coventry direct redefining insurance the republican national convention starts monday at 8:00 on cnn you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin and with president biden s fight for his political future as questions about his health continued to challenge his campaign right now, the president is meeting with union leaders here in washington it s just the latest test of his stamina and mental rigor since his shaky debate performance, nearly two weeks ago. but at this hour, the president s grip on his party seems to be holding for now as most democrats are publicly falling in line here in washington as i ve said before, i m with joe. i m with joe. i m with joe this morning a different story though, was one of the biggest names in the democratic party stopping short of a full on endorsement of the president, former house speaker nancy pelosi is asking her colleagues to wait the week out before issuing anymore calls for president biden to step asid
convey concerns directly to the president. the cbs evening news starts now. democratic calls for president biden to drop out of the race stretch from capitol hill to hollywood tonight. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the word blockbuster is normally used to describe a box office hit, but today, one of the biggest movie stars, george clooney, dropped a political blockbuster in the form of a new york times editorial, writing that even though he is a lifelong democrat leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn t see what we just saw, referring to the debate. and those party leaders are now under pressure from their own members to deliver a message to the president. all of this is clouding the nato summit over world leaders right here in washington, where the big news is that the first f-16 fighter jets are on their way to ukraine to fend off russian forces. we have team coverage tonight. cbs s ed o keefe is at the whi
chairman schiff introducing formally new sweeping legislation to deal with exactly this. my reason for being here is as simple as the title: protecting our democracy act. it shouldn t matter who the president of the united states is. we should want that president not to be able to abuse that office to enrich themselves. we should want them to maintain independence from the justice department, not use it as their own private law firm, not use it to go after their adversaries. the plan here is not partisan as emphasized. the legislation would have rules to limit how presidents use or, again, potentially abuse pardon power. deal with the deadlines that might prevent otherwise prosecution of rogue presidents. that s obviously a look at the legal presidency of trump. and to enforce the ban on presidents who aren t allowed to enrich themselves. also ideas to better protect doj independence. this is all part of congress broader efforts at accountability, deal with what trump
afternoon is pretty fast. there is the tail end of a better front to the tail end of a better front to the east that could give us a few showers this afternoon, another front trying to come into the north west, which will bring some transient showers into western scotland. overall, a lot of dry weather, a lot of brightness, and thanks to the sunshine, actually some pleasant warmth, temperatures up some pleasant warmth, temperatures up to 22 celsius in cardiff, a little above where we would anticipate for the time of year. this evening, perhaps a few showers grazing the far south east before clearing. this front moves south, but the rain associated with it fizzles away. a dry night, temperatures in double figures, perhaps mist and fog returning to southern areas in the morning. on tuesday, we push that front away to the east. it is breezy towards the far north west, but that should mean we break up the cloud a little more here and see more sunshine across scotland and northern
front row. dana: giving me a hard time. john: gabby petito s boyfriend brian laundrie is a person of interest. there is new body cam footage of officers responding to an incident in utah. dana: she and brian left new york on july 2nd. a week later they were in utah. she was last season in a hotel in salt lake city, utah on august 24th and place aid final call from wyoming. john: that s where the trail goes home. brian laundrie returned home on september 1st without gabby. he got an attorney and refuses to speak to police. the outreach is 350 million people asking where is gabby. in all honesty, we are trying to find the answer and the only person who knows it is sitting in their house. you can t have a more frustrating situation. the one who doesn t care is the one who is supposed to care about her the most. dana: that was gabby petito s stepfather. we will speak to him in a moment. first to florida with jonathan. gabby petito s fiance brian laundrie still is no