Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. We are following two major stories tonight. We are getting our first look at the latest Fox News Polling on the president ial Race Vice President Kamala Harris up 2 points over former President Donald Trump. No news may be good news for the former president. Bad news for the Vice President. The Teamsters Union is refusing to endorse either one of the candidates tonight. Normally thats a given for the democratic nominee. But first up those polls we mentioned. Harris as 50 to 489 advantage among registered and likely voters. That is the same 2point Lead Hillary Clinton enjoyed at thiS Point in the 2016 campaign. The top issue for voters . The u. S. Economy by more than a 2 to 1 margin. Immigration comes in second. Abortion third. Former President Trump has a 10 Point Trust Advantage on immigration. He is up 5 now on the economy. Vice president leads by 16 on the issue of abortion. We have Fox Team Conch tonight. Peter doocy is at t
the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the deadly outbreak of tornadoes that ripped across much of the south and midwest beginning yesterday afternoon. just over the last few hours, the death toll has more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by the storms and all more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states, at least 12 of those tornadoes. were reported in arkansas state of emergency is in place in the hardest hit areas, including when the devastated arkansas town that you re seeing right there. cnn s derek van dam is with the latest from arkansas. jim. i was just talking to my crew a moment ago , and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of that building just in front of us here. we have el
and i went into know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i m not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent s youth and inexperience. jesse: but nowadays they will lead to just about anybody run for office, you don t even have to be that good looking or have a catchy slogan or even have a good idea. you don t even have to have ever been successful in your life and anything. all you have to do if you want the hispanic vote is due the mmacarena. but if you can t dance like hillary or no one really wants to hear you talk at coming to just go to plan b, you just whip out your phone and play sound d esposito. one thing to say, hang on here. [despacita playing] jesse: example number one, katie hobbs running against carrie lane for governor in arizona, a state where about one-third of the population is hispanic, and may not be a spanish name, but her it s close enough. what have you learned specifically learned from the latino com
the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [applause] the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci. christopher ray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we cannot ask those questions until we elect our speaker. under speaker pelosi was a full-time committee to harass the previous president, to advocate for wage, social issues which the oversight committee had absolutely no jurisdiction and committee totally uninterested in the american taxpayer. in a republican
Mr. Speaker mr. Speaker, you may agree with this, but we are back here 22 days into this republican manufactured chaos and House Republicans have brought us to the exact same position that we were back then. All of the infighting, all of the disarray, just to end up where we were three weeks ago. These past few weeks we have been left wondering if republicans were truly intent on solving our issues, reopening the house of representatives and rallying around someone to lead this chamber, or has this been about Something Else . Has this been about a focus of House Republicans to find the person who can pass their extreme litmus test to oppose marriage equality, enact a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions, gut Social Security and medicare, and support overturning a free and fair election. Its a fair question. Its a fair question. [ applause ] nowhere nowhere in that Candidate Questionnaire is it about growing the middle class, helping our communities, keeping the cost of Health Car