Years and the outsider has become an insider. You said when trump left the white house, the dc swamp was alive and growing just like our countrys federal debt, which grew by a stunning 8 trillion under trump do you stand by all that donald trump will admit that the swamp, a lot of people that worked for him, that were supposedly had allegiance to donald trump turned on him. Thats the swamp. He didnt he will be far smarter when he gets elected about who he who he yes, to work with him. And as far as the spending, he would agree, i mean, he came in at a tough time, but our financial crisis is the cancer in this country. And i think you will see a different donald trump on the spending for because we have to we cannot keep spending. So he recognizes all of that and i dont say that as a critical so as im i just those facts that were going to have to handle that this Administration Simply has not handled and the spending has been on steroids under him, as well as Everything Else that the Bi
Meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and Scorched Earth in texas. Very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. One of them burning three acres every second hello, im wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with President Biden over at the Walter Reed Medical Center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. Thats where hes currently getting his annual physical exam. This likely will be the last public update on his health before the november president ial election. President biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. His age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. See you then, White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz and dr. Jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. Dr. Reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington university. H
the people have it right will be hearing from her in just a moment. welcome everyone i am david asman in for david. we begin at the white house and president biden is putting the spotlight on the economy and authorities are still investigating where the cocaine came from. lucas tomlinson is there with all the details, lucas. what s white house officials say the secret service hopes to have the investigation to this cocaine here at the white house wrapped up early next week. they are tempering expectations or they might not be producing a list of suspects. all week the white house has been dogged with questions about where did this cocaine come from? white house press secretary is a notable she could not rule out the biden family when asked the following question. i am just asking again can you say it once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? what sends a very clear two days ago when talking about this and going over it again as i was being aske
of their son. we re going to talk to evan gershkovich s freshman year college roommate in just a few minutes. we ll talk about the person he calls a, quote, exceptional friend and journalist. plus, we have breaking news to share. the man accused of shooting and killing 23 people at an el paso, texas, walmart in 2019 has just been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences on federal charges and that is just his first round of sentencing. we re going to have the very latest for you any moment when we get our nbc news reporter who s there on site for us. we begin this hour at the site where republican primary race begins, that being iowa. right now former president donald trump is hitting the campaign trail in council bluffs as he continues to campaign and fund-raise. the republican leader writing in a lengthy statement last night that the doj is going after him and claiming that special counsel jack smith, quote, purposefully omitted the presidential records act. are quote,
israelis vent their anger toward their government after word that three hostages were waving a white flag before they were killed by idf troops. mother nature wallops florida with a powerful storm slamming the sunshine state with wind and rain and it is heading north. and toxic packages sold online, families who lost loved ones demand change saying their suicides could have easily been prevented. we begin in israel where the families of some hostages held in gaza are demanding a new plan to bring them home. prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to suggest that talks could be under way in an effort to get more hostages released. translator: without the military pressure, we would not have succeeded in creating an outline that led to the release of 110 hostages and only continue military pressure will lead to releases of all of our hostages. by directive to the negotiating team is based on this pressure. without which we would have nothing. he spoke publicly for t