right now on cnn this morning the rematch is on joe biden and donald trump clinching their respective nominations as the country prepares for the most grueling, longest presidential campaign. general election ever vladimir putin declaring russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons after the white house announces a new military aid package for ukraine and the house set to vote on a bill that could effectively ban tiktok. but can it pass for donald trump? said he s against it? all right, 05:00 a.m. on the east coast. live. look at lady liberty pretty on this wednesday morning beautiful. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. wonderful to have you with us. are you ready for the rematch after last night s primary wins, cnn projects, president biden and donald trump have clinched their respective party nominations, setting up the longest general election jin presidential campaign ever. both candidates quickly releasing videos to try and spread the news. we re not going to ta
the president has expressed full faith and confidence in me. fit for duty, the white house doctor releases his assessment of president biden calling him a healthy, active and robust 81-year-old. the one test he didn t have done. and why. more money, more problems, a judge refuses to halt donald trump s nearly half billion dollar fraud penalty. leaving him less than a month to pay the money or secure what he calls an impossible bond. plus, the largest wildfire in texas history grossed more than 1 million acres and counting. how people in one town covered in ash are talking about rebuilding. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin on capitol hill where they push defense secretary lloyd austin for answers on his failure to disclose his secret hospital stay last month. nbc s courtney kube joins us now. how did the secretary defend himself? reporter: well, he did make the point over and over, that despite his hospitalization, despite
meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and scorched earth in texas. very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. one of them burning three acres every second hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with president biden over at the walter reed medical center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. that s where he s currently getting his annual physical exam. this likely will be the last public update on his health before the november presidential election. president biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. his age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. see you then, white house correspondent arlette saenz and dr. jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. dr. reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the george washington u
dramatic new video at the rust trial, what the armorer told police about alec baldwin and about loading the gun before a deadly shooting. and a hospital visit reviving concerns about pope francis. what we know about the health of the 87-year-old pontiff. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that big breaking news about mitch mcconnell. nbc s garrett haake is reporting from capitol hill so you ve had a little bit of time to gauge reaction. what are you hearing from folks? reporter: the word consequential keeps coming up here, whether you liked mitch mcconnell or hated him, and the opinions certainly span that spectrum on capitol hill. no one in either party can deny the enormous effect he s had not just on this institution but also on the judiciary and the supreme court, which he almost single handedly help donald trump remake by holding up the appointment of merrick garland back in 2015 now, 2016. his legacy here will be len
(The Center Square) – The wildfires that destroyed more than 1.2 million acres in the panhandle earlier this year are likely to be the costliest in state history.