Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 03 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. It's the July 4th holiday week, but Mother Nature's not letting up on us. The AP's Donna Warder. There's been a heat wave in parts of California, and the July 4th holiday is expected to be even hotter. It's going to be up in the 1/10s, 1/15s and everyone's talking about it. Sacramento resident Carl Olson is choosing to hang out at the beach, and National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Jackson says the intense heat is expected to continue into next week. Even through Monday and Tuesday, we see quite a few record-height temperatures. There have been heat warnings and advisories from Kansas and Missouri to the Gulf Coast States. I'm Donna Warder. They've been hunkering down in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Barrel, the storm moving across the Caribbean Sea as a powerful Category 4. There are earlier crossing islands in the Southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. President Biden will meet with congressional leaders and Democratic governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days, pushing back against pressure for him to drop out of the race for the White House. After that disastrous debate performance last week, White House Press Secretary Corinne Jean-Pierre. We want to turn the page on this, and we want to turn the page for the American people as well, because we know that they need to see him out there. He's going to continue to be out there. He has been, and we understand how important that is. Congressman Lloyd Dogget of Texas became the first Democratic member of Congress to publicly call for President Biden to leave the race. airports expected to be packed all week long as Americans travel for the fourth. More than 70 million of us are expected to travel for the holiday, says the AAA. A French citizen arrested in Russia has pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving illegally collecting information on military issues in the country. This is AP News. Rudy Giuliani's been disbarred in New York. Donald Trump's former legal adviser Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in New York after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about the former president's 2020 election loss. An appeals court ruling came Tuesday after Trump's main mouthpiece for false claims of election fraud had already been suspended. The court said in its decision, Giuliani essentially conceded most of the facts, supporting the alleged acts of misconduct. His attorney Arthur Idalas says they put up a valiant effort to prevent disbarment but saw the writing on the wall. His spokesperson Ted Goodman calls it a politically and ideologically corrupted decision and says they will appeal. Giuliani rose from lawyer to federal prosecutor to someone once called America's mayor. Julie Walker, New York, Tesla sales have fallen despite price cuts and financing offers. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.