Our press organization to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. I like the team let me rephrase that, i love the team. I think hes got some of the best political instincts in the world and perhaps in history. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. Welcome to your weekend. A seismic shake up six months in. The white house pushing the forward this morning after embattled press Secretary Sean Spicers really sudden departure. Spicer resigning from his post after trump named Anthony Scaramucci as Communications Director. Spicer says he wanted to give the new team a clean slate. I went into the president after we had the discussion earlier with anthony and sarah about what the president s desirous were. And i said, sir, ive had the opportunity to think about this. I think it is in the best interests of this administration and your presidency that i give these two individuals the opportunity to operate without me in the way, so that th
Officially welcome the duchess of sussex to the royal family. You are in the cnn newsroom. Any moment now, President Trump is set to speak at the g7 summit. This was unexpected to most of us. Didnt know it was going to happen. Interesting to see what he would have to say. The president meeting with some of americas closest allies. He did arrive late to the breakfast on gender eequality. He did, indeed, show up. He sat through that meeting. Now as you can see, theyre setting up at the podium there, as we wait for the president to speak. Were told seconds away. We know trade, of course, has been a major focus of this summit, despite publicly sparring with the leaders of france and canada on twitter at the end of the week. Day one, there were no major fireworks. No major fireworks on the second day. Were still waiting to hear what the president has to say. After that, were expecting him to leave the summit, skipping the rest of it to fly to singapore ahead of his historic meeting with kim
Stand there and watch as lava creeps up to their home. Well have updates on that state this morning. The breaking news, just moments ago President Trump said an american hostage, his word, in venezuela has been free. He tweeted, good news about the release of the american hostage from venezuela. Should be landing in d. C. This evening and be in the white house with his family at about 7 00 p. M. The great people of utah will be very happy. Were talking about joshua holt. He has been held in a venezuelan jail since 2016. We have more from the white house on the details. What have you heard about this . Reporter well, President Trump now celebrating the release of an american, joshua holt, like you mentioned, whos been held in a venezuelan prison since june, 2016. The 26yearold native of utah receiving support from President Trump in a tweet. Also receiving support from republican senator orrin hatch who said in a statement, im pleased to announce that after two years of hard work, weve
Divers inside the cave this morning. Theyre racing the weather right now and here is why. Monsoon rains are headed toward the town and threaten the flood the cave even more. Cnns David Mckenzie is live in thailand right now. David, explain to us why these new images coming out today are so significant to the rescue. Reporter diane and victor, these are significant because those men in that chamber, thats the staging ground deep inside the cave system, kind of halfway between the entrance of the cave and those boys trapped inside. It was much more flooded with water just a few days ago. Theyve successfully managed to drain significant amounts of water, and thats important because there could be sections of that tunnel system where the boys can wade out. But, still, the bad news is there will be hazardous diving for them to do if this rescue goes ahead in the coming hours as that source said it might do. There have been poignant moments with the boys writing letters and notes to their pa
Users forcibly logged out of facebook after a massive Security Breach leaves users exposed. Youre in the cnn newsroom. The fbi now has less than a week to finish a new background check on Brett Kavanaugh after ordered by President Trump to shore up support for his Supreme Court nominee. This morning, the attorney for Leland Keyser says his client will cooperate in the probe. Shes a long time friend of Christine Blasey ford. Ford says keyser was at the party, she doesnt remember being there but will not refute dr. Fords account. The Investigation Called for by senator jeff flake. He joined several other senators that said they would not vote yes on kavanaugh without the fbi weighing in. That effectively put Brett Kavanaughs confirmation on hold, just when the gop was feeling better about getting votes to confirm it. As he announced the probe, the president said he is still backing his nominee. The president will be in West Virginia later today for a reelection rally. He is starting this