we have a lot for you this hour, and we re following several major stories. president biden is about to sign a pact act, a major piece of legislation aim at expanding resources and benefits for millions of benefits exposed to those burn pits and other toxic substances. we ll take you live to the white house in just a moment for the signing. and it is just an extraordinary legal week for former president donald trump as he faces several major investigations. right now former president trump is sitting for a deposition with the new york attorney general s office, and this is in connection with a civil investigation into his businesses finances. it does come just two days after the fbi search his florida home known as mar-a-lago. the justice department was concerned trump had not returned sensitive documents. we have former details about how the president may frame his defense. let s begin this morning at the white house where president joe biden is about to sign that extra
appreciate it. and thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. a lot to monitor with the trump hush money in case and the jury s hands as we speak, make it a decision any moment. the lead with jake tapper starts right now 30 before counts of falsifying records. 12 jurors, three notes to the judge, 11 hours down. the lead starts right down the drop. hush mon fate of the first ever us president to face a criminal trial of former juror from a different high-profile cases here to break down what s actually going on behind that door. plus boeing rolls out as sweeping new plan hoping to convince skeptical flyers that it is safe to travel on their planes, but it s not just a matter of boeing planes that has so many flyers nervous we re learning today about another near miss on the runway in a moment before takeoff, what is really going on at airports and in the skies and cnn s exclusive reporting on the dramatic negotiations between the us government and haitian gang leader
his thumb is working! i do like this coin toss thing. why stop with the debate side? let s have the coin determine who wins the election. yep. it would be so much less stressful than five months of campaigning. just flip the coin! heads, it s trump. tails, it s biden. if the coin bounces and rolls into the sewer, it s rfk jr. i say he ll come out all jacked up, right? all jacked up. yes, all jacked up on metamucil. trump says he wants them to both submit to a drug test before the debate. do you have any idea how long it takes to get a urine sample from men close to 80? i m 74 and the only time i i don t have to pee is when i m pee ing! the great marty short filling in for jimmy kimmel this week. not a bad substitute. we are two days away now from the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. we will have the latest what we are learning about president biden s strategy for dealing with two different versions of donald trump. primary day in new york and colora
them. beau s son hunter is here today as i mentioned earlier and his father in law my good friend from high school, along with the commander of the national guard when beau was there, and i want to thank them for being here, as well. to us and to many of you in the room, if not all of you, it s personal. personal for so many people like danielle and brielle, sargence 1 of the class heath robinson just 39 years old. 39 years old and they held his hand for the last time at age 39. the pact act is the least we can do for the countless men and women many of whom may be in this rheaume, for all i know who suffered toxic exposure while serving the country. it expands health care for veterans harmed by toxic exposure. it empowers the department of veterans affairs to move quickly to determine service members illness and related military service to see if they qualify
rheaume told avert ritsz, which i treat all the time. a rheumatoid arthritis patient needs to utilize everything on that essential benefit list radiology services, laboratory services, expensive prescription drug coverage. this idea they would be eligible if they had a pre-existing condition but are either unable to afford a comprehensive plan and can only afford a bare-bones plan, listen, it makes my job that much more difficult. i can only be creative and innovative to a degree. are we going to lose hospitals? if medicaid goes away or if medicaid gets severely cut, when people show up at a hospital in an emergency room, many times medicaid is what s covering them. so couple other comments. medicaid isn t what today is not what medicaid was a long time ago. what is it today? today it actually functions more like private health insurance. i actually have friends who are professionals who have gone through job changes, career changes, who have gone onto