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good news out of all of this. this is not a hurricane harbor. this system is moving quickly and it's got its eyes set on the canada, us border. anderson here wednesday derek van dam, thanks. the news continues right here on cnn eid find next the breaking news. >> president biden, defiant tonight as the top democrat in the house in just moments ago coming out in support of the president but tonight there are new questions about biden's health at the white house is right now refusing to answer, also, breaking new details tonight on trump's search for a vp who's up, who's down? how and when will we know it is ours days away and we have new reporting into outfront tonight. and ukraine vowing revenge after putin launches a massive strike against ukraine striking a children's hospital with dozens dead. let's go outfront and good evening. i'm erin burnett outfront. tonight. we begin with the breaking news a major vote of confidence for joe biden this hour, the highest ranking democrat in the

house, hakeem jeffries, just telling our manu raju that he backs biden mr. leader. do you support joe biden staying as their democratic nominee? >> yes. i made clear that day after the debate publicly than i support president joe biden. and the democratic ticket my position has not changed card is a hugely significant show of support from the leader that all eyes have been on. and it comes just moments before the president meets with members of the congressional black caucus. now, they could be the most powerful group to call for biden to stay in the race after his performance at cnn's presidential debate. tonight's meeting is all part of a full-court press to save the biden campaign. it started today with a letter that he wrote to members of congress in which biden wrote. and i quote him, i am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end,

and to beating donald trump that was followed by a call into morning. joe the bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. >> i am not going anywhere. i wouldn't be running if i didn't. absolutely believe that i'm the best candidate to beat down someone 2024 the white house today, though, now fighting to contain new fallout from the press briefing thank today, now there were questions there more questions than answers, frankly, about biden's help. >> the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre asked was asked again and again, why a top parkinson's disease? he's specialist visited the white house eight times over the past year. there's a lot of people who work there, so they could say, was it for the president or not for the president definitively earlier this meeting, we do know that that physician actually held a meeting with biden's physician could you? very clearly yes or no. does that expert here to participate in anything surrounding the

care of the president united states. >> so let me just say a couple of things. we have had a comprehensive i just want to take another step back wait. wait, wait wait a second. times, or at least warrants in regards to just wait. hold on a second. you should be able to answer by this point no, no, no, no, no, no no? so minute. ed, please a little respect here. it is. you're asking me canard my house. i just i also said to you, ed, i also said to you for security reasons he cannot share names you confirm that the archives has specialist visits were for the president. is not what i can tell you. is that the president has seen a neurologist three times, been clear this all up just by saying what he was doing, you're in if it was connected to the president yesterday night, i am not going to confirm that a particular neurologists anybody now, these

questions will be looming over what could very well be biden's biggest test since the debate. >> a high-stakes nato summit that he's hosting in washington this week is helped will be a focus during the gathering well the photo ops remarks, unscripted q&a is which biden had recently been avoiding well, manu raja is outfront live on capitol hill tonight. mj lee is at the white house. manu, i want to start with you though, because as i mentioned, you just spoke with the democratic leader hakeem jeffries. that was an extremely significant news that he just gave you. what more did he tell you? >> yeah. show a show of support after he's been relatively quiet in the aftermath of that biden's debate performance that spawned all of this internal democratic concern, just consulting they've been voicing privately for the past week because members of congress have been on a recess the past week. and this will be the first time that they will actually meet behind closed doors to talk about their concerns about joe biden staying and the top of the ticket that meeting scheduled to take place tomorrow morning.

a significant moment about whether joe biden can maintain his support among democrats on capitol hill, then there's the senate democratic meeting that will happen in the afternoon tomorrow as well. another pivotal moment as chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, only say i'm for joe when asked repeatedly about biden over the last over when he came in to the senate earlier today. now when i asked jeffries about the concern among not many democrats that joe biden is toxic at the top of the ticket, then he could drag down down ticket democrats could cost them the house and could potentially cost them the senate he pushed back worrying, isn't a cost to the house. >> when house of representatives now, despite this show of support from the house democratic leader, there are a lot of democrats who are not going nearly as far including the number three democrat pete aguilar, who i just caught up with moments go, i asked him directly if he supports joe biden at the top of the ticket, he would not say

he said we're going to have a robust discussion tomorrow. >> a lot of democrats are saying that, or they say that biden needs to prove that he can move ahead and can have unscripted moments in the words of pramila jayapal and they want to make sure that he could actually win this race. so a lot of concern the jury is still out among many democrats, but make no mistake about karen. there's a reason why joe biden is meeting virtually with the congressional black caucus tonight. they are the loudest just most vocal group, largest group in the house democratic caucus, if they come out and offer vocal support for him, that could go a long way in tamping down this rebellion in the ranks yeah, interesting word when you use the word rebellion. all right, thank you so much, manu, and i want to go now to mj lee because she is outside the white house and mj the white house does appear to be having a lot of trouble answering these questions about biden's medical care. i just played obviously small snippet of that. those exchanges with karine jean-pierre. and as you know, because you were there, there was a lot more where that came from yeah. >> you only really played a couple of the exchanges that

the white house press secretary had with reporters but she was asked multiple times by multiple reporters about this parkinson specialists that visited the white house. and she repeatedly declined to answer the key question of whether that specialists was ever hear to consult about specifically president biden and his health, and just to remind everyone, dr. o'connor, who was the president's doctor, has previously said that the president has shown no signs of parkinson's, that he's not being treated for parkinson's and the white house has repeated that early we are today, but i think a part of the reason that we are seeing this heightened sense of frustration and exasperation within the white house press corps is because ever since the debate, the white house is really shared, no additional information that would help us have a fuller picture of the president's medical records or his health, but not to mention it has he declined to make dr. o'connor the president's doctor, available for additional questioning. and remember, aaron biden himself

was asked over the weekend about whether he has ever for had any neurological or cognitive examinations and he was essentially dismissed he said being president is the same thing as taking a full neurological test every single day. i think nervous democrats who are watching the bat interview are watching really the white house press briefing today. they were not going to be satisfied by those answers from the white house all right mj. thank you very much outfront. now, democratic congressman seth moulton, his calling on president biden to step aside as the 2024 democratic presidential nominee and congressmen, so much appreciate your time. you hear leader jeffries speaking out now telling our manu raju that he does just support the president. his position has not changed on that. does it give you any pause in how strongly you have come out in the opposite direction? >> no, it doesn't give me pause it was a hard decision for me to reach because i love job biden. he's an amazing president and he's even been a great mentor and friend to me

personally, i used to have breakfast with him when he was vice president. he he coached me on being a freshman in congress but we need to win this election. the reality though is that for the president, he's got to be all in until he's not. and i think a lot of party leaders feel the same way for us in the rank and file. we're trying to be a little bit more honest and, and really just pushed in the right direction here. i hear from constituents. all over the country right now that we're desperate to win this election, and we've got to make sure we have the best candidate to defeat donald trump. >> so you did also hear congressman the white house press briefing that back-and-forth regarding a neurologist visits. visits, plural, to the white house so i guess just asking you and i understand you've already made it clear what you think think the president should do that you think he should step aside, but what more do you want to hear from the white house right now about president biden's health and in some ways, i

think the health is a distraction. we need to campaign plan, we need to understand what he's going to do differently to win because right now we're behind in the polls. especially in the key swing states, the president needs to carry this election and those polls got worse after the debate so we need to see a change in the course, not just, not just one pretaped interview over seven days, over a week after the disastrous debate. but a real new plan to turn this around, because when you're strategy isn't working, you can't just double down on the same strategy. you have to have a new strategy, have to have a new plan we haven't seen yet from the white house that he could say that would when i and i understand that there's something that he could say though that would change your conclusion here, right? because you've been one of the few that have come out and you did so even though many others either are willing to or were afraid to write, but you did speak out. is there something he could do or say at this point that would change your mind? >> he really has to demonstrate that he can make a big comeback

in the polls. because at the end of the day, defeating donald trump is what matters. it matters for not just the democratic party, but for our country, for our democracy. this is this is a convicted criminal who who incited a mob to storm the capitol, something that's never happened before in american history. and now he gets blanket immunity from the supreme court. the second term of donald trump it'd be far, far worse. so would democrats want, what i want is a clear plan to win un, a candidate who can demonstrate that he can go toe to toe oh, with donald trump in defeat them. i mean, look, this really should be easy. he's a convicted criminal. a lot of republicans don't like donald trump so we should be way ahead in the polls right now. it's gravely concerning to me that we're behind and we're getting further behind after the debate so jill biden, the first lady, obviously has been a steadfast defender of her husband by his side. and she said something today that i wanted to play for you, congressman here she is

and just as, he has always supported my career when you talk about those breakfast, you had that he was a mentor. >> so, you know, you know, him personally, how important is jill biden right now to the president and to his decision-making i think she's incredibly important. she's an amazing woman, great leader and someone that the president obviously listens to carefully but what i would say in response to that that clip with all due respect to the president, is this is not about you you know, my first

introduction to serving the country was in the in the marines and i tried to carry those those values now into politics. and one of the things the marines always drill into you is this is not about, you. it's about your fellow marines. it's about your country putting the country first and that's where asking the president to do. i know he loves his job. i know he loves serving the country and i know he's done amazing things for american not only is president but for decades in the senate. but this is a team sport. and joes, the captain of our team, he needs to decide what's best for democrats and for the country not just for himself but will congressman moulton, i appreciate your time and thoughts tonight. thank you thank you. >> erin now i want to, go straight to, the democratic congressman robert garcia of california. he is on the biden campaigns national advisory board. so congressman, i appreciate your time. and you had a chance there to listen to seth moulton. he wants biden to step aside. he explains why why do you think? that is wrong

well, thanks. >> i have a lot of respect for all my colleagues and their perspectives and opinions. i am 100% with president biden and the vice president, actually just just not too long ago, our speaker keen jeffrey's reinforce his support for the president and i think the president, as he has instead himself, is the one person in this country that has actually defeated. donald trump, he's done it before. he'll do it again. he of course, was greatly underestimated during his last election during the primary, people counted him out and he came back and won those primaries. and then it's donald trump. and so i think the caucus is uniting and hardening around him supporting the president. you're seeing it in the grassroots of the folks that i talked to across this country they support joe biden and they want us to sit with them and we certainly are so you mentioned hakeem jeffries and he had been listening to all of you in the caucus. he had been listening. he had said nothing. now, as you point out,

he's telling our manu raju that he does back the president. now you heard congressman moulton say that doesn't sway him. that that he has he feels the way he feels but from others you've spoken to, will hakeem jeffries, taking a stand and backing the president make a difference of course. >> i mean, anytime that you have i came jeffries the next speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, barak obama, jim clyburn, the leadership of our party uniting once again and standing with the president and the vice president. that's incredibly important, but more importantly, it's the grassroots voters. let's not forget that the president had his absolute best fundraising numbers, right after the debate. we're hearing from grassroots voters across the country. they are standing with joe biden and kamala harris. and so absolutely, i think i think having had kim's support is going to be critical and i'm seeing today in the base of this party is our black voters are latino voters. those members, those voters are coming out strongly and we're

hearing from them to reinforce our support for the president. so i think what you're seeing now, especially is this fighting spirit in joe biden, i think what he did today, we've been doing the last couple of days and really fighting back punching back, punching back at donald trump, who has been horrific for this country, is exactly the kind of fighter that we're going to see for the rest of the campaign. >> all right, now, you are also on the house oversight committee, so i want to ask you about this, congressman, the chairman of your committee, james comer, is asking president biden's doctor, kevin o'connor connor to come in for an interview. now, he asked for that before the white house briefing today, and in that briefing, they would not confirm why o'connor met with the parkinson specialists earlier this year? are you concerned that the white house is not giving specifics on this or do you have any questions about the president's health well, first, i mean, james comer goes from one tinfoil hat conspiracy theory hearing to

the next. >> i mean, it's been a constant attack on president biden this entire higher time. he can't hold an honest hearing and it hasn't been able to the entire time. he's been leading the oversight committee, so i i i don't trust james comer at all to do anything that's actually legitimate or being done the right way. this is the same person that attacks scientists and dr. fauci, the same person that brings literally spies and people who have been discredited to serve as witnesses in our committees. and so no, i don't support james comer and his endless investigations of joe biden. as far as the president's health he's he spoken to that, right? his physician had put up that information. i trust the president. he's fighting back he's doing great. yes, he had a bad debate night. we all know that, but we're moving forward and we're going to beat donald trump in november garcia. >> i appreciate your time tonight. thank you so much. and next the white house today, also refusing to commit to a

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for the president to take a cognitive exam and president biden obviously has said that he it does not need to do that it just had me wondering what exactly is the cognitive tests that we're talking about here yeah so so detailed neurocognitive testing usually performed by a neuropsychologis t that can be quite involved there and it's it's a detailed history and physical examination of the patient talking to family members, but also doing real cognitive sort of challenges. >> how many words can you recite, starting with a lack? that or tea in the next 60 seconds go. how many animals can you name in the next 60 seconds all sorts of different tests matching patterns, things like that. recall trying to figure out your ability to remember your judgment, your processing speed, what you're looking at on the screen is what's called the montreal cognitive assessment. and people may know this because president trump said he took this twice. this is a blunt screening tool. think of this as maybe the first step in doing a more detailed

neuro-psychological neuro-cognitive exam this can give people maybe there's an indication of a problem and where the probe further in addition to cognitive testing, another thing that is often recommended would be movement disorder testing if you watch president biden, you know, people talk about his stiffness of gait, which has been attributed to neuropathy doesn't move his arms as well. they say he doesn't have parkinson's disease he's but there may be other movement disorders which can also be evaluated in some of the ways that i'm talking about right? interesting as you point out that the test that president trump took, i think that is familiar, that rhinoceros and camel picture that short version is the one that he has said he took twice as opposed to the longer interviewing family members assessment that referring to. >> but when you when you think about this sunday, the debate was at 9:00 p.m. and obviously, the president has said he was exhausted and there has been reporting that he said he wants to do events now earlier than that, he had a rally the next day that was in the early

afternoon. it was huge difference. if the person who showed up at the rally, it should have for none of none of the past. we can have would have happened in terms of what we've seen. i interviewed him around 12, 30 in the afternoon and i didn't see any of what we saw in the debate morning. joe is this morning. same thing. i mean, i'll play play it try a. sitting behind his desk when making these decisions you know, both of you know what they know. i'm not bad at what i do. now. i mean, i never make a mistake. i do, but i'm making those decisions. well, i know how to do this job i know how to get things done i know like millions of americans know. when you get knocked down, you get back out we have the strongest economy in the world. be seen again in the world, although gdp last week was far short of expectations, oh, wasn't look vp is still growing look at the response of the markets. overwhelmingly positive, overwhelmingly

positive so sanjay, does that add up to you that the time of day can really matter for what you see cognitively and a person i think there's two points here. one is that are these episodes that we saw during the debate in and other times, i mean frankly, some of what we saw during the debate wasn't new. are they episodes or are they sort of indicative of a deeper underlying condition? and if they are underlying condition is there a fluctuation in that condition? there's a term that is often used and i want to be very careful using it because it's so often associated with dimension, nobody is saying that he has dementia, but you may have heard of this term called sundowning, which is what i think you may be referring to erin, where people sort of late afternoon, early evening they're not at their best. there is a fluctuation hour to hour. sometimes day-to-day or even week-to-week, but our at our when it comes to sundowning, we don't again, i don't know that

that's what he has. that is why i wrote the essay. because you can do this testing and you can really sort of parse this out a bit. and i think most importantly, maybe do something about it. you know, i have a dad whose rescind biden's age and we had this long conversation about driving the car recently and it's heart-breaking to have these conversations, but it i think they're important conversations because maybe there's something you can do about it so they've said that the president does not have parkinson's, but we know his doctor had had met with parkinson's specialist once and then we know that a parkinson's disease expert visited the white house multiple times. >> we don't necessarily know if that was for the president or not. we know they say it wasn't diagnosed me. there's confusion about this, but does it raise questions to you? >> yeah i watched that press conference very closely. and as you say, they were very careful to not suggest that that doctor was visiting because of the president, i guess there are

many other people who could potentially being treat, be treated in the white house so we don't know, but i guess i would say this going back to my earlier point, if this person was saying the president, the walter reed doctors are the best some of the best doctors in the world they are there to see the president. i'm glad because there's things that can be done with some of these conditions. and i think early testing and potentially early treatment is so important. it strikes me that there's so much stigma around this. you know, we used to talk about heart disease the same way people wouldn't get tested but for heart disease because they didn't think there was anything i could do about it. and i think we're sort of in the same way with brain disease now, there is something that can be done and that's why people should get tested alright, well, sanjay, thank you very much. and i had mentioned sanjay's essay as obviously it sounded we began speaking, but i would encourage everyone to take a look at it about cognitive testing and it is at cnn.com slash health. so you can go read the full essay there. next we have some breaking news. we have new reporting just coming into out

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made a decision or what it's down to at this point for him well, you never know when trump has made a decision until trump says he's made a decision now he says he has, but he hasn't made the announcement. so who knows, but it still looks like the top three front runners from the buzz of those who've spoken to him and spoken a top campaign aides, allies, and confidants that is jd vance looks like he's sort of in the catbird seat along with doug burgum and rubio looks like he's sort of in third place, but this is all sort of speculation about what trump will do or say and it's very risky predicting that until he does or says it yeah. no. i mean, i was talking to marco rubio the other day and you can't have two people from florida on the same ticket. he'd have to move residency. i mean, yeah, he's sort of dodge that question, but but there are some logistical challenges to that pac. when can we expect to find out? >> probably his latest possible, you know, he has until monday to do it under republican national convention rules. so don't be surprised

if he announces that on monday on true social on saturday, donald trump has a rally in butler, pennsylvania that looks like a good time according to those who sort of know his rhythms and his thinking now, tomorrow in doral, in the miami area, where rubio lives and where trump has a golf course person club. he's going to have a rally as well. and there's some speculation like willie announced rubio. some people are saying, well probably not. you probably wouldn't want to do it this early. and the reason why is joe biden democrats are sort of in debt spiral right now, at least from a press perspective that as their sort of killing each other. joe biden keeps saying, look, i'm staying in the race, i'm staying in the race and then all of these different democrats are coming out saying, well, he shouldn't stay in the race. they're whispering that he should resign. donald trump doesn't want to get the middle of that like if his enemy, his opponent is making a mistake or letting himself for themselves on fire. he's happy to stand back right now and watch them go up in flames right which is look, let's a level of self-control

that is notable for him. >> i mean, i remember on debate night afterwards, we thought he would come out to the spin room. and when it seemed that obviously the debate had obviously gotten significantly better for him, that he would do that, but he didn't because he wanted to let it sit so erez's a reticence. i'm sorry, that is and not necessarily in character. but what we do know is in character is that looks matter. an optics matter, and you actually have reporting marc on how looks are playing into the vp choice specifically with jd vance and governor burgum right? >> of all things that donald trump doesn't really like. it's facial hair. if you'll notice most of the guys around him are cleanshaven and there's some buzz in trump's orbit, like look of jd vance doesn't get it. it's because of the beard now that puts jd vance and kind of a box because he is the youngest of the crew who is on the vp shortlist for trump. and if elected, if chosen, if elected, vance would be the third youngest vp ever

in us history to serve that as he would be 40, i think. number two was nixon who was 40 day, 40 years in 11 days old. vance will be a little older. he turns 40 next month so that's an issue for vance, but in the end, people are just saying, look, trump's got courts and he's going to pick who he picks but again, the buzz right now is vance and burgum looked like his two favorites. but once again, we just don't know what donald trump alright, i'll marc caputo. >> thank you very much. always great to see you thank you. and also tonight, trump praising the rnc's new party platform what he doesn't say is that he wrote some of that new platform himself. and its immense his grip on the party and there's often a discussion about these things. it's a committee, but not in this case. he's doing a lot of it and what he has done is softened language on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. this is hugely significant and kristen holmes is outfront. kristen, this is your reporting here. the platform reads like a trump

rally speech. when it's not like anything we've seen before from the republican party, from what you understand that's right, erin, i mean, this is much shorter. >> it's much more vague. we're talking about decades of precedent when you look at the it's kinda platforms that give out a very detailed page by page, line by line of what the republican party stands for. and that's just not what this is. and you'd met noted that it sounds a little bit like a trump rally. well, it should because as you said, donald trump wrote part of it. he also edited it very diligently, spent a lot of time with it before he approved it and it mimics it's who he is as a candidate and as a person. part of it again, focusing on things that he tends to focus on mass deportations as well as immigration talks about stopping the weaponization of the government. then the softening of the language because we know donald trump believes that certain things that the republicans have campaigned on before, like abortion, like same-sex marriage, are not things that are widely popular or at least

not politically sound for them to be running on. he thinks that they are not things that are of the current mind that there are things that they shouldn't really be focused on. so one of the things they really did is they watered down this abortion stance. it's very short. it focuses instead on yes, everything think donald trump has said since the overturning of roe v. wade, that they should be in the state's hands. no mention of a national abortion ban, which donald trump said he would not pass if he was elected to a second term. the other part of this is that same-sex marriage, traditional marriage used to be defined in the gop platform as between a man and woman. that's no longer in the platform. the other one on there there is this instead of this emphasis that they've had for years, the republican party on repaying the national debt, not accruing more debt really minimize that. and instead et our focusing on inflation. again, all of this is have donald trump portrays himself in these various rallies is what it's on his campaign website. but now it is the official stance of the republican party which really goes to show you how much xiu said he has cemented his grip

over this party and amazingly talk about debt reduction in fiscal responsibility. those used to be the calling cards for the republican party, among many things in that part of platform that you're talking about, that is incredible to just remove that. alright, thank you very much. kristen holmes. so i would that reporting next live pictures from ukraine where rescuers are still scouring that debris desperately looking for survivors who've been launching a derrick, a daytime assault children's hospital among the targets. and ukraine tonight vowing to retaliate. plus we're following the breaking news out of texas this hour, tropical storm beryl is pounding the state and i'm going to speak to a storm chaser so who is there on the ground? and i'll tell you about something. he's seeing tonight, but he has not seen before paul mcglone showed up right on time and did my dishes, my laundry. they even cleaned my windows. i love that. you just pick a date picker cleaner and enjoy a spotless house for $19 sometimes jonah wrestles with

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including at a children's hospital in kyiv. we are looking right now at live pictures of that hospital as rescuers are digging through rubble under those lights out of fear, they do believe that more people are trapped inside. that was a fully operational hospital, children being operated on, children suffering from cancer inside the shocking aerial assault on population centers far from the frontlines happening is civilians were out in morning rush hour, fred pleitgen is outfront tonight with more mass attack in broad daylight the social media video purporting to show the moment a russian missile hit kyiv's main children's hospital the building flattened desperate first responders, but also hospital staff trying to find survivors under the debris it's the there are people under the rubble. kyiv's mayor says, there may be children among them this woman in tears,

we came here five minutes before it all happened. she says we managed to get to the pediatric ward. it's a nightmare just days before vladimir putin's military bombed ukraine, civilian infrastructure, hungary's prime minister viktor orban, currently holding the european union presidency, was in moscow. a trip that other eu leaders have rejected and criticized putin using the platform to attack the west and its allies. >> problems the sponsors of ukraine continue to try to use this country and its people as a battering ram. putin said, a victim in the confrontation with russia i want to be called or ban is not only arguably vladimir putin's staunchest ally in europe, he's also a major supporter of former president donald trump celebrating a march visit to mar-a-lago on his instagram page, and telling german outlet bild he supports trump's presidential bid in an exclusive interview so he is,

he's from businessman. he's a self-made man. he has a different approach to everything and i and i and i believe that that will be good for for the word politics. don't forget that he is the man of the piece, or ban cozying up two other us adversaries as well. currently on a visit to china, leading president xi jingping, beijing saying they're pleased with for bonds, efforts to end the war in ukraine this as china has just sent troops to neighboring belarus, close to nato and eastern flank, familiar teri exercises the ukrainian say, rather than proposals for their de-facto surrender, they need more air defense systems to help prevent stroke kreykes like the one that destroyed the children's hospital and erin tonight, india's prime minister, narendra modi in moscow visiting vladimir putin there for talks. india, of course, also an ally of the united states states, but with very good ties to moscow. and there are many people who are saying that india is essentially

giving russia an economic lifeline by purchasing ever more russian crude oil. aaron all right, fred, thank you very much. >> on the way to ukraine tonight, and outfront now, david sanger, the white house, and national security correspondent at the new york times also author of new cold wars, china's rise, russia's invasion, and america's struggle to defend the west so david, as you saw, fred's reporting this massive russian strike in ukraine, including on a children's hospital coming a day before the nato summit and obviously you're covering that biden, putting nato front and center in his case to stay in the race. and here's what he's saying. >> i was also the guy that expanded nato i'm the guy that put nato together. i'm began to shut who's going to be able to hold nato together like me so just how big of a moment is this, david, this summit for biden to appear strong given the questions right now surrounding his candidacy?

well, erin, it's a very big moment for president biden for three reasons. i think the first is obviously he identifies himself and i think he identifies probably rightly is the biggest accomplishment of his presidency putting nato together to respond to russia's invasion of ukraine now, i think he went a bit over the top when he said that he shut russia down clearly, he has not. russia's economy is continued to expand. it now has a new and burgeoning relationship with china, with iran, with north korea, all we were suppliers, dam or purchasing oil and china's case so he hasn't exactly shut down and you're seeing the president demon's trying to demonstrate starting tomorrow night, that he can operate among 38 world leaders who will be in washington. that's a pretty complex grouping to go deal with. each with their own

interests. and so it will be an opportunity to see how he performs right and. all those unscripted moments. q and a's for photograph all that. but what are you hearing, david, from your reporting? because i know you've been speaking to nato leaders and those close to them what are they think about what's going on in the u.s. right now on the possibility of biden getting out of the race there pretty scared about the possibility of donald trump coming back in. they were through the trump experience in remember it's the nato countries that got the brunt of donald trump's treatment in the first term he declared when he came in that they were obsolete. he wouldn't repeat the article five commitment that's in the nato treaty where an attack on one is an attack on all it was just a few months ago that he said that if he didn't judge that a country had contributed sufficiently to nato, what he keeps calling their dues to the united states is not quite how it works. that

he would let the russians do. i think the phrase was whatever the hell they want and alliance is about confidence. aaron and right now what they're lacking as they arrive here for the 75th anniversary is confidence that the u.s. will be there for them in six months time all right. david, thank you very much and next tropical storm beryl turning deadly now, tearing through texas in houston, we're gonna speak to a storm chaser who has been tracking storms beer says this is the worst he's seen. he was trapped for seven hours bids to credit. >> we know you need to fund your business on time when businesses good, it could be time to expand, time furbies to credit when bills are piling up, you might need extra cash to get ahead. >> time for vista credit our fast and convenient online process makes it easy to get the funding you need when it's time to take your business to

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is my guest tonight. he was actually trapped for seven hours and those rising waters he has been informed major hurricanes says this one is among the worst and right now you've got 2.7 million people outpowered are in the houston area. it's dangerously hot. the heat index there at 105 degrees. this is obviously far from normal because when you see storms like this and obviously this one now a tropical storm, but it did hit as a hurricane. usually you see that in the end of the summer texas, late august, september you don't see them at the very beginning of july outfront. now storm chaser, mike boylan, who is right now in houston, texas. he runs the popular mike's weather page, which is a hurricane tracking website. and mike, you've been chasing this massive storm. i know. you've got so much footage of what you saw the way flash flooding obviously still a huge threat at this hour. we'll show you some of the footage so that our viewers can see of what you say was among the most powerful storms that you have seen? as you have been a storm chaser. can you tell us sort of what has stood out to you in these past hours living in florida.

>> we've had a lot of tropical swarms, category one hurricanes this one just felt different intensified, right? as it was nearing the coast the surge came up. so wck they literally came up in a matter of minutes in the wins. the winds, erin we were like, i've been in three or four major hurricanes. i could barely even opened my car door and i'm not one to hype. but it was incredible these wins and then when i went back this morning and this afternoon, to see the damages that's when i realized this wasn't your normal category one storm. we had the surge, but so many homes had roof damaged large trees down rvs on their side, stuff you normally don't see any category one. and then driving here to houston, i was this absolute absolutely blown away what the damages here many, many, many miles inland right? it is pretty incredible as you point out, when you talk about the

flooding and the storm surge, was can come with it that maybe the category itself doesn't actually reflect necessarily how horrible the damage can be. i know that you were trapped for seven hours. you had no place to go at one point as the hurt hurricanes all around you and you've mentioned the car door when you couldn't open it, let me just play that moment like i'm going to try to go outside my how is this different than what you've experienced is someone who tracked storms and also somebody as you point out, you live in florida, you've been through this many times yeah. >> yeah. if i didn't know it was a cat-1. i would have thought it was a major hurricane there another storm chasers area that we talked about this after the fact and it just felt different and i don't know if it was because it was intensifying at the last

moment, but i do know the height hey, before the season was these abnormal warm waters. these anomalies that we're seeing a barrel, did it in the caribbean and it did it on approach here to texas i think that's what we're going to be seeing this year ahead of those warm waters and they really do fuel hurricanes what, what is it? >> how do you register though? you're doing this at the beginning of july? >> well, that is that's incredible. part actually, june, right. it started out in june and now we have friends that were down k-means going to jamaica had no idea this was even come and they cancel their plans because i was talking to one of them and he's like, you're kidding me, right? so this is not normal for this time of year here in very very unheard of. so we're gonna have a busy season ahead. i'm afraid all right. >> well, mike, i appreciate your your time and thank you very much for sharing this with us thanks for joining us. the

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