Good afternoon from washington, d. C. Welcome to alex wood reports. I am in for alex. We begin with the race for the White House. We are 85 days away from Election Day. We are just eight days away from the Democratic National Convention. This weekend, both out west. New today, we are learning some of the big names expected to speak at the dnc. Two sources tell me they include president Joe Biden, former president barack obama, former President Bill clinton, and former Secretary Of State hillary clinton. Here is Harris Campaign co chair cedric richmond. Part of what we are going to do of the election is now that Vice President harris wants to be a present for everyone and she does not believe like Donald Trump that we have to divide america and that we can lift up black and brown and white people all at the same time. Also new today, President Biden opens up for the first time about why he left the race and endorsed Vice President harris as the party nominee. It was a Neck And Neck race
The majority of The American people have many questions as to what how the Secret Service does their job for every thing that they say that they did wrong theres a but in that but fall. It is usually assigning blame to the local Law Enforcement or State Police Erin know i will say these men say, of course they will help out with any other rallies if they are asked, but they did acknowledge that the Confidence And Trust they have, would that Work Relationship with Secret Service, it definitely has been fractured. Last thing, ill note, erin, the Secret Service its declined to comment for our story this evening. Erin, danny, thank you very much. Thanks for joining us. The news continues now on Cnn Welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper this hour, never before seen evidence just released relating to their horrific terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001 it seems to be evidence that victims, families have been pleading for to be released for years. So are they included . Sir, to any answers .
Were live on the ground in the Middle East with new details and leading this hour, Donald Trump making a play for black voters speaking at a conference of black journalists this afternoon but the interview was not friendly with the president , former president repeatedly calling one of the modealsely claiming that Kamala Harris a indirectly, not directly, very much. And she was always of indian heritage and she was only promoting indian heritage. I didnt know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black so i dont know if she indian are shipped blast. He is always a black eye college. I respect either one, but she obviously doesnt again, just to reiterate, she went to Howard University, Kamala Harris has always identified as black. Lets bring in Cnn Anchor Sara sidner, New York Times white House Correspondent Zolan kanno youngs, as you were in the room for this Q A what was the response from the journalists, the audienc
Children, perhaps close to halloween. Next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. The New York times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious Delta Variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. Its coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new School Year. Doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the Washington Post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to Ration Care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. The state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that deaths outpace
Important is because its a national Security Asset for the united states or was and so taliban taking over. This provided eyes and ears. The administration talks about over the horizon capability, this is like 6, 8 hours away in qatar, uae. The loss of bagram, I Cant emphasize how destructive this is. Maria then as the biden administration promises new green car for Afghan Refugees the Southern Border is overflowing the migrants. Now there are 15,000 people waiting to get apprehended under that one bridge in del rio, texas. Joe bidens refusal to close the border as Terrorists Wanna bes join the fights, will they try to access through mexico as Michael Waltz predicted last week. We are on the road to future attacks. The same team thats around biden was around obama that yanked us out of we are ache and led to rise of isis caliphate. I think you will see that next year with alqaeda 3. 0 partnered with hakani and the taliban. Maria coming up Texas Senator Ted Cruz of consequences of wide