Dana democrats kicking off their Convention Tonight at United Center in chicago. Just four weeks ago President Biden was ready to accept the partys nomination himself but tonight, his role looks different as he officially passes the torch to Vice President harris as the Partys President ial nominee. What a turn of events it has been. Welcome to a Brandnew Hour of americas newsroom. Im dana perino. Bill 24hour whiplash and im bill hemmer, good to have you along for the ride in chicago. Harris rise to the top of the ticket leaving voters with a big question is the convention gets underway here to help are left will she go . If the democratic party is any indication, we were given a preview of Last Night. Antiisrael protesters outside the dnc calling harris Killer Kamala. Dana another Group Calling for the product, a slogan to endorse Terrorism And Violence against jews around the world. Bill and israeli abortion calling the Vice President harris a baby killer. Dana that is not the half o
Enter a closed Door Meeting on the future of Joe Biden as their nominee. Things could get messy or not and very interesting for sure. Well take you there live moments from now. Off we go. Waiting for this day. It is here. Dana i feel every day is a Big Day lately. Im dana perino. Ill say one thing. At least it is interesting. Axios calling it a Make Or Break day for President Biden. So far six House Democrats have publicly urged him to exit the race. It could increase as the caucus holds its first meeting since the president s disastrous debate. I think he should step aside. I think it has become clear he is not the best person to carry the democratic message. Take a step back. Look at what is best for The Party, what is best for the country. What happens . Personally, i think Kamala Harris would be a much better, stronger candidate. Bill thats Adam Smith from washington state. The journalists accusing the White House of a lack of transparency in regard in a neurologist who visited the
Were joined next five Susan Crabtree which is white house national political correspondent for real clear politics. Good morning susan. Good morning bill. Host its been a busy time for the president overseas, returning midweek but a busy week domestically at least certainly on the things that hes interested re in. The infrastructure proposals in congress and the vote, the preliminary vote on the senate on voting rights. Tell us about his week ahead. Guest its back to basics at the white house. The more basic, less glamorous job of legislation. When lawmakers left town there was significant progress being made on bipartisan progress being made on three different things. Infrastructure as you mentioned, voting rights and the police reform bill. We have a Meeting Today with the white house, president biden meeting rswith financial regulators. We dont know too much other than it will focus on regulatory priorities including financial Risk And Agency action. Then on wednesday theres an inte
Bill in is the quote that strikes you. The border is secure. The border is closed. I dont know how you rate that based on what we are reporting so far. That doesnt seem to match up with reality. There has been very little, if any, access the media has been held out from it. The pictures you just saw from a Democratic Congress member whose district spans that area of texas. Dana well talk to local mayors on the front lines. The numbers are staggering. Officials are encountering close to 600 unaccompanied minors every day. As of saturday 1,000 kids have been held by Border Patrol for more than 10 days. The Biden Administration says the situation is being handled but republicans call it a free for all. Are you thinking of going to the border . I will at some time. I know whats going on in those facilities. The border is secure. The border is closed. Weve been unequivocal in that and were operationalizing our processes, executing our plans. The border is wide open. There are reports now th
George authority snapping a mug shot of donald trump and his campaign is already fundraising off of it. Part of his arrest last may for trying to overturn the Georgia Election results. They are reacting this morning on fox friends. Its disgraceful, the idea was seeing a mug shot of a 77yearold former president , how did we get to this point . We cannot turn into a Banana Republic with a used police force to indict and invest its political opponents in the middle above election. That is not how we do it in the United States of america. Is the fourth arrest, his legal dance card ending up fast and that could complicate his ability to campaign. Brian has the latest for brian . Good morning, former President Donald Trump entered and exited the gel behind me in just 22 minutes. He was arrested and then released on a 200 bond but not before posing for the first mug shot ever taken by u. S. President. Here he is again, mr. Trump scowling at the camera, he had a Inmate Number and he had 63, 22