Take a look at this video because it reflects whats just been going on there in the past 048 hours 7 ships have suddenly caught fire in iran the new news agency there is describing it as a series of quote fires and explosions around the country some of which have hit sensitive areas there you can see firefighters you see the rescue officials there looking somewhat perplexed almost confused as they try and put out these blazes that they cant quite explain ok now i mentioned that theres a mystery here and that theres more to this story and well here it is if those fires and explosions were an isolated incident i would not be leading this newscast with this revelation but the fact of the matter is these are not isolated fires theyre not since late june there have been fires and explosions many. Unexplained around Iranian Military nuclear and Industrial Facilities in fact i want to take you through some of these incidents about 3 weeks ago june 26th an explosion occurred just east of tehra
developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in nashville, where key vote is likely tomorrow on one of the lawmakers expelled from the tennessee legislature, the national city council could vote on whether to send justin jones. you see right there, right back to his seat. he was one of the three state tennessee lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority. for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead to expelled. lawmakers justin pearson and justin jones are black. gloria johnson, who was white kept her seat by a single vote. let s go to nashville right now, and cnn s isabel rosalia is isabel. um the national city council would have to suspend its rules to vote tomorrow on jones. what are you hearing at this point? does it sound like they might have the votes to put them right back into the state house? so ji
Trying to secure its borders and potentially rescue hostages. President biden says that the u. S. Is ready to help. Our washington correspondent Raquel Martin joins us now live from the Nations Capital with the message that the president deliver today work health. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Just and will be for the president. Even spoke to the nation. We know he and the Vice President held a phone call with Prime Minister netanyahu. The president then delivered a strong rebuke of what he calls antisemitic terrorism at the hands of hamas. We must be crystal clear. We stand with israel. President joe biden says the u. S. Is surging military assistance to israel as the country plunges into a bloodied battle with hamas. So not to sheer evil. President biden says of the more than 1000 now killed 14 are americans. He also confirmed a u. S. Holding americans hostage alongside dozens of innocent israelis abducted off the street and from their homes. This is tears. Today, fami
To insure the lights stay on even as the business of books changes. Its a journey of Discovery One page at a time. Thats how Paul Yamazaki sees it. As a long time buyer for City Lights Bookstore in north beach, he says he feels lucky to do what he loves because a few decades back that was not the case. I think im one of the few independent book sellers who can say they went straight from jail to a job in book selling. Reporter in his college days paul was a proud activist, marching against war and advocating for more diverse literary representation in academic institutions. His protesting cost him some time behind bars, but his passion for education that represents the whole of america made its mark. We felt particularly for students of color that we werent being represented in curriculum, by the faculty, and by the outreach into the various communities. Reporter paul began working at city lights 54 years ago bringing more Global Knowledge to San Franciscos diverse readers, but maintai