President biden considered himself the champion of the working and middle class. Jd vance introduced himself as the son of appalachia with hillbilly roots. A man that would fight for the workers. The question of how black voters might vote, they are a key segment of the electorate. That question has been unusually openended. When present biden was still at the top of the ticket, he was underperforming with black voters. An indepth survey of nearly 9000 adults published this summer found that one in Five Lakh men said they plan to vote for trump. In 2016, 13 of lachman voted for him but in 2020, 19 did. Part of Bidens Problem is a candidate was figuring out how to stop black voters from deserting the democratic party. Since Kamala Harris has become the nominee, the numbers have changed significantly. Now the Trump Campaign is in a tailspin as it tries to figure out whether voters of color, particularly black voters are still in play. It was an illadvised appearance. He sat down for a qu
Resolutely, aomma victims call now 30 Billion in Trust Money has been set aside. You may be entitled to a portion of that money. All when 808 59, 2,400. Thats when 808, 59, 2,400 is cnn Breaking News . We do have Breaking News. Vice president Kamala Harris picking up some major endorsements, more of them today as shes working to secure the democratic nomination just 24 hours after President Biden announced his withdrawal from his 2024 campaign, harris has shot up endorsements from more than 100 congressional democrats including distance few minutes ago. A big one, former House Speaker Nancy pelosi, were also expecting to hear from the senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at any moment, sources telling cnn they will also be endorsing the Vice President as the democratic partys nominee. Cnns Manu Raju is on Capitol Hill manu, it seems like at this point its getting safer to Say Harris is the presumptive nominee here yeah, all signs are pointing
Bret thanks, dana. Bret good evening. Im bret baier, welcome to milwaukee and the final night of the republican convention unlike any other. Former President Donald Trump will formally accept his Partys Nomination for a third time. Tonights speech is expected in parts to Focus On unity in the wake of saturdays Assassination Attempt. Were told one word though wont be used in the hourplus long speech, biden. The former president will refer to the administration and the current leadership but not use his opponents name. This as there are increasing doubts about whether president Joe Biden will be the democrats nominee. Tonight we are also learning new details about the shooter in butler, pennsylvania saturday. And his movements in the hourS Preceding the pulling of the trigger. Were also seeing outrage directed at the head of the secret Service Lack of substantive information about the shooting and the security provided around the event. The secret Service Director confronted by lawmakers
Children, perhaps close to halloween. Next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. The New York times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious Delta Variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. Its coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new School Year. Doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the Washington Post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to Ration Care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. The state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that deaths outpace
It also open the door to more Vaccine Mandates . We are seeing a rise in cases and hospitalizations in the country and daily reported deaths. Surpassing 1,000 for the first time in five months. Nearly all of those in the unvaccinated. I want to get to our senior medical correspondent. As we look at this, there are a number of people who have said im not getting that shot until it has full approval. Now it does. What does this mean . Reporter it means that it could make a difference. I think that we shouldnt expect a tsunami of people to say now its been approved and ill get it. Theres so much misinformation on social media. Its hard to counteract that. Lets look at the hope of what this full approval could do. As i said, it could encourage unvaccinated people to get the shot, but no one should rely on that. It allows pfizer to advertise. They werent allowed to advertise with Emergency Use Authorization. But Pharmaceutical Companies good at advertising and making convincing campaigns. T