A. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. We begin with Breaking News. The president set to speak from the White House this hour, about the devastation in the aftermath of helene. The destruction is really unbelievable, stretching all across the southeast. The Death Toll currently standing at 99. The number is set to climb, still, with Search And Rescue efforts continuing this morning. A third of the deaths in north carolina, where the historic city of asheville saw the worst of it. At this hour, authorities are still searching for the missing. And the community is just struggling to cope without water. Without food, power, Gasoline Or Cell service in so many of those areas. Joining us now, nbcs George Solis is in asheville and Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is standing by. George, the aerial images from that shot is really breathtaking. What is the situation this morning . Rare, good morning, ana, the situation is really heartbreaking. Some areas have become passable after the water
Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
Lee free text now im bill weir on the California Coast and this is cnn trump needs to debate. Harris needs to debate. They both have something the proof the American People deserve the opportunity to hear from both candidates on the issue. Im not spending a lot of time on. I think my whole life. Ive been preparing for a debate where the four lucky ones that get to go on this right in the not too distant future. He means were going to finally reach another planet in our own. We are all really confident that, you know, some iteration of it is going to be worn by Somebody Walking on mars someday. And that just makes it even more of a privilege to be part of it hes been called the Mark Zuckerberg of russia, Tech Billionaire pavel durov. Now in custody in france in a statement, the company said, during froth has nothing to hide live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Christina Macfarlane hello, a warm welcome to our viewers. In the u. S. All around the world. Im max foste
To sit down with the journalist to face tough questions. The latest from the Campaign Trail in just a moment. Plus jack smith files an appeal asking the 11th Circuit Court of appeals to reinstate the Trump Classified Documents Case. And the chair of the Georgia Democratic party joins me about their challenge about new rules to the Election Board and how those changes could impact vote this is november. Good to be with you. Im katy tur there for Andrea Mitchell. With the election just 70 days away, donald trump and j. D. Vance are picking up pace. Visiting michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania and as Kamala Harris heads to georgia with her running mate tim walz. Harris is out with two now ads on the economy, trying to eat into Donald Trumps polling lead. Where she admits the Cost Of Living is too high. And touts her plans to make things cheaper. Shes also trying to tackle another issue trump holds better on, that is immigration. But did texas just make that harder . As a judge there temp
Democratic sovereignty or stadiumize the elections and would respond. The bottom line is i told President Putin we need some basic rules of the road that we can abide by. Those comments on the heels of a solo Press Conference of Vladimir Putin who noted the 180degree reversal and described talks as constructive but needled the u. S. He compared his repression of dissidents there to the treatment of the insurrectionists that stormed the capitol. The summit and the remarks by biden a striking contrast to thetime an american leader met with the russian president when trump believed an autocrat who undermined democracy over the assessments of his own intelligence community. It was shocking here and had u. S. Allies questioning whether america was still capable of leadership. I also told him that no president of the United States could key faith with the American People if they did not speak out to defend our Democratic Values. I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United Stat