Shes readY To be on tHe Defense. I donT Think that is a difficult place for her to be. I think its easier for her to be prosecutorial and i believe isnT The Sparring Partner thaT Trump is preparing with tulsi gabbard, who has actually been toE TO Toe with kamala harris. So i dO Think you we are going to see an energetic conversation, but i do. But part of it is what is she like on the offense . We know what she is like on tHe Defense, everyone. Thank you very much. And thank you for watching Cnns Coverage continues righT Now welcomE TO THe Whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, since his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed thE Election was stolen the results somehow rigged by democrats. There is no evidence of widespread Voter Fraud that hasnt stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies. Now, many of those same allies are gathering again, readY To claim fraud if the former president is one once again defeated in november,
after a costumed character appeared to snub two little black girls. mother s response right here on cnn as the park called the incident a misunderstanding. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our earth matters series. half of humanity is in a climate danger zone. that is the message today from the very top of the united nations and the record temperatures many of you are feeling right now are just a symptom, multiple heat waves across the globe are creating a series of crises just look at this video from london. a row of houses on fire. officials say because of the heat. the london fire brigade says they have never seen weather related incidents, quote, on this scale before. in spain, in france, in italy, wildfires spreading rapidly. the flames on top of an extreme drought in italy, destroying crops, which could cut off a source of food this fall. in major cities, travel disrupted. trains and flights canceled over and over, due to the heat and causing a glob
to the capitol. a window into a president unhinged on january 6th. now backed by cnn sources. inside trump s own security detail. the president reached i towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. that story was circulating among the secret service and is in line with what cassidy hutchinson testified to. school district police chief pete arrondo resigns from the sk city council. it s a hectic holiday weekend as airlines struggle the meet post-pandemic demand. despite soaring gas prices, a record number are hitting the roads. the legal battle over abortion is beginning the take shape state pi state. this is not over. the president warns a republican congress would ban abortions nation wide. this going to go one way or the other after november. we begin with new information appearing to corroborate some of stunning details from the january 6 committee testimony. we heard this week former aide, cassidy hutchinson said president trump boiled
already from china. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. but we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon where in just minutes, top leaders will hold a press conference. this question of military intervention in taijuan, it s very likely to be raised. we ll bring that to you when it begins. president biden is also formally answering an indy pacific trade pact. a lot to get to this hour. let s get started. cnn s jeremy diamond is live in tokyo. jeremy, what are you hearing from administration, from the white house about the president s comments in taijuan? reporter: well, listen, a white house official almost immediately after the president made those comments at a news conference saying that quote, as the president said our policy has not changed and yet, if you listen to the president s words directly, he very much does seem to be tossing away the u.s. s decades long foreign policy of strategic ambiguity as it relates to taijuan and the question of whether or not