jr. with the stories you haven t heard, the police officer who questioned hinckley speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn t think that he realized the magnitude of what he had done. andrea canning: from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? andrea canning: secrets from his diaries uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actress jodie foster. the letters were assumed to have been love type letters. andrea canning: and the most controversial question of all. is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potentially dangerous character. he s proven that. hello and welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day more than 40 years ago, gunman john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now we are about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings and provide a firsthand look at his contentious second act as a free man. here s special contributor troy robert
welcome to all. you want us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kimberly hoover. this is cnn newsroom, us president joe biden meets with donors insisting he can lead democrats to victory in november. but now another media outlet says it s time for him to step aside following thursday s presidential debate french voters head to the polls for the first round. the parliamentary elections, one that could see the far-right form the next government. boss, the season s first hurricane races sores the caribbean and it s only growing stronger loveliest on beryl and where it s expected to hit night from atlanta this is cnn the newsroom with kim brunhuber after spending time at camp david to prepare for the debates, joe biden is now at the presidential retreat to spend time with his family following his poor performance. but there s no getting away from the calls for him to end his campaign. and those calls just got louder. sources tell cnn that the fami
exposes about something really bad that was going on at the cdc, the centers for disease control. the cdc over decades, over generations, built a reputation for excellence and solid science that made it really the international gold standard for public health. cdc science, cdc advice, cdc guidelines are unparalleled worldwide in terms of their influence, their authority, the respect with which they are treated and followed. it is a part of the u.s. government that we can righteously and uncomplicatedly be really proud of as americans in terms of us having an absolutely uncontested best in the world status. absolutely global leadership. and then the trump administration happened. and they recognized that when the pandemic hit, the world would be looking to the cdc for gold standard science and guidance on how to understand it, how to combat it. the whole country, the whole world would be looking to the cdc for what counts as scientifically sound policy response to that crisis.
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Did you find him to be credible . No. I think he would have done anything that he could to preserve himself. Thats just obvious in the fact that he flipped on manafort. Shepard but that juror went on to convict Paul Manafort. Peter doocy will have more on that in just a moment and john roberts will have a detailed wrapup on a renewed throw down between the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the president. First, lets get to Rick Leventhal with more on the reported immunity deal for the publisher of the National Inquirer and now former trump friend david pecker. Former friend. Sources are confirming this Wall Street Journal report that the u. S. Attorneys office offered immunity to david pecker so that he would talk about what he knew about Michael Cohens handling of those payments to those women, david pecker, longtime friend of the president and runs the National Inquirer. The journal reports the details include