Emergency servIces hospItals, aIrlInes, and banks worldwIde. Were followIng these major developIng storIes and many more all comIng In rIght here to Cnn News central hello, Im BrIanna KeIlar alongsIde BorIs Sanchez fresh back from the republIcan natIonal conventIon. And what started as an effort to gently urge presIdent Joe BIden out of the the race Is now threatenIng to turn Into an allout Intraparty showdown In just the last few hours here, eIght democratIc lawmakers have publIcly called on bIden to drop out, and that Includes for the fIrst tIme, a member of the congressIonal black caucus, another democrat on the lIst Is CalIfornIa Congresswoman zoe lofgren. Yes. She sent a Letter Today to bIden wrItIng, quote sImply put, your candIdacy Is on a trajectory to lose the WhIte House and potentIally Impact crucIal House And Senate races down ballot. It Is for these reasons that I urge you to step asIde from our Partys NomInatIon to allow another democratIc candIdate to compete agaInst and
Find it at Walmart Wednesday Night you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin this hour with several new developments in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump Weve learned that within 30 minutes of the fourth president being wounded by a snipers bullet, federal Law Enforcement scoured paper records of Gun Sales and identified the gun and the shooter also knew sources are telling cnn that us intelligence learned that iran was plotting to assassinate trump, and that the Secret Service had beefed up his protection as a result, theres no evidence no evidence at this point, however, that iran had any connection to saturdays Attack And Tehran has denied any wrongdoing. Just minutes ago we learned that the department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into the Secret Service and the failure at the rally site. The fbi is also investigating also this afternoon, all senators will take part in an unclassified Phone Briefing on the attack and the in
Standby. Protective fencing outside the capitol began to be reinstalled overnight. We got an inside look on whats going on the streets from shimon prokupecz. Police are preparing with the possibility that protesters may arrive with weapons. Its unclear how large this rally will be. But Security Officials say they want to avoid the mistakes on January 6th when officers were unprepared and overwhelmed by the siege that was really filled with President Trump supporters. Even though Transportation Security Administration is ramping up security. The agency says that it is monitoring and positioned to deploy in response to any issues that might prop up in the d. C. Area. We begin with cnns Pete Muntean live for us at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport with more. This is really a testament to just how widespread theyre trying to make of the safety net, pete. Thats right, brianna. The tsa says its always on high Alert Youll see more canines and Law Enforcement officers at airports leadi
It also open the door to more Vaccine Mandates . We are seeing a rise in cases and hospitalizations in the country and daily reported deaths. Surpassing 1,000 for the first time in five months. Nearly all of those in the unvaccinated. I want to get to our senior medical correspondent. As we look at this, there are a number of people who have said im not getting that shot until it has full approval. Now it does. What does this mean . Reporter it means that it could make a difference. I think that we shouldnt expect a tsunami of people to say now its been approved and ill get it. Theres so much misinformation on social media. Its hard to counteract that. Lets look at the hope of what this full approval could do. As i said, it could encourage unvaccinated people to get the shot, but no one should rely on that. It allows pfizer to advertise. They werent allowed to advertise with Emergency Use Authorization. But Pharmaceutical Companies good at advertising and making convincing campaigns. T
That matter, take charge in your own cities and communities. In just hours, entrepreneur Richard Branson hopes to become the first person to ride a selffunded rocket into suborbital space. I had to wait a lifetime to go into space. Hopefully we can speed that process up for many, many others. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. You are in the Cnn Newsroom on this saturday. And it has been a week of conflicting data and confusion over covid. As you well know. Vaccine Maker Pfizer set off alarms when it released a Statement Saying immunity from its vaccine was waning and a Booster Shot may be needed, citing data from the israeli health ministry. Pfizer said Vaccine Effect Efficacy has declined. But hours later the cdc and the fda said, stand down, fully Vaccinated Americans dont need to worry about getting boosters right now. But sadly the u. S. Is moving in the Wrong Direction again when it comes to the number of covid cases.