Especially because its your birthday. Happy birthday. You missed your Kids Concert for you is my present. So were grateful to have you go home, talk to your kids. Have a great day. Thanks to All Of You for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now. This morning, the Dam Hasnt broken, but there are more and more cracks. Now. 17 congressional democrats are joining the chorus, calling for President Biden to drop out of the race after the president s high Stakes News Conference aimed at quelling fears about his candidacy. And we now have new Exclusive Reporting on what President Obama and Nancy Pelosi are now saying about bidens reelection. Theres also Breaking News this morning of a massive Data Breach at At T. Text messages and call records for nearly all of their customers may have been leaked in whAt Theyre calling an illegal download. We have new details and nearly A Million people in texas still do not have power now days, and days after Hurricane
Assure myself. And that is i am getting the job done . Am i getting the job done . Can you name me somebody whos gotten more pieces of legislation passed in 3 1 2 years . I created 2,000 jobs this last week. So if i slow down, i cant get the job done. Thats a sign that i shouldnt be doing it. But theres no indication of that yet. That was part of president Joe Bidens defiant pitch on why he should stay in the race. His News Conference Yesterday at the closing of Nato Summit came with a few glaring gaffs but also a strong command of issues, particularly foreign policy. Well deal with all of that in just a moment. Behind the scenes there are close allies trying to make the case on why biden should step aside. Well go through that new reporting. And it all comes as there are more democrat defections on Capitol Hill, calling on the president to withdraw over concerns that he can no longer defeat Donald Trump this november. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, july 12th
White house, allies of the expresident , many affiliated with the Heritage Foundation are claiming that the candidate will who disrupt the peaceful transfer of Power Wont be the repeat offender, Donald Trump, in their telling and their delusion and what amounts to an epic case of projection, theyre accusing the Biden Campaign of doing so. Stunning new reporting from the Washington Post on a discussion of supposed threats to the 2024 Election Bytrap allies revealed revealed that the Washington Headquarters states as a given that the biden administration was already engaged in a sweeping conspiracy to use multiple forces of federal power to influence the president ial election. It did not supply any evidence. Quote, as things stand right now, there is a zero Percent Chance of a fear and fair election. That was pike howell, executive director of the over sight project. Quote, im formally accusing the biden administration of creating the conditions that most reasonable policymakers and off
Trump wIns. So I thInk thInk that we have to reach a conclusIon as soon aS PossIble. Its goIng to be a close race. Should he step asIde . At thIS PoInt I thInk he has a strong campaIgn and a strong message to voters. More mIxed responses on CapItol HIll about presIdent BIdens CandIdacy as the lIst of democrats callIng for hIm to step asIde contInues to grow. Well have the latest on that In just a moment. MeanwhIle, the presIdent wIll try to calm fears about hIs mental fItness for the job wIth a News Conference today, an event that could determIne the fate of hIs campaIgn. And thIs all comes as the presIdent has been meetIng wIth World Leaders at the Nato SummIt to shore up the AllIances CommItment to ukraIne and Its defense agaInst RussIa EmphasIs InvasIons. Good MornIng And Welcome to Way Too Early on thIs thursday, july 11th. Im jonathan lemIre. Thanks for startIng your day wIth us. It Is a BIg Day, and we wIll begIn here. PresIdent bIden wIll faceoff later today wIth the press for h
Because this moment in history calls for our collective strength. I didnt know what the Hell Nato was too much before, but it didnt take me long to figure it out, like about two minutes. Right now, World Leaders are arriving at the White House for Tonights Nato Dinner hosted by President Biden. And as biden shows actual leadership on the World Stage in the face of a Democratic Party meltdown, Donald Trump was showing his ignorance about nato and just about everything else in his latest unhinged performance. Also tonight, the rise of christian nationalism. Insurrection champion Josh Hawley says hes advocating it and trumps allies are planning to Infuse Christian nationalism into a second Trump Administration. But we begin tonight with a deep dive into what Donald Trump and his sycophants have planned for the Department Of Justice under project 2025. And how they would use the doj to attack american citizens. The 28page Section of the Projects Manifesto covering the Department Of Justice