feels appropriate, right? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia last night in detroit, president biden was greeted by a crowd chanting, don t you quit. he gave a fiery speech about staying in the race and finishing the job probably noticed his boss lot of speculation laid me. what s joe biden going to do is he going to stay in the race? i m going to drop out where my answer. i am running and we re going aware. but hang on the polling is showing that his candidacy is in danger of turning blue states purple per today s new york times quote as president biden insists, he ll stay in the presidential race democrats are growing increasingly political map, turning light blue states into contested battlegrounds down-ballot democrats, local elected officials, and party strategists say minnesota, new hampshire, new mexico, virginia all of which mr. biden won comfortably in 2020 could be in play in november after his miserable debate performance last month and this is just one of s
question what s going right? what s going well? dana: the white house has thoughts they want to spin you on. to that end the president is plowing forward with the deadline of august 31 despite our allies pleading for more time to get their people out. the decision is also drawing scrutiny from lawmakers at home. thousands of americans that president biden stranded behind enemy lines. instead of spending every minute working to get them out, he put a shot clock on them saying there is only seven days left to get all americans out. our office alone has received over 6,000 requests. many of these requests are from families with multiple people seeking support. president biden has signed a death warrant for thousands of afghans who helped us and he is washing his hands of afghanistan at our peril as a nation. i do not believe this can be accomplished by august 31 and i have requested they encourage the president in the strongest possible terms to reconsider that deadlin
government s role in supporting role. the key step has come at a dramatic time. it was super early this morning in the senate, 4:00 a.m. eastern time there in washington on this crucial test vote for the democrats, $3.5 trillion safety net plan. biden add the democrats winning the party line vote. on this vote, the yas are 50. the nahs are 49. and the concurrent resolution as amended is agreed to. [ applause ] you can hear the smattering of unusual applause on the senate floor. the mix there of people being obviously quite tired, having pulled basically an all nighter to 4:00 a.m. but also some jubilation from the democrats who carried the vote. it comes hours after the senate passed something we reported on yesterday that is a big deal that would be a multiweek story by itself, something that didn t happen in the past four years, despite much talk about it. joe biden getting an infrastructure bill and getting it on a bipartisan basis. today the president saying this. i
the trump organization and its chief financial officer, allen weisselberg expected to be charged with tax crimes. people familiar with the matter tell cnn that. the manhattan district attorney s office, building a case around perks awarded to employees and whether appropriate taxes were paid on them. let s discuss now, former nixon white house counsel john dean is here. john, good evening. good to see you. it s been way too long. let s get into this. the washington post reports that the new york grand jury filed the indictments today and that they will be unsealed tomorrow afternoon. sources tell cnn allen weisselberg is expected to turn himself in tomorrow. what does this moment mean? i think what it means, don, is how effective trump s and weisselberg s lawyers have been in sort of bracing the public for the fact this was going to happen. i don t think any of us are surprised to hear it. what we don t know and i don t think the lawyers know either is what s going to be
portland, oregon, today. breaking yesterday s record of 112 degrees. to state the obvious, it should not be 115 degrees in portland. normal high temperatures at this time of the year in the city are in the low-to-mid 70s. this is not just happening in portland. oregon s capital city of salem also reached 114 degrees. seattle, washington, hit a record-breaking 107 degrees today. the weather across the pacific northwest of the united states is down right dystopian right now. like something out of a climate science fiction knowledge but a peak into the future that is made present. all this is happening because of the heat dome where high pressure in the atmosphere traps hot ocean air kind of like a lid. heat domes are not uncommon in the summer. but this one incredibly intense and vast. the kind of extreme weather event that climate change is making more and more common. the national weather service in seattle put out this straightforward warning last night. quote, with morning