for ohio senator j.d. vance, who is set to deliver a speech on the national stage for the first time as donald trump s running mate. and it comes after donald trump s former rivals took the stage to rally around him in a major show of unity. you don t have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. let s send joe biden back to his basement and let s send donald trump back to the white house. leading us in this fight will be a man who although wounded and facing danger, he stood up and raised his fist and reminded us that our people and our country are always worth fighting for. krld krld. if there was any doubt left that this party belongs to donald trump, listen to what one of his first political opponents, senator ted cruz, told my colleague, hallie jackson. is this donald trump s party now? absolutely. he is the president, he s going to be re-elected as the president again, and i am proud to be supporting donald trump. he s going to be president, he
breaking news, we re awaiting a high-stakes news conference. by president biden. this hour as he s facing intensifying pressure right now to exit the race for the white house. anxious democrats and the world watching very closely to see how the president does today. more and more members of his own party now going public with their fears that president biden no longer has what it takes to defeat donald trump welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room the skis cnn breaking news. and let s get right to the breaking news this hour, a pivotal moment president biden s flight for political survival. we re standing by for the president s first extended solo news conference since his poor debate performance two weeks ago, thrust his reelection campaign into crisis. you re going to see it live, of course, right here on cnn, our cnn senior white house correspondent, kayla tausche, she is attending the news confer
good evening. we have to get straight to breaking news and they released a letter from the presidents physician that responds to a lot of what you saw and at the press briefing which really got out of control on this issue and we will get straight to it. we did just to get this letter. if you thought any of the white house press briefing today, it was the white house press corps and many of them at their absolute worst in the way they approached the press secretary who was trying to be responsive to medical questions where there were limitations on what she could say and the new york times reporting of the way the press secretary handled that was to say that she dodged the questions and that isn t true. the new york times is wrong about that. she responded to every one of the questions and she didn t answer the questions with the name that they were asking for of a particular doctor. she didn t give the answer the new york times wanted or other reporters wanted. but she did,
karine jean-pierre, who was trying to be responsive to medical questions where there were limitations on what she could say. the new york times reporting of the way the press secretary handle that was to say that she dodged the questions. that is not true. the new york times is wrong about that. she responded to everyone of the questions. she didn t answer the questions with the name that they were asking for of a particular doctor. she didn t get the answer the new york times wanted or other reporters wanted but she did, in fact, answer every single time the reporters kept banging on about a new york times report today that indicated that a neurologist had visited the white house eight times in the last year. here is the full explanation of how that has nothing to do with president biden and president biden s health and the kind of out-of-control behavior of by the white house, most of the white house press corps. not all, most of the white house press corps today was as bad
washington difference makers. he has no intention of putting a presidential race no matter how much some of them may want him out. plus fears over a potential threat to the convention, federal agencies worrying next month s republican convention could be an attractive target in their words, for extremist looking to provoke chaos will look at what s worrying them and the next big step toward more after spending more than a year sequestered for volunteers emerging from a habitat designed to simulate life. and the red planet. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. to cnn news central president biden going on offense and what many see as the political fight of his life in both prepared an impromptu remarks. he s doubled down telling fellow democrats he s not going anywhere despite growing calls for him to quit the race. the timing could not be more critical this week, the house and senate back in session for the first time since