also have to been trying to warn of the economic stakes that are at risk if there is the a default. one thing that is additionally coming into question by some americans is whether they have confidence in president biden s ability to handle the economy, and 35% saying they have a great deal or fair amount in how president biden can handle the economy, but it is no question that this is one of the most high stakes moments of eraf divided government as the future of the american economy could be at risk if they reach a default. no question that the economy is at risk and we will be looking for the moods as they walk out. arlette seanez, thank you. to read the facial expressions when they come out. and we are looking more into the victims of the mall killing in texas. and we are learning more about
and arlette seanez has more on this. we know that the mayor has spoken to cnn this morning and what is he saying? well, the mayor says that he has not received an explanation from the white house or secret service for why he was denied entry into the eid18thibration yesterday. he has told cn, the mayor who is muslim that he believes that the racial profiling prevented him from attending this event. typically when somebody is invited tohe, they have to submit their credentialing information into a system known as the waez system, and the mayor says that he submitted the information, but it was not until 30 minutes before he was set to arrive that he learned that he could not attend the event. this is more of what he had to say on cnn this morning. at this point, we did not receive any explanation or what happened is that i received that call as i entered d.c.
voters then about donald trump s rhetoric. we will go to white house now, and arlette seanez, we have seen the president on video today, and what do we expect from him life and in person? well, john, in a little over an hour, president biden is going to be holding the first public event since officially rolling out the presidential bid. he is expected at 12:30 to speak at a union conference here in washington, d.c., as he is looking to highlight the ties to the labor community, but it is also going to highlight the strategy of how the president is going to be deployed in the coming months. adviser say not to expect the president to be out there and the campaign trail to hold the large rallies but he says that the selling is points is for the american people to be doing the job as president. he is going to be speaking to the union event and then hosting south korean president here at the white house. a little later today, vice president kamala harris is going to be speaking at a repro
telling people who they can love. now as the campaign formally takes shape, the president is facing challenges including polling to show that the majority of the americans do not believe he should seek a second term with many saying that the concerns relate to the issue of his age. president biden and the allies believe that he has a strong record to run on, and ultimately, voters will side with him when compared to the republican alternatives. arlette seanez at the white house, and very interesting on the campaign, seeing the scenes from january 6th even before you see joe biden himself. you can tell where he is going with that. with the announcement this morning, the 2020 presidential race is entering a new phase, and the field is beginning to take shape, and taking stock of who is in and who is out, and who has yet to potentially declare. these are the candidates we know running now, and on the republican side, former president donald trump, and
answer to be and i think that you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i am running for re-election. four years ago today, joe biden announced the 2020 presidential run and four years later the resume have grown and the challenges of the country have grown as well and when you add it up now, he has spent 50-plus years in u.s. politic, and remember he first became a senator in 1972, and he is now hope for votes to help him to get four more years. we go to white house with arlette seanez who is stand by. now that he has made the announcement, what do the next few months look like? now that he has launched the re-election bid, don t expect the president to hold any large scale rallies in the immediate future, instead, they are