and welcome to the lead live from the republican national convention. we re in the middle of a pivotal moment in american history that will determine the fate of our nation s future. stay right here. we re going to bring you the latest reporting and critical insights to shed light on these tumultuous times here in milwaukee in battleground, wisconsin donald trump is poised to take the stage tonight, addressing the nation for the first time since an assassination it s an attempt on him during a rally in butler, pennsylvania, we have been told that that brush with death inspired the former president to throw out his original speech you can craft a new one. a new one that might strike a different tone. that s what we are being told that any rate trump twice impeached the man who s refusal to accept the electoral defeat resulted in a deadly attack on the us capitol is one of the most divisive and contntroversial figures in moden politics. he had seen over his political career t
peach news continues on cnn, wolf blitzer, his back in a place i like to call the situation room happening president biden unbowed by the growing pressure within his own party to exit the 2024 race. we re getting new reaction to the president s outreach to demo for credit lawmakers and donors and is defined insistence that he will beat donald trump also tonight, white house records reveal a parkinson s disease specialist met with the president s position this year. the top biden spokesperson declining to directly answered questions about that? during a very combative briefing. all of this, as donald trump is trying to reclaim the spotlight amid as opponents troubles exactly one week before the republican national convention begins in milwaukee, standby for new information on trump s vp rollout his party platform, and convention strategy welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m will flisser a, you re in the situation room we begin with preside
that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i learned the hard way there was never a good time to withdrawal u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. tal taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army collapsed and the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be a saigon. guess what? there has been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand scquarely behind my decision, it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must see it s defeat for the united states. i think the president is right. enough is enough. what was all of this for? that has to be the question veterans are asking. two decades, more than $2 trillion, more than
evictions has inspired. who is to blame. we cannot in faith blame the it republican party when house democrats have the majority. oldest marine veterans 106th birthday. okay. life have s. easy.can t complai. living in the u.s.a. it s good to be back. i was on vacation last week. thanks so much for watching, waking up with us every single morning. myrtle beach, south carolina. awesome place to take your family. great seafood. shagging, south carolina dance. a fun place to go. have you been, pete? pete: thank you for having me. ainsley: glad to have you here. have you been to myrtle beach. i have. georgia i have been there; you would remember. will how are you cooking? steve: doing okay. good to have you back. brian is taking a couple days off and pete is in. good to have you. pete: a little extra duty. always like that. steve: a lot happened over of the weekend and three hours that starts right now. pete: that is, indeed, correct. we begin with another viol
ladies, welcome to you both. let s go first to you, kathy, close to me in new york, what more are we learning from the cdc data on the breakthrough cases? reporter: good afternoon to you. we are learning the extent of how dangerous the delta variant really is and how contagious it is, even among the fully vaccinated. cdc officials are saying the war has essentially changed. you mentioned earlier that there was an outbreak just a couple weeks ago in provincetown, massachusetts, and among the infected three-quarters were actually fully vaccinated, and based on further testing most of them had the delta variant. also at this current rate, according to the cdc documents, at this current rate we re seeing 35,000 breakthrough cases, but we do want to let folks know health officials are saying that vaccines are still effective, despite these new alarming numbers, and this is more reason for folks to get vaccinated, because we know now how contagious the delta variant is. it s as c