Welcome to Prime Time weekend. Im nicolle wallace. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. We talk a lot around Split Screens around here and the earth one, earth to of it all, but this might be the ultimate political Sprint Screen Split screen. Barnstorming through Battleground States like a heatseeking missile, while the other has been mostly out of sight this week. Hanging out, at maralago. One side is offering joyous, warrior vibes, while the other is offering whatever they call Donald Trumps rambling, apocalyptic, life filled, divorce from reality. To say nothing of the growing enthusiasm gap. Tonights rally in arizona a week of rockstar receptions to the democratic ticket. Every Battleground State they have stepped foot in from pennsylvania to wisconsin to michigan. Harris and walz have committed crowds that Donald Trump makes clear he dreams of. People standing in line for hours, walking miles to get to their rallies, crowds so enormous they spilled out across airplane hangars.
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in the east, less than 24 hours after the hard launch of the Kamala Harris tim Walz Ticket the stark choice facing american voters in november is coming into even sharper focus. On The One hand the joyful, electric, happy warrior, massive Crowd Size vibes of Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly minted Running Mate Tim Walz, who are at this hour blazing a path through Battleground States. Fresh off last nights mega rally In Philadelphia, they are boots on the ground in Eau Claire, wisconsin. That rally will be swiftly followed by another one in detroit later tonight. Three rallies in 24 hours. More than 14,000 people in attendance last night In Philadelphia alone, 12,000 in wisconsin this afternoon. Donations poured in at an average of 3 Million an hour right after Tim Walz was named to the ticket. As of today the Harris Walz Campaign has raised 36 Million and counting since he joined the ticket. But its more than just numbers. There is something organ
Two stories we are following this morning, the Breaking News is that Hurricane Ida has strengthened now into a dangerous category 4 hurricane, taking direct aim at louisiana. And the latest advisory just moments ago, the national Hurricane Center is warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and catastrophic damage. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar with the latest for us next. Also developing this morning, the u. S. Embassy In Kabul is warning of a, quote, specific credible threat to u. S. Citizens near the airport. This as President Biden warns another attack is highly likely. This Special Edition of new Day Weekend starts right now. Its sunday, august 29th. Thank you for joining us today. Christi, thanks for letting me tag along on another major news day. And thank you all for being with us. As we talk about the growing threat right now from Hurricane Ida, its zeroing in on communities along the gulf coast, of course. Overnight ida strengthened into a powerful category 4 storm. It will mak
The world, it is thursday, august 26th. Im Brianna Keilar alongside john berman. Were beginning with significant Breaking News. Sources telling cnn that the frantic Evacuation Effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. There are still u. S. Citizens trying to get out of kabul. Others possibly stuck outside the city. And the fate of thousands of Green Card holders and their families growing dim. These are legal, permanent residents of the u. S. , like a Philadelphia Family with small children who we featured on our show yesterday. For many afghans who worked with u. S. Troops, their hopes to escape may now be dashed though u. S. Efforts are under way to help almost 2,000 local Embassy Staff try to get out. So 36 hours left. Which is not much. And the complications are only compounded by the huge security risks. Overnight, the u. S. Embassy blasted an urgent warning to all americans dont travel to the airport and people at certain gates they say leave immediately. One Defense Offici
Covid19, it was in place. It was handed to him. Three vaccines had been developed by Donald Trump and his administration, and it had been distributed in record time. Now, they were already in use. By the time joe took over, over 1 Million shots a day were going into the arms of the most vulnerable American Citizens. In fact, biden himself was already vaccinated before he ever entered office. Therapeutics like regeneron and ivermectin, as well as other proactive treatments and practices were already helping covid19 patients all across the country. Our southern border was pretty much completely closed, 30year low in terms of illegal immigration, slowing the spread of Covid Variance from all around the globe. That lowest rate of illegal immigration in decades, that was President Trump, that was the state in mexico policy, that was a huge success. He built a nearly 500 miles of new Border Wall, that was a success. The insane policy of catch and release, that ended under President Trump. Th