A lot to get through this evening. First, the latest headlines. The head of the israeli armed forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern Israel Today he said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. President putin has reiterated that russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by any state. He added that aggression by a non nuclear state that was supported by a nuclear power would be considered a joint attack. Democratic president Ial Kamala Harris is scheduled to deliver a speech in pittsburgh laying out her plans for the economy if shes elected as president. Speaking in the Battleground State of pennsylvania, she is expected to announce new incentives to boost domestic manufacturing and to grow the middle class. Earth is set to gain a tiny second moon this weekend. Scientists say a small asteroid is going to be capt
Now, the resources, the time, the money to make the case to sympathetic audience. So im sure he has to be careful. But those undecided voters to other president s, Ronald Reagan moderate voters. But of course, and others have, have have, President Biden is facing have done it with a light challenges of his own. He has to keep together that 2020 touch. He can not, however, be coalition as weve seen, some defensive in any way. He needs narrowing of support in groups for instance, such as black men. Theres also its contend to show some some positive energy and momentum michael within the Democratic Party when it comes to his handling of the conflict in gaza. And waldman, great to get your then those persistent questions about the president s age. But expertise. Thanks so much for really, theres this threeday joining us this morning. The next hour of Cnn News Central starts. Now breaking span, Super Tuesday and then the state of the Union Address tomorrow that are pivotal for the Biden Cam
i did everything right and they indicted me. and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it s still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, right now, speaking as of today, it does look like donald trump is way ahead of everyone else. and that is in large part because florida governor ron desantis, who was initially hyped up is the candidate who could take on trump, has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis line should commit with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 p
and that s in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it s an uphill battle. i don t think it s a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the runaway front-runner in the first four states which matter tremendously. polls are tighter. we re clearly still down. we have work to do and wood to chop. it does seem like a bad sign when one of your top surrogates has to admit that but it s true at least and a lot of reasons the desantis campaign is doing so poorly. one reason is what some are calling a lack of charisma which seems to be alienat
book. a ten secret document the special counsel argues the president showed four people in the room. a writer, publisher and two of his white house aides. these are bad, sick people. that was your cue, you know, against you. started talking about oh, we re going to try to no, they were trying to do that before you even were sworn in. that s right. with millie, i ll show you an example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t that amazing, a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. look. it was him. they presented me this. this is off the record, but they presented me this. this was him. this was the defense department and him. we looked at him. this was him. this wasn t done by me. this was him. all sort of stuff. pages. let s see here. yeah. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case, you know. except it is highly confidential, secret. this is secret information. look at this. attack. hillary would print that out all the time. she send it to