In battleground, wisconsin, where we expect to see former President Donald Trump in person at this convention this evening as republicans are celebrating there now official 2024 president ial ticket prompts new running Mate Senator Jd Vance of ohio made a Surprise Appearance earlier capping his formal nomination provides president. We have an extraordinary view of it all high above the arena for our Special Coverage of this History Making Convention im Jake Tapper along with Anderson Cooper and anderson, were standing by to see Donald Trump at some point this evening yeah, were told former president is eager to attend the convention to meet with his support there isnt allies after the attempt on his life tonight, the gop is putting forward some of its most powerful and polarizing figures spread trumps Maga Message along with a slew of Everyday Americans tamped to speak to Bread And Butter issues jake, were standing by to hear from the top speakers of the night and carry their remarks l
Capital well on what is a pivotal night, President Biden just delivered his first Solo News Conference in eight months, one that came at a critical moment as hes seeking to shore up his Reelection Bid and regain the confidence of his party as more and more democrats have publicly called for him to drop out of the 2024 race that includes another one, Jim Himes, who is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, minutes after biden finished saying this but i think im the most qualified person to run for president i beat him once and i will beat him again. Im not in this for my legacy im in this to complete the job i started the president repeatedly argued that he does believe he is the most qualified to run, though of course, its not his resume. Thats under scrutiny tonight. Its his age and his ability to beat Donald Trump and also to finish a second term if elected at The End of which he would be 86 President Biden called on ten reporters and answered 19 questions during those
president biden: i expect this not to be the new normal. i expect the new normal everyone gets vaccinated with booster shots. the president made the remarks prior to a meeting with business leaders to discuss supply chain issues. the public address scheduled to follow was abruptly canceled and wanted more time to talk. those issues would be exacerbateed if omicron takes hold. increasingly fragile economy strains the selling of his $2 trillion spending bill. for now he said lockdowns are off the table. so is his vaccine mandate for now with courts blocking that. the president is expected to speak on thursday to address how plans to address the new variant. dana: we learn chris cuomo was working his own media sources to dig up dirt on the governor s accusers. from newly released text messages. cnn now saying it is planning to conduct a thorough review. bryan llenas is live in new york with the new developments. stay with me as i guide you through the series of text mes
off the table. he is doubling down on vaccine and mask mandates to stop the spread. on thursday president biden is expected to lay out a detailed strategy to tackle the new variant, omicron. with a heavy focus on vaccines. now, though, another legal blow to his vaccine mandate on private businesses. president trump s former coronavirus testing czar says fresh lockdowns would be awful for americans. we need to stop keeping our kids out of school. we need to get people back to work, get people out of depression and all the things they ve gone through. we can live with this and we will have to. it will be here as part of our existence at a much lower level because of the tools, but don t expect it to go to zero. if we think it will go to zero, it will cause disappointment and disruption in our society. harris: he is so right about that. nothing goes to zero, not the flu, nothing goes to zero. but these poll numbers may be headed there. fox news poll taken earlier this month
multiple shots were fired. he did not give us any resistance when he was taken in to custody. he s being transported back to pontiac he s invoked his right to not speak. so he wants an attorney. he s not telling us anything at this point in time. it s a very tragic situation obviously. we will brief you again later, maybe around 5:00. we can give you ages of the victims, the conditions. behind us the meijer closed the store down and helped with reunicase parents, a lot of upset parents wanting to know what is going on with their kids. there was an orderly evacuation. everybody remained many place, barricaded themselves. tim has done a great job in terms of preparing. you never want to prepare for something like this. you have to. the school district has done a beautiful job. all of the doors are marked. deputies responded. they knew where to go. we ve had assistance from other police agencies nearby. lapeer county sheriff, oxford sheriff. we ve still doing a secondary to ma