we ll get to you in a moment, wolf. we re watching several new developments across the middle east as israel pushes through hamas. secretary of state antony blinken met with arab foreign ministers in georgia for a summit. blinken made it clear that now is not the right time for israel to enter a ceasefire. it s our view that a ceasefire now simply would leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago a senior hamas official said it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and again. we re seeing more air strikes across gaza today as israeli forces close in on gaza city. and significant developments at the rafah border crossing between scriegypt and gaza. the u.s. official says israel is blocking until it guarantees ambulances can make the crossing. we re continuing to watch major developments on the ground here in the region. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertso
regain her lunch break. try now for free visit otter.ai. ai or download the app on america july 4th, they 70s dirt on cnn welcome everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom i m omar jimenez in washington. we begin this hour with breaking news. former president donald trump says he s finally decided who will be joining him as his vp? now republican ticket this november, i want to get straight to steve contorno, who s live at a campaign rally in philadelphia. all right. he says, he knows, but what, what more details? let s do we have here we have been hearing a recent days that former president trump has narrowed his list of front runners down to send her at bans. senator marco rubio, and north florida governor doug burgum, lot today on the weight of his philadelphia rally, he stopped for cheesesteak and he said he has made a decision. listen to what he said in my mind. yeah did they know? nobody knows. that s right not went on to say that he will make an ounce trump went on
welcome to all view as joining us in the united states and all around the world. but max foster just ahead, us president joe biden slams donald trump is a convicted criminal as tensions ramp up ahead of the highly anticipated presidential debate, millions across the us are suffering under record heat. so only gonna get worse throughout the week of vladimir putin is making a landmark trip to north korea, deepening ties with kim jong-un live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster we are now just nine days away from the first presidential debate of the 2024 us election season. and tensions are already ramping up ahead of that showdown between president joe biden and former president donald trump on monday, the biden campaign debuted a new ad that will air in battleground states austin trump as a felon who only cares about himself and the courtroom, we see donald trump for who he is. he s been convicted of 34 felonies found liable for sexual assault and he committed
the push for loyalty there. if trump is looking for a loyal fighter on the ticket and one who says loyalty is incredibly important for everyone else. do jd vance showing that he is capable and willing capable and willing and flexible because we all remember back in 2016, he was one of those republicans who is very critical cool of donald trump, but looks so much has changed since then yes, he did win the straw poll at that conference over the weekend. he was also the only one of the potential vp candidates to actually speak in person at the event. so perhaps seeing him in the flesh was actually one of the reasons he was supported. but look, he has become one of the biggest defenders of the president. there was no no doubt that he is on the shortlist. we know this because he s been spending significant time with former president donald trump. he ll be doing so again on thursday evening in cleveland, when trump goes there for a fundraiser, jake, so much of this vip stakes,
Threatening to shoot on the government unless congress provides money for the wall. The threats have been frustrating for Congressional Republicans who are trying to avoid a shutdown, right before the midterms. But tonight, President Trump said things that will only make them even more nervous. We got 1. 6 billion, and weve started large portions of the wall, but we are going to need, even the way we negotiate, we are going to need more, we are going to get more, and we may have to do some pretty drastic things, but we are going to get it. President trump also sent a significant portion of tonights speech defending his Trade Policies and tariffs. Hes been taking heat after chinas retaliatory tariffs have hurt u. S. Farmers, so much that his administration announced a 12 billion aid package for farmers. Speak at our farmers are true patriots patriots. Because china and others have targeted china and others
democrats should embrace talk of impeachment and its not something that will mot