Im max foster. Bianca is off today. But just ahead someone who engaged in that kind of bullying, a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self government, shouldnt be anywhere near the oval office. Sadly the president was surrounded by a group of crack pot lawyers that kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear. I strongly disagree with fitchs decision and i believe that it is entirely unwarranted. Hate has no place in our community. Even though nothing will bring my dad back, i feel like a weight has been lifted and i can breathe a sigh of relief. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with maxes s fos and bianca nobilo. It is 4 00 a. M. In washington where later today donald trump is set to appear in a federal courthouse not far from the u. S. Skap where capitol where he will be arraigned on criminal charges in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His appearance is scheduled for 4 00 p. M. After a four count indictment. Security has been ramped up in th
Im max foster. Bianca is on assignment. Just ahead donald trump now faces federal criminal charges for trying to hold on to the presidency in 2020. This is politics. This indictment is pure politics. Mr. Smith and his team followed the facts and the law wherever they lead. Suspected gilgo beach serial killer Rex Heuermann facing a courtroom. We have a great deal of information, evidence, photographs, reports. Ukraine is using drones to strike russian targets inside russia. Probably would be a bad move. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is wednesday, august 2, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where preparations are under way for an expected Court Appearance by donald trump on thursday after thrm Court Appearance by donald trump on thursday after the former president was indicted on criminal charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This is the third time hes faced criminal charges. In this case prosecutors allege that he
right now in beijing facing a tough challenge during her two days of meetings with chinese officials. she s there of course to try to stabilize a tense relationship strained even further just this week when china retaliated against the u.s. anna coren is live for us. what is yellen saying so far? reporter: as you say she is currently meeting with the chinese premier leader in the great hall of the people. she was with him at the paris finance summit last month where she said the world expects china and us to work together. you may have seen both of them smiling at each other. the premier spoke first just a few moments ago and said that there was a rainbow when yellen landed yesterday. and it was symbolic of the u.s./china relationship. so who knows, perhaps there is hope on the horizon. but the u.s. treasury secretary said that the biden administration seeks healthy economic competition that is not winner take all but can benefit both countries. she says the u.s. will in ce
just two weeks ago he was leading an armed insurrection against vladimir putin. meantime russian state media reporting that police have allegedly found passports, wigs, cash, gold and guns during a raid on prigozhin s homes stepping up an apparent propaganda campaign against prigozhin. let s bring in nada bashir from london. obviously a lot to unpack here. the reason this is so noteworthy of course is because we thought prigozhin was in exile in belarus. he has not been seen from or heard from since the armed rebellion on june 23rd. what are you hearing? you re right. there have been questions since he hasn t been seen the failed insurrection. they believe there was a deal struck with the belarusian president lukasalexander lukash but of course as we ve just learned, according to lukashenko who was speaking at a press conference, yevgeny prigozhin is said to be in st. petersburg in russia. this is as russian state media has released video footage purportedly from yevgeny pr
rahel solomon in for christine romans. a stormy and hot independence eve day eve, is in store for millions of people across the country. severe storms are expected to spread from mississippi to massachusetts, with wind gusts, hail and tornadoes possible in some areas. the streets of chicago flooded on sunday after record rainfall. meantime, more than 30 million people across the west coast, mid-atlantic and the carolinas will be under heat alerts today. and the severe weather could also mean another frustrating day at airports. nearly 7500 flights were delayed, more than 600 were cancelled across the u.s. on sunday. and since saturday, there have been almost 1,000 cancellations. so, a lot to get to, let s bring in right now, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. allison, good morning. what areas are you watching specifically? good morning, rahel. two separate areas of western. the first one kind of slides up and down most of the east coast and a secondary position for the mid