Reelected. Ill get reaction from quintin folk, president for the Biden Harris Campaign. And Steve Phillips standard of democracy. And inside the fight to enshrine abortion laws. And breaking with the boss. Former Vice President mike pence on january 6th and his decision not to endorse donald trump. The fact that the president continues to insist that i had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference. But i want to be clear that, you know, ive forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. Im jonathan capehart, this is The Sunday Show. Its official, biden versus trump. And what is shaping up to be the first president ial general election rematch in nearly 70 years. Sure it feels like deja vu all over again. But this 2024 version is all together different. Biden seeks reelection with a strong record to stand on and defend. A record that includes a booming economy despite all those hair on fire prediction that the u. S. Would slip into recession
the most pressing issue there is greece. reporter: yeah. that s right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euro s bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that they re still having trouble paying bills and might also like a discussion about moo mooch mutualizing. germany, of course, is still very, very reluctant to fit the bill on that, ali. different finance abilities. so that mutualization or further union mayen very far apart. the international monetary fund christine lagarde has stern warnings about the prospects for recovery in europe. what did she have to say? reporter: yeah. not mincing worlds and in an interesting position, because this time last
you isle ask the former pakistani president musharraf in he knew osama bin laden was hiding in his homeland and if he knows terrorists may be holed up in pakistan right now. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. first, a powerful reminder today, if they don t reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poor s is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes rising, our own jessica yellin learned that leaders plan to meet this hour at the white house. we re learning a good deal more about where the talks stand. kate bolduan has the latest. what do you know? both sides, all sides are cautioning and stressing that there is no deal. we are learning that president obama and house speaker john boehner are making a fresh drive to strive for one maybe last effort on this some of the ideas could include $3 trillion in debt reduction. that could includ
from america s news headquarters, i m marianne rafferty. don t ask/don t tell is back. the ninth circuit court of appeals voting friday to reinstate the policy, forbidding openly gay men and women from serving in the military. but it bars the federal government from going after anyone affected by the don t ask/don t tell policy. it was issued in response to an emergency request by the obama administration to let the department of defense continue its appeal process in an orderly fashion. in the u.s. and other nations, formerly recognizing libya s rebels as the legitimate government until an interim authority is formed. members of the so-called contact group in libya saying on friday that muammar al-qaddafi no longer has legitimate authority and he must go.
paper, president obama today removed the barrier that prevented openly gay men and women from serving in the u.s. armed forces. he signed the bill, killing the so-called don t ask, don t tell policy. it s been in place since 94, since the clinton administration. the president s words, no longer will tens of thousands of americans in uniform be asked to live a lie. next, the president will be taking questions in just a couple minutes, cnn s best political team on television will be joining us for that, so stick around for live coverage right here in the cnn newsroom about 15 minutes from now. and tragedy on top of tragedy. an ohio couple is killed in a car accident while on their way to make funeral arrangements for three of their grandchildren. the grandchildren were killed just a couple of days earlier in a mobile home fire. a car driving in the opposite direction swerved to avoid debris, jumped the median, hitting the grandparents vehicle head-on. next, a senior at cornel