Lines of russia s war against the now they re president harris and tim waltz agree to their first formal interview as presidential ticket and it s happening here on cnn, the latest on how it came to be but it will look like and the stakes involved also tying jack smith s surprise, new indictment of the former president and how he slimmed down the election interference case to a standing supreme court scrutiny. And what it means for when the trial might happen and later, his brother says, god wrote him another life and israeli father of 11 rescued from a tunnel and we re reunited with his family after more than 300 days held captive in gaza. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with vice president harris meeting a deadline. She said 2. 5 weeks ago i ve talked to my team, i want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month in the 19 days since she said that she s talked in formally and briefly with reporters, but not done a formal sit down interview despite calls
Exclusive interview with Kamala Harris and iraq coming mate tim walz, the new democratic nominees, sitting down to answer questions for the first time since, since President Joe Biden stepped aside from the ticket. Lets bring and cnns eva mckend. So eva, tell us about this interview now, this is the first time that the Vice President and her running mate will sit down for an indepth interview. She did at the dnc meet with Content Creators Different Social Media influencers. Well, that is, of course not the same of sitting with an indepth in for an indepth interview like she will with our dana bash later this week in the battleground, state of georgia, to answer some pretty serious policy questions. She of course, might be asked about her position now on fracking because the critical State Of Pennsylvania is in play and also her position on immigration, which has changed dramatically over the years that is what she might be confronted with. But also, she can use this platform, alex, to
Historian susan schulten, our country has experienced several fraught president ial transitions but the 1860 transition between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln is described by various historians as contentious, tumultuous, dangerous, and even the worst in history. What made it so . Susan on the face of it is what you have to recognize is this was the most consequential election transition in American History. The central issue, of course, is that several Southern States did not recognize the election of Abraham Lincoln as a legitimate. It considered him a sectional president for the fact that by and large his support came from nonslave states and no sooner had he been elected that South Carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union on the grounds that the election did not represent its interest. Host lets set the stage for the transition. James buchanan had announced that he would be a one term president , but we did a regular president ial Leadership
His place in the history book of impeachment was already secure. But this solidifies his unique low point in american history. Now, trumps charge with incitement to insurrection stemming on the capitol hill a month ago. Tonight in a interview with cbs news, speaking out about trumps behavior, if he would vote for impeachment if he were still in the senate . I ran like hell to defeat him, i felt he was unfit to be president. I watched when everyone else watched when the crew invaded the congress. I will let the senate make the decision. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not. Because of his eradict behavior. What is your worst fear if he continues to get the Intelligence Briefings . I would rather not speculate outloud, i just think that theres no need for him to have the intelligence briefing. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing. What impact does he have at all other than the fact that he may slip and say something. Tonig
Please take a minute to silence your phones before we begin. While you are doing so, we have a fair number of members with us tonight. Supporters of president lincolns cottage. In seeing some of the names on the list, i wanted to take a moment to recognize two members who have been dedicated supporters since before we were open to the public. Eric reese has been a member for 12 years. Can you raise your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abra