No one is going to sleep very much in the next 105 days that includes you, jj, and new depth as well. Great to have you here. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank you so much for joining our special live Coverage Tonight of president Bidens Oval Office address. Cnn newsnight with Abby Phillip starts now tonight, the president in primetime theres his Soul Nothing can come and away of saving our democracy. That includes personally about his choice to turn the page on his own Campaign Plus Donald Trump tests new material. Your ultraliberal that we dont want you here. Kamala youre fired, get adding here against her new opponent, Kamala Harris. Also thousands of antiwar protesters come Face To facetoface with police similar scenes swallow chicago and the Harris Convention live at the table. Reihan salam, ashley allison, and ana navarro, and that seemed coy welcome to a Special Edition of Newsnight State of the race a very good evening to you. Im Abby Philip in New York. Lets get right to wh
Whats it going to take . Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia. I can think of only one more shoe to drop for President Bidens precarious candidacy. The delegates directly or through their silence, weve already heard from every other foundation of the Democratic Party, the Leadership Senate Majority leader chuck schumer, House Minority Leader hakeem jeffries, former house speaker, Nancy Pelosi the intelligencia, The New York Times Editorial Page of the Washington Post Editorial Page, david ignatius, as recline Nate Silver the members for democratic senators now and more than 30 democratic House Members have called for him to step aside. Its hard to keep up with all the announcements yesterday, Congressman Seth Moulton of massachusetts published a heartfelt essay in the boston globe. Moulton said that he treasured the president as a Mentor And Friend someone who is Vice President would invite them to breakfast At The official residents and teach them about congress but on the 80th Anniv
All so much for joining us. Cnn newsnight with Abby Phillip starts right now a counterpunch as the president races to save his campaign. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im Abby Philip in New York and i want to get right to it tonight in just a few moments, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus will join me live on his groups critical meeting with the president. Just a short time ago but here is the backdrop that we face as a country, the president is now defiant. Hes launching an allout offensive as conversations in time and so far among democrats about replacing him over conversations about questions about his mental fitness now, today alone, he called into a morning show. He sent a letter to house democrats. He spoke with his donors. He chatted with black lawmakers. And Bidens Message is that hes not going anywhere he says that hes fine. Theres nothing to see here. And he continues to insist that he is the only one who can beat Donald Trump. Hes even daring democrats to
Shots, that is the focus right now. The white house chief of staff says at this point he doesn t know when americans will get covid19 booster shots despite an initial announcement last month that a third dose would be available to everyone on september 20th. That would be just two weeks from today. Now that is not clear at all. This after top health officials warned that more time is needed to review all of the data. Dr. Fauci says he s confident that pfizer is still on track for a september 20th booster rollout, but the moderna s may be delayed beyond that. Grim picture in the united states as children are returning to the classroom, the cdc says that childrens hospitals across the country are filling with covid cases. Community transmission is dangerously high and another troubling development, the sevenday average of new cases of covid per 100,000 people is 300% higher than it was on labor day of last year. We have a lot to get to on this. We ll get there in a moment. Let s begin w
You pay. Republicans blame biden. It s a picture of weakness and incompetence. In new covid cases as kids head back to the classroom. The virus is so incredibly contagious, it is spreading among the population, including our children. Sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome inside politics sunday. I m manu raju in for abbey. Getting battered by hurricane ida this morning. The storm is getting stronger every hour and already is lashing louisiana. Allison chinchar is in the weather center with the latest. A new forecast from the hurricane center just out? literally in moments ago. Those wind gusts up to 185 miles per hour. It now makes it a highend category 4 storm, only 7 miles an hour off from being a category 5. Hurricane hunters, not one, but two different missions are out, investigating this storm, taking as many measurements as they can, before this storm makes landfall. It s expected to be around noon local time or 1:00 p. M. Eastern time today in louisiana. It is expected to s