i am wolf blitzer in the situation room.u can tweet the show at cnn sit room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next. biden's entire agenda on the line and he is all in to save it from collapse meeting tonight with key member of congress, can biden make a deal? >>> plus, trump stacking the deck. now, pushing supporters of his big lie to become top election officials in crucial swing states. >>> and we are standing by for a decision by the fda and whether to authorize booster shots for some americans. the former-fda commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb, is my guest. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. president biden all in as he attempts to save his domestic agenda from imploding. the president holding three lengthy meetings with to

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. you can tweet the show at cnn sit room and the situation room, by the way, is available in podcast form. look for us on cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next. breaking news. republicans vote against averting a government shutdown and suspending the nation's debt limit as president biden sounds incredibly optimistic about his own party coming together to pass his agenda. but so few seem to share that optimism in his own party. >>> plus, he is one of the nation's top constitutional lawyers and tonight he says trump troyed to stage a coup with a blueprint from a little-known lawyer. harvard law professor lawrence tribe is out front. and he is the expert on the nature preserve that investigators have been scouring for more than a week in the hopes of finding brian laundrie. he think

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news. top house and senate democrats making an 11th hour trip to the white house, as deepening divisions are pushing their party, congress, and the nation to the brink of crisis. ryan nobles is standing by up on capitol hill where the clock is ticking toward a critical vote and a potential government shutdown. but first, let's go to our senior white house correspondent, phil mattingly. phil, what are you learning about nancy pelosi and chuck schumer's talks with the president? >> for a little more than an hour, it was originally scheduled to be a call between the three, something that they have been doing almost on a daily basis over the course of the last week as this critical moment for the pred's domestic agenda came to the forefront. however, they decided to do in it person, underscoring this is a complicated moment given the fact there is a house vote scheduled for that bipartisan infrastructu

our coverage begins with wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, the biden administration ramps up deportations of haitian migrants at the southern border. a key u.s. diplomat calls it inhumane and quits in protest. lawmakers in both parties are blasting the policy as well. i'll get reaction from the secretary of homeland security and from the haitian ambassador to the united states. also tonight, after weeks of division, top democrats say they cut a deal on a framework to pay for a centerpiece of the biden administration, but their lack of specifics makes it clear there's a lot more work to do. i'll talk with a key players in these negotiations. cdc divorce just endorsed giving phiers boosters shots for ages 65 and up and many with underlying medical conditions. stand by for details on this breaking story and what happens next. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin with the migrant crisis at the souther

i am wolf blitzer in the situation room.next. the final report on the so-called election audit in arizona just came out and it confirms biden won. well, of course, we have known that all along. that's not stopping trump and his quest to overturn the election. republican election official who famously warned, quote, someone's going to get killed because of trump's lies is my guest. and the cdc director rochelle walensky is also my guest. talking about her decision to leaving the set today pause of positive covid tests. >>> plus, the manhunt for brian laundrie. what does his family know? and

i'm wolf blitzer "the situation room."lf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next the new republican playbook, the election hours before the polls open. >>> capitol hill bracing for violence as another rally takes place at the u.s. capitol to honor the january 6th insurrectionists. >>> former first lady melania trump sound asleep on election night as her husband was losing. that's according to the chief of staff. let's go "outfront". >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight the playbook playing out in california. it boils down to if you lose an

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ we begin with president biden pushing back hard at republican critics on his new covid-19 strategy. our chief national affairs correspondent is at the white house for us. jeff, the president appears undaunted by the backlash. >> the white house does believe it is on solid legal ground here saying it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide a safe workplace and protect workers. now, these actions this week have gone much farther than president biden has gone before. in fact, a reversal from previous pledges not to issue mandates. but he said he never expected the resistance to be so fierce. that's why he's taking these steps and leaving the door open to even more. >> we're playing for real here. this isn't a game. >> president biden pushing back tonight on critics blasting his new vaccine mandates as government overreach. to republicans threatening legal challenges, biden responded sharply. >> have at it. >> in his most agrgressive st

our coverage continues right next door with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> happening now, breaking news, desperation is growing in hurricane ravaged louisiana right now as the rescue operation continues. critical supplies vanish and residents struggle without power in extreme heat. we'll get a new forecast on the deadly flooding threatening millions of americans tonight. >>> also this hour, the white house is clearly on the defensive about its decision to approve covid booster shots amid reported frustrations within the fda. dr. anthony fauci will join us live to discuss that and alarming number of covid cases among children as schools reopen. >>> and the u.s. supreme court allows a near total abortion ban to take effect in texas. a law president biden is slamming as extreme. we'll break down what it could mean for the future of roe versus wade. welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with a hurricane catastrophe in louisiana. the search and rescue operation continues. you hav

wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following breaking news. the democrats are taking a high stakes gamble with the biden presidency tonight. the house speaker nancy pelosi is urgently hunting for votes as she aims to bring the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the floor in the coming hours. but many progressive democrats don't appear to be budging on their throat to vote down the legislation in hopes of influencing party infighting over the broader economic plan. it's not clear, at least not now, how all of this will play out. stand by. we do know congress is averting a crippling government shutdown just hours before the deadline. the house and senate passing a stopgap funding measure that president biden is expected to sign over at the white house very soon. we're covering this breaking story from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. kaitlan collins

we love mars very much. >> wolf blitzer. >> wolf blitzer, a legend.square. i can't believe i'm here. >> part of the wolf pack. the anyone asks you how you're doing, strong. >> strong. >> babes. >> the bad news babes are the softball team, we play the members of congress every year. the throw down has begun. we are out practicing on the field. and let me tell you, ladies of congress, we are looking pretty good. >> okay, john, kasie is the ringer. i can't even tell you. this one year we played and she actually sprained her ankle in warm ups for the game. did we lose that year? >> i don't remember if we lost that year. >> i'm just saying we were very worried. >> we won so many times that basically members of congress threatened to stop playing against us unless the rules were tweaked to make it apparently more fair. so you think reporters are competitive. wait till you meet members of congress. never forget that. they don't like to lose. >> it's great to have you. let's do it all again. hopefully we didn't scare you too much. >> absolutely not. cheers. >

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> and we begin with the breaking news on the democratic divisions that are putting president biden's agenda in very serious jeopardy right now. let's go right to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles, progressive democrats just met with the house speaker nancy pelosi. tell our viewers what you're learning. >> that's right, wolf. the progressive caucus chair jayapal was in nancy pelosi's office for an hour as they tried to come to an agreement on the bipartisan bill and the $3.5 bill crop. jayapal and other progressives won't vote for the bipartisan bill if they don't see passage of the reconciliation package. what jayapal and pelosi talked about and jayapal emerged saying a planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house may be forced to be delayed because there just aren't enough progressive votes to put it over the finish line. but big problem is democrats in the house have not agreed as to what that $3.5 trillion package should

join jake tapper, wolf blitzer and paula reid as we remember. our special coverage begins at 8 a.m. eastern. >>> there are rising hospitalizations that are increasing cases among kids. the biden administration rolling out a new round of vaccine mandates. what is happening in kentucky? we'll talk about it. still fresh... unstopables in-wash scent booster. downy unstopables. (vo) i am living with cll and i am living longer. thanks to imbruvica. imbruvica is a prescription medicine for adults with cll or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. it will not work for everyone. imbruvica is the #1 prescribed oral therapy for cll, and it's proven to help people live longer. imbruvica is not chemotherapy. imbruvica can cause serious side effects, which may lead to death. bleeding problems are common and may increase with blood thinners. serious infections with symptoms like fevers, chills, weakness or confusion and severe decrease in blood counts can happen. heart rhythm problems and heart failure may occur especially in people with increased risk of heart disease, infection, or past heart rhythm prob

wolf blitzer is off today.'m jim acosta, and you're in the situation room. ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and let's go straight to cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, we just heard from the president a few moments ago. what did he have to say? >> reporter: president biden spent a little over an hour on the ground in queens, new york, meeting with those people whose homes and personal lives were devastated by hurricane ida. but the president also spoke to the urgency of the threat of climate change saying that the situation in this country and around the world is a code red. president biden issuing a warning on climate change today as he saw firsthand the damage brought by hurricane ida. >> climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy, and the threat is here, it's not going to get any better. the question, can it get worse? we can stop it from getting worse. >> reporter: it was the second time in four days that the president toured the devastation left in ida's w

along with wolf blitzer who is at the pentagon. and paula reid, who is in shanksville, pennsylvania. here lie the footprints where the twin towers once stood, proudly over lower manhattan shall the iconic skyline of the cultural and financial capital of the world. those towers and the surrounding area were reduced to rubble in a matter of just minutes, in a coordinated terrorist attack. hijackers steered commercial airplanes into each tower, triggering a panic that defined a generation, knowing that america was under attack. >> certainly was, jake, i shortly after those two planes hit the twin towers, a third, a third plane crashed right here into the west side of the pentagon. and only minutes later, a fourth plane, united airlines flight 93, crashed into the countryside in shanksville, pennsylvania. the passengers on board valiantly diverting that flight away from washington. the attacks on 9/11 led the united states and allies to invasions of first afghanistan, then iraq, and in pursuit of the al qaeda terrorists behind it. 20 y

wolf blitzer will be in washington. that starts at 8:00 a.m. eastern.evening, a special tribute to the families of september 11th "shine a light" is at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on sunday, dana bash will talk to joe manchin as well as bernie sanders at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, president biden defends his new covid vaccine mandates affecting millions of americans, and he's challenging republican governors threatening lawsuits to, quote, have at it. also tonight new evidence that law enforcement officials prepared for a possible mass casualty event on january 6th and it is raising more questions about whether police are ready for the worst when pro insurgents rally at the capital

i'm wolf blitzer "the situation room." you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next the new republican playbook, the election hours before the polls open. >>> capitol hill bracing for violence as another rally takes place at the u.s. capitol to honor the january 6th insurrectionists. >>> former first lady melania trump sound asleep on election night as her husband was losing. that's according to the chief of staff. let's go "outfront". >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight the playbook playing out in california. it boils down to if you lose an election, you didn't actually lose. it was voter fraud. it was rigged. even when there wasn't and the night before the recall election, the former president is steering the pot with the very familiar message. here he is. does anybody believe the california recall election isn't rigged? millions and millions of mail in ballots will make this another giant election scam? no different but less blatant t

wolf blitzer in "the situation room."eaking news. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. we're following breaking news. the democrats are taking a high stakes gamble with the biden presidency tonight. the house speaker nancy pelosi is urgently hunting for votes as she aims to bring the bipartisan

i'm wolf blitzer. thanks for watching.r jewish viewers, happy new year. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >>> "outfront" next president biden in louisiana tonight as the mystery mounts and the death toll from ida continues to rise. now 50 dead in the northeast. we're live on the ground. >>> plus, cnn learning the white house may have to scale back its ambitious plan for booster shots. >> america's economy hitting a road block hiring down drastically. what is behind the slowdown and should biden be

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ this is cnn breaking news. >> first let's get the latest on president biden's tour of hurricane-ravaged louisiana. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. phil, with ejust heard from the president just a few moments ago. he was very specific in what he says the federal government can do to help. >> i think when you talk to white house officials they acknowledge that in moments like this in the wake of a disaster, it is the federal government that has the resources, the capability, the bandwidth to address communities that are severely hurt. that is without question the case down in louisiana. the president has spent multiple hours already on the ground touring disaster areas, meeting with state and local officials, and making clear pledges that the federal government will be there. and this has been something we've seen over the course of the last several days. president biden making clear agency by agency it is an all-hands

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get straight to the breaking news we're following. truly stunning new revelations of very deep concern at the highest levels inside the pentagon over former president trump and his erratic behavior during his final weeks in office. they come in a new book by journalist bob woodward and rob costa who say the general took unprecedented action to limit trump's ability to order a military strike. cnn special correspondent is joining us now. she has details of what was going on. jaime, the joint chiefs chairman, general millie, he was very concerned. he wanted to safe guard the nation's nuclear arsenal. he wanted to safe guard the military from what he feared would be trump's actions. >> correct. these were precautions that the chairman of the joint chiefs would take. to set the stage, it is january 8th. it is two days after the assault on the capital. he is worried. woodward and costa write that millie believe that

wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." i'll see you sunday morning. >>> happening now, breaking news, fda vaccine advisers vote to recommend covid vaccine booster shots for people age 65 and older and those at high risk after rejecting a broader proposal for boosters for everyone 16 and up. also breaking, the pentagon admits a drone strike in afghanistan killed ten civilians including seven children not terrorists in what military officials are calling a tragic mistake. up on capitol hill, on alert ahead of a far right rally tomorrow, in support of the arrest of january 6th insurrectionists. tonight new details of the heavy security measures being put in place to prevent another capital siege. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with the breaking pandemic news on covid booster shots and who fda advisers are recommending should get them. dr. sanjay gupta is joining us again. sanjay

cnn's wolf blitzer talked to him and asked him two questions. one, is the u.s.afer, and two, what was accomplished in the ceo's longest war? here is how the secretary responded. >> we went there to go after the people who attacked america and to hold them accountable. we held bin laden accountable. we significantly degraded the al qaeda network and i would point to you the fact that no one has attacked the united states and especially from that region in 20 years. that's not an accident. >> is the united states safer today than it was 20 years ago? >> wolf, i think if you look at the fact that our capabilities are greatly increased from what we had 20 years ago, if you look at the fact that the way that we operate in the interagency is far beyond what we would have ever imagined 20 years ago, i think we are safer all together. yes. >> and as jasmine alluded to a moment ago, secretary austin says even though the united states no longer has a presence in afghanistan, that, quote, we have a robust capability in the region. still ahead, u.s. capitol police announcin

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with very revealing testimony by top u.s. military leaders. senators asking tough questions about the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan and about the reported actions of general mark milley during the final days of the trump presidency. our pentagon correspondent, oren liebermann, is covering it all for us. >> the pentagon's top military leaders making clear their views on afghanistan were heard but not followed. >> i recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in afghanistan. i also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to the collapse of the afghan military forces and eventually the afghan government. >> i understand that, and general milley, i assume you agree with that in terms of the recommendation of 2500? >> what i said in my opening statement and the memoranda that i wrote back in the fall of 2020 remained consistent, and i do agree with that. >> republicans seized on the contradiction between tho

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the breaking news on the ross of life from covid-19 that is both unfathomable and frankly unacceptable. the u.s. death toll from this pandemic just rose above 675,000. that's higher than the death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic more than 100 years ago. the youngest americans are increasingly at risk in this crisis here in the united states, and tonight they may be closer to being eligible for vaccinations. pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. in a smaller dose, a lower dose than adults get. let's discuss all of this and much more with dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious disease and the chief medical adviser to president biden. dr. fauci, thanks so much for joining us. as we pass this very grim milestone, we're still losing an average of nearly 2,000 americans to this virus every single day. how high do you fear, dr. fauci, the death toll could go, and what should we be bracing for? >> we

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. you can tweet the show at cnn sit room and the situation room, by the way, is available in podcast form. look for us on cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next. breaking news. republicans vote against averting a government shutdown and suspending the nation's debt limit as president biden sounds incredibly optimistic about his own party coming together to pass his agenda. but so few seem to share that optimism in his own party. >>> plus, he is one of the nation's top constitutional lawyers and tonight he says trump troyed to stage a coup with a blueprint from a little-known lawyer. harvard law professor lawrence tribe is out front. and he is the expert on the nature preserve that investigators have been scouring for more than a week in the hopes of finding brian laundrie. he thinks there is no way that laundrie is still in the preserve. we'll tell you w

i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. you can tweet the show at cnn sit room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next. biden's entire agenda on the line and he is all in to save it from collapse meeting tonight with key member of congress, can biden make a deal? >>> plus, trump stacking the deck. now, pushing supporters of his big lie to become top election officials in crucial swing states. >>> and we are standing by for a decision by the fda and whether to authorize booster shots for some americans. the former-fda commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb, is my guest. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. president biden all in as he attempts to save his domestic agenda from imploding. the president holding three lengthy meetings with top democratic leaders, plus progressives and moderate democrats. the two wings of the party tonight still at serious odds. so far, neither budging. ats i

i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolf blitzer. and the situation room is also available in podcast form. look for us on cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, president biden's agenda teetering on the edge of collapse with less than 24 hours to go until a crucial vote. a vote that the house speaker just told cnn she is sticking with, despite a revolt from dozens in her own party. >>> plus, breaking news. more subpoenas tonight issued from the committee investigating january 6th. so, who is on that list? >>> plus, video of brian laundrie and his family at a campground shortly after he returned without his fiancee, gabby petito, now in the hands of the fbi. we are learning laundrie purchased a new phone on the day his parents claim they last saw him. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, down to the wire. president biden scrambling to save his first term agend

wolf blitzer is off today. in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> let's go right to the capital and a new warning about potential violence on saturday. our congressional correspondent ryan nobles is following the breaking story. ryan, the department of homeland security issued a new intelligence bulletin a short while ago. >> even though capital police feel they have everything under control ahead of thi

. >> i want to bring in cnn's wolf blitzer in washington.f, we heard the former president make these parallels between today and 20 years ago, foreign terrorism versus domestic terrorism. he was not subtle at all when he talked about they are children of the same foul spirit. >> yeah. he was really blunt and he was really timely and very, very powerful and moving in his words. you know, fred, i covered him when he was president of the united states and obviously what happened exactly 20 years ago today has influenced him tremendously like all of us. dramatically changed his life, attitude. he had a very different attitude about international affairs going in as opposed to coming out after 9/11. but he really made it clear how angry he is at what happened on january 6th, the insurrectionists moving up on capitol hill. it was really, i was personally, a lot of people say they weren't that surprised, i was surprised he decided to make that comparison today and i think it was well done. i think it will resonate with a lot of folks out there beca

join jake tapper, wolf blitzer and paula reid as we remember 9/11. live coverage begins today at 8 a.m. >>> president biden unveils new vaccine mandates to help fight the coronavirus. the question a lot of people are asking is will it make a difference as covid cases are rising, particularly among children. >>> plus, two decades after 9/11, some pilots are raising concerns about safety in the air. cnn talks to the head of the tsa about what else needs to be done to prevent another hijacking. [ nautical horn blows ] i mean just because you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ my auntie called me. she said uncle's had a heart attack. i needed him to be here. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. when i get a migraine, i shut out the world. but with nurtec odt that's all behind me now. nurtec can now tre

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ness. >> let's go straight to new york right now and our national correspondent jason carroll is on the scene for us. jason, the city, the entire region, i should point out, they are reeling right now from this unfolding flood disaster. >> and can you see evidence of a disaster right here, wolf, if you take a look. just a few hours ago this section of the major deegan was filled with water of the right now the water has receded but you can still see many of the cars that are out here. people abandoned their cars after they got trapped in the floodwaters. these people were lucky, wolf. they made it out alive, but last count some 26 people were killed in the northeast. >> tonight historic flooding pummeling the northeast and the race now to rescue people from their homes. >> we're still uncovering the true depth of the loss. the human loss which is hard to imagine. >> officials say they have responded to at least 500 emergency calls in just one philadelphia county. >> we're still seeing

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's go to the breaking news. kaitlyn collins is joining us right now. the president is taking some very aggressive new actions to try to get more americans vaccinated. >> yeah, wolf. and he's taking these aggressive actions because one thing that was clear in the room just now as the president was speaking and addressing the nation about this state of the pandemic is that he is frustrated. he says we are now in a tough stretch here in the u.s. he thinks this is a period that could last for a while. he said 80 million americans have, quote, failed to get the coronavirus vaccine, wolf. and you could hear that frustration in his voice as he was laying out these next steps that he's taking. steps that we should note what you are about to hear from the president are ones he had initially been reluctant to do to pursue those vaccine mandates for federal employees. to get into the private sector involves whether or not those

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news. congress kicks off on the national debt. divided house democrats are meeting as well with the fate of the biden agenda clearly hanging in the balance right now. also tonight, president biden just got his covid-19 booster shot as many vaccinated americans are uncertain about when they will get their turn. dr. anthony fauci joins us live at this critical

wolf blitzer right next door in the "the situation room." news. progressive democrats are digging in tonight in an internal party feud that's threatening to tank president biden's agenda, this just hours after his critical speech to the united nations in the midst of new global tension and a my grant crisis over at the u.s.-mexico border. also tonight, new evidence that former president trump and his legal team tried to orchestrate a coup, a memo revealing a six-step plan that was drafted for then vice president pence to overturn the election. pence refused and

our coverage continues right next door with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> happening now, breakingthe rescue operation continues. critical supplies vanish and residents struggle without power in extreme heat. we'll get a new forecast on the deadly flooding threatening millions of americans tonight. >>> also this hour, the white house is clearly on the defensive about its decision to approve covid booster shots amid reported frustrations within the fda. dr. anthony fauci will join us live to discuss that and alarming number of covid cases among children as schools reopen. >>> and the u.s. supreme court allows a near total abortion ban to take effect i

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin this hour with president biden's visit to the northeast flood zone. let's go to our white house correspondent. the president, he got an eye full today. he sounded the alarm about climate crisis in this country during his stops in both new york and new jersey. >> reporter: he did, jim. president biden is heading back to the white house tonight after spending the day touring some of the hardest hit areas in new jersey and new york, seeing firsthand that damage on the ground and also visiting with those families who lost so much in hurricane ida. but the president also spoke with a real sense of urgency about the threat posed by climate change, saying that storms like ida are evidence that action must be taken now. >> this is code red. >> reporter: president biden issuing a warning on climate change today as he saw firsthand the damage brought by hurricane ida. >> climate change poses an existential threat to

our coverage continues with wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room." >> happening now, breakingnd chuck schumer rush to the white house to meet face-to-face with president biden. signaling new urgency about party in fighting just hours before a planned vote that could derail their agenda. i'll ask the number two senate democrat, dick durbin, if his party can avert political and economic disasters. >> also tonight, the nation's top general undergoes another grilling up on capitol hill. once again, contradicting president biden on afghanistan

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. >>> wolf blitzer is right next door in "the situation room."eaking news. president biden is holding urgent talks over at the white house, capping a day of negotiations with divided democrats. he's desperate to end their infighting, and a make-or-break moment for his domestic agenda. >>> cnn is on the scene of the migrant crisis. vice president harris raising grave concerns about haitians crossing into texas. >>> the fda could reveal its decision on pfizer booster shots at any time. we're learning that cdc advisers are putting their ow

>>> i'm wolf blitzer. i'm be back tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. eastern from the pentagon for the special coverage of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. my guest will be lloyd austin, jake tapper will join our coverage, as well. erfront" next, tyrant, some of the names biden is being called. >>> a major blow to florida schools trying to protect students with mandating masks. a court citing with gloveoverno desantis that wants a ban on masks. >>> the mystery deepens over the shooting of a once w once promi attorney whose wife and son were murdered three mormt evnths ear >>> "outfront" tonight, president biden facing republican outrage over his covid-19 vaccine policies that will impact up to 100 million americans. >> what is your message to republicans who are calling your vaccine requirements an over reach who are threatening to challenge it in court? >> have at it. look, i am so disappointed that particularly some of the republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their communiti

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "is the situation roo >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the flooding disaster. see, that's miguel marquez joining us right now. half of the confirmed deaths are in new jersey where you are tonight. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. it is just incredible how much water was dumped in this area and that power of water. i want to show you what we're looking at right now. this is the river near new brunswick. this was a part right in front of us. it is about 10 to 12 feet over flood stage. it has started to come down ever so slightly. we're just passed high tide here. but these rescue workers here have a long way to go. raging flood waters throwing across parts of the northeast tonight where active rescues continue. officials estimate they have received calls in the thousands from people needing to be rescued from extreme flooding. >> the water was raised so high, i couldn't rush straight to the street. i wanted to go to the fire escape. >> reporter: in new

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can follow me on twitter and instagram. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> next, break news. police at the scene of a -- some employees forced to seek cover in freezers. one is dead at this time. 14 others have been rushed to the hospital with what officials are calling very serious injuries. >>> the fbi announcing an arrest warrant for brian laundrie and the biden white house removing to release information on what trump and his aides were doing on the day of the january 6th attack. that information going to congress and setting up an epic battle with trump. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. the breaking news, police now on the scene of a deadly mass shooting at a supermarket in collierville, tennessee just outside memphis. here is what i can tell you we know right now. it started around 1:30 p.m. local time. a gunman walked into a kroger and opened fire. this is how witnesses described what they saw and heard next. >> all i heard was gunshot and i saw a couple of customers, it was like balloo

i am jake tapper live in lower manhattan with wolf blitzer at the pentagon, paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 went down. at the memorial, two reflecting pools represent the footprints of the twin towers, north and south towers, surrounded by names of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. and also the 1993 world trade center bomb. families of the heroes lost, elected leaders from across the country, including four u.s. presidents past and present attending ceremonies in new york, washington and pennsylvania today. president biden and first lady jill biden arrive in shanksville any moment, will lay a wreath at the flight 93 memorial, there they are moments ago getting off in johnstown, pennsylvania. we heard from george w. bush who was president on 9/11. vice president kamala harris spoke as well. u.s. military leaders led the ceremony early this morning at the pentagon which was also struck, honoring the lives lost, sacrifice of so many families not only that day but in the 20 years that followed in the war on terror, most recently 13 marines at the kabul airport. let'

wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room."tify about missteps in the afghanistan withdrawal. appearing to contradict president biden on a key point. and the nation's top general defends his controversial call to china during president trump's final days in office. >> also tonight, divided democrats are headed toward a showdown over the biden agenda as speaker pelosi backtracks and progressives revolt. i'll talk with the chair of the progressive caucus about democrats' desperate moves to salvage their priorities as th

attacks, today he is a trustee of the 9/11 memorial and museum and we spoke earlier with our wolf blitzer about what's changed since that date, and also what has not. >> it does seem as though things have come full circle in a 20-year ark, doesn't it, wolf? but the circumstances are different. i was down on ground zero, the world trade center, today, this morning, and i'll be there again tomorrow, for the observance. i try to go every year. each year i go, which happens to be my birthday, it feels as though things have never changed. i am working today in the same law firm, in private law practice, that i was in 20 years ago, and i watched the towers collapse from our midtown office that i work from now. yet things have very different. 20 years ago there was no department of homeland security. bin laden was alive. since then we created the department of homeland security. i ended up leading it for three years. we got bin laden in 2011. al qaeda has been degraded. they're no longer in the view of many including myself able to launch another large scale attack on our homeland here in the un

he told wolf blitzer in august that the number could be even higher. >> we typically just a couple years around 6 or 7,000. this year i think will be up close to 10,000 threats we're investigating. >> reporter: the reasons for the rise in threats are varied. domestic extremists have been bull buoyed by the attack on january 6. by false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. by former president donald trump's incendiary comments. >> we did win this election. >> reporter: those who harm members of congress has also changed. >> remember, your members s s ss are elected all the time. so they're always out on the campaign. they need to be known. they want to be known. people know who they are just by sight. they know where they live. >> reporter: democratic congresswoman norma torres found that out in a frightening way. this summer after she had a political dispute over twitter with the president of el salvador, she said she received multiple threats, then an anonymous video. a man's voice narrating it. >> he stated that he was following me and he panned out to a blue vehicle which i had -- i

wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. >>> happening now.died from covid-19 than were killed by the 1918 flu pandemic, this as pfizer declares its vaccine safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. dr. anthony fauci joins us live this hour to break down the new data. also tonight, president biden kicks off critical talks over at the united nations as he faces turmoil in his foreign and domestic agendas, including an urgent new crisis at the u.s.-mexican border.

you can follow he me on instagram and twitter @wolf blitzer. tweet the show @cnnsitroom. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >>> "outfront" next, the blame game. cnn learning the finger pointing over the fall of afghanistan has begun. officials at the white house and state department wondering why they're getting the blame instead of the intelligence community. >>> plus, tonight, kevin mcelderryccarthy's threat vowin retaliate against companies that cooperate into an investigation into january 6th and controversial podcast host joe regan wailed against vaccine requirements says he has covid and took a drug intended for livestock. let's go "outfront". >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight cnn learning the blame game is about to ramp up big time. here is what we know. the white house begins reviewing what went wrong of the takeover of the country including kabul to the deadly and chaotic evacuation operation, officials now are pointing fingers. intelligence officials believe administration is trying to use the intelligence community as a scapegoat. this is

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta. and this is a situation room special report. the u.s. is marking a second labor day marred by the coronavirus pandemic. and tonight the country is much worse off than it was a year ago with the seven-day average of new covid-19 cases up 300% from labor day 2020, despite a surplus of vaccines. it's hard to believe this. we are still hitting just new highs it seems almost every day in this covid pandemic. where do we stand right now? how bad is it? >> jim, where we stand right now is that things are really much even worse than they were a year ago. let's take a look at this graph. on the far right you'll see labor day. that's where we are right now. that's the level that we're at right now. then look all the way to the left. that's labor day where we were a year ago. we have three times as many cases as we did compared to a year ago. now let's take a look at the next graph on the right that's where we are now. and then look to the left and you'll see a peak of where we were in december and january. we're below that but not all that far bel

wolf blitzer right next door in "the situation room."ng new revelations about the top u.s. general's secret action to limit then president trump's ability to launch nuclear weapon. the new book detailing high-level fears that trump was going rogue after the january 6th insurrection. also tonight, californians are in the final hours of voting, deciding whether to fire democratic governor gavin newsom. president biden lending support. and a gop challenger