Shes a truly radical left lunatic Donald Trump continuing to attack Kamala Harris as the Vice President s sees a boost in the polls all right. 5 00 a. M. Here in chicago, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. A live look at the United Center. Its home to the Democratic National Convention. Throughout this week. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us in just hours. The Democratic National Convention begins on this Stage Right behind me. You can really feel the enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris already building in this town. You could see it in ohare when people were landing here at the airport, democrats basically here to party harris herself though, wrapping up a Bus Tour heading into the convention with a message to her party. Watch polls show that your three points up nationally whats your response to this . You still consider yourself the underdog here. Very much consider us the underdog. We have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the america
Tonight on newsnight good evening. Im Abby Phillip in New York tonight. The riddell confounding the Democratic Party. Just what exactly does Joe Biden Plan to do . Drop out or keep on running new reporting captures the mood and the mindset of a defiant president. Angry a donors who want to push him out the door, angry at senators and congressmen, angry Nancy Pelosi who according to the New York times, he views as an instigator, angry at former president obama, who he sees as a Puppet Master, that also from the New York times donors are tightening the screws im told the democratic donors are sending an unambiguous message that not a penny will flow to biden or even to the Candidates Downballot until things change at the top but look, calling these Tea Leaves are charitable to Tea Leaves. Its a riddle wrapped inside of an enigma projected on a Rubiks Cube is all this public pressure, even working, or is the president just digging in, at least for now . He is Dug In and his campaign is no
Starts now crunch time and high anxiety at the White House. New reporting on how people around biden are feeling as democratic lawmakers are heading back to Washington For The First Time since the Cnn Debate. Hey why so many things this week is the one that will decide it all. Hurricane beryl lashing southern california, southern texas, right now, more than A Million people without power and houston, the nations fourth biggest city, we are live on the ground for you. And boeing agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the u. S. Government families of Crash Victims, though, are furious calling it a Sweetheart Deal. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman. Sara is out today. This is cnn central the new cnn reporting this morning is describing the biden White House right now gripped by Anxiety And Uneasiness as the president is facing intense pressure to prove his his doubters wrong. And it critical moment lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Cnn Debate tha
Happening inside afghanistan. The Taliban Takeover has reached the Oneweek Mark and multitudes of people are trying to flee their country. More than 20,000 are now at the airport in kabul waiting in the brutal sun, hoping they get that golden ticket out. Secretary blinken says 8,000 people were evacuated yesterday alone. All countries combined have now evacuated some 26,500 people. The pentagon announced this morning it had invoked something called the civil Reserve Air Fleet which compels u. S. Commercial airlines to assist with the evacuation. Meanwhile President Biden is expected to talk to the american public again this afternoon about those efforts in afghanistan. Tune in to cnn at 4 00 p. M. Eastern time to see exactly what he has to say. Lets begin with my first two guests, Sami Mahdi just got out of kabul, and Rina Amiri has helped her country from abroad. She was assigned to Winston Holbrook when he was representative in afghanistan and pakistan. Good morning to both of you. I
Now on bbc news, Dateline London. Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators, bbc specialists, and the correspondents who write, blog, and broadcast for audiences back home from the Dateline London. This week, will england pay a price for borisjohnson s Freedom Day . And a trifecta of global worry afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The Dateline Panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the Institute For Government and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle East Editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian, and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your Mobile Phone advising you to self isolate because youve recently been in contact with someone who