Breaking news, were awaiting a Highstakes News Conference. By President Biden. This hour as hes facing intensifying pressure right now to exit the race for the White House. Anxious democrats and the world watching very closely to see how the president does today. More and more members of his own party now going public with their fears that President Biden no longer has what it takes to defeat Donald Trump Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the skis cnn Breaking News. And lets get right to the Breaking News this hour, a pivotal moment President Bidens flight for political survival. Were standing by for the president s first extended solo News Conference since his poor Debate Performance two weeks ago, thrust his Reelection Campaign into crisis. Youre going to see it live, of course, right here On Cnn, our cnn senior White House correspondent, Kayla Tausche, she is attending the News Conference over at the Na
Negotiation space, something is happening behind the scenes that is helping some people get through, can you talk about that too to some extend? i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning the check points, what they need to look like, the details of that. As we know there are reports that some that are not able to get through there. I can tell you that the department of state, the consoler affair officers there are working there to ensure that documentation, names, and those things, as often as required, are at the check points allowing transition in there to get into the gates. And on the contingency plans, i m not going to get ahead of the planning process, one of our main job social security to make sure that the president has options. He wants to see this mission complete by the end of the month. We re still working towards that goal, but question will be drafting up potential drafts and sequels for what we feel
Which has the lowest vaccination rate in the country with 34% of the people fully vaccinated. And where virtually every county is considered high risk for the unvaccinated. This is a source of frustration of course for the republican governor there, kib. What is it going to take to get shots in arms? i don t know, you tell me. Folks supposed to have common sense. But it s time to start blaming the unvaccine mated folks, not the vaccinated folks, that are letting us down. Don t you feel it s your responsibility to try and help get the situation under control? i have done all i know how to did. I can encourage you to do something. I cannot make you take care of yourself. A few thoughts about common sense, what we have found that common sense is not as prevalent. We are seeing arkansas american who is are refusing to get vaccinated, including the parent on of an 8yearold child sick with covid. He is sick a lot, he has been sick a lot for a while, and he is still sick. We will get him look
And it s going to be fun. It ll be a bit of honest competition in our world, rachel. We talk in politics a lot about competition and how so much of it is rigged. We re going to watch honest competition for the next couple weeks and i m excited about that. There s a reason why we all love sports and it s because we love merit cratic competition. There s a reason we love it and there s no shame in that. Have a good night, rachel. Tonight we re sounding the alarm. Now is the time to protect the right to vote, everyone s right to vote, not next week or once the nonsense in texas is over or the fraudit in arizona is going to be done. But, in fact, now. Each moment wasted is another moment for republicans to stop more of us from exercising that right, and that s how it s going to go. In a brandnew report, the brennan center for justice finds that just since the start of this year, 2021, 18 states have passed 30 laws to restrict voting access, 18. We re only halfway through the year. You can
Competition in our world. We re gonna watch on his competition for the next couple of weeks and i m excited for. That there is a reason why we love sports because we love meritocratic competition and that is what it is, and if there s a reason we love it, that s why. Have a good night. Rachel thanks. Tonight we are sounding the alarm now is the time to protect the right to vote. Everyone s right to vote, not next, week know what s the nonsense. The fraud in arizona not when the next election comes around, but in fact, now. Each moment wasted is another moment for republicans to stop more of us from exercising that right. And that s how it s going to go. In a brandnew report, the justice finds that just since the start of this year, 2021, 18 states have passed 30 laws to restrict voting access. 18. We re only halfway through the year. You can bet more coming. Last, night president biden reiterated that he would not advocate for getting rid of or weakening the filibuster in order to pass