it s monday, july 22, right now on cnn this morning. after weeks of will he or won t he, president biden end his bid for reelection, sending his party into an unprecedented scramble to find a new nominee plus the vice president s kamala harris, already attempting to earn and win her spot as the president s son plays but at the top of the democratic ticket and major players in the democratic party lineup to pledge their support for the vice president. but a few big names still sitting silently on merit endorsements 5:00 a.m. here in washington a live look at the nation s capital on a momentous monday just a few dozen series of days before we get to november. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us for the first time in over half a century, a sitting president who can still run for reelection will not appear on the ballot. president joe biden, making the stunning announcement on sunday he said in part quote, this, i believe it is in the best
evening. tonight, president biden is reportedly fuming over the deluge of democrats calling on him to exit the race. is he any closer to passing the torch? also tonight, promises made, promises kept. trump says he wants unity, so why didn t his rnc deliver any of it. strike while the country is fixated on presidential politics it s been one of the deadliest weeks in gaza despite claims by israel that the war is winding down. this week was supposed to be a bounce back week for joe biden s presidential campaign. that is not how things are playing out. now sick with covid at his delaware beach house, the president is seeing more and more democratic lawmakers calling for him to exit the race. at this hour, there are 36 democrats defecting, including senators and tough re-election races such as in ohio and montana. prior to his covid diagnosis, president biden tried to turn the tide with more tv interviews , but they have actually only raised more concerns and questions. how cou
for ohio senator j.d. vance, who is set to deliver a speech on the national stage for the first time as donald trump s running mate. and it comes after donald trump s former rivals took the stage to rally around him in a major show of unity. you don t have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. let s send joe biden back to his basement and let s send donald trump back to the white house. leading us in this fight will be a man who although wounded and facing danger, he stood up and raised his fist and reminded us that our people and our country are always worth fighting for. krld krld. if there was any doubt left that this party belongs to donald trump, listen to what one of his first political opponents, senator ted cruz, told my colleague, hallie jackson. is this donald trump s party now? absolutely. he is the president, he s going to be re-elected as the president again, and i am proud to be supporting donald trump. he s going to be president, he
city on this curve i can t couch. it is thursday july 11th. that is right it it is 7:11. brian: we re open. steve: we never close. big boy press conference with the first democrat senator finally calling on joe to go. ainsley: and the white house responds to george clooney s lack of support. and does dave portnoy? george clooney, what a [bleep] hero this guy is, huh? if he didn t do the debate, biden and wasn t a vegetable? you didn t keep your mouth shut? steve: he will join us this morning brian from his couch. ainsley: get dressed, dave. brian: my pillow is so great he laid on it during the interview. wasn t the only one laughing at the drama from yesterday. you know things are crazy when 84-year-old nancy pelosi is telling an 81-year-old joe biden to retire. what is going on? brian: so funny. fox & friends starts right now. remember, your mornings are better with friends. roll the pricy animation. steve: all right. happening today, 5:30 this afternoo
it s a hard moment. have a good show. yeah, it s been a lot. i ll see you, nicolle. thanks. and thanks for the kind welcome back. and good to be with you even in the mid-s of what we deal with in the newsroom, in the world. i did have some time off and i want to say off the top here thanks to katie phang for her great work anchoring. we do have several big stories we re tracking, including a real interesting push for something you don t usually see, which is specific accountability for supreme court justice s alleged misconduct. there s a new push to impeach some supreme court justices. that is new today. i have a special report on that coming up in the hour. as well as a look at the president s busy week. we begin with the vows, pledges, and even sometimes confessions about the extreme agenda of the modern right. and we re not just talking about policy extremism, say, on taxes or education, but rather how maga forests are openly plotting what independent reports call a rev