All you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. President biden is calling on israel to consider other ways to deal with hamas as conditions in gaza grow more dire. Israel is scaling up its Military Action in lebanon with deadly strikes. Will look at what Israels Defense Forces say they are targeting. Plus both us president ial front runners campaigned in georgia today, laying out their swingstate its strategies as they worked to turn undecided voters heads live from atlanta. This is cnn and then newsroom with Kim Brunhuber resin biden is still hoping to beat the clock and reach a ceasefire deal in gaza before ramadan diplomats are becoming skeptical, it can be done by the start of the muslim holiday to night, which was their goal. But an interview released on Saturday Biden said an agreement is still possible areas i want to see a ceasefire and im starting with a major Major Exchange of prisoners for a sixweek period
our goal today is to try to foster a discussion based on principles, not politics, much like the example of bipartisan bridge building said by democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch, passing some of the most important legislation of their times, such as the americans with disabilities act and the children s health insurance program, and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been the hallmark of the u.s. senate for more than two centuries. and now, without further ado,
this country to a great american comeback. bill: closing argument. florida governor ron desantis in fox town hall in des moines vying for a strong finish on monday. the make or break caucus is five days away. trump is on tonight at 9:00 eastern. wave big two hours. i m bill hemmer. dana: i feel like the audience is great. moderators are very good and candidates themselves high energy and lots of interest in this. governor desantis discounted polls that show him losing to former president trump. he also cautioned against nominating trump for a third time saying he thinks the president has too much baggage. donald trump is the nominee if election is going to be about legal issues, a referendum on a lot of these issues that are not going to put us in a position to hold biden accountable. either way, it lets the democrats off the hook. i think this election needs to be a referendum on their failed policies and we need to offer a positive vision to turn this country around.
and probably most are, but at some level the people who run the democratic party weren t upset at all. they were thrilled. here was an issue for them to run in the midterm elections, an issue perfectly suited to a party that had nothing to talk about. are they going to brag about joe biden? i don t think so. it s abortion, they re going to take your abortions away. that was the democratic message for the midterm elections, coming up in just a few days, but there was a problem with the messaging. so covid had just ended, and people not being entirely stupid still remembered this very same democratic party, the same people, had forced the entire population to wear paper masks like children, and then to take the shot as a condition of going outside. so women have the right to control their own bodies? hmm. they used to tell us that. then they fired thousands of nurses for refusing to submit to an experimental vaccine. so the phrase my body my choice had been, as we say in the
counterfeit prescription pills. the death rate has more than doubled in five years. fewer teens than ever are actively using drugs and yet more teens than ever are dying. it s because drug use isn t becoming more common but more dangerous. bill: researchers found arizona, colorado and washington had the highest overdose death rates, maier copy qua county, arizona and los angeles county arizona, cbp says they seized a record amount of fentanyl nationwide in 2023. 99% came from the southern border . a 17-year-old died from fentanyl poisoning in denver, colorado. his sister says he was sore one day after playing basketball and his friend offered to split a percocet. it was a fake containing 99% fentanyl. the friend survived. xavier did not. he was laying if bed with friends and they thought that he fell asleep. and then the next morning when he didn t wake up, is when they called 911.