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>> target is in the spotlight now. >> register every voter that comes into target. register them. if youre in a state with a strict voter id law, figure out how to get that voter id. they have enormous footprints. rather than putting money into little states which is what these places are becoming, put the money into all the ways that help every day citizens, your employees, your customers, be lifted in our democracy. there are so many people purged. that will help get them back on the...

was, as predicted by some, overshadowed by technical glitches. >> also new overnight, americas credit rating is at risk. a key rating agency now put the u.s. on watch. the one week to go until a possible default. and house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to send house members home for the weekend with no deal. >> meanwhile, u.s. intelligence is indicating that a ukrainian group may have been behind that recent drone attack on the kremlin. officials picking up chatter of ukrainians blamin...

i dont drink coffee at all. tastes like a puddle. i cant do it. >> thats because youre not drinking it correctly. you have to prepare it a certain way and with creamers. >> thats not coffee anymore. >> no. >> all right. at least 23 people are dead after russia unleashed a deadly attack on ukrainian civilians. our cnn team is live at the scene where rescue efforts are continue this morning. >> more than 50,000 people have left sudan after fighting broke out there just a couple weeks a...

both be president i think is really a little bit ofirish malarkey [ applause ] >> the history and hope and the heartbreak my ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to gain new life in america. i said all this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my familys journey and those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish-american families. and these stories are the very heart ...

going to feel when president biden signs it next week. and author salman rushdie, attacked on stage and air lifted to the hospital. well tell you what we know about his condition this morning. and inflation is cooling, gas prices are dropping, but the cost of other items remains painfully high. what the new numbers say about the current state of the economy. ♪ welcome to your weekend. its saturday, august 13th. we are grateful to be with you. good morning, amara. >> good mornin...

testing. its going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen schools safely. last week i directed all states, tribes and territories to make all adults eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. while this is a time of optimism, its not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part. wash your hands, stay socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc and get vaccinated when its your turn. none of this is political. its all science ba...

Just a year ago. and yesterday we got a report from the university of michigan that shows consumers for the second month in a row are a bit more confident about prices. but to be clear, confidence remains near record lows. so, what is all this say about the state of the u.s. economy and where its going? thats what i want to know. for that im joined now by the u.s. chief economist at s&p global. good morning to you, beth. thank you so much for joining us. lets start with consumer confidence. what...

Approval for doing an intelligence collection like running an espionage operation is not the same as getting the policy approval for a covert action which is a policy measure. because this was presented as a matters of intelligence collection it circumvented the usual covert action approveal procedures and circumvented the secretary of state. >> did go through the proper procedures for being an intelligence collection measure? >> those procedures are very simple. the intelligence agency decides ...