kelly, 20 years ago, also joins us and a long road to a verdict. first i have to start with breaking news in arizona and texas. in arizona maricopa county officials revealed that a draft report from the group running that so called audit of that county s ballots, cyber ninjas, that was the company they brought in, well, now cyber ninjas has confirmed president biden won. and by an even wider margin than originally predicted. but that has not deterred officials down in texas, now they are on board. 325 days after the presidential election governor greg abbott announced they would do an audit in four separate counties, three of those counties won by president biden and won by former president trump. keep in mind this is a state that former president trump won by 600,000 votes. we are all over this story. also with us political strategist and someone who knows texas politics better than anyone, matthew dowd. jane, this audit in arizona cost their taxpayers over 400,000 bucks.
with a first ever win at a grand slam in the us open first round. today and tomorrow will be days of bright spells, showers, some of which will be thundering. we have rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details later. it s tuesday the 29th of august. holidaymakers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk s air traffic control system over the bank holiday. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. jon donnison reports. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers with hundreds of flights cancelled and many more delayed. and it s not over yet. we were looking at alternative flights. there was nothing available from ba before thursday. and as we re scrolling through comparison sites, flights were disappearing. we ve now arrange
this is the faulkner focus. i am in for harris today. so far no splashy events or speeches since the president announced his re-election bid one month ago and one day ago. his rivals on both sides meantime of the aisle already making moves. the president s low profile may be not hitting with voters. a new fox poll shows only 33% see the commander in chief as a strong leader. our own karl rove says it will be tough to change minds. this guy is in real trouble and do we think he is going to get better, people will see him as a stronger leader? only if there s an international or national crisis in which he acts in a way that goes against the type we developed in our minds of him over the last two and a half, three years. i don t see it happening. the president got more competition this week across the aisle. south carolina senator tim scott and florida governor desantis announcing their 2024 bids as biden slogs along. desantis hitting the ground running. he is having a camp
testimony for house, ways means committee. good morning everybody friday, dana has the day off. jacui, welcome back to new york. jacqui: i am jacqui heinrich. veteran tax crimes investigator claiming cover up by the justice department using political interference. shaply saying he was so concerned the way federal prosecutors were handling this case he felt obligated to go pubic. when i saw the egregiousness no longer became a choice. it was something i don t want to do but have to do. jacqui: live at the justice department. david? reporter: gary shaply behind closed doors, members house side. shap ly has been with the irs 1 years as an investigator. he was essentially told the slow walk the investigation. he is still irs employee. we know via various sources that is the hunter biden tax investigation that began in 2018 coming up on half a decade. he joined the probe in 2020. he is going to meet with staff members if they are still in town before the holiday weekend. h
and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t