President biden. And the first lady. Thank you. So as you can see, john on a lot of praise coming internationally for the president s decision and for his legacy, john yeah, more than boilerplate. I think in some cases here, Frederik Pleitgen in berlin. Thank you very much great to see you this morning. New hire of new central, a busy hour starts now when for in conservation to excite meant. But what happens now, President Biden has bowed out of the Race And Vice president Kamala Harris with his support is pushing to secure the democratic nomination, but could someone like Senator Joe Manchin, who is starting to talk about this, try to challenge her bid, will talk all about that as soon as biden announced he was out a Tidal Wave of money started coming in and its back to the Drawing Board for Donald Trumps campaign after Crafting A campaign to take on Joe Biden, hes now focusing attacks on Kamala Harris. Of course, im Sara Sidner with John Berman and kate bolduan. This is Cnn Newsroom
Going to join lawrence, this next hour, right now. Here on msnbc so i am going to get out of the way. I will see you again tomorrow night. Now, it is a time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Rachel, i think you isolated what could be the most important question about this Indictment Today because it refers to other people, other executives in the trump operation. Are how many of those possible other executives involved in the commission of these crimes are named trump . How many of those are children of Donald Trump . And if it was a systematic scheme, by the company, to including its most highly compensated executives to pay them in ways that were that were designed to evade taxes. Which is the way its described in the in the indictment. Allen weisselberg was getting paid A Million Dollars a year, and they said he was one of the highestpaid beneficiaries of that scheme. There arent many people at the company who are more highly paid than him, and i dont
Authorities. Allen weisselberg is accused of dodging he was marched in Handcuffs To where he was ordered to surrendering his passport, where he pleaded not guilty. Reports indicate he has so far resisted opportunities to cooperate with investigators. Earlier tonight, Michael Cohen says todays excruciating experience may push weisselberg to start talking. I can tell you, the handcuffs behind your back, its not comfortable. And that is when youre being investigated. The 15count Indictment noted the Trump Organization kept a Spread Sheet to track Weisselburgs Fringe benefits. They say the case is politically motivated. These charges are unprecedented in 244 years. We have not had a local prosecutor go after a former President Of The United States. Or his employees or his company. I believe the political forces driving todays events are just that. Its political politically driven. If the name of the company was something else, i dont think the charges would have been brought. As to the man
State Fire Marshal saying crews are using hightech tools, battling conditions made tougher by mother nature. Rain creates challenges, lightning creates challenges. Shifting in the rubble creates challenges. If the Rubble Shifts we have to stop because you cant take chances with peoples lives below. We have people waiting and waiting and waiting for news. That is excruciating. We have them coping with the news that they might not have their Loved Ones come out alive and still hope against hope that they will. Theyre learning that some of their Loved Ones will come on out as body parts. This is the kind of information that is just excruciating for everyone. In april, two months ago, the president of the Tower Association sent a letter to residents warning the building was in need of repairs. The letter urged residents to pay the 15 Million in assessments needed to fix structural problems in the building. The Condo Board President wrote the Concrete Damage to the building would all the pl
Details about the Building Structural Integrity from a 2018 Engineers Report that warned of what was described as major structural damage that required immediate repair. Despite that, cnn has learned that residents were assured that The Tower was in, quote, very good shape. Lets begin our special coverage this hour, cnns Rosa Florez has the latest on the search efforts. Youre not very far away from where all of this is unfolding. Update our viewers. Reporter well, according to the Fire Chief, they are using every single tool in their tool box. Very aggressively. Canines, cameras, Sonar And Weve seen drones over the debris site. Theyre using a Grid Pattern to Search And Rescue, looking for signs of life. The Weather Today has been a little bit better. It was better yesterday which helped the search efforts. All of this as were learning more from a 2018, a structural survey that exposed a lot of the deficiencies in this building. It said, quote, that there were structural major structura