Finally the day is here. August 19th and the entire world is watching. There is a horrific of palestinians taking place that is being aided and abetted by the democratic party leadership and its representatives in joe, killer kamala harris, and baby killer a blanket. Sandra: a live look from chicago as antiisrael protesters swarmed that city threatening to disrupt the democratic national convention. They are bracing for chaos. That is a crowd that is growing in size by the hour. I am sandra smith in new york. John: and i am john roberts in washington. This is america reports. The new york post besting the frenzy in chicago as a case study in democratic leadership. Sandra: this weekend alone at least 33 people were shot in that city with a one man gunned down just blocks from the convention site. A chaotic backdrop for a party trying to prop up a new nominee. John: president biden speaking tonight as the dnc s keynote speaker where he will have to rally support from the party that effec
Sandra issues continue to drop in hollywood you may remember this moment when he attended the starstudded Campaign Fundraiser in l. A. That raised 30 Million and it was spearheaded by George Clooney. John and you will remember this moment from left that night when there was video of President Obama guiding biden off stage. That Video Set off a social Media Firestorm of claims the president froze up on stage. The White House responded that this way. President obama, President Biden have a relationship. They are friends. They are like family to each other. And i think that is what you saw. Who saw the president put his hand on the back of presi President Biden and they walked off the stage. Sandra that was then fast forward to today George Clooney peeling back the curtain even more writing the Biden He Saw at the fundraiser was the same man we all witnessed at the debate. Hello and welcome everyone i am Sandra Smith in New York here we go, john. John here we go and is this reaching Criti
extremists in the ranks of the military. we ve got a lot to cover for you this hour. joining me now is cnn s senior political analyst kirsten powers and former top aide to paul ryan brendan buck. good to see both of you. thanks for joining. brendan, you first. the gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. only a few republicans really are standing up against them. meantime, they re opposing covid relief. what message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan? well, i think they re searching for that. and i think that s one of the reasons@covid bill is so popular right now. it s one of the more popular bills major bills i ve seen come through. i think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and that s got them behind the 8 ball. look, there s a lot to argue the bill about and i think that there s a good argument that we spent about $4 trillion
military. we ve got a lot to cover for you this hour. joining me now is cnn s senior political analyst kirsten powers and former top aide to paul ryan brendan buck. good to see both of you. thanks for joining. brendan, you first. the gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. only a few republicans really are standing up against them. meantime, they re opposing covid relief. what message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan? well, i think they re searching for that. and i think that s one of the reasons why the covid bill is so popular right now. it s one of the more popular bills major bills i ve seen come through. i think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and that s got them behind the 8 ball. look, there s a lot to argue the bill about and i think that there s a good argument that we spent about $4 trillion on covid so far and if
maryland that are having record high hospitalizations. they even have an emergency declaration there. new jersey s largest hospital system also bracing to break 2020 records and 1,000 military medical experts have been deployed to try to deal with overcrowding in the icus, with cases exploding, dr. fauci says more trips to the hospital will be a key indicator to watch. very often, you can t just forget about the number of people who are infected because that s the forewarner of what might happen with hospitalization. as you get further on and you see less severity, clearly hospitalization is the important thing. against this backdrop, the cdc is defending the way that it has changed the guidance for isolation time, cutting it in half, for people with few symptoms. today, meanwhile, the president of the american nurses association saying this. we believe that the guidelines are premature given what is known about omicron. it seems to tip more towards economic needs as op