Welcome to the Journal Editorial Report im Paul Gigot as heads into the final stretch a new cnn shows they are in a tight race in six Battle Ground states with Vice President Kamala Harris leading among michigan and former Donald Trump ahead in arizona. Two are nearly even in Georgia And Nevada and dead heat in all important State Of Pennsylvania where the candidates are set to meet next week in a high Stakes Debate that could set the tone for the final eight weeks of the campaign. So what should we expect when the two face off on tuesday in philadelphia . Lets ask Wall Street Journal Columnist Fox News contributor karl rove. Karl, welcome good to see you as always. So we have the big Harris Surge for several weeks after she got in. A lot of talk now that maybe that momentum has stopped. And maybe trump has stopped her surge and it is now pretty even. What do you think . Where are we . First of all it is not a very big bump historically because this race is remains tight. It looks like
Next. Harris georgia District Attorney fani willis is back under the microscope. Look at this. This is live right now. The Georgia State Senate Special committee is investigating fani willis and is holding a hearing right now. This is what we are watching. Their star witness, you recognize. That is the attorney who exposed the Extramarital Affair that fani willis was having with her favorite prosecutor, nathan wade. They were working together on the Election Interference Case against former President Trump. Ashleigh merchant represents one of former President Trumps codefendants. And she again got this story. She accused willis and wade of Conflict Of Interest and ra trove Ofquestionable Cast Pas between the two. That to Senate Committee is digging deep. Fani claimed she hired wade before their relationship began. Witnesses have gone before a judge and contradicted what the two lovers have testified under oath about when they met, what they were doing, all of the money. We have watched
Cases, he could face a fourth before the month is out. Were following Economic News this morning, with the latest jobs report telling us about the economy, three days after the u. S. Had its Credit Rating downgraded. At the southern border, the humanitarian crisis intensifies after a body was found inside the floating barrier in the rio grande meant to keep migrants from crossing into the u. S. Plus, two american sailors facing serious charges this morning, accused of spying on the u. S. For china in exchange for thousands of dollars. And taylor swifts monster sold out concert tour has more dates and what is predicted to be the most successful tour of all time. This morning, former President Trump back at his new jersey home in bedminster after spending an historic day in a washington, d. C. Courtroom. Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony counts related to efforts to thwart the transfer of power after the 2020 election. In brief remarks to the press, the former president called his
hostages on the wrong side of the border. on a desolate road outside of matamoras, mexico a convoy of vehicles carries victim s friday s attack. police found the two alive in a small house, their friends brown and woodward dead in a field nearby. [siren] at the border an ambulance took the two survivors to a brownsville, texas hospital. the deceased for now remain in mexico. attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable, no matter where or under what circumstances they happen. some on capitol hill want the u.s. military to go after the cartels with or without mexico s permission. i recommend we take the fight to the cartel and use extreme prejudice, extreme prejudice because they are killing americans. attorney general merrick garland spoke today without addressing that issue. the cartels are responsible for the deaths of americans and we are fighting as hard as possible. mexican president lopez observe door says one man is in custody while they look for others. mex
watching simone. we are following breaking developments on the tyre nichols story. reaction and condemnation are pouring in. just last night s release of the disturbing and dramatic video showing the brutal beating of police officers who led to his death. in memphis and in cities across the country, there were gatherings honoring tyre nichols. he was a 29 year old son, a brother, a father. and those gatherings are protesting his killing which should have never happened. we are unpacking the painful truth in this video. we are going to answer questions about the officers charged with murder. and how to answer the culture in america so that we stop repeating this tragedy over and over again. i am someone and i have something to say. by now you may have seen the video of memphis police officers beating tyre nichols. an assault that started with a traffic stop and ultimately caused his death. you may still be processing the brutality, the inhumanity, the reality of what you