good morning. it is saturday, july 20th. ym alicia menendez with symone sanders-townsend and michael steele. today the bending of the knee. the gop pledges its total loyalty to trump . senator elizabeth worn joins us the conversation with a warning about the ex-president and his new running mate. where the biden campaign goes from here. congressman james clyburn on that. vice president harris on the attack highlighting what republicans conveniently left out of their republican speeches. welcome to the weekend . d . today donald trump and ohio senator jd vance will campaign together in michigan. it is their first joint rally appearances donald trump named him as his vp pick during the republican national convention. this was a convention which served as a reminder of trump s total domination of the republican party, despite a promise of unity, the same old trump came out the moment he went off script, repeating allies of a stolen election and blaming democrats f
[inaudible conversations] watch out. wait, wait. [bleep] [background sounds] usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! dana: and every time you see is it, as bill said, you see something new. former president trump surviving ap attempted assassination. the bullet, thankfully, only pierce his ear. it was that close to killing him. but his head was turned to the side at the moment the bullet whizzed by just minutes after he took the stage, about six minutes service this was an outdoor rally in rural western pennsylvania. we want to welcome you to a brand new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: morning, partner. this is the beginning of what will be a profound week. dana: in the last hour, you made a good point that every time you watch the video, you see something new. see what he says? yes, he says let me get my shoes, and they re about to push him off, and he says, wait, wait, and and that s when he turns, looks to the crowd crowd, raises a fist an
colorado, and the golden gate of california. america is coming back. and on this july 4th, we celebrate our nation s independence and our renewed freedom to come together. tonight, the largest fireworks show on television with dazzling displays in cities all across the usa, and powerful musical performances including the beach boys with john stamos, billy ray cyrus, black eyed peas, blues traveller, brad paisley, chicago, flow rida, cool and the gang, nelly, neo, reo speed wagon, sammy haggar and the circle, tasha cobbs leonard and tricia yearwood. now a special cnn event. the 4th in america. we are live in washington, d.c. with spectacular views of the u.s. capitol and national mall. look at the crowds already gathering at the lincoln memorial. our country has been waiting for this moment. a time to celebrate. you can see people are gathering to do just that. and soon, fireworks will light up the monuments on this very special independence today and you will see it happen
president biden returning to washington after his high stakes trip overseas. he is feeling confident about his meeting with vladimir putin, saying he did what he went to do. but back home, he s dealing with a stalled agenda and republicans focus on obstruction, pass passing a bill to make juneteenth a national holiday xhel rating the end of slavery in the u.s. and tucker carlson pushing a deranged conspiracy theory that the fbi was behind the insurrection. really. i want to start now with senior political analyst john avalon and susan glasser. john harwood. excuse me. did i call you john avalon? i guess did i. you did. like the president today, i apologize. i m really sorry. especially john avalon, of all people. so john, just moments ago, the president arriving back in washington after his week-long trip to europe and face to face meeting with vladimir putin. he seems confident about what he accomplished overseas. he says, you know, a lot of challenges. but the proof wi
my daughter was on the third floor. if a swiss army knife were used my daughter and most of those other kids and adults would be alive today. and now they say it s common, it s typical. no, you re full of crap, judge. and you are going to lose. and just in the first six months of this year according to the gun violence archive there have been more than 8,000 deaths and 244 mass shootings. cnn s paolo sandoval joining me right now. out of california the attorney general is already appealing this decision, but how did we get here in the first place sph. i ll point you back to 1989. that s actually when that original ban was implemented, when that was actually created. and it had been updated regularly but then in 2019 a lawsuit was filed in court and that s what brings us to this point yesterday and a federal judge in san diego essentially overturning that assault weapons ban in california ruling that that law deprives law-abiding citizens in the state of california of lega