Headliners tonight. He s expected to share personal stories about his marrrriage an family life with vice president harris and around the same time, xi will be about 90 miles away in milwaukee, just up the way they re holding a rally in the same arena where republicans held their convention last month. I want to bring in cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny at jeff, you have some reporting on what the obamas are expected to say tonight. What can you tell us? rana, we know that former president barak obama likes to make the case for democratic candidates as he s done since leaving office. And tonight i m told he will give a forceful articulation of why he believes the country and democrats should elect a kamala harris? yes. Within any individual issues like the economy and democracy is really going to be laying out the stakes and drawing a contrast with former president donald trump. But something that we have seen him do, of course, back in the 2016 campaign, he made a
Victims, the president that retribution. To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, no this. We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command. This evening the flag atop the White House has been lowered to half staff, as where the flags over the u. S. Capital, they are now just five days left to complete the evacuation, the drawdown in afghanistan. Earlier this week, the president announced the August 31st deadline would not be extended, precisely because of Security Concerns surrounding the operation at the crowded airport. The White House says that despite todays bombings, neither the nda nor the mission has changed. I would note that more than 700,000 70,000 people were evacuated over the last 24 hours. That includes members from coalition partners. This is what the president is focused on, getting as many people on these planes, even as w
The scientists and researchers. The drug companies. The national guard. The u. S. Military. Fema. The nations governors, doctors, nurses, pharmacists. Everyone whos moved Heaven And Earth to get as many shots into the arms of americans as possible and its been an all Hands On Deck for the country effort. Some people said we cant do this. That it would not be until the fall that we had this many people vaccinated. That 2021 might be a lost year for our country as 2020 was. But we proved the doubters wrong. I need to single out one more group to praise. The american people. The american people. For more than a year, you have endured so much and so many lost jobs, so many businesses lost, so many lives upended and so many months that our Kids Couldnt be in school. You couldnt see your friends or family. All the moments that mattered so much from birthdays to weddings to graduations all postponed. And most tragically of all the lost lives. As the press knows i carry a card in my pocket wit
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steve bannon has chosen not to comply with his the piano setting up a potential legal battle. earlier today january six committee member congressman jamie raskin democrat of maryland, said he is that the chairman to take a hard line on those who would defy subpoena orders. i m advising the deployment of the full panoply of enforcement powers at the disposal the united states congress, that includes criminal content powers, cyclical contempt hours, the people govern here nobody is above the law. not a president, not a formal president, not the clinical parties. here s part of the problem, donald trump is now trying to breathe new life into the lie that he, and not joe biden, should somehow be sitting in the white house. trump and his allies have been trying to get help from state officials who are willing to support and act on the big lie and the false narrative. especially in states like he lost life pennsylvania, the states the attorney general charge the pirro has been