Partner, and the Progress Weve made, shes going to make one hell of a president. Hi, again, everyone. You do not see that all the time in politics, affection that genuine. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are today doing it again, hitting the Campaign Trail together. In just a little bit we expect to hear from them later in the hour as they mark Labor Day in pittsburgh. Both of them will be speaking at an event at a local Union Hall. Well see them alongside Senator Bob Casey and governor josh shapiro. Well bring you those remarks when they begin. The new york times writes this. Quote, mr. Biden has called himself the most prounion president in history. Last year he became the first sitting president to visit a picket line. Now ms. Harris is hoping to adopt that proworking for herself. As our own colleague reports Labor Day in pittsburgh has been one of the hallmarks of President Bidens repeat political life. In 2018 he used the Citys Parade as a Kick Off for a Campa
it. about the temperature, not the month. i m with you, bill. tornado alley, we re done with it, we re moving on. bill karins, thank you. mike we ll touch base with you later. joining me now is john yarmouth. big picture now. what does your state need the most now from president biden, potentially from the federal government? well, yeah, thanks for having me on. you know, what s amazing about this incident is the enormous amount of resources that are pouring in as dasha burns report indicated from all over the country, certainly from all over kentucky and the midwest. so, i think ultimately that s the question that is going to have to be decided within the next few days or weeks because there s still, it s always difficult to assess the degree of damage. one of the things that we know is that the storm took down all
mike, i ll start with you. where is the president headed right now and big picture, what is he trying to accomplish today? well, guys, this is a president ahead of a party and government and trying to get legislation through congress and big believer, as well in the role of president as the head of state and potentially a unifying figure in moments like this. that s why the white house is always tricky and get there quickly and not too quickly because you don t want to disrupt from the recovery efforts. but insisted he tried to get to kentucky as quickly as he can to show as white house deputy press secretary put it today that the federal government is going to be here for as long as it needs to be in order to make sure and help the people of kentucky to recover. so, he touched down in ft. campbell a few hours ago and now in mayfield and had a little bit of an aerial tour as he traveled there meeting with some of the local officials, as well as the governor, andy beshear is traveling
choice. the select committee is investigating an attack on our democracy and it s essential that witnesses cooperate. we have new reaction to that vote, including on some interesting comments from mitch mcconnell that are raising some eyebrows. also derek chauvin the man convicted of killing george floyd changes his plea in one courtroom while in a different minnesota courtroom we could see another officer testify in her own defense in the death of daunte wright. today is a big deadline to make sure your gifts get under the tree in time. good afternoon on this newsy wednesday. i m garrett haake. we are waiting for the president to begin his survey of the damage in kentucky where deadly tornadoes ripped through entire towns. joining me to break it down from dawson springs, kentucky, we have white house correspondent mike memole and bill karins joins us, as well.
weeks, after two months, people can get themselves to the point where they get fairly depressed about what is going on. particularly our young kids. particularly people who have lost somebody. and so i just want you to know the help that we re able to offer at the federal level is not just now. the president also said that he was really just there to listen and we saw him sort of go back to his roots 50 years ago. he was a county councilman in new castle, delaware, and invited himself to a city council meeting in mayfield. the federal government is not just here in the here and now but doing everything they can in the future to make sure all the needs continue to we met, garrett. mike, i think we have gabe gutierrez in mayfield fighting through some of the transmission issues we were just talking about. gabe, you re where the president is today. what will he be seeing there?