Okay. America, its biden versus trump again, but will 2024 look anything like 2020 . The lead starts right now the time has now come to suspend my campaign nikki haley exits and clears the way for a biden trump rematch. The president is making a play for her voters while donald trump is racking up some new gop endorsements, including a big one from Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell who hasnt even talked to trump in more than a year. And the chances of a thirdparty candidate jumping into this race. This hour, ill speak with the chiefs for no labels plus facing the hard truths about the Fentanyl Crisis when states Change Of Heart after becoming the first in the nation to decriminalize possession of certain alleles this of drugs and welcome to the lead. Im abby phillip in for jake tapper today, we start with our 2020 24 lead. The rematch is officially set. Joe biden and donald trump are almost guaranteed to be their partys nominees for president. After nikki haley officially dropped
heavy rain coming yet again. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing all of this out. the potentially record-breaking heat across multiple states, and it s not just the oous. across europe, too. in the u.s., from houston to miami to phoenix. las vegas now expected to set a high temperature never seen before there. and just a short time ago, phoenix now marking its 14th straight day of 110 degrees or higher. matt rivers in phoenix on climate and this heat. and a remarkable note tonight. the temperature of the says fault there. tonight, the breaking news from hollywood at this hour. act tomorrows voting to go on strike tonight. writers already on strike. the first time this has happened in more than 60 years. abc news confirming tonight jared kushner has now testified before the january 6th federal grand jury investigating former president trump. and new reporting here tonight on the line of questioning for kushner. jon karl is here. the young new york city a
biden administration is trying to focus on the jobs report and shut down accusations if the drugs belonged to anyone in the first family. lucas tomlinson kicks things off for us right now. what s the latest? good afternoon, griff and aishah. white house officials say they hope to have this investigation wrapped up as early as early next week. we re not sure if we re going to hear about a list of suspects or somebody being arrested or charged, however. now, jean-pierre has been asked about the caper and this pointed question. i m asking again, can we say once and for all, whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family. i was very clear when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked the question, as you know, and the media outlets reported this, the biden family was not here. so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible and i ll just leave it there. the biden family including first son hunter, who admitted to using crack every
in that field just north of the airport and burst into flight flames. christina coleman is live in los angeles with the very latest. a tragedy early this morning here in southern california. eight cessna cfi 50 business jet crash killing six people on board. this jet took off from harry reid international airport in las vegas and crashed north of the french valley airport in marietta. that is about 85 miles southeast of los angeles. deputies responded to the seat around 4:15 a.m. this morning and found this plate in a field fully engulfed in flames. the crash sparked a small brush fire. fortunately crews were able to contain it to about an acre before it could spread in these hot dry conditions. the six victims in this incident were all pronounced dead at the scene. tragically, this marks the second deadly plane crash near the french valley airport just this week. on tuesday the fourth of july, southern california man was killed when the cessna 172 he was piloting crash jus
secret service is reviewing visitor logs and checking security footage. they say the probe will wrap up early next week. mike: james comer calling for more details while blasting the discovery as a shameful moment for the white house. let s get right to mark meredith live at the white house. what do we know about the location where the cocaine was found? mike and jacqui, good afternoon to you. drugs were found in the lower level entrance of the west wing, an area officials have been saying is heavily traveled but also area that vip guests, as well as staffers, use to get in and out of the west wing. secret service says it is investigating who brought the drugs into the building, however they believe where he may not get a definitive answer. and they have done fingerprint testing and dna testing on the container the cocaine was found in. president biden has yet to comment publicly and no indication he plans to weigh in. the white house has been sending most questions to