Inside the united center sure. Here in chicago, illinois, where the democratic national convention begins imminently. And where we are about to watch history unfold in one of the most consequential weeks of the 2024 campaign. Hello and welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper. Live here at the democratic national convention, vice president kamala harris, assuming the democratic mantle, officially, president joe biden, about to relinquish it today, biden will ceremonial ceremonially hand the reins of the party over to his vice president senate after an election shakeup for the ages, which believe it or not occurred only for weeks and one day ago mr. Biden just landed in chicago for his big speech because we ve seen some new reporting that the president is somewhat relieved and nostalgic about his standoff, but also still a bit bitter over how it all went down we ll see tonight if any of that is discernible in his address, the white house says biden will sketch out his view of the stakes of
In its final hours. With a huge Campaign Blitz set to kick off tomorrow, Kamala Harris is about to make one of the biggest decisions of her political life. Can her new Running Mate serve as a boost to what has already been a rocketfueled start to three months of the president ial race . Plus, stocks getting crushed today. A financial meltdown slamming full speed into Wall Street. Wiping out billions of dollars in the process. But after the dow slid more than A Thousand points earlier today, the markets have rebounded at least a little. There you see it down 901. Well explain what is going on. And it is no longer a hurricane, but tropical Storm Debby has the power to make life dangerous and devastaing for millions of americans. The storm is now setting its sights on georgia and south carolina, bracing for catastrophic flooding. So how bad is it going to get . A lot to get to. We start with the political obsession over who Kamala Harris will pick as her Running Mate. Now reaching fevered
Ear tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Be sure to follow the show on Social Media as mentioned before. Until then, velshi continues our live coverage from chicago. He is the man in the space. Take it away, ali. Good morning to you, friends and thank you for talking about project 2025, this deep dive we are doing. My team is going through it by topic in chapter and we will tell people what it is. The more you read it, let me tell you, i think everybody should read it. On the other hand it is tough reading. It is 900 pages, it is policy stuff, but it is there. If you decide to vote for that for whatever reason, including that you find Joe Biden to old, you need to know what you are getting in exchange for it because there is some crazy stuff in there, wholly outlined. They know a lot about crazy, so what can i say. We like to put it on paper. Good for us. You guys have a good rest of your day. We will see you tomorrow. A quick shout out, happy birthday to The One And Only kyle griffin. Good
Greetings. I am in for stephanie. We are now 118 days away from the Election And President biden is working hard to maintain, really, keep the support of his coalition amid growing concerns about whether he is the best candidate to take on Donald Trump. Tonight, biden hosted nato leaders for dinner at the White House. Earlier today he sat down with the Executive Council then met with the new uk prime minister, kier starmer, for the first time since that Nations Election last week. Biden will face the weeks biggest Test Tomorrow during a News Conference that many say will be critical for his political future. Tonight, while hosting dozens of World Leaders at the Nato Summit in washington, President Biden is promoting unity and strength. Today, we are stronger than we have ever been. But, that message comes as the president faces fresh calls to leave the race. Today, one of his most prominent hollywood backers going off script. George clooney, the host of a starstudded fundraiser for the
Vaccine Booster Shots are not needed at this time for the general public. Public, it comes an Fda Group is meeting on data surrounding the wide use of Booster Shots. Well dig into that in a minute. Well start with the pandemic. Rehema ellis is at the largest School System in the country, Shaquille Brewster made his way to Idaho In Rural idaho and i want to bring in dr. Natalie aczar. Dr. Natalie is a Rheumatologist And Msnbc medical contributor. Dr. Natalie, the scientific review in the lancet just out in the last hour of so, scientists are arguing that evidence does not appear to show that there is a need for boosters in the general population adding the wide distribution of boosters is quote not appropriate at this time in this stage in the pandemic. Your thoughts and their argument and the reality of where we are right now. Yeah, you know, there is a lot to parse out. If there is one take home message, it might be this. If you are an otherwise healthy individual under the age of 65,