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
fashion. elder s campaign website now features a link to this site here that urges residents to sign a petition, quote, demanding a special session of the california legislature to investigate the twisted results of the recall the problem, there are no results yet, and there are no problems as of yet for sure. trump treading familiar territory releasing a statement pushing baseless claims about a rigged election that, yes, hasn t even happened. familiar or not, you can t brush it off. 59% of republicans they support for the lies about the last election are important to being republican. it s the price of admission. you can t brush it off because this saturday here in washington there s a rally planned at the capitol in support of the rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6th. a source tells cnn law enforcement is preparing for forces to be armed, new security fencing set to go up. police arrested a man who had a bayonet, and machete, had a swastika and other symbo
the joint chiefs was personally involved in the signoff as called for by pentagon protocols. details of the top secret pentagon meeting among many of the startling revelations about the final days of trump in peril , a book. our cnn special correspondent obtained an early copy of the book. john, woodward and costa, as you say, report that general mark milley took top secret action to limit president trump s ability to make a military strike or to use nuclear weapons. let me just set the stage from the book. according to woodward and costa, milley is deeply shaken from the assault on the capitol on the 6th. we believes trump, to your point, is unstable, unpredictable, and woodward and costa write, milley believes that trump is in serious mental decline. he also has been talking back channel to the chinese. he is aware from intelligence that the chinese are on edge, because of january 6th. and because of trump s behavior. so he s trying to reassure them behind the scenes, an
that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army collapsed and the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be a saigon. guess what? there has been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand scquarely behind my decision, it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must see it s defeat for the united states. i think the president is right. enough is enough. what was all of this for? that has to be the question veterans are asking. two decades, more than $2 trillion, more than
and president biden heads to california hoping to help governor gavin newsom avoid getting fired in the recall election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first let s go straight to capitol hill for the latest on a new security scare. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story for us. ryan, this comes just as capital police issued an energy declaration ahead of a right wing rally this coming saturday. reporter: that s right, wolf. the area i m standing right now is capital hill square. this area is someone you can walk-through out a special credential. in a couple of days capital police are ready to resurrect that fencing that wraps around the square that will keep people from coming in and out as they prepare for a worst case scenario ahead of a major protest happening this weekend. tonight as capital police issue an emergency declaration ahead of a dangerous