donald trump s life. first tonight, the news just in. president biden has covid. what we ve learned moments ago. and it comes amid new questions tonight about whether he ll stay in the race. a new call for him to, quote, pass the torch, from a leading democrat in the house. what our mary bruce and jon karl have learned tonight about where this goes there here. also breaking tonight, that video appearing to show the alleged gunman thomas crooks walking the perimeter of that pennsylvania rally about one hour before trying to assassinate donald trump. and what we just learned, he was first identified as a person of interest a full 62 minutes before he opened fire. and he was seen by secret service snipers on that roof a full 20 minutes before he fired at the president. pierre thomas standing by with his late reporting. here in milwaukee tonight, republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance preparing to take center stage. his speech in prime time tonight, we ll carry i
ban. it allowed people to post tips about possible illegal abortions taking place in the state. planned parenthood pout out a statement tonight saying we are relieved the travis county district court acted quickly to grant this restraining order against texas right to life and anyone working with them as deputized enforcers of this law. president biden called the texas law almost unamerican. the thing about the texas law is sort of creates a vigilante system where people get rewards to go out to anyway. it just seems i know this sounds ridiculous, almost unamerican. it s not a sort of villainty system, it is that jeff. joining me is jeffrey toobin. jeff, this is partially good news in terms of at least people are able to go to the courts now. it s not a total system but it s only about appobortion provider with planned parenthood and who they sued against them. is this for more than just them at some point in time? we have to see. the judge said this temporary injun
thanks so much for watching. don lemon tonight with laura coats sitting in starts right now. laura? hey, michael smerconish. listen to you tomorrow. can t wait to hear you. nice to see you. thanks for that. okay. this is don lemon tonight i m laura coats. we have breaking news. a judge handed a narrow victory to abortion rights advocates tonight. issuing a temporary restraining order and blocking antiabortion group called texas right to life from suing abortion providers that are employed by planned parenthood under this restrictive six-week ban. it created a website where it allowed people to post tips about possible illegal abortions taking place in the state. planned parenthood put out a statement tonight saying we are relieved the travis county district court acted quickly to grant this restraining order against texas right to life and anyone working with them as deputy tiesed deputyized enforcers of this draconian law. president biden called the texas law almost
the mixed messages. and growing backlash over restrictive new texas law banning abortions after six weeks. why the state s largest medical association is saying enough is enough. and a u.s. open stunner.omi the match and her cool on the court. what she s now saying about her future in tennis. we are always so grateful to have your company. it is saturday, september 4th. thank you for waking up with us. good morning, christi. we appreciate you sharing part of your labor day weekend with us. from the gulf coast region to the northeast, cities across the country are reeling from the aftermath of hurricane ida. in louisiana, residents are dealing with fuel shortages, power outages, and now, sweltering heat. they re facing long lines to buy food at grocery stores and hurricane ida is being blamed for at least 13 deaths in louisiana and mississippi. and still, more than 700,000 customers remain without power in louisiana. now, president joe biden did get a firsthand look
let s go outfront . and good evening, everyone. i m in for erin burnett, breaking news. president biden in louisiana, he s now meeting with local leaders there after surveying the catastrophic damage from hurricane ida. the presidencycyt seeing unreleg storm that hit louisiana and mississippi. a storm that left 800,000 people there still without power. there is much to be done. we re working around the clock with the governor and the elected officials there until we can meet every need y all have. as you can see from these images, new images, the cleanup has just begun. and even days later, the flood waters have yet to reseed in somepl places. with the sweltering heat, no power, no water, food and fuel shortages, many people on the ground are begins to fear the worst. i got to sleep in the car. my kids are hot. we hungry. we going to die in here. where is fema? where is the red cross? we need help now. there is an urgent need for help across the northeast, as well.