is freedom to steal bill. not may soon be headed to governor gavin newsom s desk. that s coming up. we begin with the new jobs report that unexpectedly showed the jobs market might be cooling just as the president touts his mind and nomex. national correspondent kevin cork has a closer look at how americans view the state of the economy. good evening kevin. good evening jonathan. we will take it back to 1992, it s the economy stupid. over 30 years later it remains the top issue motivating voters. i could barely get a grocery or basket full of groceries. definitely gas prices. gas prices suck. on public most concerned about inflation. a lot of concerns folks. however, despite many american saying they continue to struggle to make ends meet. reports that more americans than ever are working multiple jobs just to be able to pay for everyday items. the message from the biden white house is that things are great. unemployment is low and wages are up. to that end the augu
i think what we have is a lot of conspiracy realists, and so if i m one of them reporter: some prefer him to the republican front-runner. do you think he can beat trump? yes. we re tired of losing. trump lost. it doesn t make sense. how will you beat trump when you have a trump base and he is running. the way i m going to do is is speaking in an uninhibited way. i think i m the only candidate speaking my mind truly without running it through preordained filters. that is proving to be a competitive advantage. it draws backlash at times, but i think that s what people are hungry for. in your book you re saying much difficult. reporter: it is true. he praised parts of trump s records while offering sharp criticism of how trump handled his 2020 election defeat. we might as well embraces it reporter: he takes trump s style even further on the issue, pledging to fire 75% of federal workers, eliminate all of affirmative action in america, and use u.s. drones
miles of that, 20 miles north, a woman in the town of perry, florida, captured a tree falling right on her home as idalia moved through, take a look. oh my gosh no ! it s okay. it s okay. it s okay. the woman told cnn thankfully she and her family are okay. the tree damaged part of her roof. florida governor desantis surveyed parts of the small town not long ago, desantis itself has a bit of storm damage because idalia knocked over a large old tree at the florida governor s mansion in tallahassee. the governor s wife posted this picture on social media. cnn is covering this from florida to georgia where the storm is right now. let s start with meteorologist chad myers, chad, the storm seems to be moving pretty quickly? it is, and that may reduce the amount of flooding because one storm stall, that s when the heavy rainfall comes in and it last for a long time. as long as this keeps on moving, we are in good shape. i just saw a live shot from tallahassee, and it was sunn
45th president you ll see it forever but it s easy to forget a significant story that may affect who actually is the leader of the free world. that is the biden family business, slowly but surely the truth is being revealed. the lies exposed they never thought was possible. case in point the name victor shokin. he was once investing for the general prosecutor of the crime that he was deputy before being elevated to the prosecutor general distancing sound familiar? shokin inherited the burisma investigatbrisbaneinvestigationn vice president bragg about firing him. rex i ll tell you not getting a billion dollars. i said you re not getting i m going to be leaving here in about six hours instead of leaving in six hours with the prosecutors not fired o you re t getting the money. while son of a gun. [laughter] he got fired. they foot put in place someone who is solid. victors not spoken to the american meat on this. that and now it ends tonight for he tells his side of the story
all of the 19 defendants in this case including the former president are expected to turn themselves into the fulton county jail by the end of the week. also tropical storm hilary drenching california with a year s worth of rain in a single day. 25 million people from southern california into idaho are now under flood watches as the national hurricane center warns flooding could be life-threatening and catastrophic as this storm moves east. plus a california store owner shot dead over a pride flag hanging outside her clothing store. the suspected gunman also dead. what authorities are now learning about the dispute. welcome to the lead. i m erica hill in for jake tapper. we again with breaking news, you are looking at live pictures of the fulton county courthouse where donald trump s lawyers just finished meeting with the fulton county d.a. he s office. at that meeting, trump s lawyers agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of the former president s release conditions render