Kamala harris more than doubles the amount raised by Donald Trump last month. I am honored to be the presented democratic nominee for president of the united states. Nancy the Cbs Evening news begins now. Good evening. Im Nancy Cordes in for norah odonnell. Shes done it. Vice president Kamala Harris has secured the democratic nomination for president , becoming the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket. She crossed the threshold this afternoon, picking up the majority of democratic delegates in a virtual Roll Call vote. Now, harris turns her full focus to making her pick for Vice President , and it could be among the most consequential decisions of her political career. She has to make that decision within the next couple of days. Cbss Robert Costa reports on the Vice President s busy weekend schedule. Reporter Vice President Kamala Harris clinched the nomination in an online Roll Call, and immediately started rallying supporters. We are going to win this election. Re
and cnn is caught right in the middle of it. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin with breaking news tonight. cnn has learned that president biden is open to some negotiation on a new covid relief counteroffer pitched by a group of republicans including scaling down stimulus checks to households making more than $150,000. that s according to a senior administration official i spoke with this afternoon. but that official also tells me tonight that the $600 billion gop proposal, quote, is not going to scratch the itch. arlette saenz joins me from the white house. let s start with the republicans plan offered today. what s in it? reporter: the counter proposal from these republican senators, it s much smaller than what president biden has been pushing for up on capitol hill. this group of gop senators are proposing a plan that wi
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. [ chanting ] this is the demand of protesters across the united states after the city of memphis releases the harrowing video of a fatal police beating. at the center of it all is this man, 29-year-old tyre nichols. we walk you through the clips of what he endured and where reform needs to begin. and a deadly shooting near jerusalem in a synagogue. across the united states we re seeing anger, we re hearing demands for change, but we re not witnessing the violent demonstrations many feared would come after the public saw those images. memphis officials released over an hour of video that started with traffic stop involving tyre nichols on january 7th. take a look. now there is already a lot of anger toward police over the incident with loud calls for reform. these protesters in memphis, for example, blocked a major bridge for a time, but n
the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we re at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that s all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. they simply took their eye off the ball. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if w