Pittsburgh tonight after spending the afternoon on a bus tour with running mate tim walz through some of the surrounding towns west of the city the two visited with firefighters in a fire dog and one locality reporters traveling with them. So they brought baked goods. They also went to a campaign office, not far from there talking to staffers are working the phones and later to convenience store. She goes into the convention pension with a batch of new polling to point to in one from the washington post and abc news, she s now just outside the margin of error leading the former president in a multi candidate race, cbs this is new polling shows no clear leader with robert kennedy jr. In the mix. But as her also ahead and beyond the margin of error in a twoway matchup. Our cnn poll of polls still shows no clear leader, but a twopoint game for the vice president over the last two weeks, she was asked about her apparent pulling momentum before leaving pittsburgh tonight we have a lot of wo
Democratic national convention plows. Will u. S. Secretary of state, anthony blinken s visit to israel help get a ceasefire deal across the finish line we ll have the latest on the high stakes negotiations and ukrainian forces blow up another bridge as they continue to push into russia. Look at the significance of the latest developments live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with rosemarie church good to have you with us. Well, the democratic national convention is set to kick off in the coming hours, just one month off, the vice president kamala harris launched her bid for the white house. Setting off a wave of enthusiasm among democratic voters. Hours is now in chicago where she s preparing for the highstakes week ahead and hoping to build on the momentum that s followed her dramatic rise to the top of the ticket delegates from across the country have gathered in the city for the fourday event. Later today, u. S president joe biden will deliver a keynote address at the convention a
Top of the hour. I m brianna keeler as the democratic national convention in chicago, and my colleague and friend boris sanchez is in washington. It is day one for the democrats, week long nomination celebration of vice president kamala harris. And over the next several hours thousands in the party will gather here in the united center to celebrate here erez and also to salute president joe biden as he delivers tonight s keynote speech and passes the torch to her. The president is expected to talk about his 50 year legacy of public service and to make the case for the harriswalz ticket. First lady jill biden and hillary clinton will also take the stage with just 78 days until the election. The democrats arrive here on the windy city with a strong breeze at their backs as new polling shows, harris with a narrow lead nationally, the goal now is to build on the momentum and introduce harris her vision to the country. Cnn s mj lee is joining me now. I know you re learning some new details
The united center in chicago, site of a far different and far more historic 2020 for democratic national convention and was even remotely imaginable just four weeks ago tomorrow night, the former candidate, president biden, will give a keynote speech finalizing the transition to the new candidate and presumed nominee, vice president harris. She is heading here from pittsburgh tonight after spending the afternoon on a bus tour with running mate tim walz through some of the surrounding towns west of the city the two visited with firefighters and a fire dog in one locality, reporters traveling with them, so they brought baked goods. They also went to a campaign office not far from there talking to staffers are working the phones and later to convenience store. She goes into the convention with a batch of new polling to point to in one from the washington post and abc news, she is now just outside the margin of error leading the former president in a multi candidate race, cbs s new polling
Up soon. Welcome back, everyone. Here is what is happening today. Vice president harris and her running mate, tim walz, will set off on their bus tour, a pennsylvania ahead of this week s democratic national convention. Plus we re getting new details about the moment harris and biden will appear on stage together at the dnc for a symbolic passing of the torch secretary of state anthony blinken fed. It is real right now as negotiators continue to push for a ceasefire with hamas and a hostage release deal. The message he s expected to deliver and where where talks stand right down. The cost of homeowners insurance is surging in parts of the country. Why some companies refuse to cover people in some states. And the steps homeowners are taking to make their homes more insurance friendly and new data shows that school districts have done little to bring down the number of absences since the pandemic ended. The steps some are trying to take to get kids back in the classroom. That s coming up