president trump is about to speak at a campaign rally in western pennsylvania. this ll be his final event before the republican national convention kicks off monday right here in milwaukee, wisconsin. today president biden is spending the day talking to groups of house democrats, and many of them are publicly asking him to drop out of the race. but the president yesterday backed by the energized crowd in detroit says he is not going anywhere. good evening, i m shannon bream in milwaukee. this is a special two-hour edition of democracy 2024. shannon: we have team coverage for you tonight. lucas tomlinson is with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware, bill melugin here in milwaukee with details on who is going to be the speaking at the convention, and david avella with analysis. but first alexis mcadams is live in butler, pennsylvania, standing by for president trump s arrival. hello, alexis. reporter: hi, shannon. a very hot day here in pennsylvania, but that didn t
strong arming around this. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. the push to get people vaccinated might be putting the white house on a legal slippery slope, but the hope seems to be among top white house officials that after all the legal wrangling, more americans will be vaccinated and the problems will miraculous go away. it won t be as much of a problem, this as we get news that one out of 500 americans have died of covid-19 but the numbers are improving. jacqui heinrich has more. good afternoon, neil. the president met with ceos and company presidents representing more than 200 major businesses that are really pushing these vaccine requirements. their argument being that vaccine mandates are good for the economy with fewer people that are stick at home, unable to work and fewer people sick and dying. the president said the labor department is working on emergency rules that would require all employers with 100 or more workers to ensure that their
trying to wrap our arms around the sheer scope of the damage in new york, new jersey and pennsylvania, and the death toll across six states stands with 49 people including children who were trapped in homes and basements and some in cars as they tried to escape. as we await the president, it is going to be a long labor day weekend for the families grieving the loss of loved ones and for many more loved ones the loss of their homes. and so you, this is the first time that you are coming back to seeing your home like this? yes. and because of all of the flooding, the firefighters had a tough time getting to some of the areas, because of that flooding. did you ever expect it to rain this much in this area? no. no, we have had heavy rain, but knotting with the flooding and maybe a little bit of the water in the basement, but nothing to get significant flooding and we have heard in the past that there were floods in the area. and you found something in the debris and
so when you hear the word resiliency, i know the energy guys know this, it s about making the systems from our transmission of energy straight through to the highways we re building, the bridges, resilient to the change that we re seeing happening. sorry, i won t interrupt like that again. i just hope you take a look at it. tell me if we need more or less, too. thank you, mr. president. i think with that, it s a great way to segway to our fema administrator. thank you. mr. president, governor, in addition to some of the numbers you mentioned, we have about 1,200 responders from the federal family on the ground. that doesn t include those back at the national response coordination center as well as our regional response coordination center. representing 22 different federal government agencies. we have right now, 197 ambulances that have been actively engaged in trying to help with managing the support for the health care system. we also have 12 mobile communication units,
governor cuomo sexually current and former state employees in violation of federal and state laws the independent investigation found that governor cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. many of whom were young women by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugs and by making inappropriate comments. ben: cuomo denied those allegations and justified his actions with an odd slide show showing that he doesn t just touch women uncomfortably. i do it with everyone black and white, young, and old. straight and lgbtq. powerful people. friends. strangers. ben: equal opportunity there. despite his lackluster defense it seems unlikely that the powerful ruler of the empire state will face any real consequences. new york attorney general letitia james who led the investigation feels that her job is done. we were tanked with the responsibility of engaging an investigation and we have concluded our investigation. and our work is done. and so as it relates to next steps, that s e