election, you didn t actually lose. it was voter fraud. it was rigged. even when there wasn t and the night before the recall election, the former president is steering the pot with the very familiar message. here he is. does anybody believe the california recall election isn t rigged? millions and millions of mail in ballots will make this another giant election scam? no different but less blatant than the 2020 election scam and came after he actually said this. what do you think happens in california? well, it s probably rigged. they re sending out all the ballots. the ballots are, you know, mail out, mail in ballots. in fact, i guess you have a case where you can make your own ballot. when that happens, nobody is going to win except these democrats. so, you know, look, they re very good. the one thing they re good at is rigging elections. i predict it s a rigged election. let s see how it turns out. that s completely untrue. it s a bunch of lies. there is really no o
and president biden heads to california hoping to help governor gavin newsom avoid getting fired in the recall election. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. first let s go straight to capitol hill for the latest on a new security scare. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story for us. ryan, this comes just as capital police issued an energy declaration ahead of a right wing rally this coming saturday. reporter: that s right, wolf. the area i m standing right now is capital hill square. this area is someone you can walk-through out a special credential. in a couple of days capital police are ready to resurrect that fencing that wraps around the square that will keep people from coming in and out as they prepare for a worst case scenario ahead of a major protest happening this weekend. tonight as capital police issue an emergency declaration ahead of a dangerous
america is not done with you yet. president biden vowing to maintain america s fight against terror as he forcefully defended his decision to end the war on afghanistan. let me say clearly to those who wish america harm, to those who engage in terrorism against us or our allies, know this, the united states will never rest. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we ll hunt you down to the ends of the earth and you will pay the ultimate price. president on defense. those forceful words because he is on defense. he s saying he will no go after terror where it is today. he explicitly says terror is not where it was two decades ago when al qaeda, of course, launched the 9/11 attacks from afghanistan. the war in afghanistan is now over. i m the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. when i was running for president, i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. today i ve honored that commitment. biden says t
said it could have been in a more orderly way. he says 100 to 200 americans remain in afghanistan, and he insists there is no deadline to get them out. the commander in chief vowing to continue the fight against isis-k terrorists who killed 13 u.s. service members, warning, and i m quoting him now, we are not done with you yet. let s begin over at the white house with our chief national correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, the president waited, what, 24 hours after the u.s. withdrawal to declare on camera that the operation was a success. wolf, this was the decision that president biden has long wanted to make, but as commander in chief, he could finally set the course to end america s longest war. he spent far more time talking about the merits of that decision rather than the questions that do, in fact, still remain about the operational decisions that led to a frenzied, chaotic, even deadly war. he was defiant as he spoke today at the white house but left no question he beli
attacks. the fbi director comparing the threats to 9/11. good evening, i am erin burnett. prose prosecutors tightening the screws on trump. the former president s senior finance executives to testify before a grand jury. as the trump s organization controller for 38 years, he knows the ins and outs. jeff jeffery mcconney wrote it is my money. the da has been investigating trump and his company and the company s exec tutives on multie fronts including perks and taxes. reporter with the new york times who was on the team breaking the story and william, let me start with you with all the news you are breaking tonight. mcconney is one of the top members of trump, 35 years working for the organization. as you point out he s going to have immunity on this subject of his testimony to the grand jury. he can say everything he knows. he s not going to pay a price for it and others may. how much could he know? well, erin, that s hard to say. i m siting here and if i knew what mcconn