S is it is saturday. I hope you are just waking up and starting your morning off calmly and slowly. The death toll in hawaii rises to at least 80 people after a devastating wildfire. And as a grim reality sets in for survivors, some are question ing the states response before and how much was done to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat up. The Justice Department elevates the u. S. Attorney investigating his case to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. Republican president ial candidates descend on iowa. Today all eyes will be on the ah state fair as donald trump and ron desantis go head to head. Well have the latest as the candidates make their pitch to voters ahead of the crucial and critical Iowa Caucuses and the first president ial debate. And get ready for an Out Of This World show in the sky as a Meteor Shower is about to rain down. Well tell you when to look up. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. Good to be here. Were going to begin wit
plus this. and the oscar goes to navowni. that is well deserved as it gets. cnn s documentary on alexei navalny who is in prison in russia took home an oscar last night. the director will join us live to talk about this moment. what it means for alexei navalny, putin s jailed critic. we do begin, though, with the biden administration trying to prevent financial contagion after two banks failed back to back in the last three days. a live look now at the white house, where the president will speak this morning as the federal government takes emergency action. silicon valley bank collapsed on friday, it became the largest u.s. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. regulators also shut down signature bank based here in new york. we learned about that late last night. they said signature bank was on the brink of collapse and threatened the broader banking system. so at the direction of the president and the treasury secretary, the fdic is now stepping in. they ar
santos. quoting from the congressman s statement, with the ongoing attention surrounding my personal and campaign financial investigations i have submitted a request to speaker mccarthy i be temporarily recused of committee assignments until i am cleared. he has been disowned by his own republican leadership for lying to them. he says he expects to be fully cleared. why you might ask does he think that? because, and these are his own words, i have nothing to hide. it wasn t even true when he said it. when asked which network he had done an interview with he refused to say. it was oan. he promised the interview would be fun and comprehensive. fun, we will leave it up to you. but in the 12-minute clip the network posted late today the congressman who lied about his religion, education, ancestors and career, criminal charges, athletic accomplishments and more was far from comprehensive. in those 12 minutes released he wasn t asked about specific lies and admitted none of that
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what he said, sometimes you have to sell your lunch to pay for your dinner, and the gentlemen you interviewed who said, i m just a toy store owner, i m not an economist, you know, that s real. that s the real stuff. yeah. the kid the 6-year-old, my gosh, that ran to him to try to help him. this is what a lot of these companies are going through. but they re going to be okay, thanks to this morning, the government stepping in. meantime, former vice president mike pence made his strongest comments yet at this dinner in d.c. over the weekend about former president donald trump s role in the january 6th attack. how the former running mates back and forth could affect 2024. former maryland governor larry hogan just announced that he ll be watching the race from the sidelines. he s here in studio to talk about that and a lot more. a let s dig in day. mm. .a chow down day. a takake a big bite day. a perfectly delicious day. - mm. [ chuckles ] - .a love my new teeth day.