it s wednesday, july donald trump, back to the white house foes, uniting behind their nominee at the republican national convention. and a move from the dnc to virtually nominate president biden ahead of their convention reignites that growing dissent inside his own party plus us officials learn of an iranian plot to try to assassinate former president trump in the weeks before saturday s shooting and the rivalry between two former colleagues flares up on the floor of the rnc here in milwaukee read it s 5:00 a.m. here in milwaukee, wisconsin 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. a live look at the fiserv forum. as we get ready for day three of the republican national convention. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us from challengers to cheerleaders in milwaukee, a string of trump s former opponents in republican primaries, going back to 2016, take the stage to bend the knee let s make the 45th president of the united states, the 47th presiden
and this cnn it s monday, february 26. right now on cnn this morning, donald trump, closer to clinching the republican nomination cruising into michigan with momentum. and the message of unity ahead of tuesday s primary, nikki haley trounced on her home turf than finding out one of her biggest financial backers cutting her off. and a critical test for president biden, will michigan voters punish him for his handling of the war in gaza all right it is 05:00 a.m. here in washington. you are looking live at capitol hill still on this monday morning, good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to be with you on the eve of the michigan primary, donald trump is dominating and nikki haley is soldiering on as her future in the nomination fight becomes increasingly grim. trump, riding a wave of momentum after trouncing haley by 20 points in her home state of south carolina, because republican party continuing to fall in line the number two senate republican john thune
speaker mccarthy has yet to hear from the president after passing his debt bill which he previewed right here last week. no, we re the only ones in washington that are actually putting a responsible plan out that will raise the debt limit. think about it, more than 80 days it s been since i sat down with the president on february 1st to negotiate, to work through this, and he s ignored it. he weakens us, his overspending maria: coming up, texas senate ted cruz on what happens to the debt ceiling bill when it reaches the senate. plus, cruz s take on the activists going after the supreme court with attackses on justice clarence thomas as well. then, bank records suggest suggest a compromised president as america awaits a response joe beaden to china s biden to china s provocation, a surveillance balloon seven ising military secrets to beijing in real i m the, a covid-19 cover-up, chinese police stations and years of intellectual property theft all met with little response
extremists getting social security that you paid for your entire life, dictating what healthcare decisions you can make. banning books. low-key launch for a low-key president who often seems to fade into the background. the day the president told the country he would be seeking a second term, that was one of 5 or 6 stories, the white house feels perfectly comfortable with that as if the let s focus on the 80-year-old president and more on the former president, but are biden s advisors giving the impression by sharply limiting his own scripted events and interactions with journalists that they don t trust him, to avoid talking his way into trouble? this is media buzz. howard: how did biden get reporters questions in advance? to say there are different media reactions to biden s video and his candidacy would be an understatement. all he could come up with is calling his opponent, not just his opponent but those who vote for his opponent in the last election, calling trump
civilians. nothing much has changed on that front. reporter: it s an utterly ghastly scene. hundreds of rescuers combing through the damage to the apartment blocks where we now know the death poll to be 13, 80 people injured. bare this in mind, totally innocent civilian block by what appears to have been six cruise missiles and possibly 16 anti-aircraft missiles, fired by a strategic bomber and stealth jet flying into ukraine. the cruise missiles frequently used across ukraine. antiaircraft missiles being deployed because the inventory of other missiles is depleted. this isn t the first time zaporizhzhia has been hit, jim. this week it s one of a number of attacks we ve seen. it forms part of a pattern that ukrainians say is indiscriminate bombing against civilian targets. some wonder if this is retaliation for the attack on the bridge, the vital part of the russian frvgt that feeds the occupation of crimea, the ukrainian peninsula they illegally annexed in 2014. zaporizhzh