an interesting way to phrase it. Speaking of rudy giuliani, in addition to making hourlong videos on ufos and schilling foam pillows, a federal ju
Connection beginning with the gops nonstop attacks on our democracy. Unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on January 6th, dont be fooled. Today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. Theyre still happening but theyre unfolding in slow motion. This time not only through violence but through policy as well. Now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. Thats according to the brennan center for justice. Its not just bills. Gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the states 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. And in texas republicans nearly passed Senate Bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any Election Result based on Nothing But Hearsay from partisan pole watchers. It does other awful things too. Democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bill by literally walk