Nationalize the race and talk about trump aimed at boosting democratic turnout. It may be paying off. It creates a stark contrast between the Governor And Larry elder. I dont see elder or any of the other ones as viable candidates or leadership for the state. Reporter the question on the ballot today, Should Newsom be recalled . And if so, who should replace him . I Cant Think of any level, any front, any policy this man has engaged in that has made life better for us in california. Hes been an abject failure. Reporter elder, the conservative talk show host, is the Gop Frontrunner of more than 40 challengers on the second part of the ballot. Will Gavin Newsom accept the results of the election when he loses . Reporter not one to shy away from controversy, elder has been borrowing a page from Donald Trumps play book. Were going to file lawsuits in a timely fashion. What i believe is that no matter what they do, and i believe that there might very well be shenanigans, as there were in th
From the expresident s play book. And a Cnn Investigation of Trumps Pressure Campaign to overturn the 2020 election. The calls, the texts, the Voice Mails and more. Plus, how his lies are still threatening the nation. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News were following. Truly stunning new revelations of very deep concern at the highest levels inside the pentagon over former President Trump and his erratic behavior during his final weeks in office. They come in a new book by Journalist Bob Woodward and Rob Costa who say The General took unprecedented action to limit trumps ability to order a military strike. Cnn Special Correspondent is joining us now. She has details of what was going on. Jaime, the joint chiefs chairman, general millie, he was very concerned. He wanted to safe guard the nations nuclear arsenal. He wanted to safe guar
Situation. In the past 24 hours, 2,000 people have been evacuated, far short of the goal of 5,000 to 9,000 a day. Of those the pentagon says only 300 were u. S. Citizens. Its not about the math. Its about whats ready to fleig fly. You know, who is on the airfield ready to leave a Holding Area and get on the aircraft. Reporter the dangerous scene unfolding on the ground underscores just how difficult it may be for these words from the president to come true. There are afghan women outside the gate, i told get them on the planes. Get them out. Get their families out if you can. Reporter Defense Secretary Lloyd austin and chair. Joint chiefs general Mark Milley arriving at the White House to brief the President And Vice president. The president spent the day out of public view after insisting in an abc News Interview on wednesday that chaos was always inevitable. But the idea that somehow theres a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i dont know how that happens. Reporter congres
Fallout from president Bidens Denial of any mistakes in the exit from afghanistan. Cnn now learning that u. S. Diplomats wrote an internal memo last Night Warning of a potential catastrophe in afghanistan. This hour i will get reaction from the president , the deputy national Security Adviser. Hes standing by live. Our experts are standing by as we cover this breaking story. We begin with cnn national Security Respondent over at the State Department for us. This is major. What are you learning about this memo . Reporter wolf, what were learning is that two dozen diplomats wrote this classified Dissent Memo to the Saek Tear of state Tony Blinken In July. They were urging the department to take more actions to prepare for what they saw as a massive Evacuation Effort that would be needed to get these afghans who would apply for these different visas and Refugee Status in the United States out of the country. The context in which they were making this suggestion is the fact the taliban wer
that question is actually more difficult than you might think. they embraced the ones about the election. not to mention, of course, the many deranged conspiracy theories pushed by president trump about ted cruz s dead, muslims and much, much more. marjorie taylor greene is not the only republican office holder who has been pushing but the only one republicans are contemplating admonishing. senator thune, i regret to inform you when it comes to embracing conspiracy theories and dangerous lies in general, house republicans have already made their decision. ryan nobles is on capitol hill. let s start with congresswoman liz cheney. what are you learning about how this meeting might go? might she have enough support to hold on to her leadership position? reporter: right now that is an open question. it is very difficult to find a republican in the house of representatives who is willing to predict the outcome of what is expected to be a very tense meeting behind closed doors.