Of delegates needed for the president ial nomination with a virtual Roll Call underway. The voting doesnt close until monday so thats when it would become official, and this, Harriss Campaign says it raked in a record breaking 310 Million just last month after she entered the race. With 2 3 of that haul being made up of first time donors. Its more than double the money the Trump Campaign brought in last month. Harris also has more catch on hand, 377 Million to be exact. A 50 Million edge over the former president. The Money Search comes amid a Tuesday Countdown when harris is set to appear with her yet to be named Running Mate as they kick off a Battleground State Tour starting in philly. Who will it be. A source familiar with the process tells Nbc News, harris is nearing a final decision, and will meet in person with some of her top choices over the next few days. This morning, President Biden told reporters that he has spoken with harris about her possible selection. Well get into th
Deep in mind, the president has doubled our u. S. Military presence in afghanistan Over Th past several days to 6,000, could go to 7,000 according to some reports in an effort to ge us out of there. If got the Tele Band now in control at the president ial palace, the United States was forced to shut down the airport because we could not prevent what you see happening on the Lefthand Side of your screens here. We had to shut down the airport had to stop getting people removed from the country, now were hearing that the Tele Ba is going doortodoor Banging O Doors to try to find Anybody Wh may have sided with the United States, with our allies, with the afghan government, and they are trying to identify who thos individuals are. It is a really frightening situation. Look at this picture. United states military Service Member takes the american flag out of the u. S. Embassy where i flew for almost 20 years after the September 11th attacks. It is a poignant in disturbing photo. Moments from
meeting with russian president vladimir putin in a decade, with two leaders meeting. talking about cyber attacks, ukraine and americans being held inside russia. no concrete solutions announced, but the two sides agreed to begin talks on the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures. now after the summit concluded, putin held a news conference in which he said the talks were very constructive. translator: i believe there has been no hostility. on the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit. indeed, we have assessment on a number of issues, but both sides expressed the intention to understand each other and to seek common ground. talks were quite constructive. for his part president biden shared the same sentiment during his news conference, but he did get a little testy, as he was leaving when a reporter asked him if he was confident that putin would change his behavior. when did i say i was confident? i said what i said was le
extremely narrow, and many republicans who oppose it are determined to draw out the process forcing the 628-page bill to be read aloud on the senate floor. this isn t a pandemic rescue package. it s a parade of left-wing pet projects that are ramming through they are ramming through during the pandemic. also today, political pressure is rising for new york governor andrew cuomo and the new york times and the wall street journal are reporting that many so of his top advisers changed a health department report to hide the higher number of covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. plus, the investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the feds are now examining communications between members of congress and some of the rioters who stormed the building. we ll look into when some of these calls and texts took place. but, first, let get back to what s happening in the senate. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill. manu, i know one
the fda authorized the covid pill patients can take at home before they re sick enough to be hospitalized. here s where i think it can be very helpful. first is there are a lot of people who are remaining unvaccinated. i wish they were going to get vaccinated, but we know that there are some people who are just not going to do it. somehow these people are ready to take treatments if they get infected even if they won t get the vaccine which is not understandable. but still these people are the ones who are most likely to get ill, to overwhelm our hospitals. and if they can get a pill that removes them from the hospital, that will help to save their life, but also will help to remove the strain on our health care system. omicron is wildly contagious compared to earlier strains. just three weeks after it was first identified in the u.s., it now accounts for 90% of the country s cases. there have been outbreaks on land and sea. the miami herald reports royal caribbean of t