After a day in which President Biden some more members of his own pretty calling him to drop out of the race, this president this Years Nato Conference with a high Stakes Press Conference to say that it was a major moment for President Biden and his party is an understatement. Bidens Questionandanswer Session was watched by americas allies and adversaries, politicians of both major parties, as well as an audience, here in the u. S. And around the globe. Im not handing in my European Allies say, joe, dont run. What i hear them say is, you have got to win. You cant let this guy come forward. It would be a disaster. Would be a disaster. I mean, i think he said at one of his rallies, dont hold me to this, recently where, nato, i just learned about nato, something to that effect. Foreignpolicy has never been his strong point, and he seems to have an affinity to people who are authoritarian. That worries as i do tell you at home, that worries europe. That worries poland, and nobody, includin
Party is an understatement bidens Question And Answer session was watched by americas allies and adsaries, politicians of both parties here in the u. S. And around the globe im not hearing my European Allies say, joe, dont run what im hearing them say is youve got to win. You cant let this guy come forward, itd be a disaster. I think i said in one of his rallies recently where nato, i just learned about Nato Or Something to that effect Foreign Policy has never been his strong point, and he seems to have an affinity to people who are authoritarian. That worries europe, that worries poland, and nobody including the people of poland think that if he wins in ukraine hes going to stop ukraine so what i can say is i think im the best person to do the job. Almost as important as the content of the president s Remarks Tonight is the president s energy, enthusiasm, his command of details the fact is that the consideration is that i think im the most t qualified Persono Run for president. I beat
line. so joining me now, bakari sel sellers, form democratic senator from alabama doug jones is here. they re both cnn political commentators. good evening to both of you. bakari, i m going to start with you. the entire nation is waiting on this chauvin trial verdict. one cnn white house official telling cnn the thinking inside the west wing is, and i quote here, this was already a tinderbox. it becomes more volatile by the day. what s at stake here, you think, sir? you know, that s a good question. this reminds me the time we re in reminds me of 1968. tom brokaw, who is one of my heroes actually, had a documentary entitled boom. and in 1968, in february, you had the original wood massacre. in april you had assassination of king. in june you had the assassination of kennedy. you had many soldiers coming home from war still being treated like second-class citizens, and it felt as if the country was becoming untethered along the lines of race. this seems eerily like that
significant response if a single russian force enters ukraine in an aggressive way. we ve also learned of a kremlin plot that vladimir putin is planning to install a puppet government in ukraine. waiting in the wings, an estimated 100,000 russian troops already stationed at the ukrainian border. with fears of an invasion growing, president biden held a meeting with his security team at camp david this weekend. for the very latest let s go to cnn s clarissa ward in kiev, she s live there for us. clarissa, how much power does the u.s. have right now to stop what seems like a steady drumbeat for war? our top diplomats in washington are making all kinds of warnings but it doesn t sound like the message is getting across. reporter: well, i think at least the diplomatic process has not reached a total dead end, jim. we saw those talks in geneva between secretary of state anthony blinken and his russian counterpart seg rgey lavrov. they at least agreed to keep talking. it s hard t
it ll be awkward if they make the playoff and don t have a head coach. i will never understand the timing of some of these college football coach moves, right before these championship games and bowl games. andy, thank you very much. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, november 30th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. breaking overnight, the omicron variant of coronavirus has now been detected on five continents. nearly a week after being first discovered. now, this is not unexpected. scientists expected this to happen, and it doesn t get to the major questions about how severe the illness might be. japan just identified its first case hours ago. that means 19 countries or territories have now diagnosed at least one case of omicron. there are no confirmed cases in the u.s. as of now, but if you listen to dr. fauci and others, it is almost certainly here. with so much still unknown about th