mode activated. that s tonight on newsnight evening, i m abby phillip in new york, president biden in full. nothing to see here mode at a critical press conference in the middle of a crisis like no other who, did you looked at my schedule since i ve since i made that stupid mistake of and i ve campaign in the debate i mean my schedule has been full bore but, what biden is shrugging off there as a stupid mistake was consequential enough to trigger it 17 democrats to call on him to quit this race. that now includes the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman jim himes and also cnn has learned tonight the two of the democrats whose opinions are probably regarded the most highly among their party loyalists. they are now worried. brock obama and nancy pelosi have spoken privately about biden and the future of his 2024 campaign, and about how much harder they think biden has made it to beat donald trump. but there is no consensus between the two on a pathway
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coverage of california s recall election. cnn projects that gavin newsom easily defeats the recall, remaining in office to finish out his term. newsom thanking california for voting down the recall saying they rejected negativity, but also saying that voters gave a thumb s up to science, to vaccines and to ending the covid pandemic. why don t we see how this all shook out, where it is on the map. cnn s phil mattingly is over here. he s joining us from the magic wall. this isn t even close. it is not even close at all. at this point in time 65% reporting. obviously we have already called it for the noes. that means gavin newsom stays in office. 2.7 million votes ahead. 66% to 33%. but here is the reality when you look at this state. joe biden won this state by 30 points. go back to gavin newsom in 2018, he won this state by 23 points. this is a democratic state. 2:1 democratics in the state. a surge in the very few republican voters they had and independents to break their w
the completion by august 31st depends on the taliban continuing to cooperate, allowing access to the airport for those who were transporting out and no disruptions to our operations. in addition, i ve asked the pentagon and the state department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. as for what would make that necessary to stay longer, the president did not elaborate. he did, however, warn that each day on the ground increases the risk to americans and american forces, including isis-k militants who are targeting the airport. he did not say that it was blocking afghans who wanted to flee from getting to the airport. nor did he do what lawmakers on both sides of the aisle wanted. he did not commit to stay until they all got out. he did not say how many remained, but instead said antony blinken would supply that information tomorrow. he additionally said that the number when the evacuation began was probably lower than most people believe
better. each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. but the completion by august 31st depends on the taliban continuing to cooperate, and allow access to the airport for those who we re transporting out and no disruptions to our operations. in addition, i ve asked the pentagon and the state department for contingency plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. as for what would make that necessary to stay longer, the president did not elaborate. he did, however, warn that each day on the ground increases the risk to americans and american forces as well as civilians including from isis-k militants who he said are targeting the airport. i did not address the taliban blocking afghans who wanted to flee from getting to the airport, cutting o the road. nor did he do what a number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle wanted, he did not commit to staying until they could all get out. the president also chose not to say how many americans remain. ins