24 right now on cnn this morning we Vice President Kamala Harris makes her Campaign Trail Debut as the presumptive democratic nominee, plus President Biden to address the american people for the first time on his decision to bow out of the 2024 race. And dozens of congressional democrats steer clear of israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus Joint Address to congress. Tonight all right, 5 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at the Nations Capital on this Wednesday Morning it is going to be a long day in politics today. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us with just over 100 days until Election Day Kamala Harris trying to keep her momentum rolling as the democratic nominee the Vice President leading her first event as the presumptive nominee in milwaukee, and offering her pitch to voters this campaign is also about two different visions. Foreign nation one where we are focused on the future the other focused on the past we believe in a future
Hits texas as a category 1 hurricane killing two. And cutting power to more than 2 Million people as towns brace for up to 15 inches of rain. We are live in the storm zone. And a political earthquake in france, did one of our closest allies just become virtually ungovernable . The Shock Election raising the stakes during an already tumultuous time in europe. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Allie Raffa in washington, where President Bidens fierce defense of his right to stay in the race included that new interview with msnbc. The president is making it clear hes not going anywhere. What else does he have to say . Yeah, chris, the president in this interview at times very obviously angry, very frustrated as he delivered a full throated rebuke of these growing calls among democrats for him to step aside. He says he is going nowhere, and he even challenged other democrats to challenge him at next months democratic convention, and at s
Department knew or didnt know. Cnns Paula Reid is following the developments. This story has a lot of moving parts. Connect the dots for us. We know that in February Of 2018 the Justice Department requested from Apple Records from then white House Council Don Mcgann and his wife. But to underscore how extraordinary a request that is, at the time mcgann was the top lawyer for the president of the united states. And apple was barred from disclosing this request until may of this year. So that means the Justice Department had to go back to court repeatedly to keep this A Secret. Now a source familiar tells cnn that then Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein were not aware of this request. You and i covered the Justice Department for a long time. Clearly something here does not add up. How is it possible that the two top justice officials would not be aware of an extraordinary request like this . At this point we dont know if he is the target of a situation or swept up in an in
hi, everyone. thank you very much for joining me. i m amara walker in for fredericka whitfield. it is new year s eve and we are moment away from the ball drop in times square as we are just 11 hours from 2024 and while christmas island was first to welcome the first to welcome the new year, sydney, australia, put on a spectacular fireworks lit up the sky above the icon being harbor bridge making it the first major celebration of the new year. [ fireworks ] and over in new zealand, the new year arrived with the stunning fireworks display in auckland at the country s tow tallest, the sky tower. [ speaking in a global language ] happy new year, tokyo! oh, what a beautiful display in tokyo. they welcomed the new year with lanterns as japan entered 2024. [ speaking in a global language ] and this is seoul, south korea, where the world tower was alight with fireworks ringing in 2024 which will be the year of the dragon. so in just a few hours it will be a