Congress on to the desk of the president to rack up a big legislative win before the august recess and september and how can they get both at the same time with different coalitions. Andrea, exactly right. That is what the president and the white house is facing at this time. The president within the next hour will be going behind this effort after going to meet with the senate democratic caucus on capitol hill to focus these $4 trillion in new spending as it relates to the first infrastructure package and that bipartisan deal that has $600 billion in traditional infrastructure roads, bridges and other items beyond that and also this $3. 5 million and while we don t have specifics on $3. 5 trillion and what exactly would be in there, this is what the president has referred to as items that would address child care and elder care and climate change, universal prek, two years of free community college as well here. Fundamentally the challenge for the president here is in order to pass th
With that being said, we activated our bomb squad, which is currently out on scene and trying to determine pretty much we re trying to clear out every room and every crevice so the public is rest assured if we open up that building later in the future. President biden and attorney general merrick garland, we know they are watching this one very closely, and cnn s dan simon, who is there in san jose. What more do you know, if anything, about these possible explosives? hi, alisyn and victor. This is a person who obviously came to the rail yard heavily armed, not only a gun and ammunition. Perhaps he had more than one firearm, we just don t know. Arriving early this morning with explosive explosives. We know authorities are currently investigating the scene, actively collecting evidence. This is going to take them some days, obviously, to complete this investigation. This is somebody who was apparently known to the employees. This happening at the beginning of a work shift. Apparently the
two big stories, the cdc saying it s okay to open schools in america. it s a big deal with a teachers unions in major cities saying they don t want to do it. dana: what biden s chief of staff said last night at odds. bill: a huge part of the first covid bill that has about $130 billion in schools in america. you wonder what sort of leverage the unions and white house are working on? dana: at some points the parents will say enough. we also have the issue of three weeks from the capitol hill riots and getting a little bit more information, not enough. but we had the capitol hill police explaining yesterday along with a briefing from the army and the general from the national guard explaining why they were not prepared. bill: the major headline that they knew there could be a problem two days before the riots happened. dana: one of the things they didn t want to do is create a perception that they had had in the summer and that led to a really bad situation. bill: w
a constitutional crossroads unlike anything in this nation s history. donald trump is barred from the republican primary ballet. he is not eligible to run for president they are due to the 14th amendment s insurrections band. it is not the final word. i could come from the u.s. supreme court. now trump is fundraising from this ruling. the matter of trump being disqualified is up to the courts. backing the insurrection, that is already settled. take a listen. i think some things are self- evident. we saw it all. he supported insurrection. no question about it. none. zero. he aligned with a key part of this fourth opinion in colorado. the majority writing that trump did not only insight the insurrection, even when the seas was underway, he repeatedly demanded that pence refused to perform his constitutional duty and calling senators to stop the counting of electoral votes. this was a voluntary participation in the insurrection. john, great to see you, what happens next
into sharper focus. this picture shows fort meyers beach one of the hardest-hit areas before the hurricane and here it is after. homes wiped out. sea of debris and rubble stretching to the horizon. there is this marina during normal times in fort myers. and then after. a scene of utter destruction. the damage throughout florida. 2 million still without power. it will continue for some time. ten people are confirmed dead thus far. the number may change as search and rescue teams work their way through the flooded neighborhoods. we re moments away as dana mentioned and get an update from the florida governor ron desantis back in tallahassee. team fox coverage. city manager marty lawing is standing by. robert ray is back with us today. we begin with track of ian. adam klotz is in our studio watching that. we still have a hurricane as we remember this storm left the coast of florida as a tropical storm but we ve spent a good chunk of time over the atlantic ocean. winds curren