Theyre still grappling with at this key time, caitlin. Yeah major questions, manu and i should note we are now hearing that President Biden and Senator Schumer spoke before President Biden shared the letter announcing online that he was exiting the 2024 race. Manu. Thank you. For that cnn Breaking News hello, and thanks very much for joining us. Im Wolf Blitzer in washington. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Kaitlan collins is joining us from new new york. And i want to begin with the major Breaking News. Were following right now, President Biden just announced that hes Dropping Out of the 2024 president ial race and publicly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the democratic president ial nominee. He made this truly historic announcement in a statement he tweeted out just before 2 00 p. M. Eastern earlier today stunning decision that he kept very close to his vest, alerting as senior White House advisers and Campaign Staff only momen
Pete it is the 8 a. M. Hour of fox Friends Trump undeterred rallying with j. D. Vance for the first time today. Rachel dems divided just yesterday 12 more democratic lawmakers called on biden to abandoning his campaign as a pass the Torch Rally expected outside the White House this very afternoon. Will plus businesses airlines and hospitals still recovering from yesterdays massive global Tech Outage. We have what you need to know. The third hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Pete good Morning Welcome to Fox Friends this Saturday Morning kiss me florida. It looks like kiss me. Will it is in my radar. Not sure why. Oh. It is disney yeah its orlando. Disney is orlando. Isnt orlando in the middle of the state why is there a white T Hour . You need a lighthouse in the middle of florida . Will youre getting me there. I dont know. Pete if youre from kissimmee and you can tell me why theres a lighthouse. Will theres European Villages it is disney world. Pete what do you think youve
I mean, thats never going to be normal. It shouldnt be normal. But to be able to, you know, to be on that plane, lAnd it, get passengers off, put passengers on And take off, a thought for all of those pilots And copilots And Flight Attendants And everybody on those planes who are helping people get to freedom tonight. So thank you for telling us about that. Exactly. And you have to believe that this has got to be volunteers. You couldnt put somebody in this circumstance, And tell them its part of their job. These are people that must have volunteered for this, despite those dangers in this absolutely unprecedented And intense situation there. The fact that this may happen on a daily basis going forward makes it more remarkable. Im glad you pointed that out. Well see you on friday, being Friday Eve tonight. Thanks rachel. President biden striking back at republicans, calling out their efforts for all intents And purposes to extend the coronavirus, which were going to get to later this h
Away from making vaccines mandatory in any sense. Today that all changed, noting that the nation was in a, quote, tough stretch of this pandemic, biden laid out a series of new policies. The Department Of Labor is developing an Emergency Rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees that together employ over 80 Million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated. Or show a negative test at least once a week. Over 200 Million americans have gotten at least one shot. Weve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin. And your refusal has cost all of us. This is not about freedom or personal choice. Its about protecting yourself and those around you. Notably, vaccinations will be required for most federal workers. The president also announced the tsa will double fines on air travelers who refuse to wear a mask. All this is happening asives ous daily average Caseload North of 150,000. For the first time since the old days in late january. Hospitals are getting crus
Working their way through the afghan capital Of Kabul. We have seen images of fighters in the streets taking over portions of the president ial palace and as you noted, we have confirmed afghan president ghani fled the country leaving behind what we are seeing to be an extremely chaotic scene. Right now the u. S. Embassy In Kabul has moved to the airport as evacuations continue and they have ordered at this moment to have all americans still on the ground to shelter in place amid reports to have airport taking fire. Now, earlier today this facility completely overwhelmed as the u. S. Military works to evacuate its personnel and the embassy personnel. But also some extremely concerning images outside of the capital Of Kabul. We saw Air Base a position where u. S. Troops were stationed for nearly 20 years, a prison there with more than 5,000 call attended insurgentes and alqaeda fighters completely opened and the fighters were allowed to simply run out with the taliban, join their ranks