states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber we re live in atlanta. this is cnn newsroom leadership, chaos and golf s the democratic party has donald trump and republicans do a victory lap on the campaign trail? the latest on the race for the white house escalating tensions in the middle east it s really airstrikes target a yemeni port in response to houthi attack on television and our days are getting longer details of nasa aos latest study on the earth s changing rotation live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber we are now just 107 days away. if from the u.s. presidential election and the race looks very different for the two leading parties. uncertainty hangs over the democrats as pressure builds on president biden to drop his reelection bid, it s a stark contrast with the republican party, where the trump vans campaign is in full swing, something former president held his first rally on saturday surviving an assassination attempt a week earl
i m fred pleitgen and this is what s ahead on cnn newsroom cnn learns former national security officials are now voicing their concerns to joe biden about the presidential race. what they re saying, and how the white house is responding. donald trump hits the campaign trail with his new running mate. hear the message he took to a battleground state in his first rally since surviving an assassination and israel and yemen launch more attacks against each other as prime minister benjamin netanyahu prepares to visit the u.s we are now just 107 days away from the u.s us presidential election and the race looks very different for the two leading parties at least 35 democratic lawmakers are now publicly urging u.s. president biden to drop out of the race. and he is not taking that in stride. mr. biden is reportedly quote, seething toward nancy pelosi amid the growing list of democratic defections. ironically, the former speaker of the house headlined what was touted as a quote, un
trying to be pushed out. i m brianna keilar alongside boris sanchez here in washington and today, a growing number of democrats are calling for president biden in drop his reelection bid. the total is now over 30. it has gone up from the beginning of our show, in fact, and we re learning that house democratic leader hakeem jeffries freeze and his team are not discouraging members from continuing to speak out against joe biden s candidacy but it appears his campaign is not listening to doubters were told that vice president kamala harris will join a call with donors this afternoon. this is actually video from a short time ago where she was visiting an ice cream shop in washington, dc with her nieces. this all comes not long after president biden released his own statement saying he s looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. once he recovers from covid let s bring in cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, because mj, you have some new report
his refusal to take an independent cognitive test, and what he says about the democratic lawmakers who say he can t win. i don t think those critics know what they re talking about. the fallout today. plus the key meeting among democratic leaders set for tomorrow. and tropical storm beryl churning towards texas set to hit as a hurricane. communities there bracing for impact. we re preparing for the worst, praying and hoping for the least amount of rain. that after beryl left massive destruction in its wake across the caribbean. we are tracking its path. and new evacuation warnings as another california wildfire explodes in size. dramatic video. an injured firefighter airlifted to safety, plus the brutal heat wave baking the west. high temperatures soaring into the 120s. and amtrak shuts down train service between boston and new york ahead one of the busiest travel days of the year. and tragedy in the nfl. the rookie just drafted killed in a car crash overnight.
and we re following new twists in a woman s mysterious disappearance during a road trip. the fbi has been searching the family home of brian laundrie a day after the likely remains of his fiancee gabby petito were found. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the breaking news on the ross of life from covid-19 that is both unfathomable and frankly unacceptable. the u.s. death toll from this pandemic just rose above 675,000. that s higher than the death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic more than 100 years ago. the youngest americans are increasingly at risk in this crisis here in the united states, and tonight they may be closer to being eligible for vaccinations. pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. in a smaller dose, a lower dose than adults get. let s discuss all of this and much more with dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national