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
The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
Doing as Voter Fraud Misinformation Spread despite repeated requests from political professionals, and cnn has the receipts. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Any moment were told President Biden will lay out a plan to combat a nationwide surge in Violent Crime across the United States homicide rates are up. This year there have been 296 mass shootings, nearly 9,500 gun violence deaths, all higher than at this time last year. And 2020 had to have been the deadliest gun violence year in decades. Making matters worse, local authorities are now warning of a brutal summer of killing, that it could lie ahead. Now, President Biden were told will call on congress and use Executive Action to try to propose measures to curb gun violence. He says he has a fivepoint plan. Lets get right to Cnns Phil Mattingly who is live for us from the white house. The president has failed to be able to get congress to act on Gun Legislation such as universal Background Checks before. What makes him think thi
Doing as Voter Fraud Misinformation Spread despite repeated requests from political professionals, and cnn has the receipts. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Any moment were told President Biden will lay out a plan to combat a nationwide surge in Violent Crime across the United States homicide rates are up. This year there have been 296 mass shootings, nearly 9,500 gun violence deaths, all higher than at this time last year. And 2020 had to have been the deadliest gun violence year in decades. Making matters worse, local authorities are now warning of a brutal summer of killing, that it could lie ahead. Now, President Biden were told will call on congress and use Executive Action to try to propose measures to curb gun violence. He says he has a fivepoint plan. Lets get right to Cnns Phil Mattingly who is live for us from the white house. The president has failed to be able to get congress to act on Gun Legislation such as universal Background Checks before. What makes him think thi
Doing as Voter Fraud Misinformation Spread despite repeated requests from political professionals, and cnn has the receipts. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Any moment were told President Biden will lay out a plan to combat a nationwide surge in Violent Crime across the United States homicide rates are up. This year there have been 296 mass shootings, nearly 9,500 gun violence deaths, all higher than at this time last year. And 2020 had to have been the deadliest gun violence year in decades. Making matters worse, local authorities are now warning of a brutal summer of killing, that it could lie ahead. Now, President Biden were told will call on congress and use Executive Action to try to propose measures to curb gun violence. He says he has a fivepoint plan. Lets get right to Cnns Phil Mattingly who is live for us from the white house. The president has failed to be able to get congress to act on Gun Legislation such as universal Background Checks before. What makes him think thi