should see exactly what the woman who leads the united states secret service is doing right now. u.s. senators are fighting for the rest of us to learn about the security failures that led to an assassination attempt on former president donald trump. last night a group of senators were demanding answers directly from the head of the secret service who, by the way, showed up here at the rnc convention. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus live from milwaukee, wisconsin. lawmakers are still trying to figure out how a killer packing heat, ammunition, scoping materials, the like was able to get just some 150 yards from the nation s 45th president. secret service director kimberly cheatle along with f.b.i. director christopher wray briefed senators on the phone about the shooting for about 30 minutes yesterday. but somehow or another the communications went silent and the senators were not getting their answers. four of them decided to confront that chief of the
and we ll have more on that in a moment. as the season heats up, they are hitting the trail in pennsylvania this afternoon. vice president harris will speak in philadelphia in the next 2 1/2 hours or so well donald trump will speak in butler. here is a live look at the city of milwaukee which officials are prepping for the republican national convention and trump is teasing his pick for the vice presidential running mate saying it is down to the north dakota governor and senators marco rubio, jd vance and tim scott. we do have some new numbers. 24 million people watched the post natal press conference thursday. with the wind at his back he shifted his focus to trump at the friday campaign stop in detroit. he has filed bankruptcy six times. he even went bankrupt running a casino and i didn t think that was possible. and doesn t the house always win in a casino? one of the presidents allies reaffirming support same for democrats this election should be home the president is
rising temps and rising tempers, hundreds of thousands making do without power or water. a heat wave, making this a miserable summer for many as this historically hot season is also proving incredibly dangerous and a dramatic rescue after a beachgoer is swept out to sea in a floating ring a tanker comes to her rescue, 50 miles offshore are following these major developing stories prison many more all coming in right here to cnn news central so any minute now, president biden will leave the white house for the battleground state of michigan, as he is pushing forward with his campaign despite increasing calls for him to quit the race. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries met privately with the president last night to discuss concerns about biden s viability at the top of the ticket. but cnn is learning that jeffries did not offer biden his endorsement in that meeting? right now, 18 congressional lawmakers are publicly saying president biden should step aside. and as bi
night s news conference with president biden as he pushed just forward with his reelection campaign. today in the must-win state of michigan plus no power, no water. but plenty of heat. an even more for ration, hundreds of thousands of texans waiting for electricity as anger of the utility companies is growing. so is concerned about what the future might look like texas pours more money into the same industry fueling this crisis and their wedding. and then there s the celebration happening in india this weekend, months in the making for a family only worth billions of dollars. we will dive into the details of this opulent star-studded affair. we re following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news we are following new developments as president biden is intensifying his fight to stay in the race for the white house. while the list of lawmakers in his own party were publicly calling on him to step aside continues to grow. congressman mike levin of cal
while she battles breast cancer. bill: we re watching it. cb cotton. thank you for that. dana: fox news alert and another day, another defection at this hour 17 lawmakers are calling on president biden to drop his bid for a second term. cnn is reporting that obama and pelosi are working behind the scenes to build an off ramp for biden and the white house working overtime on damage control. more defections are expected in the coming hours of days. welcome to america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. democrats support for the president bleeding out after that high-stakes news conference we all watched last evening. the president, however, says he is not going anywhere despite a growing chorus of lawmakers in his own party saying he should bow out. i don t know what his aides are telling him. he is in a very tough spot right now to win this election. if they aren t telling him that they are doing a disservice to them. i gave them more