believe i m the best qualified to govern and i think i m the best qualified to win in a high-stakes press conference, president biden unapologetic in his decision just jin to seek a second term. the question did it change any minds among anxious democrats nervous about his decision to run for reelection holding tonight because for me, the answer that is i just don t see that trajectory. i don t see the numbers and texas where beryl hit as a hurricane on monday more than 1 million people are still without electricity trinity, all those people without power there, houston temperatures backup feeling around 100 live, from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us around the world. i m max foster. it s friday, july the 12th, 9:00 a.m. here in london 4:00 a.m. in washington where the white house is praising joe biden s nato press conference as a success, even as more democratic lawmakers call on him to end his campaign, mr. bide
itself is running out of control with the delta variant. the president has chosen to stay on that topic for now. tomorrow he is expected to lay out some new steps to battle the pandemic. that won t be easy. it was two months ago when the administration already declared independence from the virus. critics like senator tom cotton suggesting this is part of a broader p.r. campaign to shift focus away from afghanistan and those americans we left behind. i understand the administration wants to turn the page. they want this out of the news. they want to focus on their reckless 3 1/2 trillion dollar spending bill. there are a lot of members of congress who won t rest until every american and every legal permanent resident in afghanistan can get out of afghanistan. harris: the washington examiner is noting this. the commander-in-chief promises to pivot away from afghanistan and the new york post with this headline. his media guards are ready to help him change the subject.
6th win. [noise] beating police officers. they said was antifa, they said it was blm, some say it was just tourists. as we mentioned, a special panel of house members will examine the events of january six. republican leader kevin mccarthy has yet to name his appointees to that panel, but today, the committee chairman, thompson from mississippi said that will not delay the first hearing which will take place later this month. either the 21st or the 22nd of july, the committee is committed to doing our job. as i said, we hope that kevin mccarthy gives us his recommendation so we can fully populate the committee. but if he chooses not to, we will still do our work. but they need us we have members of congress being complicit we have all that you have also i know not ruled out a subpoena for president trump. you know, i, know we all know that trump has ignored should subpoenas before. we plan to exercise, we might have to go to court. the former presidents lies about t
republicans successfully filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission split evenly between democrats and republicans for a comprehensive inquiry into the deadly insurrection, a mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th in an attempt to overthrow free and fair elections while we watched on television. republicans did it with the help of a key accomplice, the senate rules. here s the vote tally. ready for this? do some math in your head. which one is bigger? the vote was 54 yeas against 35 nays. now, at any other context where you re voting and 54 people want something and 35 people do not, well, that s a win for the yeas. but in the united states senate it apparently is not because you need 60 votes. not even 60% of those senators who bothered to stick around, but 60 votes out of how far many there are, hence the answers. two democrats were absence. senators kyrsten sinema and washington and patty murray of washington. nine republicans were absence, concluding pat to
heard from both. the january 6th which hunt committee, makes joe mccarthy blush from his grave. it is, a complete and absolute fishing expedition, trying to demonize populist americans. i m probably going to declare the fit, not because i m going to be wrong, but because these people aren t political criminals, that have an ax to grind. i m going to make a decision between now and december 17th, based on the advice of my counsel, but it s very dangerous to go into this form, because they are not honest. this is a partisan witch hunt. it s worth noting that the subpoenas that reportedly use members of the oath keepers was private security, while in washington before january 6th. today was also the deadline for several people, including trump former aides, stephen miller, jon mcenany, to turn over documents to the committee. john eastman, that attorney who outlined plans for mike pence to deny biden the presidency, he was supposed to respond to his subpoena yesterday. t