our team of correspondents and analysts covering this history barak breaking story, want to go to cnn s priscilla alvarez. she s joining us from rehoboth beach in delaware, where the president is an isolation right now. give us the latest what are you hearing over there? priscilla? well, if as the president was self-isolating at his residence here in delaware from his positive covid diagnosis. these were also days of self reflection days where he was clearly deliberating his next steps and whether or not he would run for reelection. we had that answer this afternoon when he put out that one letter saying that he would step aside. now, importantly, right after putting that out, he also said that he was fully throwing his support behind vice president kamala harris to be the democratic nominee and urging the party to come together. it was a remarkable moment after weeks of democratic lawmakers, allies, donors calling for the president to withdraw from the race over the last
tropical storm that could become a hurricane, slamming into the u.s. authorities now warning of life-threatening flooding tonight. ginger zee in texas with the timing and the track affecting several states ahead. tonight, the arrest in washington, d.c. an armed suspect outside dnc headquarters. the suspect s truck painted with nazi symbols. capitol police allegedly finding a machete and a bayon net inside. and the arrest coming just as the fencing goes back up around the capital, ahead of a rally supporting the septembers in the janua january 6th attack. tonight, secretary of state antony blinken defending the operation in afghanistan, saying, quote, we inherited a deadline, we did not inherit a plan. will california s governor survive a recall on the eve of the high stakes recall election there? president biden campaigning for governor gavin newsom in these final hours. the leading republican candidate, conservative radio host larry elder, railing against newsom s mask
last night a tower of light lit up the sky from lower manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and there s a similar tribute over at the pentagon where more than 180 people died. two decades have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two into the twin towers at the world trade center and one into the pentagon. passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing hijackers to crash the plane into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. who could ever forget the story of the two words. for the first time as commander in chief, president biden will pay his respects at the three sites. he recognized the people who died and the people they loved that are left behind. it s so hard, whether it s the first year, the 20th. so many have grown up without parents. parents are suffering without children. husbands and wives had to find ways forward without their partners in life. brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, loved ones awith a hole n their heart. no matter
tonight. let s go outfront . and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight damming test former prosecutor that wouldn t back trump s big lie according today new york times reporting tonight. you may not know his name but his story is important and tonight, he is providing a key piece of evidence in proving the former president staged a coup attempt in the united states. let me introduce you to him. you see him on your screen, b.j. pak. he reportedly spent three hours with lawmakers and staff today. cnn learning he told the senate judiciary committee he quit suddenly on january 4th because he got world trump would fire him, wanted him gone. the time reporting pak told the committee he would be fired for not backing trump s election fraud claims. so firing someone specifically because they refuse to back the big lie. now, according to the times pak revealed state officials and the fbi vetted what trump was claiming, right? they vetted the stuff he kept going o
for the first night of the proms in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president, donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. here s our north america correspondent, david willis. before he was elected, donald trump maintained that his tax records were under audit and they were apparently still under audit by the time he d left office. and two years ago, the us justice department turned down a request by the house ways and means committee, which is looking into donald trump s financial affairs, for the treasury to be compelled to release those documents, those tax documents. well now, the us justice department under the biden administration has reversed that decision, paving the way for the release of six years worth of donald trump s tax records. de