What does president obama think of this recount . Is poor of both Henry Clinton in jill stein it to do this in the last few weeks of president obamas administration. Said after the election that it is over and that donald trump will be the next president and that democrats need to focus on the reality of where we are. Are they wrong to do the recount . Nothat democrats are conducted are not leading the recount. It was started by the green party. But Hillary Clinton and her campaign are joining in. I do not think anyone thinks will be profound changes. The focus right now has to be on doing everything that we can to address the real issues facing the working families of this country. What will change in the Democratic Party . Is it time for the clintons to just move on . We do not have to make this personal. She has served this country for 25 years. She got 2 million more votes than he did in the general election. The real issue i think that is facing the Democratic Party is to assess w
What does president obama think of this recount . Is poor of both Henry Clinton in jill stein it to do this in the last few weeks of president obamas administration. Said after the election that it is over and that donald trump will be the next president and that democrats need to focus on the reality of where we are. Are they wrong to do the recount . Nothat democrats are conducted are not leading the recount. It was started by the green party. But Hillary Clinton and her campaign are joining in. I do not think anyone thinks will be profound changes. The focus right now has to be on doing everything that we can to address the real issues facing the working families of this country. What will change in the Democratic Party . Is it time for the clintons to just move on . We do not have to make this personal. She has served this country for 25 years. She got 2 million more votes than he did in the general election. The real issue i think that is facing the Democratic Party is to assess w
Witnesses say they saw a truck driver slam his vehicle into a crowd of revelers celebrating the French National holiday bastille day in the french city. Others describe bodies on the promenade everywhere. The driver of the truck was reportedly killed. The city of nice immediately put in place its antiterror claus calling for everybody to shelter in place. Nobody has taken responsibility so far for this attack. U. S. Officials say they are monitoring and president obama has been briefed on the situation. Again, at this hour, no official word on a motive or who is behind this. Live in new york, im elizabeth hur, abc news. Thank you, elizabeth. Stay with abc news for the latest os then story. Get breaking news any time with the abc news app enable push alert. Breaking news after weeks of speculation, donald trump has picked his running mate, indiana governor mike pence, and before becoming governor he served in the congress for six terms, a socialist they believe would help unify the part
President obama has been briefed and u. S. Officials are monitoring the situation. At this time no official word on a motive or who is behind this. Abc news new york. Heres a look paper the horror in nice. This years event will be more somber. We will play the National Anthem tonight and well take a moment to pray and think about everybody thats suffering at this time. Police contacted organizer to ensure they knew about the attack and asked to be called immediately for anything out of the ordinary. Irish bank tloes an enormous party every year. Just hours ago donald trump defeated hes postponing tomorrows scheduled announcement of his running mate because of the deadly attack in nice. Hes picked mike pence for the vp spot. We are joined live now with local reaction to the choice. Laura. Reporter mike pence did spark controversy last year when he signed a religious freedom bill in indiana that opened the door for discrimination against same sex couples but since then hes been quiet and
Defeat before the summer olympic games. Today the World Antidoping Agency released a report on claims of doping by the russians during the 2014 games in sochi. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin with the search for answers in baton rouge, louisiana, following the shooting deaths of three Police Officers. The scene where the confrontation took place has been reopened after being washed down by authorities. They are now looking into the life of the 29yearold former marine from kansas city, missouri. They say he was a lone gunman. Sources tell us he had two firearms, an assault style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol. We have details from baton rouge. [ gunfire ] reporter target blue, again. One subject, all black. Carrying an a. R. Reporter officers responding to a gunman dressed in black, found themselves suddenly in his sights. Shots fired, officer down. Shots fired, officer down ive got a city officer down. Shots