welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend
family will be in attendance at this event tonight, including the family of austin tice who s freelance who hasn t been heard from since he was kidnapped in syria in 2012. we expect his family to attend as well. all see wnba star brittney griner and her wife, we know that she was detained in russia for nearly a year until that prisoner agreed to between the u.s. and russia. so definitely heavyweight to the topic of this event, but that will be balanced as you heard with roy wood junior there. that ll be balanced by some committee. we expect some great jokes from him tonight, as well as the president, because we ve seen throughout the decades that this event has been going on, some pretty good self deprecating jokes from presidents as they ve given their speeches at these events. let s hope for the committee. that s why we re there. that s why we ve come. real quick, do you know if the president kind of rehearses beforehand the speech that he is going to be delivering? it s all ab
it takes place in private. but the only way the families can get the administration into those extensive serious private negotiations is by putting public pressure on them. that s what we saw with the family of trevor reed. we saw that over the weekend with the family of austin tice being held for ten years in syria. he s going, their family is going to get a meeting with the president, and trevor reed s family having seen others left behind while trevor was released are stepping forward today to try to assist them. but think about the complications, with respect to trevor reed and paul whelan, one of those who s left behind. his family members are here today. this is a situation where involving a country with whom the united states is in a hostile conflict through the proxy of ukraine. the united states is helping ukraine fight a war against russia.
are grateful for them for all they do, so thank you. thanks linda. coming up next on the story, we are live near the syrian border where our reporter benjamin hall has attained photos of what we believe to be proof of a chemical attack happening there nearly two weeks ago. also, in syria, the family of austin tice who knows the danger they are all too well. their son who is a marine, a journalist, a student at georgetown university has been held captive there for more than five years. today, the fbi has announced a one million-dollar reward in his case. his parents, mark and deborah, join me next. yup, money. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved hundreds. that s auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call.