report. i m wolf blitzer let s are in the situation room. thanks very much for watching erin burnett outfront starts right now to attack her personally. is he now just betting that she s going to be on the top of the democratic ticket. and also tonight summer camp in north korea, we ve got one student s story about what kim jong un s loyal followers did as they tried to bring watch him. it s an incredible story. he speaks to cnn. let s go outfront and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. we begin with the breaking news, a ninth house democrat just calling on president biden to withdraw from the presidential race. that democrat congressman earl blumenauer of oregon, in a statement, he writes, this is not just about extending his presidency, but protecting democracy. while this is a decision for the president and the first lady, i hope they will come to the conclusion that i and others have president biden should not be the democratic presidential nominee. and jus
and thanks so much to all of you for being with us tonight. we ll see you back here tomorrow. ac360 begins. now tonight on 360 president biden says he s not going anywhere as another democratic congressman says, he should quit the race also tonight, new reporting that an expert on parkinson s disease made eight visits and eight months, the white house exactly why unclear and we re joined by two democratic lawmakers since sides the question should president biden bow out, including benny thompson, a critical member of the congressional black caucus meeting with the president. does evening. good evening. thanks for joining us. wouldn t congressman thompson joins us will learn how that meeting with this cbc went. today began. what could be a decisive week for president biden s viability as a candidate. he s defiant and determined to run. but it s hard to say his weak began especially well. democratic lawmakers returning to washington from the holiday recess were greeted this m
set on the canada, us border anderson here. wednesday dark. thanks so much. i appreciate it. the news continues the source with kaitlan collins starts now saving the source tonight, defiance from president biden, amid more party defections one top democratic senator says it s time to have a conversation about biden staying in the race. while another key voice, bernie sanders, is my source tonight. there s more proof tonight that the republican party is fully within donald trump s grasp with the new language and the party s new platform. it reads almost like one of the former president s rallies and only mentions the word abortion. once plus tonight we have the goat herself, team usa swimming icon, katie ledecky will join me as she gets set to compete. he in her fourth olympic games. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source and we are live tonight from washington during a week that may prove to be one of the most critical and president biden s 50 year political career from
described seeing as gentle and well-behaved, and yunis martin likely they re like miniature buddhist covered in hair. the lead with jake tapper starts right now disarray does not even begin to describe it. believes starts right now i m going to disagree with some people in that room but i m all in on joe biden democratic senators behind closed doors hashing it out house democrats met earlier, one describing a sense of sadness in the room all this week, plummeting poll numbers with biden on top the ticket. i had the democratic party split as the bidens dig in. but first, the message president biden needs to convey on the world stage with this big nato speech. now, just minutes away, plus donald trump s return to the campaign trail, pushing a watered down platform, trying to say he knows nothing of controversial project 2025 we re live in miami with what he says next welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start in our 2024 lead with a feeling of quote, sadness.
is what they re trying to do here. they re trying to show that they re strong, that they can stand up to the democracy our seas there s a real struggle going on. you mentioned the far right. yes. they ve made some advances in certain places, but they ve also had to retreat in places like poland. we forget that poland is now governed by a centrist government. and that has been a change and the latest development women s and brands also should be reassuring to some extent, but there s a real struggle here. so i think that those countries, china and russia are watching closely and they re trying to vie for influence with the united states i m farkas great to see you. thank you. i knew i ve seen a new central starts now breaking this morning, this morning hurricane beryl tearing through texas, hundreds of thousands of people without power as millions more on high alert for flooding and life-threatening storm surges anxiety and anesia. the white house, we have new reporting on t