Giving conflicting answers about not only his own policy on abortion even how he personally plans to vote on abortion rights measures in his adopted home state of florida this fall. We will set it all straight ahead. According to the cdc, we are in the middle of the largest to wave in two years. I will speak to the doctor ala stafford about how to stay safe and about her work in the biden administration and her personal fight for justice. Good morning. It good morning. It is saturday august 31st. 66 days until election day. This morning, i have joy s georgia on my mind, which is crucial for how this is playing out both in that state and nationally. Georgia, a decidedly red state did not get much attention in presidential politics. It was won easily from republicans from bob dole to donald trump. But in 2020, joe biden broke that streak, winning georgia, but by eight tiny 0. 2% margin. And now, this election cycle, george s back in play as a swing state. It s back as the target of misch
Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
Thats to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable. At home, another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and waken our sacred institutions. Richard, which are the reasons who have not stood up yet, who served in the Trump Administration, who could actually make a difference in terms of persuading those very few, unpersuadable voters who are left . And do you expect any more of them to stand up between now and november . I mean, theres the former Vice President who has, shall we say, a certain physical and political incentive to stand up, given how he was do you think hes going to do it . No. Look, i think if people were going to stand up, theyve had now, shall we say, several years to do it. Several people simply have not. Disagree with me or not, but how much of a difference will it make . Its certainly not going to shake trumps base. Im not sure many of thes
Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news. Shes out. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene has officially been removed from both the education and budget committees. Those Key Committees. But only 11 republicans made a move for her to lose that position. Only 11 Republicans Holding her accountable for her fringe Conspiracy Theories and dangerous rhetoric. These 11 include Adam Kinzinger and brian fitzpatrick. They joined 219 democrats who Vote Today Strip Greene from her assignments object the education and budget committees. Let me just do the math for you. What that means is that 199 republicans looked the other way when it came to punishing greene for her bigoted and deranged comments and views. They represent nearly every state. They include Kevin Mccarthy and liz cheney, the number three House Republican. These elected officials gave greene and these comments their stamp of approval. The socalled plane that crashed into the pentagon, its odd, there is never any evidence
Authorization for Emergency Use. That means options when it comes to vaccinations. Thats good. At the same time, republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene is holding her own News Conference one day after she was kicked off her Committee Assignments for supporting over years violent rhetoric, dangerous disinformation. We begin with the economic news. Christine romans, 49,000 or so new jobs. Yesterday we had nearly 800,000 new unemployment claims. Do the math for us there. Where does it stand in terms of all these lost jobs . Theres no historical precedent for this. You had 14. 8 Million People who told the government this month that they didnt have a job to go back to. The business they worked for was closed or was barely open but not allowed to give them hours. And a quarter of the people working say theyre working from home. The virus has completely changed what is usually a dynamic labor force. This 49,000 jobs created was mostly in professional business services, going back to