military leader, two-time recipient of the presidential medal of freedom and a political icon to many, passed away this morning at walter reed hospital due to complications from covid-19 according to his family. he was 84 years old and fully vaccinated. powell had been suffering from a type of blood cancer that can weaken the body s ability to fight infections. the president said he, quote, embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat. in the last hour we heard from the secretary of state. we heard him talk about powell s lasting impact in diplomatsationed around the world. and lloyd austin spoke in personal times after learning about the loss of his mentor and friend. i feel as if i have a whole hole in my heart just learning of this just recently. first african american chairman of the joint chiefs. first african american secretary of state. a man who was respected around the globe and reason quite frankly, it is not possible to replace a colin powell. we wi
campaign account. that s georgia governor brian kemp criticizing members of his own party who were calling for a special session to remove the district attorney who was prosecuting donald trump, and that comes as the former president officially pleads not guilty in fulton county. we ll have much, much more on all of that straight ahead. plus, we ll go through the ambitious plan by the biden administration to eliminate the so-called gun show loophole. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 1st. we ve made it to friday, and we re already in september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former president trump is officially pleading not guilty in the fulton county election case. trump s team entered his plea yesterday for the 13 felony charges he faces including racketeering and conspiracy. the plea was entered in writing as they file a waiver to tell the court he would not physically appear for next week s scheduled ar
irs whistle blowers saying something coming to government treat the bidens different and informant claiming the biden family had been bribed. should you ignore that or investigate that. only way to investigate is impeach inquiry and the committee has the power to get all the documents they need. paul: let s bring in wall street journal columnist kim sto is, sle and strossle and brian mcgun. they didn t seem to agree on the terms of the agreement. it s a first for me. what why did they not think on the same page here? yeah, i mean, it s absolutely mind boggling, paul. but, look, the central issue seems to be whether or not there was a wink nod deal between the two the judge exposed specifically over the question of whether or not hunter biden was getting an immunity agreement related to other charges in the investigation. there was a paragraph in the diversion deal laying that out. hunter s team clearly viewed as completely making him immune from future charges and the
workers rising up. i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world, this is a long hot summer. more on the union uprisings in just a moment. first to the heat. 85 million people on alert. these hellish conditions can drag on for weeks. robert ray is in new mexico with the latest. robert? so robert is frozen. it s interesting as we came in. one person said he can soak it up like a lizard. the other feels lake a roasted pig. the bottom line, it s a deep situation covering the entire country. we ll get back to that later. we unfreeze robert. let s talk about the heal in hollywood. that is really building big time. the strike by the actors now in its fourth day. we ll take a live look outside netflix. this is in los angeles where one former studio chief is now warning of a total collapse of the strike if this strike is not settled by september. let s go to bill melugin in los angeles with the latest. bill? charles, good afternoon to you. you can see behind me, the pi
bret: but, first, a new headache for the biden white house. today, this time, from a member of the democratic party when a progressive congresswoman called israel racist state. the comments coming in the run-up to israeli president herzog s visit to the white house and his address to congress. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. congresswoman camilla jayapal the head of the progressive caucus is underfire tonight from republicans and democrats for calling israel a racist state and now the president just may have to answer for it. pressure on president biden to assure the israeli president tomorrow at the white house that this isn t representative of biden s party as a whole. we have been fighting to make it clear that israel is a racist state. jayapal has since apologized a relief to officials. do you think apology right to thing to do comments. biden s call with prim