Good day, im Chris Jansing live at Msnbc Headquarters in new york city. A circular firing squad. Thats how one House Democrat described a Parting Meeting Today meant to hash out who wants the president to stay in the race and who wants him to go. Now as senate democrats meet Behind Closed Doors, will they have better luck at reaching a consensus on whether to support the President S candidacy . All this as we wait for todays white House Press Briefing to get started any minute now. Will we see more of the fireworks like we saw on monday . Plus, President Biden hosting international leaders for the Nato Summit Today where hes already the topic of conversation. Heres canadas Prime Minister whos meeting with senators before the summit gets under way. Mr. Prime minister, do you have any concerns about Bidens Age or mental acuiti . Good to see everyone here this morning. Justin trudeau not willing to engage, but can other leaders help the President Shift the focus off himself and onto what
Known gave it a serious condition. I was exhausted. I did lessen my instincts in terms of appearance and it was a bad night. Joe bidens highstakes interview, seemingly doing little to stop the panic among members of his own party following his Debate Performance. Well tell you how democrats are reacting and the four lawmakers who are now calling for the president to step aside. Plus, were learning more about a potential breakthrough in the israel hamas ceasefire negotiations that could end months of fighting. Also ahead, well dig into what Donald Trumps possible Vice President ial Running Mates had to say about going after political opponents and appointing a Special Prosecutor to investigate biden. All right. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, july 8th. Im Sam Stein in for jonathan lemire. In his first televised interview since the president ial debate, President Biden doubled down on his candidacy, insisting he will not drop out of the race. The interview lasted j
Coverage of californias Recall Election. Cnn projects that Gavin Newsom easily defeats the recall, remaining in office to finish out his term. Newsom thanking california for voting down the recall saying they rejected negativity, but also saying that voters gave a thumbs up to science, to vaccines and to ending the covid pandemic. Why dont we see how this all shook out, where it is on the map. Cnns Phil Mattingly is over here. Hes joining us from the magic wall. This isnt even close. It is not even close at all. At this point in time 65 reporting. Obviously we have already called it for the noes. That means Gavin Newsom stays in office. 2. 7 million votes ahead. 66 to 33 . But here is the reality when you look at this state. Joe biden won this state by 30 points. Go back to Gavin Newsom in 2018, he won this state by 23 points. This is a democratic state. 2 1 democratics in the state. A surge in the very few Republican Voters they had and independents to break their way. At this point i
Several inches of rain. Which is why you have the Flash Flood Threat for several states. Its important to note earlier this week they had a lot of rain from the remnants of fred now you have two systems bringing a tremendous amount of Rain Saturating the ground. We talked about the high Wind Gusts its not going to take much to bring trees and Power Lines down, which is why were anticipating Power Outages. Storm surge also going to be a concern. This area here, hamptons, nantucket, providence, talking 3 to 5 feet. But even around boston and down towards the jersey coast, still 1 to 3 feet of Storm Surge there. This is a Multistate Issue and concern from this particular storm. Allison, thank you. Lets go to derek now where much of New England is buckling down for this. What kind of preparations, if any, are taking place now . Reporter there are preparations taking place. People have been removing boats from the Marinas Upshore from here. Theres also been beaches and some of the local par