Tonight on 361 big night thank two big stories. Motors making President Biden the Presumptive Democratic nominee with donald trump just hours away from the republican nod. Meaning that by the end of tonight, the 2020 24 race will be officially set to georgia in the last hour, putting the president with the 1,968 delegates, he needs the former president expected to reach the 1,200 he needs with Washington State later tonight the other big story tonight, former Special Counsel robert hur, telling the House Judiciary Committee why he didnt indict President Biden i didnt over his handling of classified documents. And also taking fire from both sides of the aisle for the decisions that he did make that first the election and Breaking News Polls have just close in mississippi and cnn can now make a projection cnn projects that former President Trump will win the state pudding him that much closer to 1,215 delegates. He needs to secure the nomination. We can also project that President Biden
The most important election of our lifetime. Welcome to a Special Edition of newsnight. Im abby phillip in new york, and im laura coates in Washington Dc. Its a short time ago. Joe biden made official well, the obvious yes and he will be the democratic nominee, come this november. He is celebrating clinching in a new video asking voters, are you ready to win . Well, tonight, biden adding important victories to his win column. Look at all of these states. State of georgia, a one that he won in 2020, put them over the top. Its also a state were done on trump tried to deny democracy. I say were donald trump is on trial for Election Interference. And tonight the president put the november choice and quite the story stark terms. Are we going to stand up and defend our democracy or let others tear it down so who are the others hes talking about . Well, its pretty obvious one person, its donald trump, who sits only a handful of delegates away. Now from locking up the nomination after romping
[ music ] democrats finally have an epiphany, usually the party knows everything, they know what you need and what you dont need, they even know things you didnt know you needed. For the first time in a long time, democrats throw up their arms in despair. Donald trumps Approval Rating was slightly larger than joe bidens was at this point trump was a 43 biden is at just that 41 , she is doing worse in trunk, always saying is doing so poorly. The question is how solid a candidate is joe biden . Thats the problem that is exactly the problem. What is a problem . We dont know how solid of a candidate joe bidens. We know is not a solid candidate, he is struggling, it is hard to watch. After the russia hopes to impeachments three indictments in a country bitterly divided by class and education. The New York Times experience a temporary moment of clarity. Columnist david brooks asks what if we are the bad guys here . Humility finally arrived at the New York Times and we will not want them for
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Significant case in the United States history. 9 11, 2001. Usama bin laden and other terrorists hated our democracy tried to destroy it. Donald trump, just like those other threats to american democracy, tried to destroy our system. This is the greatest political crime since succession. This has a chance of going to trial before the election and thats exactly what jack smith did. He knows what hes doing and he did it here. This case can be tried before the election. I dont see any reason why it shouldnt. The election will be simply about where will trump serve his next term . In the white house or in The Big House . Greg they want to send trump to The Big House before you voters even get the chance to send him back to the white house. Legal experts and republicans argue this indictment is an attack on the First Amendment. Political speech now has been criminalized. The First Amendment is under assault. Its under attack by the biden administration. You see a lot of deceitful conduct but