politicsnation, tonight s ali, start your engines. the biden reelection effort is shifting in the high gear, with the first official democratic contest of the primary season, just six days away. that will be in south carolina. president biden has been reengaging with folks this weekend, especially black voters, who were crucial to his 2020 victory. biden s also getting a jump start from the united auto workers who are standing with the president joining the picket lines with them during their striking in the fall. i ll talk to the uaw president tonight about the big endorsement and what it will meet to the biden campaign. back on capitol hill, maga republicans are slamming the brakes on a bipartisan immigration bill at the behest of their presidential front runner, donald trump. and the impact of this gridlock may be felt far beyond the border, jeopardizing military aid for ukraine and israel. all of that tonight. plus, the white house response to breaking news ou
cash just months after joe left the obama white house firm saying that has a breakdown of what we expect to learn today. good morning, brooke. good morning. to have, ashleigh, lawmakers on the house oversight committee will reveal their findings about the biden family s overseas business dealings later this morning. chairman james comey joined us yesterday to preview today s press conference. we re going to present bank records tomorrow. we re going to also talk about known i mean, this is not completely new. when we were in i was in congress. i mean, when the last election was going on, you were hearing these conversations. you saw the ukraine connections. you saw the china connections. these were all being late, but the mainstream media never picked it up. in fact, it was just pushed to the side. so today is putting it front and center for the american people to say, okay, make your own judgments here, and the white house statement about the committee s not investigat
so we start in the us, where, as you ve been hearing, the world s biggest entertainment company, walt disney, is axing 7000 jobs as part of a cost cutting drive. it comes as the company revealed the first fall in subscribers to its streaming service, disney+, since it was launched more than three years ago. veteran ceo bob iger has returned to run the company again after its shares lost almost half their value last year, as michelle fleury reports from new york. this is ceo bob iger s first set of results since returning to the company in november, attempting to revive the storied brand and cement his legacy, he said disney was embarking on a significant transformation, putting creativity at the heart of everything it does, while announcing the elimination of 7000 jobs as it seeks to trim costs by $5.5 billion. his comments point to the future, but results showed the mouse house performed better across a number of areas in the last months, compared to the dismal showing that
Now auto work hes could be next to walk off the job and demanding more than just higher pay. Their union leader is here after this bold statement online. Billionaires in my opinion dont have a right to exist. Plus a shift in the 2024 race as america comes off summer vacation. And the candidates zero in on the first contest on the calendar. And unplugging kids. Constantly connected. See chinas new minor mode. Could it work in your household . Welcome to this Special Edition of the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. And we start with labor day worries and big trouble. Were just ten days away from 140 to you union works possibly going on strike against the Big Three Automakers. Ford, General Motors and stillantis, though jen jeep, ram and chrysler. The contracts expire September 14th and in a video posted on x, sean feign lays down an ultimatum. Were parents. We are siblings. Were active members of our communities. And we demand respect and we demand to be valued. President bid
Abortion issue, for example, in the state of florida, democrats feel like they can really capitalize on this issue. Republican since are trying to find an issue that they feel like they can capitalize on once again, immigration and Border Security is something that they feel like is a winning issue for them. Of course, thats made more complicated by the fact that republicans and killed the bipartisan Border Security agreement that was reached between a group of senators and the white house earlier this year. So i think this is really an attempt by republicans to shift the narrative back to an issue immigration and Border Security that they think is beneficial to them. At the same time that democrats are set to benefit from the Abortion Issue good luck. And as this takes on, you control, you control and shift the narrative. You control the message. Better chance you have of winning up, up and down the ticket jackie scratches you, andrew. Thank you so much for coming on. New our scene, a