cnn news not with abby phillip starts right now. comments from the president that made his own staffers go yikes. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, what you might call the law of political suspects. every action has it s equal, opposite reaction. president joe biden has now essentially confirmed that he is running for one race, and or bronzer, because of one man and one man only. donald trump. those remarks came at and off camera fund-raiser in boston, and they are jaw-dropping, if only for their clarity and their simplicity. if trump wasn t running, he says, i m not sure i d be running. but we can t let him win. the biden campaign was caught off guard, according to sources. yikes, was how one top campaign adviser reacted when he learned what biden had said. now, that remarks are short to create some headaches in the days ahead and to renew some conversations that are ongoing about president biden s age. moments ago, tru