i m sara sidner in new york. there is major uncertainty tonight over who will be at the top of the democratic presidential ticket. but one thing very clear, the contrast between the two parties could not be more stark at this stage. the race, republicans and celebration over their nominee, while democrats right now and desperation over, there s donald trump just had his first try al event with his the new vice presidential nominee, j.d vance. smaller patch now covering the part of his ear where he was shot, take a listen together we will fight, fight, fight, right and we will win, win, win in the meantime, president biden is isolating off the trail, recovering, of course, from covid and resisting the mounting calls so far from inside his own party to not seek a second term 35 democratic lawmakers now are publicly urging him to step aside. there they all are. it all began with his disastrous performance performance though at that cnn debate but after nearly three weeks of pr
good evening to do, i m sara sidner in new york. there is major uncertainty tonight over who will be at the top of the democratic presidential ticket. one thing very clear, the contrast between the two parties could not be more stark at this stage of the race. republicans in celebration over their nominee while democrats right now in desperation over there is. donald trump just had his first event with his vice presidential nominee, j.d. vance, a smaller patch covering the part of his ear where he was shot. take a listen. together, we will fight, fight, fight, right? and, we will win, win, win. in the meantime, president biden is isolating off the trail, recovering, of course, from covid-19, and resisting the mountain calls, so far, from inside his own party to not seek a second term. 35 democratic lawmakers now are publicly urging him to step aside. there they all are. it all began with his disastrous performance at the cnn debate. after nearly 3 weeks of pressure to exi
tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip in new york tonight. the riddell confounding the democratic party. just what exactly does joe biden plan to do? drop out or keep on running new reporting captures the mood and the mindset of a defiant president. angry a donors who want to push him out the door, angry at senators and congressmen, angry nancy pelosi who according to the new york times, he views as an instigator, angry at former president obama, who he sees as a puppet master, that also from the new york times donors are tightening the screws i m told the democratic donors are sending an unambiguous message that not a penny will flow to biden or even to the candidates down-ballot until things change at the top but look, calling these tea leaves are charitable to tea leaves. it s a riddle wrapped inside of an enigma projected on a rubik s cube is all this public pressure, even working, or is the president just digging in, at least for now? he is dug in and his
standby. protective fencing outside the capitol began to be reinstalled overnight. we got an inside look on what s going on the streets from shimon prokupecz. police are preparing with the possibility that protesters may arrive with weapons. it s 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 cnn s pete muntean live for us at ronald reagan washington national airport with more. this is really a testament to just how widespread they re trying to make of the safety net, pete. that s right, brianna. the tsa says it s always on high alert you ll see more canines and law enforcement office
so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. and more than a third of adults in the u.s. are still not fully vaccinated. and it s the unvaccinated, in large part, who are overwhelming hospitals in some states. the country is now averaging more than 1,500 covid deaths each day. that s up 9 % from last week. cnn s nick watt has more. for elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid-19. reporter: so said the president announcing sweeping vaccine mandates with a testing opt-out for millions of american workers and cue some of those elected officials he s talking about. texas is already working to hard this power grab, governor of texas. this unconstitutional move is terrifying, governor of mississippi. we will fight them to the gates of hell, governor of south carolina. the majority of american workers support vaccine mandates in their workplace and here in los angeles. the item pass