Much for joining us. Cnns primary coverage continues right now with laura coats and abby philip tonight, too big checkmarks. One has all already happened, and were 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. Im abby phillip in new york, and im codes and washington dc, its 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. Its also a state were 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 quite the star in terms. Are
Tonight on 361 big night thank two big stories. Motors making President Biden the Presumptive Democratic nominee with donald trump just hours away from the republican nod. Meaning that by the end of tonight, the 2020 24 race will be officially set to georgia in the last hour, putting the president with the 1,968 delegates, he needs the former president expected to reach the 1,200 he needs with Washington State later tonight the other big story tonight, former Special Counsel robert hur, telling the House Judiciary Committee why he didnt indict President Biden i didnt over his handling of classified documents. And also taking fire from both sides of the aisle for the decisions that he did make that first the election and Breaking News Polls have just close in mississippi and cnn can now make a projection cnn projects that former President Trump will win the state pudding him that much closer to 1,215 delegates. He needs to secure the nomination. We can also project that President Biden
To put in 400 million, 500 million . What did i say about it . I said, you tell him we had an old judge in texas one time, we called him old wild kelly robert. And he said when i talked to him one time i might have used the constitution. He said, whats the constitution between friends . And i say, tell wilbur that 400 million is not going to separate us friends when its for health, when its for sickness, because theres a theres a greater demand and i know it. And for this bill and my other program put together, i know that. They last longer. Mr. President , you will talk to mr. Gordon. They came to see me. And i, too, was concerned about the impact of the tax. We are worried about that. We minimized the concern they had initially. Weve revised our rates. Were in keeping with their views and i think theyre completely satisfied. All right. What they want me to do most of the spenders said that i was not putting enough money in the economy and id have to put 3 billion, 4 billion in to not
Youll be interested. First they had experts and analysts of the ama to take the other half of the program. And when he found that i was going to do the other half, he and the ama withdrew him. And they said that they didnt want the country to get the impression that the medical profession was split on this issue. Then they got abc got senator power from texas. And he called them this was to be taped yesterday afternoon. Then when tower called up abc yesterday morning and said that texas was a shambles and he couldnt come up to do it. They finally got congressman curtis. And he was doing it sometime today. Doing the taping. Well, and that is very, very interesting. Im so grateful to you for doing it. And i want to thank you again for your wonderful help in the campaign. Thanks for calling. Ill try to be worthy of your confidence. Ive got great confidence. Thank you so much. President johnson and medicare supporter and fit Benjamin Spock on november 6th, 1964. On march 23rd, 1965, the ho
House or perhaps both chambers of congress, unlikely in the senate, perhaps to embolden him by leaving congress, all of it in republican hands. Either outcome could have profound consequence, is why all eyes including ours tonight are on election. Want to start off with the map with our chief correspondent john king. Anderson, the final sunday and the maps and the math tell us we could well have a split election. What do i mean by that . The president , a drag on his party when it comes to this map, the fight for control of the house. Yet an asset to republicans when it comes well get to the map in a minute the fight for control of the senate. Lets start with the house. Our rankings here, 207 seats solid likely and leaning to the democrats. That leaves them 11 shy if that holds up of a majority. Republicans in a weaker position as we head into the election. Why . The toss ups. It is stunning. Of the toss up races, 30 of the 31 currently held by republicans. A giant basket of opportunit