good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. we re following a busy evening of breaking news from the 2024 presidential race. former president donald trump and his newly minted vice presidential running mate jd vance are about to take the stage in the swing state of michigan for their first joint campaign rally as a presidential ticket and, for trump, his first rally since surviving an assassination attempt. on the other side, vice president kamala harris was in massachusetts this afternoon speaking at a major democratic fundraiser just hours ago. president biden, meanwhile, is is vowing to return to the campaign trail next week as he spends the weekend in delaware recovering from covid and facing calls from lawmakers in his own party to teardrop out of the race. first let s go to grand rapids, michigan, where former president trump and his running mate, ohio senator jd vance, are holding their first rally together. vaurn hillyard is covering the event, vaughn, what do you
feels appropriate, right? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia last night in detroit, president biden was greeted by a crowd chanting, don t you quit. he gave a fiery speech about staying in the race and finishing the job probably noticed his boss lot of speculation laid me. what s joe biden going to do is he going to stay in the race? i m going to drop out where my answer. i am running and we re going aware. but hang on the polling is showing that his candidacy is in danger of turning blue states purple per today s new york times quote as president biden insists, he ll stay in the presidential race democrats are growing increasingly political map, turning light blue states into contested battlegrounds down-ballot democrats, local elected officials, and party strategists say minnesota, new hampshire, new mexico, virginia all of which mr. biden won comfortably in 2020 could be in play in november after his miserable debate performance last month and this is just one of s
city on this curve i can t couch. it is thursday july 11th. that is right it it is 7:11. brian: we re open. steve: we never close. big boy press conference with the first democrat senator finally calling on joe to go. ainsley: and the white house responds to george clooney s lack of support. and does dave portnoy? george clooney, what a [bleep] hero this guy is, huh? if he didn t do the debate, biden and wasn t a vegetable? you didn t keep your mouth shut? steve: he will join us this morning brian from his couch. ainsley: get dressed, dave. brian: my pillow is so great he laid on it during the interview. wasn t the only one laughing at the drama from yesterday. you know things are crazy when 84-year-old nancy pelosi is telling an 81-year-old joe biden to retire. what is going on? brian: so funny. fox & friends starts right now. remember, your mornings are better with friends. roll the pricy animation. steve: all right. happening today, 5:30 this afternoo
so let s begin with cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. of everything i ve laid out, which is president biden s top priority? reporter: i think coronavirus is probably top of mind for the white house right now. we know president biden is going to give a major speech on that this week. also, alisyn, as you noted he has several things on his plate when he comes back to washington tonight following this holiday weekend. and tomorrow you will see the president go to new york and new jersey. both the states he has declared states of emergency and disaster declarations under way there right now in an effort to help with what we ve been seeing on the ground. and a lot of this he is going to tie to what he did in louisiana touring the damage there which is, of course, climate change. and his domestic agenda, something that we know will be at the forefront when lawmakers are back here in washington. but, alisyn, it s not just that. he is still dealing with afghanist
beginning of last month, the pandemic as you recalled appeared to be in the rear view mirror for much of our country. and now tonight every state is experiencing an increase in infections. the situation is especially grave, especially acute in the sunbelt. florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. officials in austin, texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. and in florida, people there are being warned with public service announcements. the situation in austin is dire. health care facilities are open, but resources are limited due to a surge in cases. everybody to please take this delta variant very seriously due to the transmissibility. it is incredibly contagious, and our children are getting sick. i can t do this. that s how that public service announcement goes. this all comes as florida s republican governor ron desantis staying on brand is threatening to withhold paychecks from those sc