Possibly only president ial debate. Hours away from that moment that could make or break either campaign. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill good morning to you, right . Im bill hemmer. The day is here finally, right . Tonights debate giving the candidates their best shot yet now to make the case for leading the country over the next four years talking directly to the american people. Tens of millions who will watch tonight. Only eight weeks now before election day. Only days ahead of some early voting in these states. Their Battleground States, too. Both candidates hoping to move the needle for those small number of undecideds in the key battlegrounds where the race for the White House remains a tossup. Dana for harris especially this moment is very important. It will be one of the few times this Election Cycle she has answered questions. Kellyanne conway on what that means for tonight. There is no unplowed ground left for Donald Trump. We have seen and h
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
not alone. gop governors from oklahoma, south dakota, florida, virginia, georgia, utah and more telling the federal government don t mess with texas in their battle to combat the border crisis. now a deal on border security could be unraveling as former president donald trump is apparently meddling. why utah republican senator mitt romney says that is appalling. we ll ask texas republican congressman chip roy where all of this could be going. welcome, everyone. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to matt finn in eagle pass with the very latest on this building soap opera. matt? hi, neil. as you can see behind me, texas razor wire remains untouched. not far in the distance, texas national guard is installing more razor wire. right now the state attorney general ken paxon does not have a plan to go with the federal government. the supreme court went with the biden administration that prohibited biden s border agents from touching razor wire in shelby park. the adm
hello and thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my friend and colleague jose diaz-balart, reporting from miami today. and welcome to the start of a monumental day. in just a few hours, donald trump will become the first former president to ever enter a plea in a federal courthouse. a grand jury voted to indict the 45th commander in chief with 37 counts relating to his handling of classified documents at his alleged obstruction of justice. now, trump has repeatedly stated he plans to enter a not guilty plea. and he will be presumed innocent just like any other american citizen. this won t be like any other trial. no other trial. outside doral, trump supporters and protesters made their voices heard. and on the campaign trail, the current front-runner for the republican nomination is starting to take criticism from his own party. if this indictment is true, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. how a
rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbc s richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about what s happening on the ground there. reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, the head of ukrainian intelligence earlier today said the russian offensive appears to be of such low quality that some field commanders don t even know that it has begun, that there has been intense activity from the russian side around bakhmut where we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks, but that in other areas, the russians are running so low on ammunition on artillery shells they are now in an ammunition conservation mode. so, yes, they are still able to launch rockets at unde