Welcome back to The Weekend. Congress returns to Capitol Hill Tomorrow after a seismic week in american politics. President biden continues to reassure democrats after his poor Debate Performance that he is the best person to beat Donald Trump in november. At least half a dozen democrats now tell Nbc News that the president s interview with George Stephanopoulos did little to salvage his campaign, describing bidens political situation in terms like heartbroken, doomed and an effing disaster. We should note, however, he spoke in those terms anonymously , of course they did. Meanwhile, five house democrats have publicly called on the president to step aside. Joining us now is democratic Senator Alex Padilla of california. Welcome, senator. Welcome, senator. Thank you for being with us this morning. Can we please start with the lots of conversation about Senator Mark Warner and Him Convening Democrats in the Senate Today via phone, or zoom, i am unsure. What do you know about this meeting
Yeah. That s how you make your money, man. Get your stuff. I m here. I ll hold you. Just like that. That s in new york s central park. That water rescue one of many overnight in the city and across the region. The storm also shut down new york s subway systems and computer rail throughout the new york tristate area. The flooding as you see here was of a kind last seen when superstorm sandy hit. The rainfall set records. At least eight tornadoes struck as the storm moved north and sadly every measure of destruction is likely to rise in the coming hours and days. Cnn s miguel marquez begins our coverage tonight. He joins us from new brunswick, new jersey. Miguel? reporter: just shocking how powerful this storm was. Nypd says it affected 69 water rescues and over 160 other rescues there. I want to show you what s happening here in new jersey and new brunswick. This is a roadway next to the raritan river. It has started to recede, but you can see the cars, the station behind it, all of tha
Companies to step up the vaccine requirements. The highly anticipated intelligence report on covid19 s origin may be just days away. Nevada evidence says this was a naturally occurring virus not to stay could not have been under study secretly at the wuhan institute and gotten out. Ainsley: we start with the urgent deadline looming as president biden decides whether to keep boots on the ground in afghanistan. Steve: the president is going to meet with his national security team before joining world leaders for a virtual g7 summit to see how the world feels about what s gone wrong in afghanistan. Brian: his own military calls and says if you want us out you better tell us today. Griff jenkins from washington as the military leaders warn the president you have got to listen to us for once. Griff: that sounds like the situation. America s closest allies like britain, g7 over extending this august 31st deadline which the taliban calls a red line. Extended that means they re extending occup
They stand up. Federal guidance on reopening schools on a group wants to send teachers to antiracist therapy. The biden administration now back pedaling saying it was an error. People standing in solidarity with the people in cuba which has been ignored by the president. Leaving these folks out to dry. The cuban people they are hostages. They are saying we want freedom. Steve: miami, this is your 6:01 wakeup call as we look down south in miami. Going for a daytime high of 90. Welcome to studio f as the picture digitizes this is thursday july. Ainsley: sean was here last night if you were like us probably asleep during that show you stayed up for prime time at 7:00. Playing what some of the demonstrators. Some covered in fake blood. This represents what our people in cuba are going through. We will talk to. So lawmakers down there. Brian: two things. One said daytime high of. Steve: 90. Brian: but we don t recommend you get high during daytime. Ainsley: different type of high. Brian: i
Tonight is the most important joey joe in washington about to crack? not that joe this joe. Joe manchin. About to switch. The man holding democrats back radically from radically changing america has been caught on a zoom call with a group called no labels describing a new openness to changing the filibuster. Now, don t forget. Every time the topic of ending the filibuster came up in the past, republicans have panicked they knew the consequences and what they would be right away and so did joe manchin. He penned two separate podesta to let his constituents know and his own party know that he will not weaken the filibuster. When joe manchin talked to billionaire donors a couple days in private his tune seems to have changed. According to the i object ter september that published this? this is what manchin said after being asked about lowering the filibuster threshold from 60 to 55? that s one of many suggestions i have. So i m open to looking at it i m not open to [inaudible] brian: the