2024. this is the party of trump and whether democrats understand what they are up against remains to be seen. with me to discuss eugene daniels and megan malloy, founder, and ben collins. eugene, trump just beat florida governor ron desantis 70% to 21%. desantis would hold a comfortable lead over the others if trump did not run. vanity fair says trump and desantis appear to be on a collision course as desantis explores a run of his own. cpac did a second straw poll that shows results if trump did not run. you mean, just talk to me about those dynamics, the fact that they feel they need to do two different polls. well, it shows at once they re not exactly sure what donald trump is going to do. they have no clue. he is giving them no indication, therefore kind of like the democrats in 2016 when it was like will she or won t she with hillary clinton, the will he or won t he with donald trump is making it really hard for republicans to do much of anything. it makes it so ron
announced a cash reward, a cash bounty. lieutenant governor dan patrick was ready to pay up to $1 million to anyone who could find evidence of the supposed voter fraud that president trump said had cost him the election. and this $1 million prize was not just for people in texas. it was an offer valid in all 50 states. quote, whistle-blowers and tipsters turn over their evidence to local law enforcement. anyone who provides that leads to an arrest and find conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000 but up to $1 million. wow. and wouldn t you know it, soon after texas lieutenant governor dan patrick threw that chum into the water. he got a bite. oddly, he got it from somebody who has the same job he has in a different state. the lieutenant governor in pennsylvania, john fetterman, said he had taken on the challenge frommen dan patrick and, bingo, instantly he hit pay dirt. he said he had bang-up sure-fire evidence of a instance of real voter fraud in the 2020
york city transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. and more rain hit the area overnight thanks to tropical storm elsa wreaking havoc in new york city. and out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. forecasters predict temperatures will be up to 25 degrees higher than average. this comes as california governor gavin newsom asks residents to cut water usage by 15%. the state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. joe, 100% of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. just unbelievable. it is unbelievable. it also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. why don t we go right now to meteorologist bill karins for more on the forecast. bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back weren t temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. and now it s happening again,
six months post vaccination. pfizer believes a third dose may be beneficial to maintain highest levels of protection. they didn t really offer any new studies or data. this was based on a report leaked out of israel. only a caveat and an important one that efficacy against severe illness and hospitalization remained high. hours after pfizer s statement, the cdc and fda came out with a statement essentially shooting down that assessment. a message echoed by the white house today. the cdc and fda put out a pretty clear statement last night after the announcement by pfizer, making clear that americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. she s saying at this time. a statement from the cdc and fda went a step further, taking a gentle swipe at pfizer for, well here is what they said. this process takes into account laboratory data, clinical trial data and cohort data which can include data from specific pharmaceutical companies but does not
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor of the new statesman, and ali miraj, a columnist for the article website. but would come to you both, thank you so much for being with us welcome to you both. let s start with the financial times. it says that businesses fear weeks of staffing carnage if the government delays the lifting of self isolation rules and the introduction of a lighter testing system for double jabbed to august 16th. the telegraph leads on the same story. it says that the government faces a backlash from the hospitality and arts sector, with warnings that venues risk shutdown when a single member of staff and crew test positive. the metro leads with the headline beer we go , as hospitality bosses estimate that more than 30 million pints will be sunk by fans watching the england v denmark euro 2020 semifinal. the guardian carries a front page of the sisters. it s