Historic moments. Another was president obama breaking with tradition to rebuke his successor and list the failings of President Trump. And to give a stark warning to the American People. He said that americas democracy is at stake and what we do in the coming days will impact generations to come. Yeah, you know, for all the focus on one president condemning another, what might have been even more important was that suggestion right there, is that the Current Administration would tear down democracy. Obama used those exact words. And he said, its up to voters and now 75 days to make sure the basic tenants of democracy endure. Again, his words. He portrayed the filling out of a ballot as an act of defiance, responsibility, almost salvation. Tonight, we hear from joe biden himself. He will accept his partys nomination. We have new details about what he plans to say. And interestingly enough, what he intends to avoid saying. Stay tuned for that. All of this as the u. S. Records 1,300 new
Up to dejoys testimony. Donald trump escalating his routine attacks on the mailin vote, and now adding a fresh line of attack on inperson voting, alleging that theres rampant fraud at polling places too, and vowing to send in a heavy Law Enforcement presence on election day. Its difficult to look at all of that from the president as anything other than his fear of losing and resorting to cheating to undermine the november contest. It may be at this point his best and only chance at squeaking out a victory in november. Donald trumps fears may have been emboldened by joe bidens performance last night. Biden delivering a surgical dissection of Donald Trumps record and legacy so far. And making his case for an alternative vision of what this country can be. It amounted to a full dismantling of Donald Trumps lines of attack against bidens fitness. Not a gaffe or stumble in sight. The current president has cloaked american darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much d
He claimed among other things the post office has said it doesnt need money. Here are the facts. Earlier this year the Postal Service board of governors did ask for 25 billion, the exact amount in this bill, to help offset the impact of covid19. The pandemic is also expected to lead to an increase in mailin ballots for the president ial election, something the president repeatedly claims will lead to widespread voter fraud, even though there is zero evidence of that. President trump also alleges the post office wont be able to handle the volume of ballots. But postmaster general louis dejoy, who testified before the senate this week, is pushing back. He says the usps is more than ready for the election. He also says he will hit pause on removing any more mailboxes or sorting machines until the election is over of t. Lets get right to capitol hill and cnns suzanne malveaux. The vote is finally under way. Tell us whats happening inside and what house leaders expect the final vote tally t
Nbcs Josh Lederman is following the issue outside walter reed. Josh, what can we expect moving forward . Reporter good morning. The president waking up in the hospital for the first time of his presidency. We have not gotten an update on his health yet this morning. We heard from his physician last night saying the president is not needing supplemental oxygen at this point. He is resting comfortably and doing well. The list of medications we know the president is taking to try to treat this has been growing. Overnight, learning the president has now been given remdesivir. This is an antiviral therapy the president has now had his first dose on. Earlier in the day, yesterday, he also was given an infusion of antibody cocktail. Experimental medication made by regeneron. It is part of a clinical trial. He is not part of the trial. He has been given it as part of the compassionate use policy. The president is taking other medications such as aspirin and hea heartburn medication and a few o
President s health tells cnn that the next two days for the president will be critical and that President Trump, who is 74 years old and sick with covid right now is, quote, still not on a clear path to a full recovery, closed quote. As for the president himself, these words today posted to his twitter account. Praise for the men and women treating him at walter reed, calling them amazing and he says, quote, with their help, i am feeling well. Joining us now, cnns chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta, cnns chief political analyst, gloria borger, cnns chief political correspondent, dana bash, and cnns chief not chief yet, one of these days, maybe, our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. Kaitlan, you have some new reporting about white house advisers, what theyve been saying, the lastminute push, for example, to get the president yesterday to leave the white house and head over to walter reed. Reporter yeah, wolf. Its been a whirlwind 24 hours over here and were still tr