Tonight, President Biden on the World Stage at the Nato Summit in washington. What is at stake abroad and here at home is democrats meet Behind Closed Doors about the president s Reelection Campaign . New reporting on trumps plan to block hearings in the federal Election Case before the Sears Vote plus with the rnc a week away, where do they stand in the race as the 11th Hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again. We are 119 days away from the election and as democrats in congress met today to discuss the state of President Bidens Reelection Campaign, the president himself was on the international stage hosting a key Nato Summit in washington. We have details. Reporter tonight President Biden on the World Stage kicking off a highstakes Nato Summit with 38 World Leaders here in washington. It is good that we are stronger than ever because this moment in history calls for our collective strength. Reporter President Biden and allies announcing new Air Defense system
again. and good evening, welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, up close and personal. right now, i m reflecting on my exclusive interview this week with vice president kamala harris who i joined at the white house this week ahead of two events. the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, which i will be leading with ronald came the third and his beautiful active wife that on august 26th i will be meeting with them as head of national action network. and andrea waters, came head of the drum major institute. and then of course, the other event is the 2024 election. just 15 months away. and the heart of both matters are the dueling challenges that democrats face to both retain a black vote that appears to some jeopardy and to protect black voters against republican-led voter suppression efforts. and the growing dangers posed by the presidential candidacy of donald trump. so tonight appears to be on the cusp of a fourth indictment. possibly as early as next week
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. tornado on the ground. national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area to help any way they can. want to bring in derek van dam in the cnn weather center. this was just one of seven tornados reported thursday along with nearly 200 storms. are we looking at anything like this for today? up fortunately we have another active day ahead of us. the tornados in texas absolutely devastating to see. let s focus on the more immediate threat, what is happening now. we have severe thunderstorm watches stretching from texas through louisiana and the gulf coast. there
a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around at world. i m max foster. bianca is off today. just ahead on cnn newsroom people were climbing out of rubble. there was a fire nearby. it was a horrible scene. this is the first order from judge aileen cannon since former president trump was arraigned. she is urging lawyers for both sides to have their security clearances in place as this goes forward. i believe america is still a shining city on a hill whose eyes of the world are upon us. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, june 16th, 3:00 a.m. in northern texas where a small town is reeling after a deadly tornado touched down. at least three people were killed and dozens more injured on thursday when a tornado carved a mile and a half long path of destruction through the town near the border with oklahoma. the damage is heartbreaking. many people lost everything. officials say as many as 200 homes may hav
is going to be a permanent member of this team. we ll see. and so that is what they re working on now. and kaitlan, judge cannon, we should point out, she s a trump appointee. she did a trump-friendly ruling that was overturned months ago. i know that there are people on the prosecution team who are wary of her. how does the trump team view her? do they think that she s going to be an asset? they re thrilled. i mean, they could not be happier to have her on their team or to have her overseeing this i mean. she is a trump appointee. she was picked in the days after he lost the 2020 election. that s obviously not a comment on whether or not she s a good judge or a bad judge or indifferent. but they re thrilled because they saw how she was what her rulings were when they went to her for the special master case last fall. that was when she got overruled by an appeals court in a pretty embarrassing fashion for a judge because basically they said she was giving trump specia