President Kamala Harris to speak together at a Labor Day Rally in the key Battleground State of Pennsylvania President stepping up his new role as a top Paris Campaign surrogate also this hour, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing hamas will pay a heavy we price after the bodies of six hostages were recovered In Gaza. And hes asking for forgiveness amid huge protests over his failure to secure a hostage release deal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the race for the White House we begin with the race for the White House as Labor Day, marks, the unofficial kickoff to the final sprint to Election Day. Were standing by for Kamala Harris to make her pitch to Working Class Voters in pittsburgh with a high profile assist from president Joe Biden, cnns kayla tausche. She is on the ground for us and joins us now, kayla, pennsylvania is a mustwin for K
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
We have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much, the risk is not doing enough. We heard from the president there just moments after the latest briefing from his new Covid Health Care team. The encouraging news from that briefing is there is a third vaccine now on the horizon. Dr. Anthony fauci says the data on this Johnson Johnson single dose vaccine is encouraging. Dr. Fauci says americans should not be skeptical of a reported 56 effective rate. Getting shots in arms is taking on even greater urgency now because of the growing number of variants or mutations. Dr. Fauci says it will require onthefly adjustments to keep up with the new mutations. The briefings are Night And Day from the previous administration. Science dominates. This was interesting, too. A clear effort by the Democratic White House to include republican governors as it prays states that are doing a better job of getting vaccines off the shelf and into their residents. I want to call out seven states t
In which you start to see efficacy anywhere from seven to ten days following the first and only shot. It is very, very good with regard to cold chain requirements, requiring only a refrigerator. It is inexpensive, and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. While the White House Task force is focused on the Vaccination Piece of this pandemic, President Biden is working today to help americans suffering financially. He is urging republicans to get on board with his 1. 9 trillion Relief Package. So the choice couldnt be clearer. We have learned from past crises the risk is not doing too much. The risk is not doing enough. The congress isnt just divided over the relief bill. The Republican Party is showing more signs of fracture as former preponderance of the evidence donald trump seems to be keeping a firm grip on a number of people in the party, and well dive into that in just a little bit. First, Johnson Johnsons new singleshot vaccine, its advantages and dis