declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. shaky or sound? first republic bank collapses, a weekend deal to buy it bales out uber wealthy depositors but stirs worries about the strength of the economy. plus the head of the republican national committee delivers a blunt warning to republican candidates coast to coast, ignore the abortion issue at your own expense. and entire lives packed into a single suitcase, cnn captures the desperation on the dock in port sudan. thousands hoping to leave a nation at war with itself. up first for us, first republic goes bust, the company s 84 branches are open but under a new banner, that after regulators seized it and then broke it in an emergency weekend deal to sell it off. jpmorgan chase takes over nearly all of first republic s assets. the government says all depositors are protected and that the 92 billion in first republic deposits are safe. their failure is the
as they say on the market shows, worry some. but on a more fundamental level there are also danger signs. when young people are told by their leaders that work is a scam, and that stealing things from other people is a human right, how do you think your economy s going to look in 10 years? how about your civilization? the answer depends in part on how much idleness and theft you put up with. any society that cannot declare unequivalently and with confidence that stealing is wrong has no future. when you let the mob loot, you are doomed. this is why we used to shoot looters. not because we hated them, it wasn t personal. but in order to defend the foundation of all that we have which is private property secured by law. without that, we would be living in savagery and chaos. in chicago, they already are. this is what america s second largest city looked like this weekend. [screaming and yelling]. oh, my god! tucker: there s no point to that. nobody s benning. what you re se
after a parking garage collapsed in new york city. officials say the weight from the number of vehicles parked on the roof likely caused the collapse. a lab in china, that s where this thing came from. congressional republicans pressed their case that the coronavirus originated in a chinese research lab. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe also pointing the finger. the lab leak is the only explanation. i m here to announce that i plan on making a comeback to the nhl. damar hamlin is ready to return to football. with the buffalo bills defensive back now medically being cleared to resume. it s not the end of my story. everybody got a hallelujah everybody been through a little hell brian: this is a perfect song for today. whoever picked it out deserves a race even if it comes out of rachel s salary. narragansett, rhode island is known for beaches and its parks and its downtown. steve: and sunrise. rachel: gorgeous. brian: it s tr
there were police there. it looked calm. lots of media cameras. it is happening. new york is stungling to house more than 40,000 migrants bused from the southern border over the past year. the city is also plagued by crime and homelessness. the president will be talking about infrastructure. bill: he will announce $3 hundred million in funding for a new tunnel under the hudson river. critics say it s distracting from issues. dana: a new poll reveal what voters say the country s biggest problem is. not infrastructure. it is poor leadership. bill: just a few blocks from the west side rail yard where the president talks today, the migrants crisis is boiling over. talking a few blocks now. authorities trying to relocate adult male asylum seekers from one hotel to a new shelter in brooklyn to make way for new families coming in. some of the men, though, all of them coming here single, are refusing to leave. dana: the president should visit the hotel. they won t hold their