Its thursday, august 22nd. Right now On Cnn this morning. History in the making. Tonight, Kamala Harris will become the first black woman and the first Asian American to be nominated by a major party. How she is preparing plus you know, you might not know it, but i havent given a lot of big speeches like this Tim Walz delivering what could be the most important speech of his career as he introduces himself to america and later but hes been working for Rfks Endorsement because rfk represents, i think, an old guard of the democratic Party Donald Trump Working Hard for Robert F Kennedy jr. S endorsement as new reporting shows, the independent president ial candidate could drop out of the race by The End of the week 4 a. M. Here in chicago illinois, 5 a. M. Out on the east coast. Cleanup still kind of underway here at the United Center in chicago, home of the Democratic National Convention good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us in the Warm Up for Tonights
Is in israel right now trying to push ceasefire negotiations forward. Blinken has called it may be the last opportunity to finally why is a Ceasefire And Hostage deal sources say george santos, the disgraced former republican congressman from New York, is expected to plead guilty today to federal fraud charges. This is related to his 2022 midterm campaign. Santos, who was remember, expelled from the house last year, had initially pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including illegal miss it illegal use of campaign funds, and also falsifying personal financial information and new this morning, a Nightmare Situation unfolding in italy, powerful tornado off the coast of sicily struck a yacht killing one person, 15 people were also rescued, but six more still missing. Italys Coast Guard said the yacht was carrying mostly british passengers. It was anchored about a halfmile from the nearby board. The Odds Captain is among the survivors man, what a situation unfolding there a new hour
Into hot water again. It was with professor christina greer. She had the best piece of Advice And Someone told her, shutting up is free. Giving out free advice to j. D. Vance. Sometimes, just dont talk. If you have got a big dont you want to butter up, that is fine, that is the business of politics. There was no reason to bring the military into that whatsoever. She could have talked about the metal she got and praised her. This was a complete, unforced error. He does it over and over again. It tells you what he really thinks the, about the military. Again, no need to say it. He cant resist. Guys, thank you so much, we will see you tomorrow morning, have a great rest of your day. Velshi starts now. Good morning, it is saturday, august 17th, 80 days until Election Day. This morning, we are looking at a change the Race And Change electoral map. In the four weeks since Kamala Harris took over the democratic ticket, she has upended a president ial race that had been looking quite grim for
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Anything over the course of the next hour, not just that Josh Shapiro is playing basketball with his son. If we see a puff of smoke over harris house, we will tell you. Picking a Running Mate is a critical moment. We will dive into a talk about all the potential pics what is likely playing into her Selection Process and how the campaign changes once a Running Mate is announced. One thing to expect immediate is a tour of Battleground States from harris and her vp pick. After that, they will likely start campaigning separately. That means, a week from now, were about to get double the Campaign Events and double the Fundraising And Highlevel voices that can go after donald Trump And J. D. Vance and push a proactive message. Im sure you are thinking, that sounds great. We really want to know who the pick is right now, and believe me, i do too. I am dying to know. Its important to remember that this process, already so condensed, typically it would go on for months. There would be long stre