sure that he and his campaign have the democratic party behind him because there have been multiple questions over the last several days of whether or not he is a viable candidate for this election year. now, while that campaign blitz was ongoing, president was working the phones. we know he had one meeting already with progressive lawmakers and another call is currently ongoing where he is listening to what they have to say and what concerns they may harbor about him going forward and going up against former president donald trump. of course, this comes after he was in michigan yesterday hey, also very important state for him and trying to convince voters and target former president donald trump, drawing the stark contrast between him and his record. but perhaps the clearest indicator of just how difficult the last few days have been came from vice president kamala harris during her rally earlier this afternoon we always knew this election would be tough the past few days
the big test today, democrats and the world quite frankly, may get a definitive answer on whether the cnn debate was one bad night for joe so biden or something else. maybe the most important press conference of president biden s political career. and this morning, prosecutors calling more witnesses to the stand and alec baldwin s involuntary manslaughter it s literally trial after saying an opening statements baldwin played a dangerous game of make-believe on the movie set and new video showing the moments before an american airlines flight aborted takeoff after blowing multiple tires on the runway i m john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner. and this is cnn new central the first news conference of the rest of this campaign, or the last news conference of a fading campaign. by the end of the day, the world will see president biden in the kind of unscripted know prompt or setting that wavering democrats have been demanding. but will it be enough? senator peter welch
friday. in the space of just a few hours, late today, the white house got unwelcome news on covid boosters. the secretary of defense admit that a drone strike in afghanistan that was supposed to have targeted an isis-k terrorist actually killed an afghan aid worker, two other adults, and seven children, and was in his words a horrible mistake. and on top of that, the administration suddenly finds itself in the middle of a diplomatic war with america s oldest ally, france. so there is a lot to get to tonight. we begin with the fda advisory panel s highly anticipated recommendation on covid booster shots which was not exactly what a lot of people had been expecting. third doses not recommended for most people younger than 65 years old. only for seniors and others at high risk of illness. now, whatever the public-health merits of today s decision and we will obviously discuss those with our health experts in just a moment. it certainly differs from what the administration ha
a crisis in america s hospitals, icus nearing capacity all because of coronavirus patients. we begin this hour with breaking news. the right to an abortion effectively eliminated in the state of texas today. the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation went into effect this morning in the state after the u.s. supreme court declined to step in overnight. the texas law bans abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest. make no mistake, the real life application and intention of this law is to ban abortions altogether. it allows private citizens to sue anyone who performs procedures or even helps a woman get an abortion. we ll get to the details in all of this in just a second. first, let s be real. the very same people in the very same state who say don t you dare tell me to wear a mask, the same people say that is government overreach because it violates individual freedoms, those very same people clearly are saying now, never mind when
and just doubled the capacity here. how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we re building a better network every single day. we re following two major breaking stories tonight. first, all u.s. service members are out of afghanistan, officially ending our country s longest war. but up to 200 americans and countless afghans who helped u.s. troops have been left behind. plus a desperate search under way tonight after hurricane ida ripped through louisiana. homes are demolished. entire neighborhoods now covered in water. and more than a million people are without power. two people have died from the storm and the governor is warning that he expects the number to rise considerably. this is as louisiana hospitals are already stretched thin by the covid-19 crisis. i want to get straight to cnn s alex marquardt with the latest on the final u.s. troops leaving afghanistan. reporter: just as the day of august 31, the deadline to leave, began in afghanistan, the announcemen