at the pentagon when it was attacked on this day 20 years ago. he s now a fox news senior strategic analyst. general, welcome. good to see you as usual. so looking 20 years back, and having experience so intensely of that day and reflecting on it, what are the lessons you draw for american national security from that day s attacks and our response? yeah, they are pretty profound, and certainly the 9/11 commission as a result of that tragic day helped us too to bring some of these things into focus, most notably is our intelligence system failed us miserably, and we know now that the cia and the fbi really weren t talking to each other the way they should be because there were plenty of signs that an attack was imminent. they also had some chatter to that, but the specificity that they were hearing in the country certainly and preparing themselves for that attack slipped through. that was tragic. the other thing is that really the principle of taking the fight to them and st
expanding the nation s safety social net. it would be targeting climate change, education, health care and more. this latest win for the president comes hours after the senate also approved the long-negotiated bipartisan infrastructure bill. more on that in just a moment. there are also several new developments on the pandemic. texas governor greg abbott suffering a major legal setback after two judges ruled that school districts can require students to wear masks in class, at least temporarily. a new national study shows a majority of american parents support mask mandates in schools for the unvaccinated, but more than half of the parents polled say they are against schools mandating vaccines. let s get to it, starting with the overnight drama in washington. president biden s agenda getting a big boost today. cnn s manu raju is live on capitol hill. cnn s john harwood is live at the white house. manu, what is the path forward now after passing the infrastructure bill and t
are hospitalized with covid right now than in the state s previous peak back in july of 2020. also this hour, the legislative victory lap for democrats continues. senate democrats just passing that $3.5 trillion budget overnight. passed along party lines, above other things it will expand medicare eligibility. we re also watching this podium because we expect to see and hear from senate majority leader chuck schumer about it. remember the once promising negotiations on a police reform bill? we just got a new interview with a key negotiator. so what s the hold up? we ll explain in a few moments. we start with a surge in covid cases across the country. shannon pettymiss is there. dasha burns is in east tennessee, and there are already dozens of positive cases among students and staff. alison barber is in a state that has just run out of icu beds. and i want to bring in a doctor. a big thanks to all of you, shannon let s start with you. 15 minutes or so from now president bide l
and early noughties. now this comes hot the heels of dissapointing china trade data on tuesday showing exports sank at their fastest rate since the pandemic. global demand for chinese made goods is falling, down more than 14% in the year tojuly. but domestic demand is down too with imports also falling by more than 12% in the same period. joining me now is janet mui, head of market analysis, rbc brewin dolphin where is this deflation coming from? good morning, thanks for having me. so, this deflation data is mostly coming from food. and also commodities prices like raw materials, energy etc. actually, if you look at the underlying deflation, things like services and tourism and leisure, hotels. actually, they are up, the core inflation is up from 0.4% to 0.8%. but obviously, it s still pretty muted. overall, it is a concern that china prices are contracting and it could be lasting for a while as well. ., ~ , , could be lasting for a while as well. ., ~ , , ., ., , well
administration s voice on the world stage. at the time he called her a proven deal maker and touted her joining his team. now she s the one candidate posing possible peril for trump and he s arguing she s so liberal no republican should pick her. we have an opportunity to get this right. i don t know that she s a democrat, but she s close. i trust you. i trust every single one of you. you know how to do this. you know iowa starts it. you know you correct it. she s far too close for you. trump s campaign is piling money into those attacks. he started paid ad weeks ago turning to personal attacks. trump s allies claim this race is over. beltway pundits repeat that same false narrative. the truth is new hampshire is where some campaigns take off and we re early in the process. candidates who lose iowa can find their footing in new hampshire. trump knows that because in his first run it was he, then candidate trump in 2016, who lost iowa and joined the comeback traditio