At the white house and this is cnn this is cnn breaking news good evening. I m laura coates in washington, dc as we continue covering the breaking news of this very historic day in america and we are indeed witnessing history. I mean period, full stop. We talk about the pilot possibility of it happening. People were tripping over themselves to tell you the world about what was going on behind closed doors, weren t thing and it wasn t clear whether democrats wouldn t take yes or no no for an answer from joe biden. But tonight, it s official president joe biden bowing out of the 2024 race. But he didn t stop there with that announced yes, ma am. Or leave any room to wonder whether he truly believed in his running mate, vice president kamala harris he immediately gave a ringing endorsement and of her to replace him saying, quote democrats, it s time to come together and beat trump let s do this and do this. The donors did the floodgates opening tonight, all the fundraiser is democrats rai
To four to four to four do you think that our democracy is at risk? we have to be very concerned. This is a report for the president why do you think he s doing this? and can he be talked out of it? would republicans be willing to support this aid package? we need a functioning legislative branch. Are you willing to let people in the west bank vote? why do you think so many republicans have downplayed this? do you think he s guilty? the lead with jake tapper weekdays it for cnn this is cnn breaking news good evening. I m laura coates in washington, dc as we continue covering the breaking news of this very historic day in america. And we are indeed witnessing history. I mean period, full stop. We talked about the possibility of it happening people were tripping over themselves to tell you the world about what was going on behind closed doors, weren t they? and it wasn t clear whether democrats wouldn t take yes or no for an answer and joe biden. But tonight, it s official president joe
Our team of correspondents and analysts covering this history barak breaking story, want to go to cnn s priscilla alvarez. She s joining us from rehoboth beach in delaware, where the president is an isolation right now. Give us the latest what are you hearing over there? priscilla? well, if as the president was selfisolating at his residence here in delaware from his positive covid diagnosis. These were also days of self reflection days where he was clearly deliberating his next steps and whether or not he would run for reelection. We had that answer this afternoon when he put out that one letter saying that he would step aside. Now, importantly, right after putting that out, he also said that he was fully throwing his support behind vice president kamala harris to be the democratic nominee and urging the party to come together. It was a remarkable moment after weeks of democratic lawmakers, allies, donors calling for the president to withdraw from the race over the last few weeks. The
Jesse: the second night is officially underway. We have a starstudded lineup tonight in milwaukee. Ron desantis, marco rubio, ted cruz, nikki haley and victor ramaswamy. They will be taking this stage but the men in the arena will be donald trump, since just three days since dodging a bullet, he s expecting to make an appearance tonight and if it s anything like last night it will be special. Please welcome the next president of the united states, donald jay trump. [ ] [ ] jesse: last night he was visibly changed and it wasn t just a bandage on his ear. He looked genuinely emotional in a way i ve never seen him before. Mature, battle scarred, humbled and at one with his destiny. Although the party is completely unified there is one burning question on all of our minds. Did biden secret service almost get trump killed? all evidence points to yes. We are told tonight the u. S. Authorities have intel of an iranian plot to assassinate trump. Cnn reports the secret service knew it and beefe
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