tausche at the white house. and this is cnn a public and private battle among democrats that s over the fate of president biden behind closed doors. the biden campaign making its case to democrats as they weigh their support for him. while out in the open were finally hearing from the top democrat in the house. and on the biggest stage possible, we re just hours away from hearing from biden directly luckily in a news conference the fate of president biden is hanging over this critical nato summit, the 75th anniversary of the alliance in washington. world leaders grilled hold about his political future as they negotiate over how to support ukraine and its fight against russia. we are expecting to hear from biden this hour as he meets with ukraine s president and a first since the pandemic prices are actually falling, it s a big boost to american consumers and potentially a political gift to president biden we re following these major developing stories and many more all co
known gave it a serious condition. i was exhausted. i did lessen my instincts in terms of appearance and it was a bad night. joe biden s high-stakes interview, seemingly doing little to stop the panic among members of his own party following his debate performance. we ll tell you how democrats are reacting and the four lawmakers who are now calling for the president to step aside. plus, we re learning more about a potential breakthrough in the israel/hamas cease-fire negotiations that could end months of fighting. also ahead, we ll dig into what donald trump s possible vice presidential running mates had to say about going after political opponents and appointing a special prosecutor to investigate biden. all right. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, july 8th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. in his first televised interview since the presidential debate, president biden doubled down on his candidacy, insisting he will not drop out of the
breaking news in the 2024 race, president biden just calling into msnbc exclusively minutes ago doubling down on the words he sent to congress this morning. he is firmly committed to staying in this race. the bottom line here is that we re not going anywhere. i am not going anywhere. i wouldn t be running if i didn t absolutely believe that i am the best candidate to beat donald trump in 2024. both comments even as lawmakers return to congress and more democrats question whether he should step aside from the 2024 campaign. we ll have the highlights of that interview. we re also following breaking news in texas this morning. hurricane beryl making landfall in the u.s. the storm lashing the lone star state this morning as a cat 1 after devastating parents of the caribbean. ill very the latest on this storm. president biden calling into msnbc minutes ago as he faces a pivotal work preparing to host world leaders in washington and simultaneously aiming to keep a potential mut
fda s split decision on vaccine booster shots. and are the fossil fuel giants about to face their big tobacco moment? yes or no. do you believe nicotine is not addictive? i don t believe that nicotine or our products are addictive. i believe nicotine is not addictive. i believe that nicotine is not addictive. congressman ro khanna on the hearings to investigate fossil fuel s role in climate change with all in starts right now. good evening from new york city. i m chris hayes. politics in a functioning liberal democracy is about organizing people and power and institutions. it is about persuasion and argue mentation and resolving the inherent conflict within societies nonviolently, right. things completely fall apart once you end up in a political reality in which menace and the threat of physical violence are a central factor in the life of your nation s politics. that is a reality i fear is becoming common in this country. it really started to intensify durin
erupted at the kabul airport between u.s., german and afghan forces guarding the airport and a group of unknown assailants. according to a white house official, the u.s. has evacuated 10,400 people on sunday alone. that, the most in a 24-hour period to date. a source close to the situation on the ground tells cnn the numbers at the airport, those waiting there, still remain close to 13,000 this morning. we ll have more on that in a moment. we are also following an imminent and major milestone in the race to vaccinate americans. two biden administration officials say full fda approval of the pfizer vaccine could come as early as today. once that happens, surgeon general says more businesses and institutions will likely begin to mandate vaccinations. another key step in the race to stem the surging delta variant. we re going to get to that in a moment. let s begin, though, with the violence in afghanistan. evacuations there, our team is tracking all the latest developments from