Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trumps seizing the spotlight at the republican convention while President Biden is grappling with calls to exit the race for the White House right now, the president is isolating at is House And Delaware after his covid diagnosis, pressure is mounting on him this morning to step aside in favor of another democratic candidate to face trump in november, a Senior Biden Official told me things are looking bleak inside the campaign after reports surfaced that top democratic lawmakers are leaning on the president to get out of the race. Separate Source Close to the president told me biden as quote, listening, but the source added that the president feels like he is legally the nominee of The Party after winning the democratic primary is still another top Dnc Official said it seems more and more like a change could happen on the ticket. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee Gop is uniting at the republican National Convention hours from n
washington, and this is cnn the republican party is shrinking house majority getting even tighter as democrats flip the vacancy left by george santos with the house speaker is now saying about that loss. plus the families of israeli hostages, slamming prime minister benjamin netanyahu, calling his decision to stay away from negotiations. a death sentence for their loved ones would netanyahu is now demanding from hamas and six years later, the parents of those killed or injured in the parkland, florida high school shooting are still making their push for any kind of action on capitol hill. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central today, house speaker mike johnson made it clear that he wants a meeting with president biden to discuss the border. my national security, the white house. let s say they re non-committal on the prospects for that. sit down. the two leaders are at an impasse on how to handle the bord
ashley: alexandria hoff live from washington with more. good morning. alexandria: good morning, so far senator feinstein turned down callings to step down, that is her choice. she says she will return, make sure this happened. do you think calls for her to resign are mroept? it is up to dianne feinstein and her family to decide whether she wants to keep on serving. dianne will get better and come back to work. the decision rests on that individual herself, she shouldn t be pushed out. alexandria: ro khanna feels it is unfair to the people. i have respect for senator dianne feinstein she missed 75% of votes this year and has no intention, we don t know if she will show up. it is one thing to take medical leave, another thing to not do the job. governor newsom can appoint a caretaker and i support that. alexandria: you have democratic reps schiff, lee and porter putting california governor gavin newsom in a tight spot. he promised to appoint a black woman, g
will: did for everyone but you. ainsley: great to be at work. pete: tomorrow is april 18th. it is just finishing their taxes. ainsley: so is everyone else. so stressful. pete: bank statement. ainsley: are yours in? have you completed yours? pete: yes, i need an extension. will: i need extension. it is in my inbox. i need do digital signatures. pete: how about you? ainsley: all mine are finished. done. which is a good feeling. all right, it is 6:01 on the east coast. the house judiciary committee is in new york city this morning to hold a field hearing on violent crime. will: crime victims will testify about the direct impact alvin bragg s policies have had on their lives. alexandria hoff joins us in washington with more. d.a. bragg is calling this is a political stunt which is a term we have heard republicans describe his prosecution of former president trump. spent thousands ton that while declining to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year up from 828
this is cnn s special live coverage of an historic vote on capitol hill. i m jake tapper. this has not happened in more than 100 years. but facing a revolt from a small but powerful group of republican hard-liners, mccarthy says he will bring up a motion to vacate in the first series of votes today that is just minutes away. i truly believe, though, the institution of the house, at the end of the day if you throw a speaker out that has 99% of their conference, that kept government open and paid the troops, i think we re in a really bad place for how we re going to run congress. speaker mccarthy says he thinks he will survive the vote and that he will not make a deal with democrats to keep his job but that may not even be an option anyway. here s the speaker earlier today. democrats have been huddling today. democrats are signaling they will not be coming to speaker mccarthy s rescue. let s get right to the action on capitol hill. cnn s manu raju and lauren fox join me now