president biden making american history with an active profound political and personal sacrifice. 3.5 years into his presidency, president biden stepping down from his reelection bid in favor of his vice president kamala harris. i have been processing this for five hours already, and it still gives me chills to say it. in the instant he announced at 1:46 p.m. this afternoon, everything changed. everything changed. the democratic party instantly ends its internal war, this emotional, intense, harrowing fight that has torn the party apart for the past 3.5 weeks. that is over in an instant. the expectation among democrats which is being voiced more openly in recent days, the expectation that the democratic party was in for a wipeout in november with not just the white house in danger but the house and senate in danger as well. that expectation evaporates also in an instant. with president biden voicing a strong and unequivocal endorsement of his vice president kamala harris with
and z fold6 when you trade in your current phone. get the fastest connection to paris with xfinity. reminder of a better, smarter which won by morning. got it. got it, boss daughter, you got this. i ve learned fox on capitol hill laura coates relied from the cnn grill in milwaukee, won on two of the republican national committee you mentioned. and if there was an unofficial theme tonight, it s certainly photos apparently can become your best friends and critics will. they can become your champions. is not your father s flip-flop though it s political evolution the donald trump appearing for the second straight night, just three days after surviving an assassination attempt and sitting next to his now announced running mate, senator jd vance but the headlines, they belong to his former rivals and rivals certainly was the right word just a few months or years ago, they took to the stage to now saying his prisoners, including four, count them for of his previous primary
night sleep i m stephanie elam in los angeles and this is cnn this. is cnn special live coverage, republican national convention in milwaukee, donald trump in the building expected to enter the hall at any moment, i want to go to full mattingly. who s standing by? bill, what are you can you tell us well, all eyes have been on the stage for much of an eye right now. they re turning to the back of the room and the vip section where we have started to see trump family members start to walk in, including john junior, his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle. they have joined jd vance, who has already standing there with the speaker, mike johnson, mike johnson s wife, kelly, byron donalds, and other house member as well, tiffany trump has also walked in. eu cb family, friends, close advisers, including dance we know from the trump team and they know haba trump s lawyer is also here as well. there s eric trump sitting with his wife, bore trump, who s now heading these republican that s
you are watching special coverage of the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. we are tracking new details after this horrific incident that left the former president injured. he said a bullet pierced his ear. the fbi has identified the shooter, thomas matthew crooks. he is from bethel park, pennsylvania. he was killed on the scene by law enforcement. the rally site is still an active crime scene and police are still outside of the shooter s home. new video appearing to show the gunman just before the shooting obtained by tmz. the apparent shooter holding a gun on a roof near the rally. the building was less than 150 yards from the stage where truck was speaking, which authorities say was outside of the security perimeter. we want to show you the full incident which played out in a matter of minutes. if you want to really see something [ gunshot ] unshot] the former president able to walk out of the rally and get in that secret service vehicle. one
who watched his entire town burn to the ground. he s now facing the danger of yet another fire. we are much better prepared. the new u.s. capitol police chief sitting down with cnn on his first day on the job, sharing whether he s concerned about another capitol attack. and better late than never. after a year long delay, the tokyo olympics officially under way. we re live from the games. newsroom starts now. good morning. thanks so much for joining us this saturday, july 24th. i m boris sanchez. i m kaitlin collins in for christi paul. this morning, communities across the country are bringing back pandemic safety measures as the u.s. deals with a dangerous summer surge of covid-19. case rates are climbing, fueled by the spread of the delta variant which is highly co cont contagious. while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. yeah. the rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. look at all the red on that map