want somebody who s going to be a capable commander in chief. this is not oh, they don t like his style because it s a beauty pageant and they don t like what tikki picked he did not convey that he has what it takes to be the president. that s a massive problem for the country, right? well, it s good way to end this hour as we head in to what is distinctly a new phase of this presidential campaign, thanks to our panel, thanks to all of you for joining us this morning. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now the debate explosion. president biden waking up to calls to drop out of the race, one columnist rights mr. president, one what you can serve your country in 2024 is by announcing your retirement and calling on delegates to replace u. we have brand new reporting on how the president is stephen this and the first criminal charges have now been filed over the horrific failed police response to the valade school massacre with the former police ch
washington. we begin this hour with the breaking news. president biden s advisers are rejecting calls for the presumptive democratic nominee able crumbled last night. now the question is whether biden can rebuild it and 81-year-old president stumbled and stammered through much of the primetime debate on cnn. all you have to do is read some of these headlines to see how his performance has raised serious new doubts if he can remain the democrats nominee biden is toast red one fumbling performance and time to go joe to name a few the top democrat in the house says biden should not step down in an adviser tells cnn that the president plans to debate. again in september, but make no mistake last night was filled with cringeworthy moments it d be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do childcare, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system, making sure that we re able to make every single solitary person eligible for when i ve b
trump s conduct in on january 6, related to january 6 is fundamentally different to that of someone who just simply showed up to the capital engaged in violence and an obstructed the proceeding in that way, there are many pieces of evidence that they can use to tie donald trump s alleged conspiracy back to documents or to the effort to essentially delay the proceedings to obstruct them in process, all that sort of stuff. so i think there are many arguments let me made to leave those charges in, but it will require really changing the sort of evidence that they think about putting in front of the jury. so bottom line is basically a variant encouraging good day for donald trump. no question. donald trump benefits from this, from this ruling, even if it s just in the context of creating numerous issues for him to challenge the indictment, to challenge the charges before this case ever goes on in the process, delay any criminal we ll trials, which is what he s trying to do. r
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continues and it is a lot of news on cnn with wolf blitzer, the one and only in the situation room, have a good weekend happening now, president biden tries to bounce back from his struggles out there on the debate stage. holding a fiery campaign rally today. and volley to win the election. but many democrats are in panic mode right now suggesting at least privately, he should consider sinner stepping aside. i get reaction from a key house democrats. this hour also tonight, donald trump is seizing on president biden s performance and slamming him as incompetent trump team celebrating as their candidates. so many debate lies were overshadowed by president biden s troubles. this hour, we re getting a new read on how cnn s historic presidential debate played in key battleground states that could decide the election talking to voters in the pivotal swing state of pennsylvania welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. a, you re in the