in a statement, white house press secretary karine jean pierre said: the white house will provide regular updates on his status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation. in the hours before testing positive, mr biden was on the campaign trail inside a restaurant, shaking hands and speaking with voters. following his diagnosis, the president was seen without a mask as he exited his motorcade and climbed the steps of air force one to return to delaware. this all comes at a perilous time for the president, with his re election bid continuing to lose support from allies. on wednesday, one of the most influential democrats in congress, adam schiff, called on biden to end his re election bid. congressman schiff said that while he believes president biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in us history, he said it was time for the president to pass the torch . mr schiffjoins 17 other house democrats who have directly called on
welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us. former rivals for the presidential nomination have been praising donald trump on the second night of the party convention. florida governor ron desantis and former us ambassador to the un nikki haley both used their speeches to give theirfull endorsement to trump. the pair had run against the former president in a bid to become the republican presidential candidate. the four day convention kicked off on monday when donald trump pickedjd vance as his running mate in november s election. nikki haley, who had previously described mr trump as unhinged and not fit to be president again, walked out to some boos from the convention crowd. she opened her speech with an endorsement for him, and called for party unity. for the sake of our nation, we have to go with donald trump. you don t have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. trump 10096 of the time to vote for him. , trump 100% of the time to vote for him. , , trump 100
united states of america. overnight, former president donald trump arriving in new jersey after an attempted assassination on his life during his rally last night in pennsylvania. trump says a bullet pierced the top of his right here as he ducked to the ground before standing back up. moments later, one rally goer was killed in the shooting, two others were critically hurt overnight. the fbi identifying suspect shoot her as 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks of bethel park pennsylvania. there is a photo of what you appears to be him dead on the roof top. investigators say crooks took position on a roof 130 yards from the podium and opened fire before being shot and killed can. we re going to show you the full unedited version of the moment shots rang out. watch. take a look at what happened get down, get down, get d down. >.[screaming] on the ready. on you. move! move. go. are we ready? we re good. shooter s down. we re clear. let s move, let s move. we r
an absolutely appalling scene on the southern border. i have also seen the video. i can t imagine when that would be appropriate. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there was good news on the covid vaccines today, something we don t get to say every day on this program. this morning pfizer and biontech announced their vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. the companies plan to apply for authorization from the federal drug administration by the end of this month. now, obviously as a parent of two kids who would be eligible for that vaccine if the fda approves, i m very invested in this. i know a lot of you are, too. we re going to talk to the former acting head of the centers for disease control and prevention about this and what it means in a bit. of course, throughout this whole year, calendar year since january basically we ve had this weird, jarring good news/bad news situation on vaccines. i mean the new
disease and mass death event in american history. today a new announcement brought some hope of potentially shielding young children from the coronavirus, that is, those hoops parents are willing. and those who believe in the vaccine. pfizer says that lower dosage of the vaccine is safe and effective for all children between the ages of five and 11. meanwhile, the administration has been taking heat from u.s. allies over its travel band, based on the vibe russ. for foreign visitors. today that policy was revoked. the white house will allow fully vaccinated for nationals to fly into our country starting in november. and as we mentioned, biden will make his debut at the un general ascend lee tomorrow. his appearance comes after that chaotic exit from afghanistan, and at a time when friends is angry at us, over our weapons deal. what you will hear the president talk about tomorrow is that we are committed to those alliances. the threat of climate, the threat of democracy, the