Rushed if that Kamala Harris as republicans rushed to change their playbook. Plus that campaign inside the camp they need to be her Vice President ial pick gets underway. Also, 100 , she was idea Donald Trump and his allies already testing out a tagline i love you to so another quid pro Quo Rfk tries to make a tree. His endorsement its meant for a job live at the table. Van jones alyssa farah griffin, doug heye, and bomani jones welcome to a special Edition Edition of newsnight, state of the race and good evening, im Abby Phillip in New York. Thank you for joining us. We are living in unprecedented times, so were going to take the time here to really dive deep into these historic events of the last few weeks, i have a great roundtable of smart voices right here with me in the studio. So lets get right to what all of america is talking about right now. And that is the sudden candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris just into cnn, harris now has the support of enough delegates to win th
UntIl aprIl the next year and It Is only september and weve been talkIng about It all week. The reshuffle. It Is pretty much nearly done as we are recordIng thIs on Thursday EvenIng but lets recap the bIg wInners because what has been happenIng Is the lower rungs of the ladder. The top rungs were done on wed and stay and the bIg wInners are LIz Truss who Is now the foreIgn secretary, now the second woman to hold the role In the fIrst conservatIve woman. I thInk It probably Is the bIggest surprIse. And Robert Buckland Is one of the three CabInet MInIsters to lose hIs job. He was thIs just a secretary. And the claddIng crIsIs. And GavIn WIllIamson and that was no surprIse. I thInk It Is faIr to say. She was found out but there was movers as well as bIg names here. Ill be really IntrIgued to see If he does anythIng wIth that Add On TItle he got. The Bonus TItle Deputy prIme mInIster. After a black Belt Move he ended up gettIng that bubble whIch as I understand It, BorIs Johnson dId not te
All happening at the same time, the fallout from afghanistan which gets rougher by the day it seems and the fallout from all the Flooding And Damage that now has claimed close to 60 lives. Questions about how it happened and how we could have known better. First to the fallout half a world away because it continues and growing continues and so what if anything can the United States do about it . Lets go to David Spunt with the president in wilmington, delaware, david. David, hi, neil its been almost a week that people want today get out as safely as they can. Its been almost a week since u. S. Forces completely withdraw. There are still many people including americans that are in afghanistan that want to get out. The United States said to be in contact with members of the taliban to exit at some point. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says that not getting into specifics about some of those discussions with taliban leaders. We do know that President Biden is getting updates while hes
Situation. In the past 24 hours, 2,000 people have been evacuated, far short of the goal of 5,000 to 9,000 a day. Of those the pentagon says only 300 were u. S. Citizens. Its not about the math. Its about whats ready to fleig fly. You know, who is on the airfield ready to leave a Holding Area and get on the aircraft. Reporter the dangerous scene unfolding on the ground underscores just how difficult it may be for these words from the president to come true. There are afghan women outside the gate, i told get them on the planes. Get them out. Get their families out if you can. Reporter Defense Secretary Lloyd austin and chair. Joint chiefs general Mark Milley arriving at the White House to brief the President And Vice president. The president spent the day out of public view after insisting in an abc News Interview on wednesday that chaos was always inevitable. But the idea that somehow theres a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i dont know how that happens. Reporter congres
Petition by Governor Greg Abbott And House Speaker Dave falan overturned an earlier ruling. That ruling had determined that the two officials, both republicans, did not have the authority to order the arrest of their fellow lawmakers. Ted cruz, texas democrats And all democrats across the country say they so desperately need. Senate Majority Leader Chuck schumer promising action next month but without any movement on the filibuster, there is essentially no path for federal voting Rights Legislation. Let me be clear. Republicans refusing to support anything on Voting Rights is not an excuse for democrats to do nothing. Voting rights, Voting Rights will be the first matter of legislative business when the senate returns to session in september. Our democracy demAnds no less. In a tweet texas democrats summed up the situation like this. In the dead of the night, Ted Cruz blocked critical federal voting Rights Legislation in the senate. This morning, texas republicans are hunting down our