incredible. and this heat, like i said, stretches up into oregon police that really doesn't have too much air conditioning, bread. >> all right. lisa rafah think you so much. all right. a new our of the cnn news central starts right now no one is pushing me out. that's what president biden says. he is defiant as democrats remained divided over whether he should stay at the top of the ticket, what he's saying in new interviews this morning, and we're seeing it weather extremes today, deadly hurricane beryl now battering the cayman islands as an intense heat wave hits millions of people across the u.s. this fourth of july weekend plus sean diddy he combs again accused of sex trafficking and sexual assault details on the embattled music mogul's knife lawsuit. i'm alison camera i don't believe fredricka whitfield, john, sarah, and

kate are out this fourth of july, this is cnn news central all right. >> happy 4th everyone happening right now. >> an independent today in america, like no other, as the current leader of the land of the free seeks to gain independence from a reelection nightmare in a brand new tape the radio interview, president biden, again digging in against calls for him to step aside is there any reason for the american people to be concerned? no, i had a bad base day, but 90 minutes on stage does not erase what i've done for three-and-a-half years, proud of the record. can we just got to keep a little bit? >> all right. biden this morning has the backing from several democratic governors

after a critical sit down, governor waltz of minnesota saying he's fit for office and from california's gavin newsom, quote he's all in and so am i but is the top house democrat all in leader hakeem jeffries reportedly did not share his current assessment of biden's future on a call last night this has two sitting house democrats are now calling for biden to step aside. and as netflix co-founder reed hastings becomes the biggest democratic donor to agree, cnn's arlette saenz is outside the white house for us, so our lead how is the president viewing the next few days well fried president biden is one week out from that debate and he's still has yet to fully assuage the concerns of democrats who are concerned about keeping him at the top of the democratic ticket in november. >> that as you mentioned, at least two house democrats have publicly called for the president to step aside, and we're told in a private call

last night with top leadership democratic leadership in the house, some democrats express their belief that it is time for president biden to step down from the democratic ticket while others argued and worried about what kind of a frenzy there would be if biden were to step aside and leave a vacuum the democratic ticket, no president biden himself gathered a democratic governors from across the country, some attending in-person, some virtually to hear out their concerns and also try to argue that he is ready for a second term. you saw some public expressions from some of those governors saying that they fully support the president. but there were some concerns raised with him in that meeting here at the white house last night. now, president biden yesterday also called into a campaign staff call a weird, he insisted that he is remaining in this race until the end, and he will not be pushed out. but privately, the president has acknowledged to at least one key ally how consequential the

coming days in his campaign will be. he's trying to take his message directly to voters sitting down for a major for interview with abc news tomorrow. and he'll also be hitting battleground states like wisconsin and pennsylvania, a part of his campaign to reach out to voters also included a pair of interviews with black radio hosts from across the country but he taped yesterday and started to air this morning. and in one of those interviews, the president warrant about what a trump presidency could hold if he's reelected, take a listen he's made it harder for people did everything from how he still has admitted that is lost the 2020 election now he said, if he loses in 2024, there'll be a bloodbath. can you imagine the present saying that? sled that no president biden is at the white house today. i'm told by some sources that the president is expected to actually speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu later this morning to talk about some developments

relating to a hostage and ceasefire framework between israel and hamas. the president also will be participating in fourth of july festivities on the south lawn later in the de they'll biden's welcoming members of the military and their family here for the celebrations. of course, president biden will be surrounded by his family today, who i'm told remains all in on him staying at the 2024 race and arlette thank you so much i think we're. at a time on that. i wanted to ask you. oh, okay. no, i do have time. okay. i do want to give the white house is now saying that apparently president biden did see him it's dr. meet with his doctor following the debate what was said yeah, there's been some conflicting information in the last 24 hours yesterday our colleague, mj lee asked white house press secretary karine john pierre, if the president had had any medical exams since his physical and february february she answered no, but this morning, the white house is saying that the president was in fact examined by his doctor der is after that debate performance last thursday, the white house had long said that

the president was experiencing a cold on that night. and a spokesperson saying that several days later, the president what seemed to check on his cold and was recovering well, so questions why we're getting this cotton conflicting information at a time when so many americans have questions about the president's health and his ability to serve the full second term. >> all right. arlette saenz at the white house. thank you so much. and a quick note. our next our cnn will speak with the radio host who conducted the latest interview with president biden awesome okay, fred, donald trump is bashing president biden. his harsh words were secretly recorded while trump was talking to supporters on a golf course. no surprise, donald trump is also insulting vice president kamala harris, cnn, steve contorno joins me now, steve beyond saying nasty things, how is the trump campaign handling all of the questions swirling around president biden also for the most part, they've remained remarkably subdued throughout

the past week. now that is partially by design. they have been more than happy to let joe biden's debate performance stay in the spotlight, as well as all the democratic hand-wringing that's taken place over the past few days. however, there is also just the situation and the reality that's there watching this unfold just as much as the rest of the country. and there is little certainty about how this will ends. they, even though donald trump has been saying for more than a year that he doesn't think joe biden would get to the november election they have not necessarily been planning or any sort of contingencies. four, if biden were to step down, now we did see them for the first time publicly acknowledged all these scenarios and the speculation about who might reply please. joe biden on the ticket if that should come to pass and they put out this statement yesterday, quote, joe biden is week failed dishonest and not fit for the white house every one of them has lied about joe biden's cognitive state and

supported his disastrous policies over the past four years especially cackling copilot kamala harris now that comments and that attack on the democratic field, as well as vice president harris comes amid all these questions about who might replace president biden on the ballot if that were to come to pass. i am told though that this within trump's camp, they they believe that has not likely to happen because of all the hurdles to removing joe biden at this time, also because of his own defiance here. and as i talked to one republican pollster, they said that they would probably prefer it that way because the devil, you know, is better than the devil. you don't know steve contorno. thank you fred. >> all right. let's bring into democratic strategist now to discuss biden's path forward, joe trippy and matt bennett. good to see flee. i can see you soon both of you. all right. so joe to you first, i mean, this is this is a growing tidal wave that seems very uncomfortable,

not just for the president, the white house, but there you are okay. i'm like am i just talking to myself? okay. to a whole lot of people, the white house, the american people. so why do you believe president biden deserves the benefit of the doubt that he will make a decision best for country what well, first of all, i don't think anybody i think take the president as word, no one's going to force him out if he decides that to make some changes, it'll be his own decision. >> and i think it goes down to what we've been talking about a lot this morning, 248 years ago, we threw out had a king we don't pay fealty to our leader. there is no, there's no party. we're not a party that after 34 felony convictions still, no one says, you should get out of the race for the good of the country that only i think the philadelphia inquirer, his as editorialized saying that at about president

trump, i think what we're seeing is healthy. this is democracy, this is how it works. a party that isn't afraid to ask the tough questions sees reality looks at what happened at that debate, and yes, the president in questions him and you're seeing that across the board and our party that you would never ever see in the party where now the supreme court has said, hey, you can do anything he wants. he's got immunity when he comes back in. so one i think joe biden has always, in my view, done what's best for the country that's what he will make that decision. he's the only one who will make it and if he decides to stay in this party will unite and fight. if he decides that he is in the best interest to save if democracy, which is what he is, i think will go down in history for doing in 2020 and again, for whatever decision he makes now i think that the party will

unite around whoever emerges from that. but it's this is all in joe biden's hands and no one else's. and but i do think what you're seeing is healthy. it's, it's a it's a party. did understand what's at stake here and wants to do what's right as joe biden will. >> okay. so matt healthy or do you see danger in this kind of coffee? one of pressure for biden to step down that do you do you concern yourself that it potentially undermines not just his leadership, but america's stand on the world stage even i'm not particularly worried about america, stan on the world stage, the president is going to lead us into the nato summit. next week. and he's gonna do so capably. he always does. he's been a tremendously effective president. and the reason there is so much upset in democratic politics right now is because nobody wants

this every democrat deeply respects and admires and has great affection for joe biden. he, as joe trippy said, has really saved democracy in 2020 by beating trump he has been incredibly effective even with very narrow margins in congress. he patched huge pieces are very important legislation. so democrats love and admire joe biden and we know that he can lead us on the world stage going forward, but we are very worried about what we saw last week. and i think the thing that worries me any of us is that it's been almost a week since and really all we've seen from the present is two speeches that he gave with teleprompter years. so he is to go forward and as joe said, only he can make that decision he needs to show that he can do a lot more than that. he can do town hall meetings. you can do press conferences, you can do off the cuff remarks, and if he can, then everyone will unite behind him. and if he can't, we trust to do the right thing.

>> and i mean, joe, that the clock is ticking and we're talking about just four months until election day. so i'm okay. it's been a week since that debate. but as the president contemplates and as you underscore, it's his decision to make. can it get too late to step aside or be replaced if that ends up being his decision look, i think the july 4 weekend part of what's happening here is all these members of congress senators are going to be home in their districts. >> they're going to be talking to the american people. i mean, it'd be in these parades today and other things. i think think that there's a period when they all come back where the president will, will i think have some time and still can be out there and do the things that matt has talked about that he needs to get out and do but i also think that president is going to listen to those voices. so when they come back

and tell them what they're hearing, and that's where i think look, he he i truly believed that joe biden deep down and nose that donald trump he, it's his whole being right now, the soul of a nation fighting for that and stopping donald trump. and he's going to do what needs to be done to put a, put the nation in, and call on republicans independents, and democrats who care about our precious democracy and what what we've held for 248 years. he's going to do that. i don't think there's a lot of time. i don't think there's weeks. but he will do what's right. and i would expect shortly after the july 4 week this weekend when people come back next week that he'll have a sound idea of what he needs to do and will do it okay. >> i'll leave it there. joe trophy. matt bennett. great to see both of you. thank you so much all right. hurricane beryl

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who of people in the entertainment world, the business world, it was diddy's attempt to fuse hip hop with old money. and it was extremely successful. so because the suit involves white parties, it's really capturing a lot of attention because people remember those parties. he was so well-known for them and for her to say that she was sex trafficked and that he forced her into prostitution as she alleges, is a really major deal. now, of course diddy's attorney, one of his attorneys says that no matter how many lawsuits are filed, it does not change the fact that his client is innocent. he says they say that did he never sex trafficked anyone, never sexually assaulted anyone. and that they also went on to say that unfortunately, we live in a country where people can just make up anything and can file a lawsuit for any reason and without any proof. and so they're fighting back against the allegation. and as you pointed out, this is the ninth lawsuit since november when cassie ventura, who was a former girlfriend of diddy's

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southwest of grand cayman. they've had gust this morning, over 55 miles per hour and gregg, cayman island right now, we're still finding gas over 40 miles per hour with some storm surge up to four feet. now, as we go through the next day, we could find some additional weakening because there's this big area of wind shear right ahead of beryl wind shear tears that wind energy upstairs in the atmosphere and hurricanes hated really chops away at some of the intensity, which is why we have found this kind of slowly coming down since if kitchen makeup, but it will continue to maintain hurricane strength as it gets towards mexico going into tomorrow, looking at another landfall here somewhere on the yucatan peninsula, could find that storm surge because they're up to four to six feet and you can see that i again, continues to stay with hurricane strength and you can kuhn and cozumel, and then we're looking at it, getting back into the gulf of mexico where it's got warm waters again and can intensify for another time. we're rain forecast, we're looking at some four to six inches of rain across the yucatan peninsula, even some totals up to ten

inches are possible. an actor coarsen flash flooding concerns. so here's that official track. you find it maintaining hurricane strength. that's why you've got the hurricane warnings in effect along the yucatan i'm peninsula in mexico, then it gets back into the golf where it could intensify. again, maybe make another landfall as a hurricane somewhere on the border of texas. and we'll have to watch this closely to see where the heaviest rain and storm surge could set up as we go into the weekend, we're really watching this dome of high pressure that's was in heat across the south to see if this weekend's any if it can make that turn to the north into texas as we go into the weekend and going into early next week. so something to watch pretty closely, allison. >> okay. elisa, thank you very much for all of that. for more information about how you can help hurricane beryl victims. you can go to cnn.com/impact or you can text beryl ber, yl to 707070 to donate fred.

>> all right. the west coast feeling the heat today extremely high temperatures reaching above 110 degrees some areas, the high temperatures not helping fire officials as they battle a dangerous wildfire, the thompson fire now only 7% contained according to calfire officials say it has scorched nearly 4,000 acres. cnn stefanie ylim is joining us live now from california. stephanie, what's the latest it's just way too many things altogether at one time, fred, because you've got these scorching temperatures along with that heat you've got this blaze, we've seen fires popping up across the state over the last couple of days in this and this is all leading to very dangerous conditions for those firefighters. as you said, but also for the people living here, especially thousands of them who have been evacuated because of this thompson blaze up here in northern california. but just overall, i want to paint the picture of how much more data hi are things look this year as

far as number of acres burned according to calfire, if you look at how much has burned so far this year, there is 1,600% increase compared to this same period of last year here, when you look at the number of acres burned, so so far this year and this not even including the expulsion of the thompson fire, there have been a burning of over 130,000 acres so far. this here that is very concerning. and then you add in the fact that here in the sacramento area that we're going to see the temperatures above 105 degrees four a week. that is also very dangerous. this is why even though some fourth of july, they are reminding people to not use fireworks. i know people want to do that and they're banned throughout a lot of talent formula. but it is dangerous because of the fact that things are so dry. in fact, take a listen to calfire official here explaining just why we're in the situation tuition we are with the brush this winter, we had a significant amount of rain, but with rain brings growth and the

challenge with that is that fuels and vegetation continues to dry out. >> and in california that spells the next large wildfire and we were out yesterday in the midst of the thompson fire and i can tell you as the day goes on, that heat starts debate and the wind pickup that's also another concern, fred, because it can blow those embers. >> and we saw one house was standing perfectly fine. grass was green. the house next to it completely burned down so dangerous conditions people need to stay inside. they're expecting people to die because of this heat. oh my goodness, you are absolutely right. there's too much all at once, stephanie. thank you so much. appreciate it. all right. and she has been one of his most fierce defenders since last week's debate, sources say jill biden is all in on her husband staying in the race for the white house, more on the first lady's role as the campaign moves forward we here in concert event, which

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about jill biden's influence on her husband. how are protective she is of him. so do you understand why she would want him to stay in the race after that alarming debate night oh, alice and i absolutely understand why every first lady wants their husband to get re-elected, being a one-term president is very, very painful. >> you're looking back at george hw bush barbara bush was deeply upset when he lost same for rosalynn carter and betty ford. i mean, they even, even pat nixon didn't want her husband to resign during watergate so these women are fiercely loyal to their husbands and their husbands greatest defenders. so i would've been very surprised highest if dr. biden had come out and said that her husband should leave the race. >> it's interesting. you say that because if you were to leave the race, he wouldn't be losing the election. it would be his choice. to leave, but either way, at the moment, first lady jill biden is vowing

to continue the fight. what is her role in this campaign? >> well, i think her role has changed since the thursday night debate. her role now is to show the public that she believes in her husband, in a different way than what we saw before what happened thursday night. i mean, she needs to show that he's physically and mentally able to lead the country for another four years and i think what we need to see is really present, invited, and showing the country that she can be helpful to his reelection efforts. and first lady is always are but she can't win this for him. he's got to go out there in meeting cia interviews and on the stump. and convince people that what they saw on thursday was an anomaly. it's not what we're going to see in the future and that he's still very deeply engaged. but this family is really circling the wagons around president biden they're just a really tight-knit group of people with hunter and his

sister, valerie ashley. i mean, they're all very much supportive of their of their father staying in the race because they they do believe that he is the only real option to be donald trump. >> how would you say or has it has joe biden's role changed since the 2020 campaign you know, i think what's what's been interesting to see from her is there lived experience after nearly five decades of marriage. >> and i reached out to the white house a comment i got was so interesting, they said to say they'd been in fox holes together. it doesn't even begin to explain their bonds. and these are people that have been through several senate and presidential campaigns. health crises, addict family addiction. and so i think that in 2020, what she did was show that joe biden is a family man and speak to his values, which is what a lot of first ladies do. and i think that remains the same going forward, but

there's an added pressure on her now to also show that he is still very much engaged in the business of the presidency and i'm still very much intellectually with it. and i think that's going to be difficult for her to do, but i think we're going to see her out there as his strongest defender in the coming days. >> it's interesting, the white house has been saying that politics is joe biden's lead, not jill buttons. but as you just pointed out, it becomes a family affair for better or worse, the whole when you are president, the whole family is involved and so are you surprised that his family is reportedly staying saying that he should stay in the race, given that on thursday night he was subjected to some public humiliation. >> it's interesting that all first ladies have to walk this fine line and i think jill biden's no exception. it's, you know, she needs to be involved. she needs to look like she cares, but she

doesn't need we don't want to see a first lady look like she's in this unelected position of really pulling the strings behind the scenes. they, they've come out like you said, the white house has said that jill biden is not a political advisor. it's the president's job to run the country, but i think what we're seeing is if they're talking about switching up members of the campaign team that's what political advisers do, right? so there's a fine line that she's walking. if we see changes among the campaign team and they're reporting that's out there that she is involved in those decisions that shows to me that she really is more a nancy reagan, hillary clinton, then, then some people might have thought before anderson brower, always great to get your insight. thank you thank you well, it's a fourth of july tradition nathan's annual hot dog eating competition. it's exciting, somewhat disgusting and it's coming up

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this action. thanks a lot. largely in part to one of the teams newest players the fans are coming from japan. they're packing the stadium to see just there chance to see that slugger play at the iconic dodger stadium. cnn's natasha can shows us how the city is rolling out the welcome mat in a very big way. >> nelson at fred, the energy in here is crazy, especially from the fans who've traveled thousands of miles for a baseball game. now, yes, there have been japanese baseball fans who have tried i will to anaheim to see ohtani play when he was with that team the last few years. but anecdotally, we're told this is a whole new level. one major japanese travel agency tells me if they're booking up to 200 clients in these seats for every dodgers home game baseball is america's pastime. but here you're in one of the country's oldest baseball stadiums you'll see a celebration of japanese heritage and here japanese language tool she turns on this

four days a week, all because of six foot four, he's superheroes, star hitter and pitcher. we have brought them him new dodgers, shohei ohtani. it's good nice larvae. so after record-breaking contract with the dodgers. ohtani has drawing fans from across the pacific ocean in waves for expecting a spike were truly nothing like this. >> the teen has a dozen new japanese sponsors this year and added six new japanese speaking tour guides. dodger stadium food. now goes beyond the dodger dog to the cooler, buddha pork sausage dog sushi, chicken, katsura and taco yucky, richer around fitters, build with octopus. you can get the a all or i was going to salsa and cheese and guacamole and cheese. america. the los angeles tourism and convention board says 80 to 90 percent of visitors from japan come to dodger stadium at least once during their trip to la. and

many of them end up here and elleithee, little tokyo to find the mural they've heard of about all the way from japan we will conduct, though none baby moving. he said, they scan the qr code at the base of the mural, bunch your camera phone, and they can see shohei actually swing and seeing him pitch. and you here caribbean scholars say artist robert vargas says he painted this mural to bring everyone together in the cities crossroads of asian and latin american community so it's been hard hit for during covid and i really felt like as a longtime resident of downtown la, i want it to be able to contribute to the aapi community a little token so business is say they have double the customers they normally get this time of year and with the weak japanese yen, it's a costly trip for travelers from japan spending us dollars but they'll find a few local deals after he hit the home monod next day or b

50% off. >> if showing hits a home run, we automatically pass out shohei shot. >> you hope this goes on for ten years. yeah, let me, i'll go hotel general manager says rooms are fully booked during home games i know to kill you zuma, he says her son also played baseball and she feels as if ohtani is japan's son and wait till he starts pitching frehse. i'm sorry, my god, what a fans are from his home country. second-generation japanese american or have no connection to japan at all. it's a unifying moment. >> it's amazing. >> a moment as american as a hotdog on fourth of july. and the taco yahi covered in glock. >> this is good for everyone that's good for all of baseball. >> it's not just the fans, it's also japanese media who have followed ohtani here. so much so that the signs for media at the stadium are translated into japanese now the fans say they're also seeing other classic la sites while they're here, which is what the la tourism board wants to see they tell me they're seeing santa monica beach.

they're seeing hollywood and now they're experiencing an american fourth of july. allison frets i like it retuned to touch are ten. >> thank you very much. that's not the only athletic endeavor. for happening today as bout to talk about, because american ourselves to a stupor, i can't wait to go on a crown, a new hotdog chomping he's the man whose one nathan's famous hot dog eating contest for the last eight years in a row has been banned from the competition because joey chestnut, one, as you know, a record 16 times, we cannot complete this year because he struck a deal with the plant-based food company, impossible foods so competitors begins stuffing their faces at 10:45 a.m. and our harry entin, will be closely watching and i think practicing are now really oh, my god hadn't harry reid oh wow. wow. i guess i'll wait for the questions. >> go ahead. okay our watching

this. you know, we kind of mocking a little bit but you know, the fact is we're talking about 1 million people who are going to watch folks eat hot dogs. oh, coney island later without the been usually without are there are going to stop it into the water like this, you could do like that and you can go and there's going to be 40,000 people in person who are going to watch this thing. so that's more but then a lot of baseball stadiums can hold more than fenway park holds, for example. so there are a lot of people who are into this. it's become a july 4 tradition. it's basically been going on continuously since the last century. so this is going to be quite the thing and it's something that i can watch and say, you know what, maybe if i work hard enough, i can be part of this though. i'm going to barely be able to finish this one dog, so i saw my way of times, will it take to come close to like beating the last record? yes. so if you look at joey chestnut, how many hot dogs that this guy eat? yeah, he eight north of 70 hot dogs in his record time. okay. and over the sixth it's 16 times that he won he won't get guess how many hot dogs? he

eight north of 1,000 hotdogs across 16 different wins i don't think i've even 1,000 hotdogs in my four. i hope not yeah. i have not i you know, i try the get more lettuce and salads. >> but on july 4th, i believe that we can be brought together by one of these. i'm watching coates is stuff their faces. if you're at home barbecue, try not to eat 71 sitting maybe one, and most, two. >> that'll be a little indulgent. i feel like people don't know exactly what they should be expecting after you watch some but he 870 hotdogs, i feel like i should warn people. >> i think you should. >> i've seen some of the after abortion, don't do it. >> all right. >> don't try that at home. you because we've covered this so often something you have to avert your eyes. i would just say, here's one of the big debates. what do you guys put on your hot dogs? this i feel it's a real dividing. yeah. the ketchup and mustard was there. so i put bot you put both yes. and sometimes if there's a little rally russia go for that to whole thing. yeah. sorry. i think that my

number one choice if i'm going to choose between the traditional toppings is ketchup but i should note, i enjoy muster. i'm not anderson cooper we could never had mustard until a few weeks ago. and more than that, that is possible. that is possible. and more than that, america americans are with mustard. mustard is their number one top and we're getting an a course from the camera man behind you so much it is the traditional american choice, harry, why you do not put ketchup on your hands are seeing my are you going to have a bite of this then we're waiting for us on the arizona little cheers. here's my kids and i would cheers food all right. you already eight, but again, here, so it does worry me that you brought these in like, when was this? this was a look within the last hour, i would not a warm it's it's still warm. it's still lukewarm wouldn't try and poison you on the year july 4 is for living in celebrating america not getting food poisoning say it's so good. i bring treats july force a great day for our country and we can celebrate in many ways, including eating a wonderful

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