President trump, but a lot of it is your partys message about joe biden. What is your focus in pitching joe biden to the nation . Our focus this week is about uniting america. Not just uniting the party, but uniting america. This is about telling everyone you have a seat at the table. We will be highlighting what we are doing to build back a better america. We will be highlighting the leadership of joe biden and Kamala Harris and this historic partnership. We will be talking about the pandemics confronting america, coronavirus, economic collapse, and our civil rights pandemic. We are going to be talking all week about how democrats are building a vision of an america that works for everyone, Building Back better. What joe biden will do. It is not just a conversation with the luminaries in the party. We are excited to have barack obama, michelle obama, and remarkable speech are speakers of that nature, but people are going to hear from ordinary people doing extraordinary things, a param
Campaign chair. We have live coverage on cspan. A little different then usual, but we are here, our whole team. We will be here all week. Our first guest is tom perez. The leader of the Democratic Party. He is also an architect for the convention. They will be here to watch the democrats officially nominate joe biden. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the convention is virtual, mostly and it will include Vice President bidens acceptance speech. You have lined up a lot of heavy hitters in the party to keep this going online. So lets talk about it. Thanks for being here. It is a pleasure to be here. It six an exciting week. Weve heard a lot about the campaign being a referendum on president trump. But this is about your message country. What is your focus in pitching Vice President biden to the nation . Mr. Perez our messages about uniting america. Not just the united uniting the Democratic Party. With had Great Success there. This is telling everyone across america you have a seat at the
Top of the hour on cnn newsroom. Im victor blackwell. And im bianna golodryga. President biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. Meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the Supreme Court has just rejected senator Lindsey Grahams request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a District Attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. The Committee Investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former President Trump to testify. The committees in discussions with President Trumps attorneys, and he has an obligation to comply and we, you know, treat this and take this very seriously we havent made determinations about the format itself but it will be done under oath, it will be done potentially over multiple days, we have significant questions based on the evidence that we developed and as i said what we know already about the extent to which
Line. Were going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. And it is said to be the largest Lottery Prize in history, 1. 6 billion is up for grabs in tonights Powerball Drawing. It is saturday, everyone. Thank you so much for waking up with this. Good morning, boris. Thanks to our producers for that reminder that the Powerball Drawing is coming up. Ive got to get my lottery tickets. Are you playing . I am now. Thanks for the reminder. Appreciate that. We begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. The candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. And the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, President Biden, and President Trump also campaigning in the state today. Republicans heading into tuesdays elections, though, with a slight edge. But millions of voters have already cast their ballots. Everything voting is up compared
And lots of snoring. Why would these kids actually sign up for this . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from new york city. Republican senator jeff flake of arizona a vocal critic of President Trump is going to sit out the next election. Why . In a blistering speech on the senate floor, he blamed the contentious tenor of politics. Sen. Flake if i have been critical, it is because i believe that it is my obligation to do so, as a matter of duty and conscience. Soledad flake joins fellow republican senator bob corker of tennessee in his decision to abandon a reelection bid all as incumbent republicans find themselves on the political hit list of former white house chief strategist steve bannon. Within the gop ranks, bannons pledge that no one is safe is being taken seriously. Joshua green spent hours interviewing steve bannon over the last six years. The result, a book called the devils bargain. Nice to have you. Joshua great to be here. Soledad trying to decide who is