it off now for our continuing coverage with anderson cooper 360 i didn in detroit wrapping up a fiery defense of his canvas, see his stamina and his chances defeating donald trump in november, speaking to chants, have we got your back? and don t you quit and four more years he talked for about 35 minutes joining us now is former ohio democratic congressman tim ryan ran for president 2020 also to cnn political commentators, ashley allison, who served as national coalitions director for the 2020 biden-harris campaign, and kate bedingfield, former biden white house communications director, congressman, it was ten days ago that you call from vice president harris replaces president biden at the top of the ticket president said again tonight, he s not going anywhere. what did you make of his speech tonight? and does it make you change your mind no. i honestly i didn t watch a whole lot. i just listened to it as as i was sitting here. but i think the fact that a lot of the almo
swing-state numbers are looking like, anderson in these swing states, the biden campaign has spent already. the trump campaign and the outside groups have not spent already and you think about the debate, you think about the george stephanopoulos interview. you think about the putin and trump comment last night. and you think about nearly $1 behind those ads that is going to shift public opinion that s what guys like me are really, really worried about as we move forward into this campaign with so much at stake. kate, i m wondering what you made at the congressman s point. and also today, the head of the united auto workers urge democrats not to quote, put our heads in the sand and hide from reality well, the congressman may be right that some members of the delegation weren t there, but look at the voters who were there in ultimately as the voters who are going to decide this election. and i think you had an incredibly raucous, energetic crowd here that was really feeding
fall and people see the binary choice between joe biden, who s fighting for them, and donald trump, who only cares about himself, who spouts all sorts of crazy nonsense, who wants to take away your freedoms and your rights? who supported an insurrection? section on january 6 that people are going to vote for joe biden and i think that there is time for biden to make that case, and i think if he does what he did tonight repeatedly in the swing states, he s going to be in a much better position actually, one of the difficulties you can have events on teleprompter, or even in the press conference last night where he was able to speak about foreign policy and for a very long period of time, i ve talked to a lot of people who would very much wish joe biden was the candidate, but are holding their breath every time he has an event fearful of what may happen and watching it in part to just see if anything happens. is that tolerable for the rest of the next i mean, it s whatever ha
the white house says it has told israel to ensure the safety and security ofjournalists after israeli warplanes destroyed a tower block in gaza city. occupants of the building, which housed the associated press and aljazeera, were given an hour to leave. israel claims the block was used by hamas s military intelligence. it follows rocket attacks by hamas militants, which killed one man in tel aviv. an israeli strike overnight on a refugee camp, killed at least 14 people, ten of them from one extended family. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from the west bank. within seconds, another tower block erased from gaza s skyline. journalists for international networks who worked inside rushed out after a warning from israel that it was about to strike. it says hamas intelligence used the building. earlier, a barrage of rockets hit tel aviv for the first time in two days, with deadly results. emergency services unable to save a man here. in gaza, there has been a
much for joining us. cnn s primary coverage continues right now with laura coats and abby philip tonight, too big checkmarks. one has all already happened, and we re expecting the other any minute now. and when it does, you can officially lock in your matchup cards for what might be the most important election of our lifetime welcome to a special edition of newsnight. i m abby phillip in new york, and i m codes and washington dc, it s a short time ago. joe biden made official well, the obvious and he will be the democratic nominee come this november. he is celebrating clinching in a new video asking voters, are you ready to win? well, tonight, biden adding important victories to his win column. look at all of states, state of georgia, one that he won in 2020, put them over the top. it s also a state we re done for trump tried to deny democracy and say, well, donald trump is on trial for election interference. and tonight the president put the november choice and qui