Washington Today (8-31-23): President Biden approves FL disaster declaration after Hurricane Idalia

President Joe Biden approves a major disaster declaration in Florida to making federal money available for the cleanup and recovery after Hurricane Idalia. We will get the latest from the president at FEMA headquarters in Washington and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in Tallahassee, and from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) about damage in his state. Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in that state, opting out of an in-person arraignment that would have happened next week. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) rules out calling a special legislative session to impeach District Attorney Fani Willis, as Donald Trump and his allies have been calling for. The U.S. Capitol physician says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is medically cleared to continue working after yesterday's incident in which Sen. McConnell stopped speaking while answering reporter's question, saying "Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration." Today is the two-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. We get perspectives from Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Pentagon Press Secretary, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. Department of Health & Human Services recommends marijuana be reclassified federally from Schedule I to Schedule III. We will talk about what that means for law enforcement and the legal cannabis industry in many states with Politico federal cannabis policy reporter Natalie Fertig. (28) Emotions in Tennessee run high as a special legislative session ended this week without the major gun violence prevention legislation Democrats wanted, but the republican majority did not. We will get analysis from Tennessean newspaper state government and politics reporter Melissa Brown. (37) Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ #cspan