good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. we re following a busy evening of breaking news from the 2024 presidential race. former president donald trump and his newly minted vice presidential running mate jd vance are about to take the stage in the swing state of michigan for their first joint campaign rally as a presidential ticket and, for trump, his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt. on the other side, vice president kamala harris was in massachusetts this afternoon speaking at a major democratic fundraiser just hours ago. president biden, meanwhile, is is vowing to return to the campaign trail next week as he spends the weekend in delaware recovering from covid and facing calls from lawmakers in his own party to teardrop out of the race. first let s go to grand rapids, michigan, where former president trump and his running mate, ohio senator jd vance, are holding their first rally together. vaurn hillyard is covering the event, vaughn, what do you
hot on friday. sandra: good morning. dropping stuff off the desk left and right. it is friday indeed. good to see you as well. sandra smith, america s newsroom. by the way, surveying the damage outside of the new york area here the city got hard hit but all this is days after it rolled through louisiana in the southeast parts of that state and the president will be there later today. bill: we were on the air yesterday and the scope of this was coming in focus for a lot of people. now we re a day and a half removed from it and see what it is left. sandra: rivers are still rising in some areas as crews look for people who may still be trapped in some of their homes or even cars. bill: the rain overwhelmed drainage systems. roads out of commission. the bronx river parkway in new york. sandra: one of the most deadly aspects of this storm has been the tornadoes. officials confirming that the storm spawned at least 10 tornadoes. all-out assault catching people completel
hi, eric. eric hello, everyone. i m eric shawn. two other big stories that we re watching for you at this hour, the white house admitting that it is working with social media platforms to flag what it calls misinformation on to covid-19. critics, though, contempt that partnership as they say an infringement on free speech, but the white house says it protects americans. and protesters in cuba continue to defy the communist regime there, drawing support from one of the biggest names in pop music. we tell you who was standing in solidarity with them for democracy. we have live fox news team coverage on all these stories. charles watson is in miami on the reaction to the cuban protest, david spunt at the white house on the growing backlash as the administration in dealing with social media platforms. but first, let s go down to the border where there s a record number of migrants, we re told, continuing to come to our country. in la jolla texas, jonathan serrie is there now. hi,
they re going to take a moment to remember our hero who say gave their lives to protect our freedom all around the globe. so why doesn t that type of reflection translate into honoring the capitol police officers who gave their all to protect them on january 6? and to the ones still working daily to keep them safe, like eugene goodman, who used himself as bait for the mob to keep the rioters away from the senate chamber, still full of lawmakers. goodman also rushed senator mitt romney to safety. bravery like that. it earned goodman the congressional gold medal, and no senator could deny his courage that day, including this one. if not for the quick thinking and bravery of officer eugene goodman, in particular people in this chamber may not have escaped that day unharmed. eugene goodman was on duty as usual last night, protecting some of the very senators who spent hours stalling and side tracking while most of us were sleeping, forcing the final vote to block the bipartis
to remember our heroes who gave their lives to protect our freedom all around the globe. so why doesn t that type of reflection translate into honoring the capitol police officers who gave their all to protect them on january 6th? and to the ones still working daily to keep them safe, like eugene goodman, who used himself as bait for the mob to keep the rioters away from the senate chamber, still full of lawmakers. goodman also rushed senator mitt romney to safety. bravery like that. it earned goodman the congressional gold medal, and no senator could deny his courage that day, including this one. if not for the quick thinking and bravery of officer eugene goodman, in particular people in this chamber may not have escaped that day unharmed. eugene goodman was on duty as usual last night, protecting some of the very senators who spent hours stalling and sidetracking while most of us were sleeping, forcing the final vote to block the bipartisan commission into this holiday