House. Surprised to learn there were any government records taken there to that office. He sees it serious very seriously when it comes to taking classified documents and information. Im not going to go beyond what the president laid out. He does not know whats in them. I would refer you to the white house counsels office. We want to respect the process and so thats what im going to do, im going to refer you to the Department Of Justice. And welcome back as America Reports rolls into hour two on this friday afternoon, im sandra smith. John im john roberts. Seems to be a contradiction between what the president said and did, that he takes classified documents seriously, but they were in a garage next to his corvette. Reporters are more frustrated as the Press Secretary Dodges Question after question after question, you get it, on the matter. Sandra and we heard it over again, the Press Secretary defers all the questions to the Department Of Justice but we are not getting much from the d
past 18 months over the course of the biden presidency so far. that came from the heritage foundation from analysts there that compares it to what is basically taking the titanic into an iceberg. art laffer, the economist that helped turn around this ship under reagan said this in reaction to this report. this inflation number is accelerating. it s not toning down or topping out. brit hume joins us in moments on the political blowback for president biden and what that looks like as we head to the mid-term. first, let s bring in jackie deangelis and mark tepper. thanks for being here. $6,800, jackie, is the bite that s been taken out of people s income if you have mom and dad both working in the home. how does this shape up? first, it was 3,500 and then $5,000 and now it s $6,800. it keeps going on. my biggest problem today even though they re trying to explain it away saying it s backward looking, that doesn t mean it didn t have an impact on people. they re paying more
Blamed for a deadly outbreak of cholera in haiti. Lawyers file a lawsuit against the United Nations. [ technical difficulties ] and getting out of their cars and on to their bicycles. Hello, we begin this news hour with the latest developments from syria, and the program to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons. There has been a rare briefing by the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons at the hague. The opcw is in charge of dismantling the stockpile. Lets first take a look at some of the highlights of the briefing. Cur recollectly there are 19 weapons inspectors working in damascus and its suburbs. Another 12 will be deployed. Since beginning their work on sunday the experts have visited one site already and have 20 more to inspect. They have about nine months to carry the work out. And thats not going to be an easy task but one that can certainly be achieved. The corporation has been quite constructive, and i will say that the syrian authori
Hope. Both sides appear to be open to temporary end to the shutdown and a shortterm debt ceiling x extension. Libby casey joins us live now on capitol hill. Lineby president obama suggesting that he would be open to the possible deal. How is being received and what reaction can we expect . Asking about democrats is a good place to start because both house and Senate Democrats would like to see a longer deal cut, and they would like to see the debt ceiling raised not just in a piecemeal fashion but for over a year because that would get it off the table through midterm elections. And a lot of them are pointing to majority leader in the senate. And here what he had to say today. Lets reopen the government. Speaker boehner could end this Government Shutdown today, an hour from now by letting the house, entire house vote on the senates clean bill to reopen the government. When the speaker is on national tv and other places saying we dont have the votes, he never he will never know because
Murder. Reporter covering the news in europe. Including the angry response to the european chiefs visit to lamedusa where hundreds of my grants were killed. I do not really think that these elections are free or fair. Reporter claims of vote rigging as azerbaijans president sets for reelection. The head of the Global Chemical weapons watch daughter has called for a ceasefire to meet the deadlines. We have more from the hague. Reporter in the hague, the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, this is the first progression report from syria. Its we are at the beginning at a difficult process. There are significant challenges. Can you tell us something about the interaction between your officials and those of the Syrian Government . What is the nature of the dialogue and the contact that youre having for the Syrian Government . Reporter the corporation has been quite cooperative. Reporter the inspectors are being reinforced by a further 12. Its a small team and w