friday. president biden wasting no time bragging about the august jobs report. even as americans still feel the squeeze of inflation. the president s show of optimism about the economy very different tone than he struck last night. i m john roberts in washington, hello again, sandra. sandra: and we have you there, john. good to be here ahead of the long weekend. president biden s speech in primetime, everyone is talking about it, it turned so political at times that critics say it was more like a campaign event. the president attacking supporters of former president trump accusing them of being a threat to the american way of life, and just moments ago, our own peter doocy pressed president biden himself after that speech on his divisive message. we ll play it out here, it s about a minute long. mr. president, do you consider all trump supporters to be a threat to the country? no, everyone, come on. come on, guys. i don t consider any trump supporter to be a threat to t
faces. freedom. they are two foreign aid workers, one of them american, and they ve been held for three months by pirates in somalia. they are free. we ll tell you how and how the rescue went down. and did you watch the state of the union address? president obama s challenging republicans to get on board or get out of his way. he says preserving the american dream is the defining issue of our time. we have lots of highlights, lots of reaction. our panelists are going to weigh in. don t know if you re having a green apple for breakfast this morning, but i ll tell you what, the soon to be biggest technology firm in the world is feasting on green apples. apple just reporting historic profits. i know we say that sometimes, but wait until you hear how much that company made. it s probably known because we re contributing to it. ashleigh, did i tell you that plasma particles are hurdling toward us, how would you feel about that? i d say aurora borealis. and what if i to
all right, show time i was going to say, it s going to be a hip-hop morning here. get it started. let s get it started. welcome, everybody. as i mentioned we re coming to you from the diner. every morning we tell you what we re eating. so i m going to tell you what we re eating, i got to read this one. specialty of the house. this is called the kroek and dagger, two eggs over easy with bacon or ham, sandwiched between french loaf smothered in sauce, cheese, served with home fries or grits. coming in at 27 can i hold it up for you? 27,000 calories right here. and i m going to put that in front of our guest panelist today who is joining us is congressman aaron shock. he s the republican from the state of illinois who i saw your picture on the front of men s health. i m not eating a whole lot of those. that s not how you get abs like the congressman has. i should mention he is joining our panel and women have all been on twitter to have you here today. appreciate you
including the same unit that killed osama bin laden, stage another daring raid, this time on mission to rescue hostages from pirates in somalia. tears on both sides of the aisle. congress bids an emotional farewell and gets an inspirational message. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. but first this just coming in. we re seeing a tight race, a very tight race here in florida. that makes tomorrow night s cnn republican presidential debate potentially all the more important as the candidates try to make an impact. the new cnn/ time /orcp poll shows a virtual tie. ging r. has near will you doubled his support here, while romney has slipped. but that big jump by gingrich may not snell tell the whole story. there s another trend developing, and there s lots to explore. let s getting right to our chief political analyst gloria borger and mike all crowley of time magazine. on the face of it, it looks like a tie, but there s other trends developing. right, i thi